July 12, 2006
Things are getting back to normal around here… Since we have moved to the Hamakua coast I now have a huge yard to garden in - I am thrilled. I was going to post a picture of the house but the camera has to be charged - oh well. Our house is 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and we have a basement. We also have an ofuro - it is a traditional Japanese soaking tub and we have a plantation shower complete with a concrete floor and exposed plumbing in the basement. We have about a 1/2 acre to play with too! I am also anxiously awaiting the delivery of 40 orchids in a flask that I am excited about working with.
Brian and I have both been immensely busy with work and fun things too. Between gardening, orchids, the house, day trips, work, school, reading, Powerlifting, and everything else I scarcely have time for anything especially since Brian has urged me to get back into web design… Brian has been super busy working and training to climb Mauna Loa on his 30th birthday. His family is coming to visit for his birthday and he and his dad are going to climb Mauna Loa on the *big day,* July 28, his birthday. I am glad he is doing it, I think he will have a lot of fun and remember it always… I am cooking a huge meal for everyone the day after when he and his dad come back.
Enter Exhaustion…
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June 3, 2006
We moved. We are now living on the Hamakua coast. Go us - much nicer…
I threw out my back powerlifting (box squats). Go me. Brian made fun of me - he’s mean. Then he took care of me and I am getting better day by day. Unfortunately, I will not be competing in the powerlifting meet that I was supposed to go to. I would have beaten the state record but now I will have to go to the one in September on O’ahu and at least by then I can break both the state and national record…
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March 18, 2006
We got back from the farmer’s market earlier today where we got a week’s worth of food for under $15 and I purchased a beautiful orchid, a cross of Lc. Trick or Treat ‘S&W’ and Lc. Gold Digger ‘Orglade’s Mandarin’ and I like it a lot. Brian just calls it “that orange flower” and ignores it. He says he likes plastic plants better. Too bad! I did acquire some new plants this week (nothing special) - hibiscus, anthurium, and some other random things. It helps to clean the air (this is the excuse I am using) but we do live in the city with some of the cleanest air in the world as Brian reminds me. But, I simply enjoy horticulture…
After the farmer’s market Brian fed me my second meal, 5 giant pancakes and a huge protein shake. We eat a lot around here. Brian has decided that being a powerlifting vegetarian food snob is very expensive. He is always teasing me and tells me I should get a hamburger because it has a lot of protein. Of course, he would not eat a hamburger anyway but he does think he is amusing and I do like to humor him. 
I also ordered some new multi-vitamins for Brian and some antioxidants for me (because of the powerlifting) so I think we are good for a while… Powerlifting is going well… My quads are killing me from last night’s workout and especially because we walked down to the farmer’s market and back (it is all uphill on the way back). Nothing terribly exciting going on, just beautiful Hawai’i weather and another perfect day in paradise…
Oh yeah, last night, we went to this natural food store (which I don’t like) and we bought Yves fake turkey. Brian said he would eat some - I think it looks nasty.
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March 13, 2006
Brian has been training me yet again for Powerlifting and Strongwoman competitions since we moved to Hilo. It has been great and I have made a lot of progress. Hopefully, I will be ready for aPowerlifting meet or a Strongwoman competition by this summer… I am putting on a lot of muscle mass, yay! Who said putting on muscle mass for women is hard? I need protein powder, we ordered 11 lbs. of it and I just ran out of my other protein powder today…
I need to start keeping my food diary again but I eat about eight times per day and it makes it too difficult to record everything. I also eat a lot of food. Oh well, I will try to keep the food diary up…
It has been raining here off and on but that is to be expected in the rainiest city in the world. Plus, March is supposed to be one of the wettest months here in Hilo. We did drive over to the Kona side on Saturday to go to Costco - we are SO glad we do not live there - people are incredibly rude and mean on that side of the island. It also takes us two hours to drive over there and then another two hours back but it does mean that we only have to go shopping for groceries once a month, yay.
More later, when I am not so busy…
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