Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon All,

Mood: Happy

Music listening to: Hold On by En vogue

Hey, its has been a long time eh? Smile. We have finally got back into the swing of things at least we hope so. How has everyone been? We have missed you guys. I have so much email to catch up on, I hope that I can get to it all quickly. Well let me tell you about our short trip to Tempe,AZ.

Dec- 10-08

We arrived at the Spring Hill Suites in Tempe at around 4:00pm, but prior to that we dropped Elise's Mom off at her good friend Jody's home. Elise's Mom wanted us to stay for coffee but we couldn't because we had to go to help JT get into a new apartment due to his roommate couldn't keep up with his part of the rental agreement they had set.

The Spring Hill Suites is a very nice place right across from AZ Mills Mall, perfect location. We took a breather and Elise fixed us a Jack and coke, with pretzels and Frito's to munch on. Later at around 5:30pm we went down for happy hour and we got a glass of wine and we enjoyed the snacks that were there.

We returned to our room and we ordered food for delivery from Claim Jumper. The food was very good. We were staying in because we waned to watch the Wildcats play basketball but it did not come on in Tempe. What a disappointment that was, oh well we watched movies on TV while we ate. We had BBQ ribs, baked potatoes, cheese potato cakes, salad, bread. We had a few more Jack and cokes and then we called it a night.

11 Dec 08

Well, we didn't want to get up this morning but we did. I believe we had one too many Jacks last night, smile. We went down to the lobby area for breakfast. We had scrambled eggs, sausages, juice and coffee. I has a small sweet roll that was very good. We returned to our room and Elise is reading the paper, I don't think that she is feeling well. I am on the laptop looking at email.

Later in the evening at about 4:00pm we walked over to the mall and we walked around the mall on the outside for exercise. We went to the movies while we were there and we saw the movie Twilight. It was about a teenage vampire and what he went through to survive. I was a very good movie not what we were expecting at all. Then we went to Borders bookstore to look around and I pick up a book for Elise for her birthday. Then we went to CVS to get some water and a notebook for Elise to write in. We still have not seen JT as of yet due to it is finals week and he is working as well.

We returned to the room and we played a few games on the laptop before we find a place for dinner. We went to Picasso's Pizza for dinner, they have gourmet pizza's and they are so food. We had a medium pizza with pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, black olives and jalapenos. We shared a huge tossed salad and we shared a bottle of red. JT called and said that he was still at work and that he had to work late and that he couldn't not meet us. After dinner we returned to our room and watched TV and then we called it a night.

12 Dec 08

I woke up at 5:30am and o got up. Elise slept until 8:00am. Went down for breakfast and Elise had oatmeal with banana, brown sugar, raisins and skim milk. I had cheese omelets with sausages and a English muffin. We both had coffee and juice. After breakfast we went to make sure that JT's new apartment was going to be ready today and to make sure that we were aware of all of the details concerning the apartment. After that was all said and done we informed JT that his apartment would be ready after 5:00pm today and we laid some ground rules regarding his stay there. Afterward we went to Jody's to pick up Elise's Mom so that we could go to Sara's graduation from the Fire Academy.

The ceremony for Sara's graduation was excellent but a bit long in the speech department. I took a few photos while we were there and I will include them in the next blog entry. I made a bet with Elise that her sister Ann and crew would be late but I lost this time. Afterward we said our good-byes and we headed to Tucson. We stopped on the way at a McDonald's to grab a bite to eat. We got back into Tucson and took Elise's Mom home and then we left for home as well, it is about midnight. It was a very good trip even though we didn't get to see JT at all and that was disappointing but it could not be helped. Like always we love our trips but it is always feels good to be back home.

Later..............................................

Hi Herman, no we didn't get to see JT at all.

Pearl, no we didn't get to see JT.

Sis, how are things?

Janice, how did the surgery go?

Marcie, how are you?

Ross, what's new?

Rosie, what's new?

Happy Birthday Mary!!!!