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2009 

XXXI   Curious about things that happened on New Year's Eve from year's past. There is so much emphasis on the last day of the year, I thought I'd see what the heck has taken place over the years. I'm happy to share my little tidbits with you all. Thomas Jefferson gave his first public demonstrat...
12/31/2009
The Christmas Tree Drop-Off for the City of Surprise is December 26, 2009 through January 8, 2010. There are two locations: Gaines Park View Gaines Park in a larger map City of Surprise Recreation Complex View City of Surprise Recreation Complex in a larger map Visit the City of Surprise for mor...
12/30/2009
Thank You! I'm somewhat new to this blogging thing. I'd seen it for awhile and really didn't catch on to it at first. Admittedly I thought it took a bit of a commitment. Yes it does, doesn't it!?!? At first I was a bit overwhelmed looking at all of the blogs. I thought my goodness how am I going ...
12/30/2009
  My husband and his brothers are planning a jaunt to Montreal to attend a hockey game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins in February 2010. View Larger Map As of June 1, 2009 everyone arriving in Canada by air, land and sea has needed a passport or an equivalent travel do...
12/29/2009
XXVIII Haven't you ever thought: I wonder what I was doing 20 years ago? I wonder what I was doing last December 28th? I wonder what I had for breakfast today? So, I decided, hey I'm going to see what was going on this day, December 28th. Here is some of what I found: First commercial movie scree...
12/28/2009
  Sun City Grand Market Statistics Week Ending December 27th, 2009   Total Single Family homes for sale: 238 Total La Solana Condominiums for sale: 16 Price range: $95,000-$162,000 Average List Price: $126,431 Average Cumulative Days on Market: 321 Total Golf Course homes for sale: 43 Price range...
12/27/2009
Oso at Desert Springs Practice Putting Green It was pretty quiet on Christmas day on all the golf courses here at Sun City Grand. We actually went over to hit some balls and it was like a ghost town. There weren't very many people at Cimarron and everything was closed up. So we ended up hitting ...
12/27/2009
It's that time of the year when we will be unwrapping gifts, have a bunch of boxes and have extra trash from all the stuff we're cooking. Don't forget to recycle. I find that it's a lot easier to do if I have the containers ready to handle everything. Or you could use a big box to handle it too....
12/26/2009
  Well, it looks like we're going to have another sunny day here in Surprise, Arizona. It's only going to get up to 59 degrees, but hey, I'll take that over snow any day. I won't be laying by the pool but I will go for a run this morning and practice golf later this afternoon. I know everyone ha...
12/25/2009
  This is the cutest video I have seen.  I'm so sentimental when it comes to dogs.  My little guy means the world to me.  So, Merry Christmas from one canine to another.             Merry Christmas from Sun City Grand Arizona!  Animal lovers in particular won't want to miss this Merry Christmas m...
12/24/2009