One year ago today, we touched down in Arizona with the intention of living here. We are still very pleased with the city of Chandler. Having had more time to look at the cities around us, I think it was…
Christmas Day
The weather Christmas Day was cold by Arizona standards, but fairly clear. We did the British version of Christmas this time, doing what Americans would very much think of as Thanksgiving food: turkey, stuffing, potatoes (roasted and mashed), parsnips, carrots, green…
Wesołych Świąt! (Happy Christmas! (Merry Christmas! (Feliz Navidad!)))
Chris grew up celebrating a British Christmas day, but also celebrating Wigilia, which is the traditional Polish Christmas Eve, as his maternal grandparents were from Poland. This was our first attempt at doing Wigilia on our own. The word comes from…
Christmas Party!
Our apartment community has done parties for many major holidays and Christmas was no exception. As it was a bit colder, this was not a pool party, but rather took place in the club house and the outside areas around…
Christmastime in Arizona
December is the coldest month in Arizona, so the Christmas season hasn’t quite been like being in the Southern Hemisphere during the Christmas period. That said, other than São Paulo, Brazil, this is the warmest place I’ve been during the…
Nature Connects: Lego at the Phoenix Zoo
A very cool, traveling Lego display happened to be in town the week Chris’s parents were here. Nature Connects was doing a stint at the Phoenix Zoo. It primarily involved large Lego models of animals: Like all zoos, it also had plenty of real…
Giving 3-D Another Go
Due to wearing glasses, I have never been that comfortable with 3-D in cinemas. The last time I tried was when Avatar came out. I have actually never seen all of Avatar because I felt horribly sick in the first…
National Tree DUH-75 7.5-feet Dunhill Fir Hinged Artificial Christmas Tree
As I’ve recently discussed, we didn’t bring too much with us when we came over from the UK. We got rid of lots of things before moving. We didn’t actually get rid of our Christmas tree, but it’s still 5000…
New Furniture
When we first arrived in Arizona in January, we naturally brought very little with us as a piece of furniture has to be an antique or a work of art to be worth sending across an ocean. We got rid…
Lego Roadtrip to the West Valley
It’s funny how different two consecutive years can be. Both 2015 and 2016 have been crazy and intense for me and Chris, but in completely different ways. Last year driving a couple of hundred miles a day most days was…