Warning: Blogging can be dangerous! Part II

A while back I wrote a post called Warning: Blogging can be dangerous!  In that post I talked about how I sometimes get distracted by my blog when I am cooking.  Apparently I have not learned my own lesson.

A couple of days ago I was cooking up my Grilled Dry Rub Steaks recipe on the grill that is located on the back deck of our house.  I had the sliding glass door open with the radio station where I have my show playing softly in the background.  I had my camera in hand and was trying to get a good picture of the steaks so I could use it on my blog.

I heard a strange noise, but I was so focused on taking pictures, I decided I would take a look after I had the pictures I wanted.  It was only after I noticed out of the corner of my eye, that our dog, Buddy, was backing slowly up towards the open door, that I finally took a look to find out what that strange noise was.

It was a rattlesnake!  Only 4 feet away from me, at the edge of the deck, coiled up, tail rattling, head up in the air, hissing at me.  I don't think I have ever been that scared before. I slowly backed up into the house.

My husband arrived at home just a couple of minutes after I had barricaded myself and Buddy inside.  My fearless hero grabbed a shovel and went to kill the snake.  After a few attempts to kill the snake, the deed was done.

We ate our slightly charred, but delicious steaks, then my husband went outside to bury the snake.  At this point I should have know there was something wrong.  Our dog would not go outside.  As my husband stepped outside on the deck he heard a rattle.  There in the same place was another rattlesnake.  A few whacks latter and that snake was history too.

I have learned my lesson again, about the dangers of being distracted by your blog.  At least I hope I have!

Oh, by the way, does anyone have a recipe for BBQ rattlesnake?

Check back on Friday, when I post my recipe for the delicious
Grilled Dry Rub Steaks. 

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