An acquired taste

I like these.

I don't know why. I first tried one at my Mom's house and thought they were quite disgusting. Why ruin a good cracker, I thought. What's with throwing wierd herbs & oils into the mix?

But then as the weekend continued I found myself alone with them sitting there in front of me. And rather than getting up and looking in the cupboard where there was sure to be other kinds of snacks (in fact, many, many other kinds of snacks since my Mom is the coolest and makes sure to have some of our favs on hand), I instead reached my hand into the box and had another. Still I didn't think they were great. But they were there, so I partook.


Well, it came time to leave and my Mom handed us a full box of none other than......Rosemary & Olive Oil Triscuits. Turns out she doesn't like them.


Funny.


Anyway, I like to eat and since 3 hours is far too long for me to wait for my next meal, I popped a few of those little things in on the drive home. Well, they rid me of my hunger pains, but still didn't do much for my taste buds.


A few days later Mike did the grocery shopping and of course came home with a new box. I know. I guess he liked them. I had a few because you can't let things go to waste, y'know.


Now, do you know what I eat ALL. THE. TIME? Yes, that's right. The next grocery shopping trip I came home with TWO boxes of those little guys.


Now they are a standing item on the list.


Ridiculous.

My Noble British Name

Your Noble British Name Is:

Lady Henrietta Winifred Lister

What's" Your Noble British Name?

Um... Ok.

Country Roads, Take Me Home...

I know that song talks about West Virginia, but it always reminds me of Colorado for some reason. I don't know why.
Wait.
Yes I do.
But you're going to think I'm weird if I tell you. Oh well. You probably already think I'm weird.
John Denver sings that song.
John Denver.......Denver is in Colorado.......therefore the song must be about Colorado.
Oh.

Okay, well you probably thought I was done with the month of May.
No, no. There's more. May was a busy month.

Mike got to come with me to revisit my past. We drove to a little place in Colorado where I used to spend my ranching days, called King Mountain Ranch. Okay, I only worked there one summer. But it was a summer of things I won't forget and was a real turning point in my life.

Anyway, we got to stay in Parshall with my awesome long lost friend T. Her husband, daughter, and dogs let us take over their house for a few days. Which we greatly appreciated. We appreciated it almost as much as the magnificent breakfasts that were cooked. (Yes, that was for you, C.) And the SWEET horse ride through the hills of Parshall, with the perfect amount of loping involved (Thanks T!). And the great hospitality of the Bar Lazy J Ranch Staff, who allowed us to hang around, fish the river, and eat their food (which was wonderful, too!).

While I didn't get all the pics I wanted, here are a few:

Derailed train on the way

Mike on the way

C & Munchkin

Us at King Mountain

Here come the horses

Mike happy

Just swingin'

Sweet, spunky Munchkin

Nice, Mike. Nice.

Above Byer's canyon

Hey cowgirl

Just like the old days. Almost.

I'm baaack.

I know, I know. I'm a little bit behind in my blogging.

Okay. FINE. I'm a lot behind in my blogging.

But, really, it's not like the 5 people who actually read this are going to DIE if they don't hear what's happening in the life of Annie, right?

So I forgive myself.

But since I really do appreciate you 5 people, and since I know you are just waiting in anticipation to see what's going on in my life....

Life during May.

(And this is the SHORT version.)