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Heating oil blues
Talking about spending money, we spent some on cat supplies. We have to be patient for another 4 weeks to bring our kitten home. Last week we bought a scratching pole, a cat litterbox, a blanket for the couch and a basket and some toys. We are so looking forward for Fumeni to come home. Don't ask me where the name Fumeni comes from, it's too difficult to explain. Last Friday we surprised Eef by buying a white rabbit. She was still sad over Floor. This one is also a cutie and loves spending time on our laps.
50 kitchen tips
50 Amazingly Helpful Time-Tested tips for the kitchen
Found this link at Appelogen.be
Back to routine
It's about time to leave our vacation behind and enjoy the memories that we gathered during those two weeks.
A lot happened after we came back from the States. A week after we came back, Eef had to fly to Hungary for work. It went like this:
We came back from Arizona on Tuesday, the week after on
Friday morning, Eef left for Hungary
Monday morning, Ed left for Denmark
Monday evening, Eef came back from Hungary
Friday morning, Eef left for China
Friday evening, Ed came back from Denmark
Tuesday evening, Eef came back from China!
Eef was in Shanghai at the time when the earthquake hit China. We heard about it in the morning. I immediately called her to check if she was OK. Thank God she was alright. She was far away from Sichuan.
My dad fell down the stairs. He was dreaming that my mom was calling him for help. It was 3 AM. He sleepwalked to the stairs and thought that he was downstairs and going up but he was in bed and fell down the stairs. He hurt his leg, ankles and foot. Stubborn as he is, so was my grandfather , he didn't want to go to the doctor. We almost had to carry him to see one.
He was lucky he didn't break his neck! He is feeling much better again but is afraid to fall down the stairs again.
What else happened:
I went to a friend's mom's funeral
Initia lost the Play-offs from Sasja
I had another communion shoot
We started our own little business as www.fotomakers.be
I'm working on a project for a city nearby, deadline July 1st
Dad had his 72nd birthday, we went out to celebrate his birthday a week later because of his sore leg and I went to the hairdresser.
Floor got sick last week, we went to the veterinarian. He takes his medication twice a day but still feels under the weather.
I think that's about it if you don't count the hype around 'Mijn restaurant' the Flemish version of the Australian TV show ' My restaurant rules ".
One of the 5 contestants was a couple called Yanaika and Stephanie of Hasselt . Of course we were supporting them. Too bad they lost their restaurant to Jelle and Micheline (mom and son) of Leuven . There was a lot of fuzz about the final. Our newspaper had published the wrong telephone number to vote for your favorite. We will never know who at the end was the real winner!
2628 miles
Sunday supposed to be a day of rest and so we did. In the morning we drove to Fort Verde for a short visit to this historic fort . Eef considered buying a few of those houses and immigrate to the US. We had a greasy meal at KFC and sunbathed and swom in the outdoor pool of the hotel. I'm not a fan of sunbathing and kept myself in the shade. We called it a day after we had a delicious meal at Nick's Italian Steak & Crab House a restaurant downtown.
Last vacation day
Goodbye Cottonwood , we loved you! Our last afternoon in the US were going to be spent a few hours at the Best Western pool and in a Phoenix mall, had our last meal outside on a terrace at the Keg steakhouse , we went to bed by midnight and had to leave the hotel by 5:30 am to catch our flight back home at 7 am. At 4 am we got a phone call from my mom telling Ed that our freezer died and all the meat that was in had gone bad, to ask if she had to throw it away? Yeah duh!
We had a great vacation. The flight home went well but tiring.
Welcome mister jet-lag.
We drove 2628 miles or 4205 kilometers in 2 weeks .
Montezuma Castle/Well
Blueberry muffin, toast and cornflakes was my breakfast this morning. It was Saturday today, only two more days before heading back home :( It was going to be hot again today. We went to Montezuma Castle and Montezuma well . Both worth a visit and to know the history behind these places. Especially the well is a beautiful place and an ideal place for sunbathing :)
Our trip to Sedona was really disappointing. I couldn't believe my eyes, this became such an enormous tourist place over the years. There was a traffic jam in the village, our first one in two weeks and this on a normal town road?! Lots of people, everywhere! Like they were ants. Small giftshops, everywhere! Restaurants, you name it. NO, this was too much for me. We planned to do several things in the Sedona area but we were so glad to leave this place faster than we came in. This use to be such a pretty peaceful place. A real shame if you ask me!!! (No pictures were taken in Sedona)
Today wasn't our day, Prescott was also a town of disappointment. The only stores they had were antique stores and most of them were closed. We went into an old bar, had a drink and browsed the streets a bit and back to Cottonwood. We had dinner at Sizzlers . Was it just me or was it really a badluck day. Our steaks were so salty we couldn't eat them. Now I have to admit that I don't use much salt in my kitchen. The salad bar was good and so was dessert.
I would call this the low day of our vacation except for Montezuma .
