Great Saturday

Yesterday was a great Saturday.

First, we took The Dog to The Little Girl's riding lesson. It was funny to see him around horses. Right out of the truck, we went into the stables. I went through my normal paces, which always start with saying hi to Hercules, the black Clydesdale. The Dog immediately stood up against the stall and found himself nose-to-nose with what can only be described as a Big Damn Horse. Naturally, The Dog quickly realized that he was far from being the largest thing on four legs. After that, it was all curiosity about horse legs and horse tails. He was no longer curious about their heads. In the meantime, The Little Girl had a fantastic lesson. She's really taking to this riding thing.

After that, back to the house. Lunch, a little catnap, then got notified by the next-door neighbor that the grocery store had pork baby-back ribs on sale for 2.99/lb, and trimmed briskets were about the same. We picked up two good-sized racks of ribs and a five-pound brisket, as the next-door neighbor has ridiculous skills on a smoker. We had fall-off-the-bone-tender dry ribs, bacon-wrapped stuffed jalepenos (try those on the smoker next time instead of the grill; you'll thank me), chile con queso, grilled zucchini and squash, baked beans, and pasta salad. Followed it all with some Oreo Icebox Pie (The Wifey is worthy of worship for that alone) and kept cool all day with some cold amber lagers.

Yep. Yesterday was a great Saturday.



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