It's Good to Have Friends

Especially friends who have gotten a job making gourmet pasta.  We just got a package of "samples" from the Gourmet Texas Pasta ( http://www.gourmettexaspasta.com/ ).  "Samples" meaning eight packages!!  Even looking at them makes me drool--Cabernet Sauvignon (having that tonight with Italian sausage), Roasted Habenero (destined for carbonara), Szechuan Orange Spice (Kung Pao Beef).  So much for the five pounds I've managed to lose this year . . .

Makes for an almost instant dinner--the garden is starting to come in so we can just see what's ready to pick and toss it with pasta.  Yummmmmm.

Less yummy--we had to dispatch another rattlesnake out by the car.  Pretty, but not nearly as cute as the little armadillos.  And we grabbed the gun instead of the camera.  I'm all for "live and let live" as long as they choose to live in the woods.