It has become such a struggle to log onto this site it is really frustrating. It only took me 30 minutes tonight. We do not have a cell tower anywhere in sight. It must be several miles to the closest one so our MiFi actually gets hot to the touch trying to pull in a signal. Thank goodness for Verizon.
Yesterday we heard this fascinating discussion about our taste buds. I have always known there is one taste bud we are born with and we die with and that is the sweet taste bud. Others come and go. So this discussion said the most satisfying foods have 4 of our taste buds covered at once. Those are sweet, savory, salt and fat. If you find a food with all of those at once that food will make you happy. The number one food that provides those is fried chicken. We realized that Five Guys burgers do that for us, so we hurriedly got ready to head to Fort Collins so we could eat there. So many of the Five Guys places have the five guys singing while they cook. This one did not. However, that didn't bother us because the burgers met our taste buds' needs. We didn't even eat last night because we were so pleased to have had that food. Yummy. Wish it was possible to eat those burgers more frequently and not have a cholesterol problem. Alas, it is not.
I think I mentioned the smoke over the mountains over a week ago. Finally we found out what the problem is. We have smoke in here from fires in Canada, Washington, Oregon and California. Today we had a break for part of the day. But the smoke moves back in tomorrow and we will lose sight of the pretty Rockies. The wind was just right yesterday and we could even smell the smoke. There is an ozone alert in Denver in addition to the smoke, so we are much better off than they are.
The weekend farmer across the road who also owns the lumber yard in Ault told us that he was growing a field of sorghum to feed to his half dozen cows. He explained that it had to be about 4 feet high or it would poison the cattle. All the tons of rain we have had in the past week made the sorghum grow really fast. So, when the farmer turned his cattle out yesterday they completely disappeared! The only time you can see them is when the roam to the end of the field. I wonder how they feel about not being able to see where they are walking? And I wonder how they know when to quit eating? This will be interesting to watch.
We have succeeded in getting Hannah to count to five. We are so excited about that. Her other speech skills are equally as much fun. We almost never know what to expect her to say. The trick is to not overreact when she says something a little shocking. I am sure you know what I mean. We have settled into a routine of having her on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and then other times when her parents want to go somewhere. It's a great arrangement which we are all enjoying.
That means tomorrow we have a day off. We haven't even started thinking about what we might want to do. We still want to see the Dale Chihuly exhibit in Denver, but not in this heat. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
I hope you're having as much fun as we are!
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