Something that had not even occurred to us as a possibility was use of a garage without renting or owning an entire house. It turns out that although not every apartment comes with one, many are available near the apartments…
How to Unfurl a Palm Tree
A few months ago, when the construction had barely started, we showed you how to install a palm tree. Several months later, they were finally ready to finish the job. Here is a short video of how one does it:…
New Pool, Nearly
We have been waiting for basically the entire time we’ve lived in Arizona for the pool, office and gym next to where we live to be finished. It is so close! We are very much hoping not to miss the…
Usury Mountains Park
We wanted to show my parents the desert and my dad wanted to see the Superstition Mountains, so we decided to pick a patch of desert that was on the way there. We went to the edge of Mesa heading…
Trying Cactus Fruit for the First time: Prickly Pear Sorbet
Arizona is, of course, known for its cactuses. Something I hadn’t realized is that some of them are edible. We thought we’d start softly with one that has an edible fruit, though the pads are edible as well apparently. We…
Summer Solstice
Yesterday was the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It is also the day the sun will be most directly overhead at midday or, in our case, about 12:30, as we are about 30…
Dances with Drills
So this is likely our last update on the construction. It is actually due to be finished in just a bit. This one isn’t quite as positive as the others as it covers the worst 2 days of the whole…
Chris’s First Attempt at Grilling a Steak
As we have discussed before, we have had lots of renovations going on at our apartment complex. This means the nearest grill + pool set up is a little further away, so we haven’t used it as much. We did…
Unexpectedly, iPhone SE: Part 2
Anyone who knew me when I first moved to the UK knows I have very little love for Apple. They annoyed me by considering me a different person when I moved to Britain so I had the choice of losing…
Construction Update
We have about a month of construction to go at the time of writing. Here is a small update on how it’s going: