When Chris’s parents came to Arizona, it made me think a bit more about how the UK and Arizona compare. For instance, my mother-in-law watching some of the local news found out it was meant to snow somewhere in Arizona.…
Cinco de Mayo
This year, Chris had his very first cinco de mayo. Cinco de mayo means fifth of May in Spanish and is a Mexican American holiday. In the US, it is often confused with Mexican independence day, which is actually celebrated…
One Year On
As of yesterday, we have been in the US for one year. Granted, we weren’t living here in the most typical sense until mid-January of this year. Nonetheless, a year after our arrival, we decided to record a short video about…
Poolside BBQ with Chris’s Parents
With the arrival of Chris’s parents, we decided to have our first proper barbecue in Arizona. The term for the thing we did gets complicated. I will let wikipedia do some of the explaining: “In general British usage, barbecuing refers to…
First Rain
We have seen it rain in Arizona. It actually poured with rain the day we had to find somewhere to live. For the following three months after that, we didn’t see as much as a drop. When it did rain…
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…
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…
How to Install a Palm Tree
There has been ongoing renovation in our apartment community since late January. The renovation is of the pool, gym and office building, so as we have prime pool access, we also have quite the view of the construction being carried…