So on to Week 23 with grandchildren time and then back home.
Showing posts with label AZ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AZ. Show all posts
Monday, June 13, 2016
AAM Monday: Project Life Week 23
In having a week out west, this week is out of synch as Week 22 may get regular layouts or not. I'm still up in the air about that and when in doubt, don't is my motto.
So on to Week 23 with grandchildren time and then back home.
So on to Week 23 with grandchildren time and then back home.
Friday, June 3, 2016
Five on Friday: June 3, 2016
Last week we were in Arizona, so I'll share a few tidbits with you.
1.A non-stop flight to Phoenix is less than 5 hours from here. Had we had time, it would have been a 5 hour drive from there to more family in CA. Just not this time.
2. Dick got to play with the choo choo trains with two grandchildren. I think a little 3 year old girl fell for her Grandpa! He definitely fell for her! What a beauty.
3. For three of our days we were on a spiritual retreat. Father Tom suggested a siesta when we weren't in session. I listened to him and had several good naps! I 'could' do that at home but of course I don't. That's what vacations are for!
4. We only managed to have one good meal in that week. A stop at a different branch of Los Dos Molinas than our usual. This dessert was one of those 1doz egg flans! It was solid and creamy and omg good.
5. Finally, on one day I managed to get egg yolk on my white shirt. It washed out fortunately and the AZ sun bleached it just fine. That afternoon, my favorite rough silk slacks gave up the ghost and shredded along the back seat. The next day, I managed to get stuck by cactus thorns twice! Once was my own fault but the 2nd was not.
So that's my AZ saga and it's good to be home and safe in MD. Have a great weekend and see you on Monday!
1.A non-stop flight to Phoenix is less than 5 hours from here. Had we had time, it would have been a 5 hour drive from there to more family in CA. Just not this time.
2. Dick got to play with the choo choo trains with two grandchildren. I think a little 3 year old girl fell for her Grandpa! He definitely fell for her! What a beauty.
3. For three of our days we were on a spiritual retreat. Father Tom suggested a siesta when we weren't in session. I listened to him and had several good naps! I 'could' do that at home but of course I don't. That's what vacations are for!
4. We only managed to have one good meal in that week. A stop at a different branch of Los Dos Molinas than our usual. This dessert was one of those 1doz egg flans! It was solid and creamy and omg good.
5. Finally, on one day I managed to get egg yolk on my white shirt. It washed out fortunately and the AZ sun bleached it just fine. That afternoon, my favorite rough silk slacks gave up the ghost and shredded along the back seat. The next day, I managed to get stuck by cactus thorns twice! Once was my own fault but the 2nd was not.
So that's my AZ saga and it's good to be home and safe in MD. Have a great weekend and see you on Monday!
Friday, September 23, 2011
Flashback Friday - 11 09 23 I Learned My Lesson!
Once before, just once, I touched a cactus! That was a very painful lesson. I'm surprised I got this close to one but pictures don't lie!
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| outside Mesa AZ 2004 |
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, June 7, 2010
AAM Monday
This is a short post, but it is all about me. Me on one of my first trips to the South West.
There was so much I wanted to see and so much I STILL want to see, but darn, those states are so big! Looking at a map in Maryland, which takes up one page on the atlas, one can get fooled easily when one looks at a page of Arizona or New Mexico, which each have a page. A page is not a page and it's hard to resist planning more than a person can easily do. Especially a not-so-young person. But I was still in my 50s then!
We took a week to drive around those two BIG states and one of the highlights for me was the Gila Cliff Dwellings. As it was late November, the weather was brisk and we were virtually alone there. It was wonderful! I wonder if my knees could still do it...cause I'd sure like to go back again.
There was so much I wanted to see and so much I STILL want to see, but darn, those states are so big! Looking at a map in Maryland, which takes up one page on the atlas, one can get fooled easily when one looks at a page of Arizona or New Mexico, which each have a page. A page is not a page and it's hard to resist planning more than a person can easily do. Especially a not-so-young person. But I was still in my 50s then!
We took a week to drive around those two BIG states and one of the highlights for me was the Gila Cliff Dwellings. As it was late November, the weather was brisk and we were virtually alone there. It was wonderful! I wonder if my knees could still do it...cause I'd sure like to go back again.
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