my hopes of sleeping in

were dashed. somehow I could not sleep past 7 this morning. Which lately, for me, is VERY abnormal. On weekends I can sleep until 9 or 10 easily. I guess I just had to get things ready for today. The brisket was put onto the smoker at 6 am, and my dedicated husband got up then to attend to it. Smoking requires a lot of patience and he has to watch the temperature constantly and pretty much gets up and fiddles with something to do with the brisket at least every 20 minutes.

but the end result is delicious!!!