2025 has begun. It's been a relatively uneventful month, so nothing overly exciting to report. So I'll just get to the basics. House Progress We have the start of some walls. This is our downstairs. On top of this will be our living room and primary bedroom, so there's a bit more to build up. We were told today that maybe in March, they'll start building up the frame of the entire house. We'll see how things look then. Movies * Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F I finally caught up with…
2024 comes to a close. We're happy that our house build is underway and were able to get away during the holidays. David Arkenstone I've known of David Arkenstone for a long time. Initially as a new age musician, but later on for his contributions to video games like World of Warcraft. One of the unexpected benefits of living in Sedona is that Arkenstone actually loves Sedona, so he includes it on his tours. I've been able to see him three times since living here, usually during his Christma…
There was a bit going on this month. I attended BBG.con in Dallas, FPFest 2024, which was online, and our house construction started. Board Game Geek Con 2024 Once again, BBGCon was a blast. The time flies by. My board gaming buddies play online throughout the year, but since I moved away from Texas, we've been good at finding time to gather in-person for some extended, physical, board gaming. Here's a list of games played. I think The White Castle nudged out the others as my favorite game i…
October, this year, felt more like summer than past years for northern Arizona. But by the last few days of the month, fall is finally making its presence known. October is also both my wedding anniversary and the anniversary for when my wife and I started our relationship. As we're about to build a house, we kept things low-key this year, just celebrating with a nice dinner and doing something we'd wanted to do for a while. Taliesin West We've wanted to visit Frank Lloyd Wright's Scottsda…
September came into Arizona this year, giving us a taste of fall weather, but summer has made an unwelcome comeback the last week of the month. Our house build is still pending. Our HOA has given us the greenlight. We're good there. But our county is reviewing updated plans from their first round feedback. We hope to have a start date on construction within the next week or two. Otherwise, it's been work, house planning, and hiking. And while we've seen tarantula's around, we've never seen on…