Monday and Penny is at work so I have a moochy day visiting Costco and some other shops not buying much at all. I have offered to make dinner so buy the necessities for that. Around 15:00 I meet Penny and we pick up the kids from school and go back to their place where I cook a steak and Pavlova dinner. Unfortunately Penny is on a strict diet so can only eat some prawns and green salad .
Hunter has a science test the next day and is very nervous about it so Penny sits there grilling him on the contents.
I head back to the hotel around 21:00 where I answer emails etc. finally going to bed at 01:00.
Next morning and I have lunch arrangements with John and Loreali Kerr with whom I became very friendly in Seattle and who, not uncommonly, spend six months of the year in Phoenix and six months (summer) in Seattle. I gravitate back to Chompies for lunch where it has been good to catch up as I missed them here last year.
Back to Penny’s place where she has been told that one of the kids hasn’t handed in two homework assignments so I pick up the kids and bring them home while she sees the teacher. Hunter has aced the science test with 91% but this is overshadowed by Riley getting an infraction for coming to the classroom 15 minutes late and not handing in the two homework assignments.
I help Riley with his homework and am really nervous about how I did as it was h-a-r-d – and he is only 9! Anyway I find out the next day he got 100% - phew.
Wednesday I get up late which is a good sign for relaxing holiday for me. I headed for the Musical Instrument Museum which is two minutes from the hotel where I spend a relaxing couple of hours.
Hunter has a science test the next day and is very nervous about it so Penny sits there grilling him on the contents.
I head back to the hotel around 21:00 where I answer emails etc. finally going to bed at 01:00.
Next morning and I have lunch arrangements with John and Loreali Kerr with whom I became very friendly in Seattle and who, not uncommonly, spend six months of the year in Phoenix and six months (summer) in Seattle. I gravitate back to Chompies for lunch where it has been good to catch up as I missed them here last year.
Back to Penny’s place where she has been told that one of the kids hasn’t handed in two homework assignments so I pick up the kids and bring them home while she sees the teacher. Hunter has aced the science test with 91% but this is overshadowed by Riley getting an infraction for coming to the classroom 15 minutes late and not handing in the two homework assignments.
I help Riley with his homework and am really nervous about how I did as it was h-a-r-d – and he is only 9! Anyway I find out the next day he got 100% - phew.
Wednesday I get up late which is a good sign for relaxing holiday for me. I headed for the Musical Instrument Museum which is two minutes from the hotel where I spend a relaxing couple of hours.
It is a remarkable place which shows musical diversity from around the world. The setup is that each country has a display comprising an LCD TV surrounded by all the instruments and as you approach the audio tour device automatically switches over to the LCD TV where you can hear musicians playing the music of that country. It is so hard to understand how much diversity there is in music and musical instruments. I am told however that the Museum in Seattle, paid for by Paul Allan, was originally scheduled to cost $50m and ended up costing him $250m is unbelievable – a weird building that’s for sure http://huichun.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/800px-ariel_of_empsfm.jpg
I then head over to Nordstrom Rack and buy nada nothing – what a bust. I go to the Apple Store before meeting a bridge friend Haig Tamitsch across the road at Zinc Bistro for lunch. He makes his living giving bridge lessons and playing bridge professionally and at around 50 years old, single and no kids has a nice relaxing life travelling and pursuing his passion for photography.
Back to the hotel where I meet up with Penny and the kids for a few hours around the pool. Afterwards I head off to John and Loreali Kerr’s place for dinner and an extended chat. I do get a little jealous when I see a lovely large three bedroom townhouse with big rooms, double garage etc. selling for $A225k which in Sydney would buy you a 0 bedroom shoebox. Anyway back to the hotel for bed.
I then head over to Nordstrom Rack and buy nada nothing – what a bust. I go to the Apple Store before meeting a bridge friend Haig Tamitsch across the road at Zinc Bistro for lunch. He makes his living giving bridge lessons and playing bridge professionally and at around 50 years old, single and no kids has a nice relaxing life travelling and pursuing his passion for photography.
Back to the hotel where I meet up with Penny and the kids for a few hours around the pool. Afterwards I head off to John and Loreali Kerr’s place for dinner and an extended chat. I do get a little jealous when I see a lovely large three bedroom townhouse with big rooms, double garage etc. selling for $A225k which in Sydney would buy you a 0 bedroom shoebox. Anyway back to the hotel for bed.
I must say I really like the desert vista and architecture. The cacti, rich red earth and the small mountains which surround the city. Phoenix isn't a tourist haven but if you stay at a resort it is a good place to relax and chill. This is evident by the number of resorts they have here.
Anyway a few relaxing days and not much to tell. Haig has told me to go to the botanical gardens and butterfly enclosure and may do that today.
Best to all
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Best to all
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