Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on December 31st, 2005 in Uncategorized
My wonderful husband Norm came down with a sore throat yesterday so we decided to cancel our exciting plans of dinner and a movie so we could stay home and nurse him back to health. I thought perhaps I could find a good movie on TV to occupy our evening and enjoy some Chinese takeout. [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on December 31st, 2005 in Uncategorized
Blogger friend Pat asked me to redesign her blog template so she could have a more customized look to her blog. She provided a photo for the header and I made the necessary customizations to the photo, template graphics, HTML and CSS code to create a one-of-a-kind look. Here is a before photo [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on December 29th, 2005 in Uncategorized
Wednesday, the 21st
Norm and I were able to get an early start on our six-hour road trip to San Diego. We made our usual pitstop for gas and that all-important bathroom break in Yuma. The gas station had one of those single stall ladies rooms so Norm was able to help me without [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on December 25th, 2005 in Uncategorized
Merry Christmas
Joyeux Noël
Feliz Navidad
Schone Weinachten
Suk San Wan Christmas
Sing Dan Fai Lo
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on December 20th, 2005 in Uncategorized
I’m a list maker and I come by it naturally as my mother is a list maker extraordinaire. With Christmas coming and our road trip to San Diego only 17 hours away I have lots to do and so I made a list of everything that we needed to get done or take with [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on December 20th, 2005 in Uncategorized
My previous post on my disappointment with pizza in Scottsdale got the attention of someone who forwarded my blog to Patsy Grimaldi’s restaurant operations director. I received an e-mail from the director apologizing for my recent dining disappointment and inviting me and a guest for dinner on him so they will have an opportunity [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on December 17th, 2005 in Uncategorized
Norm is self-employed and works out of our home. Every year we have “the annual office Christmas party” which is usually just the two of us and sometimes a friend. Last night we decided it was time to have our little party so we made our trek out for pizza (see story below) [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on December 17th, 2005 in Uncategorized
I’ve had this strange craving for pizza lately, which is surprising because I’m not a pizza fan. A couple weeks ago Norm and I decided to try the pizza at a restaurant new to us called Streets of New York. I looked them up online and decided they might have good pizza so [...]