Relaxing on Sunday

I didn't sleep in quite as long, this morning, but I had about 7 hours of sleep, so I don't know why I woke up feeling tired.  Or, was it lethargic?  Anyway, I decided to stay home and relax!

Neighbor T called around 11:30 a.m. for our weekly, Sunday morning chat.  Her daughter is still having a cold, so wasn't going to visit her today.  I asked her if she needed any grocery shopping done, but she said no.

I had been intending to do some grocery shopping, today, but I decided I could wait for another day!  I have enough milk in the fridge for tomorrow morning's coffee, and that is basically, all I need.  I will stop by the grocery store on my way home from work, tomorrow, and get the milk (and maybe that smoked sausage that is on sale this week for $1.99 and some bananas, perhaps).

For breakfast (a late breakfast), I cut the pineapple I had bought, last week.  It was nice and ripe!  I sprinkled it with a little salt and freshly ground pepper, which is how we tend to eat pineapple:

Fresh pineapple, sprinkled with salt and pepper

I went ahead and cut up the whole pineapple and I put some in glass containers to take to office.  Partial meal prep!  
 

Pineapple prepped for the week

I put the top in a jar of water to see if it will root for me.  Maybe I'll have a pineapple plantation like Nathalie does! 

Pineapple top in water

When I went to place it on the pass-through counter, I was reminded that I have something else I need to plant - anybody know what this is?  No, it's not ginger (although it look a lot like ginger, doesn't it?)

Turmeric root that's starting to grow!

In the afternoon, I went out into the garden to pick some flowers and took some pictures of the garden, which I posted, earlier. 

Then, I settled down to watch the Super Bowl game.  I am not a very big football fan, but I like watching the game.  If the Packers are playing, then, that's who I cheer for.  If they are not playing, I cheer for the team considered to be the underdog. 

A little later, I got hungry and decided to make some chicken salad with some of the leftover roast chicken I had pulled out of the freezer, yesterday.  There was more chicken than I thought - I made chicken salad with some and kept the rest of the chicken to make something else, later.  This is the roast chicken leftover from the rosary prayer gathering dinner in October; it is providing me with practically an entire week of frugal meals!  Lunch was a chicken salad sandwich and there's more chicken salad for another meal. 

After the game was over, I dusted the dining room, just so I could say I did something!   I tidied the shelf unit where I store the table cloths, cook books, and some decorative items.  I should go through the china cabinet and wash the glass shelves, but I wasn't quite ready to do that, today.  

Dinner was a bowl of chicken soup, with a slice of toast. 

Daughter cooked the plantain she bought:

Fried Plantain

According to her, she cut off the ends and peeled the plantain.  Then, she cut it into chunks and cut each chunk into three slices, lengthwise.  She sauted the pieces in some oil, for approximately 5 minutes per side.  The way she prepared them, they were more savory than sweet.  She said she sprinkled a little sugar on them to make them sweet (the plantains she had bought weren't ripe enough to be sweet; they have to be really ripe for the starch to convert to sugar).

Today, I am grateful for:
- Another day in which to relax
- Another sunny, warm day
- Being able to watch TV
- Oranges and lemons in my garden
- Roses and other fresh flowers

Monday's To Do List:
- Go to the office
- Go to the library to return book (during lunch break)
- Go to the grocery store
- Put gas to the car
- Water the front garden
- Take the trash cans to the curb
- Do a load of laundry
- Vacuum (maybe)

How was your Sunday?  Did you watch the game?  What are your plans for Monday?