Weekending Photo Dump

Happy Monday, sweets!  We had a grrreat weekend!  The parentals came to visit; a visit from (or to) them is always nice.  We also went over to my grandma’s house to clean her yard.  I love going there.  I always feel calm and at peace.  I love being surrounded by the “forest”; away from civilization.  All I hear are birds, coqui frogs, and the wind or rain.  It always puts me at ease and we get a couple of hours to get in touch with nature and it makes me appreciate the beautiful place we call home.  We haven’t been there in months so it was kind of like a jungle but the Radicals had a blast!



I need a pair of rain boots too.  I was the only one running around in slippers…

-          Looking for friends (bugs)

-          The grass was as tall as Radical #2

-          Trying to help with yard work

-          This little guy almost gave me a heart attack as he was running hopping for his life

-          Had a little engine trouble

-          This shirt always cracks me up.  Yep, we’re From the Big Island

On another note: I bought the Radicals a book a couple of weeks ago titled “A Prayer a Day”.  After story time we also read a prayer (or maybe two) before bed.  Well this morning I could hear Radical #2 rambling to himself and when I went to check on him I saw him flipping through the prayer book saying “thanks God!”  It was the cutest thing ever!

How was your weekend?

Jenn.

 



Home is where my heart is.

Hooray for Mondays!!  I heart Mondays. 

We went home-home, sweet home for the weekend.  It was lovely.  We I was on a mission to eat at Outback Steakhouse but Radical #1 came down with a mysterious something Saturday afternoon so we had to abort the mission.  By the time Sunday rolled around, all was honkie-dorie.  Although I did not get my beloved Bloomin’ Onion, I’m glad he was back to himself.  There is always another time.

We got home late Sunday evening and the Mister surprised us with pizza!  I heart pizza.  And I heart him even more for tapping into thoughts of not wanting to cook when we got home. 
  

Do you ever have those times when you have so much to say but nothing comes out?  Yeah?  Me too and that’s been the case for a few days.  I can’t seem to come up with a decent post.  I write, I read, and I’m all “what are you talking about, Jenn?”  I’ll get out of this “thing” soon but for now I’ll leave you with a picture.




home-home, sweet home!

 

How was your weekend?

Jenn.

Weekend Review

1) I was told “We going make imu this weekend”……oh really???  Who is ‘we’?  Ha!  Okay, it’s not that bad.  A lot of hard work but worth every last bite!  AND, it’s just another reason to get together, eat, and drink!  Ah, I work for food and alcohol…psshhh!  Who am I kidding?  It’s a lot of hard work for the people actually working!  Me?  I was busy yapping my mouth with a sweet friend I haven’t seen for a while!  Anyway, anyone up for some laulau and kalua pig?  Obviously I was talking too much because this is the only picture I got.

Okay, just a little 411 just in case I’m blogging gibberish:

Imu: underground oven.  And no, we don’t cook in an imu everyday. 

Laulau: beef, fish, chicken, taro, or pork wrapped in luau (taro) leaves.

Kalua pig: shredded pork

2) We made dried fish.  It’s almost like beef jerky but instead of beef we use fish.  So, fish jerky!?!  It’s a great snack and it also goes well with beer.  My kids will eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if they ruled the world.  It costs an arm and a leg if you were to buy it so The Mister had the bright idea of making our own.  Great!  I just hope he doesn’t ask me to sit on the side of the road and sell the stuff.  A big no thank you very much!

3) One of the carport’s posts decided to hit me while I was driving in.  It made a really big noise and I thought for sure it was going to come crashing down on me.  It shocked me so much that I was reverse psychology-ing  it; it, as in the post…

4) I finished my homework-finally.  That’s part of the reason I’ve been MIA in bloggerville.  I like the sound of bloggerville better than blogland.

5) And finally, to wrap up the weekend, we took a cruise down to Opihikau…

And Kapoho…

What a way to end a fabulous weekend :)

 

Also, Happy Birthday to my big-little bro!! Hope you all have a great week!

jenn