Pineapple and Traffic - Nothing In Common Except They Both Happened Wednesday

A short post today, because I'm tight on time at 3:45 am. Yeah ... short on time. But I had to get the dehydrator that I had working all night back up to the kitchen, downloaded, cleaned and put away before I could settle down to write this (and of course I had to do my daily meditation before doing anything else). It was a good thing I awakened at 2:00 am and simply wasn't in the mood for more sleep - LOL. 

Just look at these beauties! They were beautifully golden, 
which is ripe, but not quite over-ripe. They were absolutely 
perfect for my dehydrator and I'll be enjoying snacking 
on them for a couple of weeks. 

So, after a delightful meditation, I followed my nose to the basement area where I use my dehydrator on top of my clothes dryer (it's a flat surface, has a convenient outlet on the wall, and is easy to clean if needed). Gabbing the dehydrator, I carried it up to the kitchen where I unloaded it into two large containers of lovely, dried pineapple to nosh on for the next couple of weeks. So yummy! 

I cut off the rough skin, and the tops and bottoms. Then 
I slice into pieces, and each slice gets cut up into 
smaller pieces. Two pineapples can make a load that 
will happily last me for several weeks. Yum! 

I really didn't need any pineapple, but when I saw these two beautifully ripe fruit at the grocer yesterday, I simply couldn't resist. Dried pineapple is one of my absolutely favorite snacks, and they dry up beautifully in the larger dehydrator that I purchased 2-3 years ago. That's been a good investment. I've actually used it quite a bit (for one of those appliances that often gather dust in the corner of a kitchen cabinet). 

I wasn't cutting itsy-bitsy pieces, they were reasonable 
pieces for munching (and a couple of them didn't make 
it into the dehydrator at all - LOL). This is one pineapple 
cored, sliced and cut, and I had two pineapples, so it 
was a nice amount of lovely fruit to eat. 

Yesterday started out with a bang for me. I had a great swim, then went home quickly with about 30 minutes to eat breakfast and leave for the shop. I had to get the computers up for Chickie since both DH and I needed to meet with our financial attorney at 8:00 am. Traffic was a DISASTER - slow, lots of road construction, etc. So when Google Maps suggested I pull off onto Normandale Blvd. I obeyed, over the objections of DH. Google led me south and then west. It was a slower route than the freeway (lots more traffic lights), but the traffic was light, and we were able to be at the meeting on time. 

I think that EVERY freeway heading East to West in or 
around the Metro area is under road construction right 
now. It's a MESS. I refuse to drive to Minneapolis for any 
reason if I can skip it. Unfortunately, this was an important 
meeting so the traffic had to be tackled. 

We were joined by our stockbroker who is still recovering from foot surgery. He wrecked himself up on the ski slopes last winter and is still paying the price. He says he'll be back up on the skis this coming winter, but not on that particular slope. Probably a good idea - LOL. It was wonderful to see Tom, though. I've known him for decades now and he's a sharp guy - a good person to have in your financial corner. The meeting was good, and I even got DH back to the store shortly after opening, so it was a win. Then I treated myself with my weekly run to the grocery store where I found the pineapples - LOL. See? It all comes together in the end. 

I'm off to the swimming pool. Have an excellent day and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.