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We arrived here in Phoenix Arizona last Saturday to stay with our good friends, Terry & Virgie. We knew they'd make us feel right at home. And they sure have! Over the past year we've been through Phoenix several times and each time we've stayed with Terry and Virgie. Our friendship is closer now than when we [...] We had a wonderful visit in San Diego this past week. We got to catch up with family and Fiona met lots of her aunts, uncle, cousins and second cousins. The van is repaired and runs great! We drove yesterday from San Diego to Phoenix to stay a few days with our friends here in Arizona. We [...] Today is the first day of our officially house sitting in Albuquerque New Mexico for the next six weeks. Our host has left for vacation. Since we've stayed with our host overnight as we've traveled several times, we're very comfortable here. We have a nice 'office' to work in, a large kitchen to cook in, a nice living room for Joel to set his music up in so he can play and record. Fiona has her own room and bathroom as do we. There's a huge backyard for Fiona to play in. There's a garden I can tend and roses to enjoy. It's in a quiet neighborhood within walking distance of the store. The library isn't far so we'll be able to visit there regularly. Our house sitting responsibilities include: Continue reading Officially House Sitting in New Mexico Fiona found her pet dinosaur. Several in fact. You can see in the gallery below photos of Fiona riding a dinosaur and walking another. They vary in size from very tiny (Fiona can hold the head of one in her hand) to HUGE! We decided not to drive the main interstate between Colorado and Albuquerque and went [...] We left at 7:30 am Saturday to start the long drive from Arizona to Albuquerque New Mexico. We had gotten everything packed the night before and felt great about getting started. During the two weeks we'd been in Mesa house sitting, we'd never had any problems with the garage door opening and closing. But sure enough, when we went to leave that morning we couldn't get it to close electronically. After several attempts Joel manually closed it and we made sure it locked. (Since then the home owners say it works just fine!) Our first goal was to find a Starbucks and get our morning tea. Though we know there are half a dozen Starbucks in the area we were in, we just couldn't seem to find one. We finally gave up because we wanted to hit the road. Continue reading Adventurous Mishaps Traveling from Arizona to New Mexico to Colorado  Last Saturday we took Fiona to visit the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix Arizona. We found a coupon online for $2 off each adult admission. Once we got there we found out that for an additional $3.50 each we could also go into the seasonal butterfly exhibit. The Nomad Canfields #gallery-2 { We're settling in at our house sitting gig here in Mesa. We both feel at 'home' here. It's helpful that we're house sitting for close friends and have stayed with them extensively in the past. So we know where everything is, how to use the washer and dryer, when to put out the trash for pickup on garbage day and what they expect when they return home April 1st. We're settling in to our day-to-day routine - making fresh bread each day, getting Fiona working on school work again (she had fun painting today), staying on top of client work and marketing our business online.  Fiona painting works of art We're looking forward to this Friday when Continue reading Day-to-Day Life House Sitting in Arizona It's taken me a few days to catch up and get this post written about our trip this past Monday. Joel and I both woke up at 4 am but decided to try to get some more rest before our alarm went off at 5:45 am. Quick showers, cup of tea, check email, finish packing the van [...] |
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