Tom & Brenda's Family Journal

The Arizona Cardinal's loss in the Super Bowl has been a disappointment for the entire valley-except for Chris (Kristen's boyfriend) who is a Steeler's fan.  We had a fun time watching the game and 'chatting' and skyping with family during the game.  I had conversations going on between the Soo ,   Middleville and North Carolina-some at the same time. Today we worked on family business and making plans for the next few weeks.  We are leaving for California this weekend to visit friends and family.  I'll tell you more about that later. The morning was warmer than usual so we ate lunch on the balcony.  We took our walk exploring more neighborhoods around here. The Mayo Clinic has a branch here in Scottsdale and you can see it from the balcony.  It is the white building on the left off in the distance.  This must be a popular hospital during the winter. Last night we watching some 3-D tv and had fun with that.  Kristen had picked up the glasses at the supermar...

Saturday morning Kristen and I were up bright and early to go pick up our Bountiful Basket.  Bountiful Baskets is a program that distributes produce.  You place and pay for your order on-line and then pick it up at a park on Saturday morning.  You are assigned a time for pickup-ours was 7:30 AM.  You get a basket of fruit and another of vegetables for $15.  It is wonderful.  Once we got home, we were cutting up fruit and taking care of the veggies. This is a photo of basket pick-up. Later Saturday morning, we went to the FBR Open, the PGA tourney here.  There were almost 165,000 people there.  Unbelievably crowded.  We didn't see much golf but the people watching was wonderful.  Every kind of outfit you can imagine.  Kristen had gotten 2 tickets to a hospitality venue so Tom graciously offered to wait for us.  We ate very well with all kinds of meat, salads, desserts, drinks and all the trimmings.  After that, we took Tom to the Food Court and he had a brat.  I'm still feeling ...