A Short Preview of the Famous Bubby Walking

aloha and howzit (going, for y'all non-islanders ;) )?

I did a little longer version of this - of interest to so many and so few really ;)

Wouldn't post on FB or here, so you'll have to settle (or suffer, lol) a little teaser of our darling boy: apple of our eyes, adorable, "practically perfect in every way" Spence displaying his recently acquired walking prowess.

I have a longer one (well, as long as the song goes...so...about 3 mins?), but after five hours it still hadn't posted, so I said "whatEVAH" and am burning it to disk for various folks enjoyment...get 'em while they're hot (and let me know if you want one, lol...not too much call I'm sure, but still...).

In two weeks he went from walking much reminiscent of a tottering little drunken sailor, to walking confidently and running. I am personally devastated at how fast he's growing. I'm not any older at all, and here he is, growing in leaps and bounds before our very eyes...



Awwwww....adorable, smart, AMAZING boy!

Love him tons (can you tell?).

Just sayin'

Miscellaneous Catching Up

Aloha.

Howzit?

Got extremely into island time toward the end of the trip, so as far as I'm concerned, this is right "on time". LOL

For the rest of you though, this is more about wrapping up a few loose ends of the last week of the vacation...

Had a great time...
Went to the beach
Swam
Napped in the sunshine
Had some fruit
Ate lunch
Skipped dinner most nights (or skipped lunch in favor of dinner)
Drank a bit
and a bit more
Napped in the shade
Played scrabble
Swam some more
Napped
Shopped
shopped
napped, swam, snacked
SHOPPPPPPEEEEEDDDD

So, there ya have it.

Pretty much the sloooooow pace of the second week when the island finally sunk in and took over life.

Not a bad way to live at all...altho, "work" would have to be thrown in there a time or two...well once anyway...don't want to go entirely crazy. ;)

And for those friends on the island that we missed this time around...fear not! We are apt to hear the call of our island home soon and will return in healthier form for diving adventures too!

Here are a few random pics that I don't think are posted yet either. If they are, I'm cool with that...look or dont' look...it's alllllll fiiiiiiine.



Fiery Sunset...Smoke from Moloka'i lends some interest to the view...


C has breakfast foodz...ewwwwwwww....Magic runs away nose holding....barfy


Nice pic of Sis


Magic: Somewhere along the SWIM>NAP>DRINK>REPEAT Contiuum...also shown is CUPPY! Yay!


Avast ye landlubbers! Thar be shopping ahead!...Lahaina's Front Street


Magic is well along the "NAP" portion of the contiuum. ;)


Magic and Goofy


Goofy & Sis...always a bunny ears around somewhere...never see the actual bunny tho...hrmmmm.


Great pic of Goofy...the islands obviously agree with her...


Magic's new "goin' out to Staaaaarrrrrbucks" tshirt. ;) LOL

So, there ya have it...still having that island happz...do not harsh the mellow, dudes! :D

Just sayin'

We Were On the Road to Hana...

Went on the road to Hana on Thursday. Was a fun trip in general. Brother Tom suggested doing the drive "backwards" from the usual route, which was an excellent idea.

We stopped and took some pics, and swam at a lovely 'salt & pepper' beach (where the sand is white and black). The island claimed it's bounty in ripping the Maui Jim's off my face and pulling them out to sea...

Went to a black sand beach too...it was awesome! Got some fresh coconut at a roadside stand and Magic got some new sunglasses and a chocolate malt at Hasagawa's General Store.


I especially enjoyed the winding, curving roads...the goof and sis? not so much :D Guess it's a good thing that the convertible didn't corner "that well". lol.

We laughed, we looked around, we weathered a short rain storm and some really big dump trucks running down the one lane roads...we made it to Pai'a in time to have a well deserved iced latte and a little shopping therapy. We made it back to the resort in Lahaina by sundown ;)

Aloha!

M&G

Striped Saturday Sunset

Aloha!

Had a great day today.

Woke up slowly, laughed at Goofy chasing the little birds out of the room's living room sliders.

Laughed harder when some "camp robbers" (aka canadian jays) sneaked in through the bedroom sliders and were helping themselves to the breakfast foods on the counter. They would have gotten away scot free if one of them hadn't started "arguing" about something with the other one. They are stealthy little guys...lol. Goofy nearly had a coronary...LMAO. She freaked, I was laughing and the birds were flying around the room squawking and heading for the open doors. They got a really good cinnamon roll, some butter and banana macadamia nut bread from the road to Hana. They might as well have taken whatever else was there, as it was now "contaminated" and had to be dispatched to the trash can forthwith. ROTFLOL!!! Much entertainment...for Magic anywho....

Tonight's sunset is brought to you by the letter "S" (for striped) and the number "10" (for WOW, that was a cool sunset).

Enjoy, the pics...

M&G

Maui in August

We've been having some interesting weather.

None of it bad at all, really. Just a bunch of different things.

Rain (for a bit not all day).
Sunshine (mostly.. :)
Windy (a day or two)
No wind at all (today, and boy was it hot!!!)

Yesterday we drove the entire road to Hana. Backwards of the usual crowd (thanks to Tom), and had a pretty nice day. We had a bit of rain (for a few minutes, that made the rental car very dirty...YAY!), but mostly it was sunny and on the "other side" of the island it was pretty mild in temperature.

I personally, loved the winding roads the best...not everyone's favorite, and I coulda used a better cornering car, but it was fun nonetheless ;)

We went swimming at Hamoa beach - where i lost my Maui Jim's (guess the island wanted them more than I did). Then we checked out the black sand beach too. Stopped at a stand and got some fresh coconut (yum). Stopped as Hasagawa's General Store to get me some new shades (lol), then went on the long and winding road.

Got into Pia'a in time to do some shopping and made it back to Ka'anapali just as the sun was setting...

Long day, but very very nice...

I'll post more pics as I go along...

aloha...

M&G

Slow internet connection for Macs....

Hey All.

Just wanted to check in now that I've figured out how to fix the internet here...Bah! Guess the router I have isn't "advanced" enough for the Macs (lol), but whatever the heck it is, I wasn't able to surf very well for the last several days

So...I'll be posting pics later on tonight...

For now, gotta head to Whaler's for some burgers at the Hula Grill :D

Later gators!

M&G

One View of Happiness...

I was sent this link by a friend. At first, I was thinking..."oh, no, another boring wedding video", but then I watched it a bit longer.

Really, isn't this the joy that everyone should have when going into a marriage? it just exudes joy!

Take a look and enjoy.



M&G

Goofy Gets Cool Pics of the Angels

Yesterday, Goofy and friends headed on down to the lake to watch the Blue Angels practice for the SeaFair festivities over the weekend.

Got some great pics too...

She tried her hand at doing some video with the G9 :) turned out really well i think :D



Just Above the trees...woohoo!



On the deck...look close



Swooping down toward the lake...




Blahville in the background ...



Upside down...



Almost gone...




Seattle loves the Blue Angels...WooHoo!

Just sayin' ;)

Regarding Craig Ferguson

If you haven't ever seen Craig Ferguson, or don't know who he is, it's sad.

Simply, he's one of the freshest voices in TV - especially late night TV.

He's not afraid to speak his mind, rail against the corporations and networks, and generally tell it like he sees it. He's not some cute, pc puppet (which is why Conan is in Leno's chair now). He is a guy that looks at the world around him (which is California for godsakes) and comments on what he observes.

I don't always agree with him, but he's always interesting and entertaining.

Here's a glimpse of why I like him. He's saying something serious in a funny way. We laugh, not because it's that funny, but because it's so true that we'd cry if we couldn't laugh. ;)

Enjoy...and listen too...



Just sayin;

A Little Fun for Thursday

Mini Me and Me were home today checking out the internets...and she showed me this...made me laugh out loud!!

Hope you enjoy it too...




M&G