Monday!

Hello,

It's a Monday and Chris and I are taking it slow and easy. How about you? Well, here is a bit about our stay-cation to Tempe/Phoenix, AZ over the weekend.

13 Nov 10

We left Tucson at around 2:00pm. We stopped at the Forum to pick up Elise's Mom and to drop off a few items that Elise had gotten for her from the store. While we were dropping things off Elise changed her hearing aid batteries.

We had a uneventful drive to Tempe. We listened to a book on that I paid $1.00 for and it's pretty damn good! Elise's Mom is going to be pissed again because she will start listening to the book on this trip and she'll not hear the rest of the story!! (Where is Paul Harvey when you need him!)

We are now in our room having settled Mum into the room next door. She is taking a nap. Naps are a given when you are 95 years and counting, you take a lot of naps. We are kicking back and throwing back a few Jack and Cokes. We are waiting for Ann and Johnathan to arrive. No telling when that will be, but we hope that it will be soon.

Ann and Jonny arrived at around 6:00pm and Sara was on her way over. We called Picasso's Pizza and asked if we could show up at 6:30pm instead of our set reservation time of 7:00pm and they said yes. Zack and Sara arrived at the hotel and we left for pizza in two cars. Sara's Jesse was going to meet us there. Of course, since things never run a smooth course, once we got to the restaurant we found out that our table for eight had been given away to someone else. They rectified the error quickly and later we got a free dessert due to their mistake. Cool, eh?

We all sat down and Jesse and Zack,not me (Jessie) were intrigued with his a cell phone rather than paying more attention to his son Jonny. So Jonny get busy by drawing pictures. We talked and ordered a good red. It was very pleasant.

Elise ordered a gluten free pesto pizza with chicken and goat cheese on it. She shared it with Sara who also has a gluten allergy. I ordered hot wings and Jonny ate three of them. I also ordered a pepperoni pizza. Mum ordered a pepperoni pizza and a salad. Jonny ordered a kids pizza and he also ate two slices of my pizza has well. He had played a game of soccer earlier in the day so he was a bit hungry.

After dinner we returned to our hotel rooms and Mum got settled in. Then Elise and I had a few more Jack and Cokes and then we called it a night. Oh I had two more pieces along with my Jack that was left over from Picasso's. We woke up several times during the night due to the previous occupants of the room at set it. Mum had the same thing happened to her in er room as well, so she did not sleep well and she was in a bit of pain all through the night.

14- Nov 10

Elise went to see it Ann and Jonny were going to go for breakfast and come to find out they had already went. So Elise,Mum and I went to a place called"Five and Diner" and we ate breakfast there and it was pretty good. Ann and Jonny joined us but they did not eat anything more. We returned to our room and we packed and we checked out. We made a stop at Mum's bank so she could get some cash. We arrived at Jody's home and (Jody is the birthday girl who just turned 90), and it was good to see her. She looked good , but see told us about here just getting out of the hospital a few days ago due to having some heart problems.

The party progressed and it was a very good crowd and that was great. I only knew a few of the people there, but it was a fun visit. We said our goodbyes and we headed for Tucson. We arrived in Tucson at around 5:30pm and we dropped Mum off at her home. We got home and we checked on Chris and Rosemary all is fine.

Elise prepared butter beans and cornbread for dinner and it was great along with a few rum and cokes to take to edge off of the drive from Phoenix/Tempe. We watched a DVD called"Tenderness" with Russell Crowe and it was very good with a lot of twists and turns and surprises. After the movie Elise called it a night and I checked on Chris after Rosemary left for the night. I too called it a game over. It was a good a day and a very nice weekend. We are now planning our next stay-cation at the Fairfield Inn at the Airport, thanks once again to my brother Herman and those great rates.

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

Jeanne, we miss you.

Tiger, Marcie, Jet have a great evening.

Shoo Shoo, how are things?

Loraine, behave now!

Herman , thank you for making our trip to Tempe a good one.