A lot has happened since our Hawaiian trip. The day we returned, Adele took me to Eatalian in Gardena, then she took me to see STOMP, at the Pantages theatre. What a treat. She didn't tell me we were going, and drove us there, and the show was great. All kinds of weird music with the most unlikely of all considered instruments. That was Tuesday, the 24, April.
Then Tyler and Blake with Toby shows up for a visit on April 27, Friday, saying they didn't have a place to stay so they stayed here. Toby is an unfixed male pit that was trying to hump Gracie. NO MANNER. We go to Claudia's for Yappy Hour, and Tyler and Blake and Kurt all come. It was fun but the weather was too cold. As a matter of fact, the weather has been too cold all month.
Then Saturday, the 28, we go to Bob V's birthday party at Kuma, the seafood place on Carson. We meet Steve's girlfriend, Val. She seems very nice. Friday, May 4, we go to Sea Lab in Redondo for lunch and learn. Great fun. Sunday, KR is in this funny surf contest, sponsored by the Redondo Police Department. They placed 5th out of 6 therefore not advancing.
May 7 I have jury duty.
Mother's Day, Kurt buys me flowers !!!!! AND THERE WERE GOLD FISH SWIMMING IN THE VASE !!!!!!!! And a card. Will sent a short text. So did Tyler.
Farmer's Market on May 12.
The office goes to the CDA Convention in Anaheim. I have not been there for over 15 years.
Will has a flat on Friday, the 18th, and we help him change the tire, well, more like Uncle Eddie helps him. We then go see the Armed Forces Exhibit at Del Amo. It was great. Emi had a great time, and Sandy was very tired.
Saturday, I RUN THE 5K RACE with the time of what I thought was 27 30 turns out online result to be 27 41 which is 8 54 a mile. NOT bad, hey? Of course it started to hurt about an hour later. Eddie ran also, time 24 06. Michael ran 26 15. Pretty good, I was trying to catch up all the way, but lagged behind the last mile.
THEN it was HOMELESS dentistry at the POLA boys and girls club. We left about 2. Church was with Eddie, that was a treat.
Sunday, father came over. (5/20/18) I didn't tell him Eddie was here, and we got Sue's Kitchen food and went over to Grandma's I told him Dad had passed away in February and that mom was not there, he seems pretty ok, kind of didn't eat much. He had wanted me to look at his tooth in the front, as something was loose. #23 was a bit loose but ok for now. I told him if anything was bothering him to come and let me fix it. He said ok.
It was really nice having Emi and Sandy see him. I think Emi should go out and look at his paintings.
Of course I worked on Monday. They were trying to kill me, the schedule was so packed. Tuesday (today5-22-18) I see Kimel at the office. Then KR and I drove to Long Beach to meet his second cousin, Dave Bingemann who is 17 years older than KR because his dad was 17 years younger than KR's dad. The years similarity was a coincidence. His dad and KR's dad were cousins. We had lunch at King's Fish House on Broadway. It was great
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Our Hawaiian Vacation
Tuesday morning 4/17/2018 we flew out to Lihue, via Hawaiian Airlines. No frill, not much food. Thank goodness I packed a bunch of snacks. Kurt drove us to the airport at 6 am for our 8 am flight. There was plenty of guava juice. and Koloa Rum, yum. We stopped at shrimp station for garlic shrimp. Too expensive. THERE ARE CHICKENS ALL OVER THE ISLAND !!!!
I mean everywhere. At the airport, at the restaurant, on the side of the road, crossing the road...... Since our room was not ready yet, we went out to Kilauea Light house for a look see. Weather was warm, but road side muddy. They did have 28 inches of rain in 24 hours on Sunday in Hanalei, and the road to Haena was closed due to land slide. We saw nene's and Shearwater birds of the Wildlife Refuge at Kilauea Point. In Princeville, we found Pali Ke Kua condo that we stayed at when we honeymooned here. After checking out Hideaway, muddy water, we had a shaved ice at Jojo's.
Then if was off to our room at Castle Mokihana, the new name is ISO Kapaa. We had room 322. It was third floor walkup, but very nice and 325 is absolutely ocean front, so it was a great ocean view, albeit a very muddy view.
Next morning it was yoga with Kore Ann, then breakkie, continental breakfast in which they ran out of coffee. We asked for coffee packet, and the mean lady said it was a dollar each. We were astonished. Since it was cloudy, we decided to drive to Poipu, and to see the blowhole. Well they fenced the blow hole in, as I guess people were getting hurt. We also tried to find where we bought the chicken feet wallet, no go. We had lunch at Gina Anykine Grinds, and the food was GOOD. We found sun at McArthur park, a little park by Kekaha. Then if was off to Waimea Canyon. We found a little water fall on the side of the red rocks. The end of the road can see the falls way in the distant. It was too far to hike, as it was getting late, so we only hiked to the lookout, not to the top of the falls.
Next day, we decided to go hike and ended up at Makauwahi cave. Well, the cave was not open on Thursday, but we found all these tortoises, as there was a tortoise reserve, and what a find !!!! Nowhere did we see tortoises being mentioned. The cave was a lime stone cave. Off to lunch at Da Crack. Then to Kauai Coffee Company, where we drank a lot lot of coffee. On the way back home, we drove by Menehune Fish Pond to Linue. We saw where they dock the cruise ship, and the Linue Bay.
We decided to go to Princeville, and climbed down the ropes to the beach. It had rained the day before so it was pretty slippery. Little did we know that it would be way muddier at Wailua Falls.
We went snorkeling and on the way back we had food at this taco truck by Kapaa, we were going to eat at the Porky Pig but they were not open. Then we went on a LONG bike ride The Ke Ala Hele Makalae. What a great ride, via the hotel bikes.
I mean everywhere. At the airport, at the restaurant, on the side of the road, crossing the road...... Since our room was not ready yet, we went out to Kilauea Light house for a look see. Weather was warm, but road side muddy. They did have 28 inches of rain in 24 hours on Sunday in Hanalei, and the road to Haena was closed due to land slide. We saw nene's and Shearwater birds of the Wildlife Refuge at Kilauea Point. In Princeville, we found Pali Ke Kua condo that we stayed at when we honeymooned here. After checking out Hideaway, muddy water, we had a shaved ice at Jojo's.
Then if was off to our room at Castle Mokihana, the new name is ISO Kapaa. We had room 322. It was third floor walkup, but very nice and 325 is absolutely ocean front, so it was a great ocean view, albeit a very muddy view.
Next morning it was yoga with Kore Ann, then breakkie, continental breakfast in which they ran out of coffee. We asked for coffee packet, and the mean lady said it was a dollar each. We were astonished. Since it was cloudy, we decided to drive to Poipu, and to see the blowhole. Well they fenced the blow hole in, as I guess people were getting hurt. We also tried to find where we bought the chicken feet wallet, no go. We had lunch at Gina Anykine Grinds, and the food was GOOD. We found sun at McArthur park, a little park by Kekaha. Then if was off to Waimea Canyon. We found a little water fall on the side of the red rocks. The end of the road can see the falls way in the distant. It was too far to hike, as it was getting late, so we only hiked to the lookout, not to the top of the falls.
Next day, we decided to go hike and ended up at Makauwahi cave. Well, the cave was not open on Thursday, but we found all these tortoises, as there was a tortoise reserve, and what a find !!!! Nowhere did we see tortoises being mentioned. The cave was a lime stone cave. Off to lunch at Da Crack. Then to Kauai Coffee Company, where we drank a lot lot of coffee. On the way back home, we drove by Menehune Fish Pond to Linue. We saw where they dock the cruise ship, and the Linue Bay.
We decided to go to Princeville, and climbed down the ropes to the beach. It had rained the day before so it was pretty slippery. Little did we know that it would be way muddier at Wailua Falls.
We went snorkeling and on the way back we had food at this taco truck by Kapaa, we were going to eat at the Porky Pig but they were not open. Then we went on a LONG bike ride The Ke Ala Hele Makalae. What a great ride, via the hotel bikes.
Monday, May 7, 2018
Jury Duty
So, after so many years of not serving on the jury duty, I got called and today is the first day. Since I did the online orientation, I "get" to arrive at 9 am. They were just finishing the video. The lady tells us all kinds of stuff and 9 40 says we can have a break til 10. 10:05 rolls around and they started calling names to go to the fifth floor. Mine was not called.
11 comes around
11 30 comes around and they call more names, to go to the second floor.
We file into Judge Amy Carter room 260, department 5. They start calling your names, and asking if you have ever been a victim of burglary, as the trial is about the burglary and assault with taser. The guy is black, with short dreads, and I JUST KNOW HE IS GUILTY.
They dismiss us at 12 for lunch to come back at 1 30.
We come back at 1 30 and the lady comes out at 1 35 for roll call, and says she will be right back.
WELL AN HOUR LATER, she comes back and we file back in.
They start asking you your marital status, your spouse occupation, your children occupation, and if you have ever served on a trial.
At 4 30 they have not gotten to me YET !!!!!
So tomorrow I will have to go back, yikes........
Tuesday morning we are asked to show up at 10 30. I picked up a bottle of Lysol on the way to the office. Buy Nothing Torrance is GREAT !!!! I go to office meeting to learn about XDR our new digital imaging system, and they have updated a few things. I rush back for court, but hey, THEY DONT CALL US TIL 11 15. I could have stayed at the office training and GET PAID but no. So they ask more questions, and more questions. Lunch is at home, and I go home and get a ride in.
So 1 45 we are suppose to be back and of course THEY DON"T CALL US TIL 2 15. FINALLY, at 4 45, they dismiss the rest above number 45, and we troop downstairs to get our 'certificate' of completion. I WAS FINALLY FREED after two days of backaches.
11 comes around
11 30 comes around and they call more names, to go to the second floor.
We file into Judge Amy Carter room 260, department 5. They start calling your names, and asking if you have ever been a victim of burglary, as the trial is about the burglary and assault with taser. The guy is black, with short dreads, and I JUST KNOW HE IS GUILTY.
They dismiss us at 12 for lunch to come back at 1 30.
We come back at 1 30 and the lady comes out at 1 35 for roll call, and says she will be right back.
WELL AN HOUR LATER, she comes back and we file back in.
They start asking you your marital status, your spouse occupation, your children occupation, and if you have ever served on a trial.
At 4 30 they have not gotten to me YET !!!!!
So tomorrow I will have to go back, yikes........
Tuesday morning we are asked to show up at 10 30. I picked up a bottle of Lysol on the way to the office. Buy Nothing Torrance is GREAT !!!! I go to office meeting to learn about XDR our new digital imaging system, and they have updated a few things. I rush back for court, but hey, THEY DONT CALL US TIL 11 15. I could have stayed at the office training and GET PAID but no. So they ask more questions, and more questions. Lunch is at home, and I go home and get a ride in.
So 1 45 we are suppose to be back and of course THEY DON"T CALL US TIL 2 15. FINALLY, at 4 45, they dismiss the rest above number 45, and we troop downstairs to get our 'certificate' of completion. I WAS FINALLY FREED after two days of backaches.
Eddie et al arrived
So we, mostly I, have been getting mom's house ready for Eddie's visit. The bathrooms were painted, the medicine cabinet changed, the heater fixed, all bedding cleaned. Kurt was suppose to do the dusting and the general cleaning, and of course, he didn't finish. When we arrived at the house after picking them up at the airport, with only five minutes wait on their part, Kurt was napping on the back bed, and I was so so mad.
They came over for dinner Sunday. We cooked salmon, leftover steak, potatoes, salad, pies from Marie C, and today Monday, they had doctor visit, and every day of this week it is one doctor or another.
They came over for dinner Sunday. We cooked salmon, leftover steak, potatoes, salad, pies from Marie C, and today Monday, they had doctor visit, and every day of this week it is one doctor or another.
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