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@wisco50 “eating backwards”! Wouldn’t my kids have loved that idea! My grands would never go for it, though. They’ve been brought up to not like sweets! Dessert is fruit, which is great, but not for “eating backwards”.

Both my grandma and mom ate backwards in their final years. Mom & her tablemates got so many people doing it in their assisted living that the staff stopped putting dessert on the tables before meals and made them wait until after dinner was cleared! My daughter was the staff RN and she said too many ate dessert and soup and skipped the meal, making crazy blood sugar issues for the diabetic residents.
Sue

I understand the blood sugar concern. It’s tough when you are the RN and the residents just want to go off track “eating backward”. Your daughter has to look at the medical side. Being a social worker, I lean more toward the residents choice. When my Mom was in her 90’s and had congestive heart disease, we supported her staying in her own home which was her wishes. She was bright and intelligent and loved life. She also always loved salt, at some point we stopped trying to convince her that salt was not good for her heart. She died at 98 and I am happy that she made her own choices up to the end.
No right or wrong way, just two ways of looking at it.

I totally agree! I think when one reaches a certain age, if they understand and still say “consequences be damned”, then so be it!

Yep - That was my opinion - but I wasn't responsible for the health of 135 residents and answering to their families. I remember when my grandma was in a nursing home, and they separated the residents on special diets to specific tables - she was incensed at not being able to eat with her roommate. On the other hand, at my Mom's facility, they would put newcomers at Mom's table or that of another couple residents because they would accept everyone, introduce them around and get them laughing. So she was still helping others even at the end of her life...
Sue

Today the sun is out even though it's 23F - getting a load in the washer and then heading out for a chilly stroll. I have new mittens to keep my fingers toasty warm.
Sue

Well, I guess now that we’ve all eaten backwards and hopefully, eaten dinner, too, we can get back to work! Think of all the calories when you eat backwards! Guess I’d better get walking. Walking at this time of year can be so difficult with grey days, snow, ice, and cold. Just thinking about it.... Have you ever noticed how beautiful it is? All the bare tree branches so you can actually see the tree? And so many colors of white in the snow?
When I walk my dog, he stops constantly to check his pee-mail which gives me the opportunity to just look around. What about you @jude07 and @imallears ? Anything special where you live?

This is my backyard today! It is cold, but it is a beautiful view!

@becsbuddy With most of the leaves off the trees, we can see details that are otherwise hidden. We see smoke from fireplaces where we never would have thought there was a house any other time of the year! Wild turkeys are strutting around, as are deer and elk. Remaining leaves vary from a dark orange to mustard yellow, and interplay with the evergreens. Carpets of leaves are placed "just so".
Ginger

@gingerw... Oh my goodness, how wonderful it is to live in the country, I am having visions of Little House on the Prairie. All I see are concrete and houses packed next to another. Even when I'm on walking trails, I can still hear the traffic. I'm so envious. We do have lots of crows, some squirrels and a few small bunnies.