Sailboat Reflection

Sailboat Reflection

WELCOME

Welcome to my blog about our new adventures about moving from sub-tropical coastal South Carolina (Charleston) to a city in the Sonoran Desert (Tucson). My first struggle is to learn to spell Tucson correctly as I tend to want to switch the c and the s!
Just a brief history of each city first:
Charleston (formerly Charles Town) was founded in 1670 and moved to its present location in 1680 by English settlers. Charleston was a focal point for the American Revolution (1176-1785) and was seized and was under British control through 1782. it was also the first state to secede from the Union and the first shot of the American Civil War was fired here on to Fort Sumter where the Union army was holed up. It is city filled with history and has been beautifully preserved. It is continually voted as one of the best cities to visit and the friendliest people.
Tucson, Arizona is located about 120 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the Mexican border. The Spanish colonizers tried to seize the land from the local Native tribes in the 1770's, It was officailly founded by the Irish exporer Hugh O'Connor in 1775 and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.Tucson is considered one of the "Mega-Trend" cities of the 21st century. It has the beauty of the Sonaran desert as well as being surrounded by five mountain ranges. It is also considered a very "artsy" area which is good for me. It is a huge area for photography and hopefully, will make me grow and push myself further in that field.
Tom will be working at Raytheon Missile Defense Systems. He will doing speechwriting and other executive communications duties.
We are looking forward to all of our opportunities and hope you will check back with my blog from time to time to see how "jen's journey" is proceeding.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Super Sunday


Tom and I finally got to watch something together-at the same time-in different time zones! The Super Bowl! He said it was actually nice having it come on at 4:00 just like regular football season. And it was a great game, wasn't it? I was rooting for the Saints so I am glad they one. And there really wasn't any "dirty" football- just good ole football. And the commercials were pretty fun. The only hard thing was that we would try to talk to each other on the phone throughout so we felt like we were watching it together but we didn't want to talk through the commercials or through the game! ( although it was usually during the game) But it was very nice just to be at home for the game and "watch" it with my hubby.
I wanted to go to a meeting that we had at Charleston Crafts yesterday afternoon to see everyone before I go but I was just exhausted and feeling not so hot with my tummy so I was not able to make it! I didn't even take my shower and get dressed until about 4 PM- which is VERY unusual for me! So I hope I get a chance to see more of my fellow gallery pals before I leave.
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