Sunday, August 23, 2009

Aloha!

Hello everyone!
I hope you all had a great week. Time is flying by so fast I can hardly keep up. Can you believe that I have already lived in Hawaii for five months? It seems to have passed by so quickly! That just means that we are five months closer to coming home! Can't wait.
My car was shipped yesterday (thanks to the help of Meme and Pappaw driving it to where it needed to be picked up). I can't wait for it to arrive. I will be counting down the days. I won't know what to do with an automatic transmission! It is going to make my life so much easier.
I can't believe I've lived without it for all this time. I miss my little car. I can't wait to see her.
Bourbon, Oliver and Felix are all fat and happy so no need to worry. Bourbon made friends with the pit bull next door and he seems to be coming around pretty nicely. They run up and down the fence together and then circle the yard. It's pretty funny to watch. Bourbon is such a good dog when it comes to getting along with others. At first, the pit bull was really mean to Bourbon and would fight him through the fence, so of course, Bourb would fight back. But Bourb wanted to play with him so bad that everyday he would try and try a little bit more until the pit bull finally came around. Now they are backyard buddies. Who woulda thought?
I have to clean my house today. Its so dusty. Then back to work again tomorrow. Ugh. At least I'm making some money (which all inevitably goes straight to bills or shipping the car). That is the part that sucks. It's like I'm working and I never see the money. I feel like I will almost never catch up. But I am going to keep at it and hopefully soon I will be able to start putting some money back for savings again since it is currently wiped out.
Alrighty, I'm off to start my day...Beautiful Sunday....

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Some More Hawaii Pics...

And there are STILL more to come. Hope you enjoy...we had a lot of fun...well-most of the time at least!

Me at the Dole Plantation

Mom and Dad at Dole

Cute baby peacock...Don't worry-his mom was watching!

Me at Waimea Falls

Waimea Falls gardens





Thursday, August 13, 2009

Back to reality...

So the parents are gone and its back to work for me. Boo! On the brighter side....that does mean that I will be getting paid. I had a good time being off and being with them and was sad to see them go. I'm still working on getting the Kauai pictures up.
Last night was the monthly FRG meeting for the boat. It was a potluck where everyone brought something to eat. There was some pretty good stuff there. I made shrimp fettucine and I have lots of leftovers. I guess I'm just not cut out for cooking. I thought it was pretty good though.
It rained all night last night. I could hear it through the window. When the alarm clock went off, Bourbon was NOT ready to get out of bed. He doesn't like to go out and get his little feet wet. I really don't blame him, but he IS a dog. I have to literally drag him out there to go potty or he would just hold it. Then he went straight back and climbed in the bed again. I was so jealous. I wanted to climb back in with him and snuggle. He is such a good snuggler.
But I couldn't. I had to come to work. Yuck. At least today is Thursday and that means tomorrow is Friday which means the weekend is coming up! I'm probably going to spend it cleaning up my hale (house in Hawaiian) since it is sooo messy from relaxing all week.
Hope everyone is doing well. Aloha all until I write again.

Monday, August 10, 2009

The Parents are Here...

Momma and Daddy flew in on August 2, and we have been busy bees ever since....We have been all over Oahu and even to Kauai! We toured Pearl Harbor including the Arizona Memorial, Battleship Missouri and the Pacific Aviation Museum. That is a full day right there. I am going to put up some pics of us around Oahu, and hopefully I can get the Kauai ones up really soon. Hope you enjoy! Don't forget to click on the photos to make them bigger if you want! Waimea Bay, North Shore Oahu

The Blowhole Lookout, Oahu



Battleship Missouri Gun

Pacific Aviation Museum, Ford Island, Oahu
The Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor

The Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor

The Bowfin Submarine, Pearl Harbor

Inside the Bowfin Submarine, Pearl Harbor

Kailu, Oahu