A Little Bit of Shasta Coming at You

Heads up! Next time, duck to avoid that snowball. Lake Shastina is still calling my name. I think I need a little change of pace. A little calmer, cleaner, nicer environment would do me right. Talli made a good point the other day. When I was in Shasta, I didn't complain about the driving of the people around me. Down here, it takes a few minutes for me to complain. Of course, I'm justified because I would have been cut off or almost hit by a bad driver within minutes of driving here. I think that people turn off their brains when they get in the car. I did forget to give my Wal-Mart & Target truck count during our Shasta trip in my last post. On the way up we passed: Wal-Mart: 8 Target: 3 While there: Wal-Mart: 1 Target: 0 The way home: Wal-Mart: 2 Target: 0 Day two of the lamb was excellent. Talli and I still enjoyed it immensely. I found a great recipe. Since the recipe was requested, here it is: Rack of Lamb. The only modification I made was to replace the 1 TBSP of butter with the same amount of olive oil. I never tried it with the butter, but it was great with the olive oil. As you can see, Hunter enjoyed the lamb as well. His tail was wagging so fast that I thought it would fly right off his bottom. It was good to see him really enjoying himself. I'm glad that I decided to share the bones with him. He cracked through them and not a shard of bone was left. After dinner, Talli made a mint tisane with the organic mint that we're growing in the back yard. It was excellent. By the end of the summer, the plants will probably be large enough for us to have the mint tisane every day if we want to. Now, we're just waiting to see how many tomatoes the tomato plants that we planted will produce to see how many tomatoes we will eat from the yard and how many we will have to buy at the farmer's market. Until tomorrow, drive safely. Everyone on the road is crazy...except you and me.