Time fles...

     Time flies...whether you want it to or not!  I can't believe my last blog was in November of 2018.  How can I expect you to continue reading if I  am that bad at keeping it touch?  Life does get in the way sometimes, but I experienced a roadblock of activities...(all of my own doing so not an excuse) in the past couple of months.  Nancy and I have moved in together and we we are renting a place in Fountain Hills, Arizona.  Packing up eight plus years of "stuff" and moving it from Tempe to Fountain Hills was a daunting task, but very freeing at the same time.  Goodwill was an appreciative recipient of many bags of clothes and small appliances during the process and I believe I filled a full sized dumpster with a collection of useless "stuff" that I collected over the years...(I can't believe some of the crap I kept around).  I went through the apartment like a tornado goes through a trailer park and ravaged my "precious" belongings into the dumpster...(tee shirts from 20 yrs. ago, a lamp that never worked right, and broken furniture that I was too lazy to get rid of are examples).  It was a good experience purging the old and moving on to the new.  Now that I am officially a resident of Fountain Hills...(I will be emailing my address to those that want it) I get to empty more boxes and try to blend my stuff with Nancy's stuff to create OUR stuff.

     It truly is a beautiful place and Fountain Hills is a gorgeous place.  It's a "dark" city (no street lights) so at night the star-filled canopy is truly breath-taking.  Our townhouse is two floors and faces East-West so that we have sunrise outside our bedroom in the morning...(overlooking the mountains) and sunset in the backyard at night.  Nancy has a two mile commute to her job in town and she gets the garage...(her car is much nicer than my classic P.O.S.).  My commute is about the same as from Tempe, but I no longer have to drive the 101...(which the P.O.S. and I are grateful for).  Work in general has been great.  I now work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with the rest of the week off.  So last week I went back and worked the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament.  Ten straight days of 12+ hours reminded me of life back when I first moved here, but I had a blast working the golf.  They put me with the leader for the weekend and it was fabulous, but extremely tiring.  Nancy has been working hard also so it's been tough finding some together time lately...(she works at night mostly).  This weekend we are going on a hike and taking a golf lesson together with my friend Sue, a teaching pro I know that moved to a course not far from here.  And Sunday is "move in" day...(trying to find places for the rest of the "stuff" still in boxes).  It's nice that we have a dumpster so close to the house in the parking lot.  It's also nice that I don't have to park half a mile away like it felt I did in Tempe...

     I was able to sell off a few things before I moved and we purchased OUR first piece of furniture...a couch that is super comfortable and has a chaise on one end.  It is very easy to become one with the couch after a long day of work, so some willpower is needed to keep away so that things can get done. But is is REALLY soft and comfortable (I have lost to the couch several times...especially during the long stretch of 12 hour days).  Nancy has really put a lot of effort into turning this place into OUR home and she has done a terrific job.  I look forward to coming home and especially look forward to our time together.  I have decided to work my three days and no more until March...(taking advantage of four days off).  In March there are a few things I want to do.  There are some conventions downtown and the LPGA has a tournament here where I can walk with the golfers again around St. Patrick's Day.  But for now I want to make our house a home and remind Nancy that her man is here for her.  Oh yeah!  Happy New Year everybody! (I have got to do this blogging thing more often).  That's going to be my New Year's resolution!  God Bless y'all...Talk to you soon.