One of the reasons we picked the Phoenix area is the mostly clear, epic skies. They have not disappointed and have been a bit of a minor difference from our life in the UK. Whenever we were out at night,…
Settling into Our New Apartment
After being here for a few weeks, we are mostly settled in. There are a few things of note though. For one, as you could have guessed, we have very much enjoyed the facilities, especially the pools. Something unexpected but…
Getting to Know Chandler
After weeks of moving, finding a flat and filling it, we finally had enough free time on our hands to check out the local area. We are about a mile one way from shops either way, so we thought we’d…
Early Mornings and Card Cloning
Our first week in our new place was mostly quite good. We did lots of swimming and Chris got quite a nifty Macbook from his new job. We did lots of swimming and saw lots of really excellent sunrises and…
Certainly Sony
So this may be a rather obvious thing to say, but Sony appear to make better products than Proscan, a television company we’d never heard of. In our rush to get things, we bought a tv a bit too hastily.…
Happy Arrivals
Chris’s server safely arrived from England, so that is good news, as we were both a bit worried about how to best get that to the US. As we mentioned previously, we had considered flying with it, but carrying it…
Move-in Day Part Two
On Tuesday, the bed did indeed arrive. Since it’s memory foam, it came rolled up with all the air removed: It was quite cool getting to see it just pop right up into a bed. Have a look at that…
Move-in Day Part One
Our first move-in day was sunny and lovely. We ended up doing it over two days because our lease started from Monday, but the bed wasn’t coming until Tuesday and that was also the earliest they could turn the gas on. As…
Arrival in Arizona Part 3: Shop til You Drop
On our third full day in the Phoenix area, the sky finally opened up and the weather became much more the image of Arizona in the winter – clear skies and warm for winter in the mid to high 50s…
Arrival in Arizona Part 2: Sleeping and Surfing
We woke up extremely early, but we have decided to attempt to go with this a bit. Arizona has an amazing big sky. Even on the few cloudy days, the sunrise is worth seeing: Now that we had an apartment…