Home Again

We're home from our Spring Break trip to Arizona. I'll miss the warm sunshine but it is good to be home. We had to do the "spring ahead" for daylight savings and lost an hour but at least we got to hang onto that hour for an extra week. (Arizona doesn't do daylight savings.)

Friday and Saturday were both fairly laid back days. We gave Jamie a few choices for activities to do on Friday. He must have been as tired as the rest of us because he passed up going to an amusement park and a chocolate factory tour for Toys R Us and hanging out at grandma's house. Bill & Jamie went to the Mesa swap meet and then to Toys R Us to spend Jamie's gift card from Christmas. When they were finished, mom & I met them and we went to Joe's BBQ for lunch.

YUM!!! I love that place!! We stopped at Saver's on the way home but, other than that, just relaxed around the house all day. I was watching the NCAA basketball tournament most of the day and Bill & Jamie played catch or bowling outside. I also did laundry.

Saturday morning we got up and packed and took our time getting ready to leave. We were worried about travel conditions because NM had a big snowstorm on Friday but the roads were clear & dry. We drove straight to Gallup, NM and stopped at Applebee's to watch UNM play Washington in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament. UNM lost! We got into Albuquerque about 7:30 and drove to Billy's house to pick up the van. (Bill had stayed there & Billy took him to the airport). By the time we got to Rio Rancho it was almost 9:00 and we all went straight to bed.

We met Esteban at Satellite Coffee on Sunday morning. He was in town for a few days (visiting from Los Angeles) so it was a special treat that our paths crossed long enough to meet up. Afterwards, I was so tired from our busy week that I decided to just head to Alamosa and since we had two vehicles, Bill decided to stay longer and have lunch with Billy. Jamie rode with me and we were home by 3:00...he was so excited that it was still daylight when we got home!! (We usually don't get home from out of town trips until after dark) We unloaded the car and he started in playing his new NBA Wii game. I, of course, watched basketball.

Today we're getting back into the daily routine...Jamie & Bill are at school and I'm recuperating. I have scrapbooking tonight and I'm so tired, I don't really feel like going. I don't have anything prepared to work on, although I do need to do my swap cards for next month's stamp club and prep for the workshop I have on Thursday. My new Cricut arrived while I was gone, too, so I also want to play with that & figure out how to use it.

I'm starting the camera research process...again! When I went through this in June 2008, I assumed that that camera purchase would take me through at least 5 or 6 years...but, here I am, less than two years later and needing to buy another camera. I'm so frustrated!! I really, REALLY liked the Canon and am considering another one, but want it to last more than 2 years. Jamie is going to be a groomsman in his cousin's wedding (Scott & Corrie) over Memorial Day weekend so my goal is to find, purchase and figure out a new camera by then.