I always thought American Football was a bit boring, but now thanks to the Wall St Journal I know why - out of an average of almost 3 hours of network coverage per game, theres only actually 11 minutes of gameplay!!! :-D

Remember I said we had a big storm today, just found out we now have a TORNADO warning in effect for Maricopa County... i.e. right where we are! As soon as I heard I ran to my desktop iMac to post this before the power went out, but as I sat down at my desk the power blipped and my iMac went dark, so now I'm on my laptop. The airport 15 mins away from us is close to shutdown, 120 flights cancelled, 30 flights re-routed! Wind gusts are at 60mph right now, so I'm sure the roads will be covered with palm trees in the morning...

Contrary to popular belief it does rain here in Phoenix, usually about 20 days a year, but for some reason we seemed to get all our years worth of rain TODAY! Normally I'd be at work and not care, but instead I was at the Barrett Jackson car auction, one of the biggest antique and luxury car auctions in the country.

While we were driving from Jerome, AZ to Prescott, AZ we stopped in the mountains to check out the snow. It's very bizarre when you're down in Phoenix, in the middle of the desert surrounded by cacti, to think that there are pine trees and snow just 2 hours north of you! As you can see it was pretty warm up there too, still t-shirt weather when it wasn't windy...

Inspired by our friends Jim, Barb & Daryl who spent Christmas day out at Jerome AZ, we decided to follow in their footsteps and spend a day up there ourselves. It's a beautiful old small town, built into the side of a cliff it seems as you hike (or drive) ever upwards through the rows of small shops until you reach the haunted Jerome Grand Hotel at the very top. The hotel was formerly a hospital and it's restaurant is called "The Asylum", which probably gives you some clues as to what kind of hospital it was and why the place is so haunted ;-)