We have had a very nice Thanksgiving, with a nice dinner at Heidi's folks with her sister Wendy (along with a couple of new friends). The weather took a turn for the worse over the Thanksgiving Holiday...it became mostly cloudy, rainy and cold with temps in the upper 60's. (I know, it sounds like I'm bitch'n to all our friends in the Mid-West who are dealing with below freezing and snow! But, in the 40 days that I have been in Arizona, it has only rained 3 days, and one of those days was for only 12 minutes, then the sun came out and was warm!) But really it is welcomed relief for Arizona, were for the first time in nearly 90 days they have had measurable rain at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. So when it gets cloudy and rain it feels really COLD!
...Any way, today was back to blue sky and 70's, so we went to Scottsdale. We sat outside at two places and had a drink and some great conversation, just enjoying ourselves. Then it was to Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall for some shopping. Didn't buy much, but it was a great time to people watch and relax. Here is a picture of a Christmas lighted palm tree...a lot of these out here this time of the year.
I've been listening to Holiday music on a 24/7 FM radio station to try to get into the mood of Christmas. It is hard to do that without snow and with temperatures like summer back in Michigan. But, I'm cooping! I still hate shoveling snow and haven't had to do that here! I'm considering that a Christmas present in itself! LOL
Below is an example of a typical Arizona day: ...and the weatherman's 10 day forecast is for much of the same, "Sunny and 70!" I'll do a couple of days of cold and rain for a minimum of 10 days like this, anytime.
Michigan weather today? Snow :(
(picture courtesy of Doug Edwards)
