Nutcrackers and BBQ

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas season! It seems to have come so FAST this year! Tyler is wrapping up exams this week and I am getting ready to work for a few nights before we make the long journey to Mississippi for Christmas! While Tyler and I have been busy these past few weeks Doc has been fulfilling his duty as guard dog. Instead of guarding against the "bad guys" coming into our house Doc feels that we have already let some "unwelcome visitors" in. These so call "unwanted visitors" happen to be my nutcrackers =). My mom was actually Clara in the Nutcracker Ballet when she was a little girl and has collected nutcrackers ever since. When Tyler and I got married I started collecting them too. I love them BUT little did I know my big German Shepherd would not. This has been the scene in our house for the past few weeks of Doc "guarding" the nutcrackers. If he is not sitting and looking at them he glances their way when he walks though the room to make sure they are in their spot being "good". We have laughed so much at him!

In other news here is a BBQ Beef recipe (another slow cooker) I tried out this week and it was SO good!

INGREDIENTS:

1 (3lb) boneless chuck roast

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

salt/pepper to taste

1 (18 ounce) bottle BBQ sauce

DIRECTIONS:

1. Place roast into slow cooker. Sprinkle with garlic powder and onion powder, and season with salt and pepper. Pour BBQ sauce over meat. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

2. Remove meat from slow cooker, shred, and return to slow cooker. Cook for 1 more hour. Serve hot.