Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig

Well, the holiday season has finally ended in our household--we took the last of our guests to the airport very early this morning. Edward's dog, Emmy, was the last to leave, flying out of the Sacramento airport at 8am and I heard from her very anxious parents that she just arrived back in New York. Thank goodness! Ten hours of flying and 2 stop-overs is a lot for a cute little doggie to endure.

Dave and I were counting up all the folks who stayed at our place since school finished in December...I think we counted 13 different people. Whew...that's a lot of dirty towels and sheets! I just deflated the air bed and stripped the hide-a-bed and futon of their sheets so I can get the house back to "normal". Normal around here means always having a guest bed ready to go, however, as we're lucky to have my parents come for frequent visits. We love that about living in Davis; it is close enough to the people we love that we get to see them a lot.

When Edward arrived we made a "to do" and "to eat" list. We only missed three things: going to the antique tractor museum (which we decided to wait on until my dad could come along), going to Lake Berryessa for a hike and swimming the dogs (there were too many storms...), and eating fondue. Oh well! I got the fondue set out and everything but just never found enough time to make and eat it. Hopefully we'll get to that on his next visit.

Here are the pictures of us and our whole leg of lamb (it was first on our "to eat" list).

The leg, complete with skin and fat:


The leg, with skin and some fat removed. We cut little slits all over it and stuffed some of the marinade goop inside the meat then rubbed the rest all over to marinate for about an hour. The marinade goop consisted of fresh dill, soy sauce, fresh ginger, pepper, garlic, and sugar--the dill seemed a bit random but it was FANTASTIC:


After about an hour on the grill it was ready to eat. We ate it with couscous and thick yogurt. YUM: