Here is a view of the mountains from our back yard, taken in the morning. Glorious! The weather here continues to be moderate- into the 30's at night and 60's to 70's during the day. We've had some recent unexpected visitors who were passing through Tucson- first Karen and Roger from s/v Meridien, with whom we had a great Greek dinner out, then Di and Roger in their new 30 foot Class A motor home. They were the ones who babysat our boat in Puerto Vallarta five years ago (geez- time does fly!) when I flew to Guadalajara for emergency eye surgery. A year later they were our crew on the trip from PV back to La Paz. The weather report was wrong and we found ourselves in 35 knot winds on the nose and huge seas. Dean and I ended up seasick on our backs in our bunks while Di and Roger ably handled the boat for the last ten hours. We owe those guys big time! Anyway, we planned a hike to Saguaro National Park with them but I came down with a killer cold, which I still have one week later.
Dean has been flourishing on the music front. He has rejoined Sonora Winds and is preparing for a concert later this month. More exciting, he is taking an adult jazz combo class through Tucson Jazz Institute and is learning bebop jazz scales, improvisation, and lots of stuff he has wanted to explore for a long time. They will also have a gig in early March as well as record a CD. Up until I got sick, I was juggling quite a few balls in the air- babysitting with Jacob 2-3 times/week, bridge 1-2 times, working on my book, and I joined the Y for exercise classes- Zumba and Step Aerobics. Maybe too busy and that's why I got sick? Hmmmmm.........Time to reprioritize.
And...I have reluctantly joined the iPhone generation. My purse was stolen at a grocery store (in the upper part of the basket and I turned away) and of course I had to go through all the fuss of cancelling Visa cards, ordering a new driver's license, and changing all the automatic payments that were coming out of my credit cards. What a mess! My old phone was in the purse and turned up the next day (although nothing else) in the garbage at the store, discovered when I called it to get my voicemail. It was trashed, I could barely see the screen and was due for an upgrade anyway, sooooo.....iPhone4S. Whoo-hoo- what an advance in technology. Being somewhat of a Luddite, it is taking me awhile to learn all the features but it is pretty amazing what it will do. To complete the tech overall, I finally replaced my five year old laptop for a newer version. Quite an undertaking to transfer all the files, especially Outlook which is a real pain, but luckily I have an in-house IT guy who has been fantastically helpful.
Only one recent photo of Jacob- I've had to stay away the past week since I've been sick-- but he is still getting more smart and more adorable by the day. For more cute photos of him, see Laurel's blog: www.gummybearfiles.blogspot.com.
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