Well, the wedding yesterday was lovely. And very interesting. I’ve been to a million Catholic weddings, but this was my first Jewish wedding. Mazel tov! And Mandy and Mike were glowingly, sickeningly happy. Very sweet.

But an hour into the reception, George and I had to leave as his pasta had pine nuts in it. George is highly allergic to pine nuts. (I feel bad because Mandy said there were no nuts in it – I hope no one else had an allergic reaction!) Fortunately, because he didn’t eat a whole nut (we don’t think) and because he’s on Singular (because of Stinky), his reaction wasn’t so bad. A dose of liquid Benadryl was enough to stop it. But the hotel (where the reception was held) didn’t sell Benadryl in the gift shop so we had to leave. And we didn’t go back, so I didn’t get cake nor a chance to catch the bouquet. Dang it! I was determined to catch that dang bouquet. Sheesh. But George did slightly make up for it by buying me a Crunchie bar at World Market. Mmm, Crunchie bar.

Went to the gym this morning. Did arms on the weight machines. I wanna be buff!

Also, to answer comments: Jewish weddings can’t be on Saturdays, so Mandy and Mike decided on Thursday at 1 pm. Don’t ask, I don’t know why exactly.

And here’s the recipe for Cinnamon-Sugar Knots:

POINTS® value | 2

Servings | 12

Preparation Time | 10 min

Cooking Time | 15 min

Level of Difficulty | Easy

Ingredients

2 Tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

11 oz refrigerated bread stick dough

3 serving butter-flavor cooking spray

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375ºF. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.

In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Mix well and set aside.

Unroll breadsticks and cut each in half lengthwise (to make a total of 24 pieces). Arrange pieces on prepared baking sheet and coat with cooking spray. Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon-sugar mixture over each piece. Tie each piece into a knot (pulling dough gently if necessary). Sprinkle remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture over knots.

Bake until puffed up and golden brown, about 15 minutes. Serve warm. Yields 2 knots per serving.