Desert Botanical Gardens - We Made It!

So we decided wind be damned, and went to the Desert Botanical Gardens anyway.  It was hazy and quite breezy, but frankly a lovely evening.  We just walked around on the trails for about an hour, then headed out.  I'm glad we went.

Strike 2

Windy and overcast and dusty.  I guess the Desert Botanical Gardens can wait until tomorrow.

Thursday...Desert Botanical Gardens

I've officially unplugged from work.  I used to be so much better at that, and now I pretty much suck at it.  But today starts the "no more work" until Monday.

The plan for the day is to hit the Desert Botanical Gardens, and then go to Grimaldi's Pizza for dinner.  I've been instructed by one of the execs at work to go to Grimaldi's.  It had better be good.

More later from the gardens - I need to go look at something beautiful and stop thinking about work.

COYOTE!!!

He ran across the road, and Chris said, "coyote!!" and then he slammed on the breaks and I looked directly into the sun and went blind and still was able to capture this cool pic.

Am I 15??

Somehow, I have a GIGANTIC zit on my chin.  I haven't had one of these in many years.

Some of you remember the Christmas Card Scandal of 1995 where I had a zit the size of a Lima bean in exactly the same place.

Look for it in future posts.  It's hard to miss.

Sorry, we've been busy...I'm back

So I've been remiss on posting to the blog.  Here is what has happened since Saturday:

Sunday

• Went for a walk in the beautiful warm weather
• Went to Arizona Wilderness for beers and a burger - see below
• Came home and passed out at 9:00 pm

Monday

• Patty worked all day - gross
• Chris golfed with Dave
• Went to happy hour with a co-worker that lives in Phoenix (SO FUN) and had dinner at Craft 64, wolfing down a pizza and caprese salad and beer in 30 minutes.  YES!

Tuesday

• Patty worked a 12 hour, frantic, stressful, "I'm sure someone has a voodoo doll of me at work" kind of day - super gross
• Chris went for a walk and talked to my mom all day
• Dinner at Barrio Queen - tasty - and tried to take selfies on the patio with super harsh lighting

Wednesday

• Got up, went for a walk
• Packed up for our overnight in Page (4.5 hours north on the Utah border) and our visit to Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon
• Mom informs us at 11:45 am - hey, there are dust storm and high wind advisories for Page, and fire danger...I hope it doesn't get cancelled
• Chris and I then go into a "what the fuck?  I'm not driving 4.5 hours if this thing is going to be cancelled, and if there are 35 mile and hour sustained winds in a slot canyon full of sand that is not very agreeable."
• Overnight trip cancelled - after 10 minutes of crabbiness, we were over it
• Then spent 4. hours working on our Portland winery day with 6-8 other people, scheduling the whole day, booking 4 winery appointments, booking the car service, and emailing everyone for confirmation
• Therefore, I deserve this gimlet:

We are now going out for a sandwich.  And another gimlet.

I mean honestly, WTF?

So we arrived in Arizona last night - terrible turbulent flight, terrible beer on Sun Country (Michelob Golden Draft Lite???), but frankly, who would care because it doesn't look like this, which is what it looks like at home:

After the obligatory stop at the liquor store after arriving, we grabbed a bite and headed home, unpacked, and went promptly to bed. 

Woke up this morning and was relaxing and reading Facebook and I heard mooing!!  These ladies and gents forage around in the desert.  There were little calves frolicking about and playing.  OMG so cute, I couldn't stand it.

Today's agenda:  grocery store, and maybe a drink.  OK, who am I kidding.  We'll definitely drink.