Poor Me, El Papa, Busy Week

So sorry there was no blog for Tuesday. Sunday night I was taken rather ill with a gastric condition and neither of us got much sleep. We did go bowling although it was touch and go for me until the last minute when I decided to risk it. My first game turned out to be great, the second two, I might as well have stayed at home. By the time I did get home, I was drooping and not feeling too good anyway. I ended up going to bed early and a good night's sleep appears to have helped. Hence, no blog. I was supposed to make an important phone call to Father Dragon that evening, but didn't do that either. I didn't do much in the way of visiting other blogs either. I just heated up a couple of Cornish Pasties for supper and that was the extent of my efforts all round.

Actually we have quite a busy week, Tuesday we were supposed to go to the optometrist. I cancelled

that as I was still feeling rough. Wednesday we have our foot nurse and later we are going to visit a company about the CD player from the car. Thursday it is our first Travel League bowling which means lunch at the local Red Lobster and then Friday is our 43rd wedding anniversary. No idea what we are going to do to celebrate that yet. Especially as we are planning to go to the Mandarin on October 1 when they are offering seniors 50% off.

Sitting here typing this, I have just seen the Pope landing in the States. I am not a Roman Catholic but I must say I am very impressed with this current Pope. I do hope nothing happens to him whilst he is in the US. I guess I am a bit like the Queen, I have seen several Popes, lots of US Presidents and lots of Prime Ministers in both Canada and the UK. Of course, she has met them, I have not. Actually I did meet one UK Prime Minister, a couple of times. Edward Heath some time between 1970 and 1974. Once at a yacht club in the UK and once in a yacht club in Malta where my parents lived for a few years.

I love pineapple and I particularly like Grilled Pineapple which they used to serve at our local Brazilian restaurant, you know, the one that closed and about which I was moaning a while back. However, this morning I came across this recipe;

Brazilian Grilled Pineapple

1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 pineapple - peeled, cored, and cut into 6 wedges

1. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.

2. Whisk brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl. Pour sugar mixture into a large resealable plastic bag. Place pineapple wedges in bag and shake to coat each wedge.

3. Grill pineapple wedges on the preheated grill until heated through, 3 to 5 minutes per side.

Servings: 6


Have a great day