Vince's Present

The gift has now been unveiled. It is a smoker -- a Cookshack SM009 model to be exact! Vince was as happy with it as I had hoped he'd be. I can't wait to use it. Pulled pork is not something our family ate and I have fallen in love with it in KY. I have a pork butt all covered in rub and in the fridge to be smoked tomorrow. Takes about 16 hours to smoke an 8 pound butt so it will be Tuesday before we get to taste our first smoke. The smoker has to be seasoned before we can do meat and we didn't do it today because it was raining and snowing off and on all day today. I finished the top using the blue, purple and red fabric and have cut out another one that will have a plain (non-pieced) border. Here are the fabrics I'm using for the second one. The colors aren't very true in the picture but the one that looks blue is really royal purple. It's another stash quilt! The diagnosis on the laptop is sad! It's a hard drive failure. The good news is that I got suckered into buying an extended warranty so for once, it paid off. The bad news is that I have to send it off to be repaired and they say it will be gone 2 - 3 weeks. I hate using the desktop and for some reason, I just can't be creative while sitting at a desk typing on that monster computer. Vince would probably take my credit card but I'm seriously thinking about checking the sales to see if there's a notebook on sale. Never know what you might find in those after-Christmas sales. I was able to get all my patterns and EQ files onto the backup drive. Chad got a fly tying kit for Christmas and that was definitely his favorite gift. He has been tying flies all afternoon. He does love to fish! The prime rib turned out fantastic! I can't believe how easy it was to make. I used my Nesco roaster and it was so good! It was my first time to cook prime rib but I'll do it again. I hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas! Judy