Reed's Rat Race

Okay, first of all, for all of you from out west or up north or anywhere else besides the southeast and Texas, the term barbeque (BBQ) in all it's different spellings does not imply cooking meat over an open flame on a grill.  Cooking hamburgers on the grill is not barbeque.  And in fact, the term is a noun and refers to meat cooked using low temps, indirect heat, and smoke.   That being said, BBQ is one of my mostest favoritest things evar!  And cooking bbq (pork mostly) is one of my new hobbies.  Last year, I pretty much sucked at it.  But I've been able to get consistently good results this year and some of it has been above average (in my unbiased opinion, of course).   This past weekend, we were blessed with some really nice weather so I decided it was time to break out the smoker and smoke some ribs.  I prepped the ribs by seasoning 'em up with a home-made rub and then wrapped them tightly and put them back in the fridge overnight.  That way, the rub and the meat get ...

Yes, I misspelled 'beginning' in the title.  Those in the know will get it (not that it's that funny anyway).  Since all the other folks in the family have trendy looking blogs with wonderful photos and well written entries, Angela thought we'd give it a go too.  Of course, ours will not have wonderful photos and if I'm doing the blog, it'll read like a 10 year old wrote it.  But oh well...  So, where to start?  Anybody interested in this blog will prolly be pretty much up to date anyway, so I'll just start with recent events that have some interest to them. Recent event #1:   Gavin started Kindergarten!  Holy cow, is he that old?!!  So far, he's doing great and liking his teachers.  His best friend is also in his class.  Did I mention I feel sorry for his teachers.  I think, the adjustment was harder for Angela than it was for Gavin. Recent event #2:   Izzy turned three!  She is growing up so fast.  She wanted a "Princess Party".  I think she ...