Sunday, January 12, 2014
North Shore Light House for Barb's Sake
Visiting to get a shot for Barb. Cost us $10.00 to get in. Please take it off our office bill!
Score!!
Who knew the color of your stripes really mattered...
So since the pool in our complex is closed we thought we'd just borrow the Westin's pool next door.. We had walked around there the night before and noticed that everyone had the same towel. I remembered seeing some towels that were close in our closet. We decided to risk it. They were not quite the same but we went swimming anyways - got away with it without being questioned. Still felt a little nervous. We thought about how to get some of our own Westin Towels ... you know just borrow them while we're here. We scoped out the place as we walked back, eyeing some on the chairs by the pool, maybe bribe an employee. Allen was thinking about checking out the maintenance shack. We decided we figure out our plan of attack tomorrow.
The next morning Allen decided to see what was in the storage closet outside hoping to find an extra propane tank for the BBQ, since he left it on all night the first night we used it and ran it empty. ($26.00 to fill it up, twice the price at home!), Rhonda said she's not paying half of that blunder, but when Allen said he wouldn't BBQ for her she negotiated to pay for a fourth only. Allen was pleased and agreed to BBQ for both of them for the rest of the vacation. To his surprise when digging through the closet he ran across the best score yet... WESTIN POOL TOWELS! WHOOHOO! There were four in a brown paper sac. We thought we'd hit the lottery. Although we are still hoping for that. We have been there two nights in a row acting like we own the place. The right towels really gave us a huge confidence boost. We've enjoyed both pools and the hot tub. Haven't got the nerve up to charge a drink to our room yet...working on a room number still.. LOL...Check out the Westin Pool Cam link at the top of the blog. You may see us there in the late afternoons.. doubt you'll see us in the 9am water aerobics class.
So since the pool in our complex is closed we thought we'd just borrow the Westin's pool next door.. We had walked around there the night before and noticed that everyone had the same towel. I remembered seeing some towels that were close in our closet. We decided to risk it. They were not quite the same but we went swimming anyways - got away with it without being questioned. Still felt a little nervous. We thought about how to get some of our own Westin Towels ... you know just borrow them while we're here. We scoped out the place as we walked back, eyeing some on the chairs by the pool, maybe bribe an employee. Allen was thinking about checking out the maintenance shack. We decided we figure out our plan of attack tomorrow.
The next morning Allen decided to see what was in the storage closet outside hoping to find an extra propane tank for the BBQ, since he left it on all night the first night we used it and ran it empty. ($26.00 to fill it up, twice the price at home!), Rhonda said she's not paying half of that blunder, but when Allen said he wouldn't BBQ for her she negotiated to pay for a fourth only. Allen was pleased and agreed to BBQ for both of them for the rest of the vacation. To his surprise when digging through the closet he ran across the best score yet... WESTIN POOL TOWELS! WHOOHOO! There were four in a brown paper sac. We thought we'd hit the lottery. Although we are still hoping for that. We have been there two nights in a row acting like we own the place. The right towels really gave us a huge confidence boost. We've enjoyed both pools and the hot tub. Haven't got the nerve up to charge a drink to our room yet...working on a room number still.. LOL...Check out the Westin Pool Cam link at the top of the blog. You may see us there in the late afternoons.. doubt you'll see us in the 9am water aerobics class.
Westin towels and our version
The Ham practicing his get away in case we get caught!
Friday, January 10, 2014
Pics of the day
Some at the beach. Rhonda scrapped her knee - our only injury so far. She slipped on some round tree droppings when hiking down a trail to our beach. Notice the hula hoop hang five and lei on the guy in the sign. Also, our complexes swimming pool is closed for renovation so we walked over to the Westin next door and kicked back in their hot tub and swimming pool!
Our New Island Buggy
As promised here is a picture of our new car. We were at Hanalei beach at the river mouth this morning. Had a nice a swim in the ocean and then fish taco's.
A day in a car.... about a car!
Yesterday we worked and relaxed a bit knowing today we needed to get serious about buying a car. Our rental car needed to be returned on Friday before 3:00PM so time was a tickin.
Rhonda developed a little cough last night and when she woke it was worse. She insisted we plunder on toward our big car purchase. For those of you who are wondering why we are purchasing a car.... it is simply good sense. The best deal we could find for a rental would have been $3500 for our stay. We could rent a car during the first 4 weekdays for $112 so this gave us some time to purchase.
We had been looking at Craigslist for weeks preparing ourselves and limited our purchase price to $3500. The Toyota Van we wanted sold yesterday so we went south one hour to lahue to drive a 1999 VW bug and look at some lots. We also had our eye on a Blue 1997 GMC Jimmy and yellow 2000 Nissan xterra.
We got to the bug at 11:00 and took it for a spin. Pretty beat up and the gear linkage was loose - drive and neutral were kind of fluid. Of course paint was oxidized. Ran ok and tires were good. Worried bit about bike rack adaptability. Asking price $2500. Got a text On the Jimmy and she needed to keep it for a while but wanted to give us a deal on camping gear LOL. Went to lunch - had crappy pizza slice - Rhonda was not feeling well and I actually thought for a minute we might have our first spat. I asked her to take some advil which made everything better and prepared us for the rest of the day.
Got a text from the guy with the Toyota van. I guess the buyers wife said no so it was still available. He was on his way from Kappa to Lahue and we decided to meet at the WalMart. We did and drove the piece of crap he called a car held together with duct tape. Blacked out on the dash was a ABS and check engine light. The spare tire was in the back seat cause he broke the thingy that held it underneath. Distraught and discouraged we went to car lots which only carried cars in the $5000 plus price range. We drove over to the Nissan xterra parked at the sellers work and checked it out and decided because it was listed for $3500 we would try for the VW bug. We called and left a couple messages. Seller no where to be found. We drove to their home again and the car and owners were gone. We went shopping wasted more time and got a text from the owner of the Xterra. Called and asked if we were happy with the way it drove would she take $2800. We landed on $3000. Drove to Kappa and bought it for $3000. HAs a few rattles and the drivers side window needs love to come back up. We bought her bikes for $50 while we were at it. Pics to follow.
Decided to drive back down south to Lahue to return car so we could avoid the trip tomorrow. We headed off with phones near dead in both cars. After getting stuck going the wrong way on the street we lost each other. Trying to call realized Rhonda's phone was dead and had no way to contact her. Drove around a bit and didn't see her decided to head to airport and hope for the best. Amazingly she caught up to me and we both made it to the car return. Started back for home and realized the house key was still on the rental car key... Eyeyiiiiyiiii! Turned back around to get the key.... We did finally make it home with our new car! What a day!!! Thank you Lord!!!
Rhonda developed a little cough last night and when she woke it was worse. She insisted we plunder on toward our big car purchase. For those of you who are wondering why we are purchasing a car.... it is simply good sense. The best deal we could find for a rental would have been $3500 for our stay. We could rent a car during the first 4 weekdays for $112 so this gave us some time to purchase.
We had been looking at Craigslist for weeks preparing ourselves and limited our purchase price to $3500. The Toyota Van we wanted sold yesterday so we went south one hour to lahue to drive a 1999 VW bug and look at some lots. We also had our eye on a Blue 1997 GMC Jimmy and yellow 2000 Nissan xterra.
We got to the bug at 11:00 and took it for a spin. Pretty beat up and the gear linkage was loose - drive and neutral were kind of fluid. Of course paint was oxidized. Ran ok and tires were good. Worried bit about bike rack adaptability. Asking price $2500. Got a text On the Jimmy and she needed to keep it for a while but wanted to give us a deal on camping gear LOL. Went to lunch - had crappy pizza slice - Rhonda was not feeling well and I actually thought for a minute we might have our first spat. I asked her to take some advil which made everything better and prepared us for the rest of the day.
Got a text from the guy with the Toyota van. I guess the buyers wife said no so it was still available. He was on his way from Kappa to Lahue and we decided to meet at the WalMart. We did and drove the piece of crap he called a car held together with duct tape. Blacked out on the dash was a ABS and check engine light. The spare tire was in the back seat cause he broke the thingy that held it underneath. Distraught and discouraged we went to car lots which only carried cars in the $5000 plus price range. We drove over to the Nissan xterra parked at the sellers work and checked it out and decided because it was listed for $3500 we would try for the VW bug. We called and left a couple messages. Seller no where to be found. We drove to their home again and the car and owners were gone. We went shopping wasted more time and got a text from the owner of the Xterra. Called and asked if we were happy with the way it drove would she take $2800. We landed on $3000. Drove to Kappa and bought it for $3000. HAs a few rattles and the drivers side window needs love to come back up. We bought her bikes for $50 while we were at it. Pics to follow.
Decided to drive back down south to Lahue to return car so we could avoid the trip tomorrow. We headed off with phones near dead in both cars. After getting stuck going the wrong way on the street we lost each other. Trying to call realized Rhonda's phone was dead and had no way to contact her. Drove around a bit and didn't see her decided to head to airport and hope for the best. Amazingly she caught up to me and we both made it to the car return. Started back for home and realized the house key was still on the rental car key... Eyeyiiiiyiiii! Turned back around to get the key.... We did finally make it home with our new car! What a day!!! Thank you Lord!!!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
This cock is going to die
He may look nice but he wakes me up at 4 and at 5 and at 6 and every quarter hour in between. There are literally chickens everywhere running wild... some kind of ecosystem imbalance
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