NewLife

Hello everyone! Well it's been a while, so we thought we should post a blog to mark an anniversary, even though we haven't been up to too much... Can you believe that last week marked 2 years since our arrival in Arizona? We finished our round the world trip and landed in Phoenix on Tuesday 17th October 2006. In many ways it seems a lifetime ago, but sometimes it seems like only yesterday... So 2 years on, where are we?? Has our 'new life' lived up to our expectations? Well, we have a lovely house that we could not have dreamed of owning in the UK, we have added a four legged friend to the family, have made some good friends, have a more relaxed way of life and we own 2 businesses... & so we ... read more

After 4 years it was time to visit my first home! El Bolson, Rio Negro, Argentina. "La hermosa Patagonia" So I left Dave and Maverick behind for 2 1/2 weeks on April 14th. I arrived in San Carlos de Bariloche on the 15th in the afternoon and my welcoming committee was my Dad Carlos, sister Maria and my adorable nephew Julian. As those of you who know me well you can imagine it was an emotional reunion specially as I had not seen my Dad in 4 years. After the hugs and the tears stopped I was straight back into Argentine life. Off to the supermarket to get food and wine to celebrate on our way to Maria's house. I have not been to Maria's house before so was delighted to find a really cosy and ... read more

Hello! A few people have asked to see pics of the new house, so this seemed a good place to put them up! It's a bit of a public forum, but what the hell! Our first visitors have arrived - Nicola was here for a couple of days after working in San Diego for a week, she left yesterday and Rosie, Ginnie's mum, arrived on Tuesday for a couple of weeks. So the guest bedrooms are already in good use! And the pool has had it's first use too, even though the water is a refreshing 74f! Hope to see some more of you here soon! Love Dave & Ginnie... read more

Hurray! The promised winter storm arrived at last! Snow Day! Snow Day! Snow Day! We don't have to go to work or school! (Nothing new there then!) It started snowing briefly on Sunday evening for an hour or so and then stopped; but it started again over night at some point and hasn't stopped since! It's now about 2pm on Monday and I'd guess that we've had about 6-8 inches of powdery snow in total. Forecasters suggest it will ease off this afternoon, but we will have to see! More is forecast up here tomorrow night... Being desert dwellers (and big kids!) we wrapped up in hats and gloves this morning and went out to play! A few snowballs, a snow angel from Ginnie and then on to the construction of Buddy. Neither of us can ... read more

Well the 'holidays' are upon us and we have a visitor for a few days. Nicola (Rupert's wife) has been staying with us since Tuesday. Nic came over to work in California for a few days and flew in to see us for 4 days. She flies home to England this Saturday. So whilst Nic has been here we took a trip up to Sedona and went for a hike. The weather was perfect, about 70f/21c, and beautiful blue skies. For regular readers of this blog, I don't have to talk too much about Sedona as we have been up there a few times. Read some of the old entries if you want to know more about the place. We had a great day as the pictures demonstrate, finished off with a steak at the Pinnacle ... read more