As some of our readers who also follow our instagram may know, my dad mentors a high school robotics club. I weirdly was in Wisconsin at that same time that they ran into the former speaker of the US house…
Bike-Jenx
One of the many reasons we picked Chandler is that it is fairly flat and has many bike paths and lanes compared to other American cities we had visited. We finally found time to get to a bike shop. We…
Adventures in Lego Trains: Part 3 – LEGO City Trains High-speed Passenger Train 60051
In the process of creating this train and doing this blog, we have realized that our chosen location has another perk. Apparently Lego stores are not at all common. There are two in the entire state of Arizona, none in…
Minor Differences: Changing Jobs
So, big news. Chris got a job. But you may being thinking, “didn’t he already have a full time job?” He did. He quit and got another one. This is something that felt more like a major difference from his…
A Taste of Gilbert
We have been just swamped and, sincerely, as amazing as it all was, we are quite severely overtraveled. If people with the travel bug have ever wondered if you can, at least temporarily have your thirst to travel quenched, yes,…
Bed, Bath and Beyond
So we have had a lot going on in the last few weeks, more than expected. We will tell you all about that properly in future postings. As we have been quite busy and things have been very manic, we…
Dinkum Systems ActionPod PRO
Chris uses FaceTime to speak to his parents face to face as he and his dad both have iPhones. The iPhone is by far the easiest way to call someone with Facebook, but it is annoying to have to hold the phone.…
Adventures in Lego Trains: Part 2 – LEGO City Trains High-speed Passenger Train 60051
In addition to getting a better base for his Lego train, Chris decided he wanted to make more cars for his train. This led to a trip to the Lego store, which is conveniently located about a mile away. We…
Adventures in Lego Trains: Part 1 – LEGO City Trains High-speed Passenger Train 60051
Even though we have much more space in the US than we had in the UK, his new train, LEGO City Trains High-speed Passenger Train 60051 Building Toy, is still enormous when fully built, so it has been far more involved…
Minor Differences: No Daylight Saving Time
A difference from anywhere else either of us have lived is that the majority of the state of Arizona does not observe daylight saving time (summer time in the UK). The rest of the US will be changing this weekend…