August 5, 2007
Brian’s parents just visited and we had a grand time. We went snorkeling in Hilo several times and had a great time seeing the variety of fish out and about. I saw my first snake eel and later snake eel babies. On Brian’s birthday he and his father went hiking in North Kohala and had a lot of fun exploring Polulu Valley and the neighboring valley. We also went to the Lava Tree State Park down near Pahoa. We also visited the astronomy center at UHH (Imiloa) and did star gazing on Mauna Kea. The evening on Mauna Kea was less than enjoyable for me though - I was car sick on the hour long ride to Mauna Kea which was further exacerbated by taking a 1 mile walk at 9000 feet mostly uphill on the way back at sunset when it was about 50 degrees. I felt horrible the whole night but fortunately I woke up feeling better the next day. We also visited the Kaumana Caves but I did not walk very far as my shoes proved to be inadequate for the task. I think everyone had a good time…
Brian and I also went to an rough water race while his parents were visiting. We checked it out and I am currently thinking about doing the 2 mile Kealakekua Bay rough water race. I surely will not win but I think it would be a lot of fun. Brian is now using this as yet another excuse to talk me into doing qualifying races for the Ironman. I think I will pass as I am not interested in dying before I turn thirty, thank you very much.
I was also able to bodyboard at Hapuna and was able to ride one absolutely perfect wave and a bunch of not so perfect waves. I did get a nasty burn. While in the water I was trying to remember why I had made such a big deal about wearing my board shorts but I could not recall why - it became obvious to me later when my derrière burned.
While at Kona Bay Books, Brian spotted Da Jesus Book - the Pidgin Bible. Seriously, I am speechless.
In other news, the Big Island is getting Target, Circuit City, PetSmart (I think), PF Changs, and Office Max all on the Kona side. I am not exactly excited. I like Target and would gladly trade in Walmart and Kmart for it but seriously we don’t need all of those stores.
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March 18, 2007
Yesterday, Brian and I went to the body board shop of his colleague’s boyfriend and I found a new board. I really like it - it’s a Mike Stewart Science board in blue. I had fun with it down at Honolii Beach yesterday too. I did end up with a busted lip and scraped knees but I had a blast. Apparently, the day before a whale had died off the coast and 14 ft. sharks were seen eating it - I found this out when I was already in the water. ;) The absolute coolest part was being able to surf with some turtles - apparently they really like to surf at Honolii - they are really cute too. It was great…
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March 11, 2007
Brian and I spent Thursday night and all day Friday in Kona because he had some business to attend to over there. Unfortunately, we were not able to stay over the weekend because we had to volunteer at the library on Saturday morning. Brian, of course, was not willing to give that up for the weekend because the reward for volunteering an hour is being able to have first pick of nearly new books for less than $1. While he had a fun day of doing a presentation I went to Hapuna Beach in North Kohala. I love that beach. I would live on it if I could but my skin does not like that beach as much as I like that beach. I was on the beach from 9:30 AM until 1 PM and I applied sunscreen three times and my skin still burned like crazy. I went bodyboarding and had a great time - the waves were huge and the shorebreak made it all the more fun for me. My nasty sunburn has created quite an annoying problem for me. I wish to sleep but cannot because the sunburn is hurting too much so I have taken some Ibuprofen to help with the pain but it has caffeine in it so I cannot sleep. Joy. Plus, Brian is mad at me because I got a sunburn so he is intentionally going out of his way to be mean to me about my sunburn - poo on him. I have ordered a rashguard shirt with UV protection to protect me in the future.
Brian found these weird old board games where you recreate one of Napoleon’s Campaigns in Germany - no one had even bothered to play the game and we’re still trying to figure out how to play exactly. Very strange… He also found a World War II game that is somewhat similar - both should be quite interesting.
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March 15, 2005
I have successfully switched webhosts. Yay. Much has happened since the last time I posted… Brian’s dissertation proposal was accepted so we made an unexpected trip to Tampa, FL where we frolicked on the beach, sat in Tampa traffic, and spent four days in the car for one day of fun. It was great…and tiring.
We are moving to Hawaii after Brian finishes getting his PhD. We plan to move to the Big Island of Hawai’i. Yay for warm and sunny weather year round…not to mention the volcanoes, extreme climates, and lack of people.
Our business is taking off and we are excited to be making hypnosis, binaural beat, and subliminal message CDs. Starting another company feels good, especially when we can control how much business we want to do…
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