Wednesday, October 22, 2025

One more day in Arizona!

Yesterday we skipped hiking as our knees needed a rest. We went to Jerome, an old mining town, and walked around. Pretty views and a lot of gift shops but not much else. So we stopped at a vineyard in Cornville on the way back and did some wine tasting and shared a charcuterie board for lunch. Very enjoyable.

We leave Sedona this morning, probably stopping for a short hike along the way to Phoenix. Our flight is at 8:15 am tomorrow so we are dropping off the car today and staying overnight at the airport. I was up at 4:30 Arizona time in preparation for going to Florida time. We never fully adjusted for the time difference anyway so hopefully it won't be too bad going back. I checked the calendar and there are no early activities on the calendar from Friday through Sunday so I should be okay.

I am looking forward to seeing Justice. I just ordered him a cool pet carrier we saw someone wearing when we flew here. It is a backpack and expands when it is off to give them more room. His current one has to be carried on my shoulder and is fairly small - he does well in it but I thought this one might be an improvement.

Have a watchful Wednesday!

Safe travels!

Thank you! No hike with the rain but we stopped in Scottsdale Old Town at the Mission for phenomenal Guacamole, checked into the hotel, just dropped off the rental car, and are waiting for the shuttle back to the hotel (close by). Eat early, to bed early, up early, shuttle, then home!

And we didn't miss this weeks bocce game! It was rained out.

Greetings all

Another sunny one. Almost hot. The house got cleaned and the pups were visited by their favorite person - our cleaner. After that I walked at the gym. I even tried a little bit of walking backwards - harder than it looks. Really slow and had to be careful. I saw some other guy doing it at a far faster pace. Oh well, it is not a race.

After that I went to the studio (big surprise). The glass studio was empty. Another big surprise. The overall rearranging is ongoing and some of the interior is being painted after moving shelves. I did my usual puttering.

Nine days until Halloween. I need to get organized - like clear junk off the table. Inventory paper plates and table items. Make a shopping list. Calendar food ordering. Check the wine supply. Inspect the less obvious parts of the house to make sure DH has not created a debris pile. Wash the bathroom towels and dog blankets. Plan the excavation of the stuff that has accumulated on top of the two dog crates we keep in the living room then move the crates. Endless.

Have a good trip home Liz. So glad to hear you got some world class guac. Hugs to Justice.

CC is the roof fixed yet?

DD don't go wild with activities in Galveston. Pool time please.

Trick or treat.

Diane S

I've never tried walking backwards on a treadmill. May just have to try it!

Your party readying sounds like a lot! Cool though that you have an annual tradition of hosting a Halloween party?

Nope! Next week probably. And not enough rain today to leak thank goodness!

I don't think I would last very long walking backwards. I would be afraid of tripping up.

Hope you had a great last day in AZ Liz! Safe travels home tomorrow.

123, back up!

Same ol', same ol' today. Worked on my Bible study and more packing!

Hello Fresh meal was a steak stuffed pita. We had left over Hello Fresh Chicken pita so I ate that while DH and DC1 had the steak. Steak just isn't my thing!

Bible study tomorrow morning and then need to check if all the home loan stuff is completed. That all needs to be secured by Monday and I got a call from loan officer today that the HOA dues make our debt to income ratio to great but he had the HOS numbers wrong, was looking at the quarterly rate as the monthly rate. I sent him documentation so hopefully all is well but I'm not chancing another contingency problem. Grrrrr!

All the stuff related to home sale and purchase is nerve wracking until it is all complete. When I was buying my first place in Florida the mortgage officer was delaying because he wanted documentation of the community being an over 55 community. But it wasn't. Turned out the appraiser wrote that it was in the appraisal based on an assumption. The mortgage officer wouldn't approve the mortgage until the appraiser reissued the appraisal with that reference deleted.

I went to another plein air event tonight at my neighbor's house. Great setting, but I'm biased given it's my 'hood. Several of the newer neighbors came which was nice and I introduced them to each other. It was a beautiful day for painting with big clouds after the rain and a pretty sunset.

I didn't buy anything today, because I started to think, hey, I can just look out the window!

I also had a board meeting for the HOA today, which was surprisingly painless. A good day all around!