Asian-Spiced Pork Chops

I took the day off to care for my two sick grandchildren today and the way it was described to me by my four year old granddaughter was she is only a little sick (opening her hands about an inch) with a sore froat, but her brother was very sick (opening her little hands about a foot). How precious is that? Six month old Ethan has RSV, requiring medicine and 3 times a day breathing treatments, in addition to alternating infant Ibuprofen and Tylenol to bring down his fever every few hours. He has eye drops for an eye infection and nose drops to control a bloody nose. In spite of all of his ailments, he still smiles at you every time you talk to him (what a trooper!). Emma has strep throat requiring an antibiotic and had no fever today and her appetite was definitely back. I'm sure she is ready to go back to day care tomorrow.

Since I was gone all day, Gerry was in charge of dinner. We had Asian-spiced pork chops which were boneless pork loin chops with a rub of Spanish paprika, dry mustard, salt, pepper, ground ginger, ground allspice and cayenne pepper. The rubbed chops went on the grill to cook and were done to perfection. The sides were oven roasted red potatoes, steamed carrots and a tomato and feta cheese salad.