Just a few more days in paradise

Valentines morning Mandy (on the left) surprised Joy and me with a wonderful breakfast made with love. She cooked us up some amazing heart shaped banana and Reese's pieces pancakes. We had a wonderful little picnic on our balcony. It was the perfect way to start off our V-day!!!
Thanks Mandy Moo!!!

That afternoon Mandy and I had the best Valentines ever!!! We ended up going to a nursing home to dance to with the old folks. It was so fun to see them get down on the dance floor. Some of those little old ladies still had a lot in them. I hope I still all that life in me when I am there age.

So I actually started to tackle the bike!!! In fact I am actually starting to get the hang of it. However, I am still getting my far share of scrimps and scrapes. The other day Joy and I were on a little ride and I ended up not turning fast enough and running into a bush. You wouldn't think a bush would do anything, but oh no this bush was quite firm and had some big fatty thorns. I ended up cutting up my leg pretty good. But don't you worry just a few days later I
bruised up my other leg to even it out. I was actually riding a bike with my roomie Steph. I was sitting with my legs out and she was peddling standing up. Unfortunately, another biker got a little too close and ended up running straight into my leg. That was pretty painful. Oh, the joys that come from riding a bike. You can't really see my scratches, but they're there.

Mandy, Joy, and I all decided to run and jump into the ocean one morning just for the heck of it. That's one of the perks of living so close to the beach.

Joy and I saved this little pooch from getting hit by a car. We wanted to adopt him and keep him, but he tried to find his owners instead. Turns out we put him in the wrong yard, but I when we went back to check on him they had found his family. If I were ever to get a little dog I would get a little Yorkie like this guy. Isn't he so cute?

Joy and I make the biggest, baddest burgers of all times!!! And don't forget about the home-made fries and fry sauce. The flies were everywhere... hence Joy's hand swooshing them away in the picture.

Look at the burger!!! I have to say it was the best burger I have ever had. Joy and I sure did get down and dirty eating those things, but man were they dang good!!!

PS- Everyone I got a JOB!!! Stay tuned... to find out more.

Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!!!

So for the Holiday us girls decided to have our very own adventure... and boy was it an adventure!!! My good friend Ulrika (from Sweden) had to go and pick up her sister from the airport and asked me to go along with her... and that is where it all began. She ended up borrowing this guy Clark's car and as you can see (below) it pretty much is a dumpster on wheels. But hey that is how most of the cars are out here and we love them all so whateve. Any who, after she picked me and a couple of my other roomies up we figured we should probably check the oil since the light was on. When we pulled into the gas station and checked the dip stick... there was not even a drip of oil in this car... and I mean not nothing, notta, ZERO!!! The worst part is if we wouldn't have stopped and the car did happen to go up in flames, well... only 2 of the 4 doors even open and only 1 of those 2 doors can be opened from the inside. So pretty much we would have been stuck in a burning car. Yeah kinda scary. But luckily we did stop and put 4 quarts of oil in that sucker. I know- holy cow!!! Way to start our little adventure off.

Once we got down to Honolulu to the airport Ulrika jumped out to go and get her sister in the airport and left me to drive the car and figure my way around that crazy, busy place. Talk about confusing!!! I have never been whistled at so many times. Geese you would think they could be a little nicer, but oh no!!! Just driving around the airport in a few circle was one heck of a stressful experience. Talk about tense. Holy moly. But finally I got to settle in the back seat and boy did it feel good not to be behind the wheel anymore. Then we were off to Waikiki for the day. We were going to the Zoo and I was so stinkin' excited!!!

You can't tell but those are hippos we are sitting on. And below Joy and I make friends with the dolphins... which now that I think about it, we didn't even seen dolphins. Now I feel jipped. What is this?

We got to go Africa and see many animals. Here were some giraffes and their long, long necks. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see the Lions they were getting their shots. Stink.

Here is one of my good friends Boom Boom the gorilla. We had fun naming the animals. This gorilla was kinda in a bad mood and he would sneak up to the glass window and bang on it and scare people... hence the name Boom Boom.

Us girls found this really neat tree in the middle of the zoo. We had a blast climbing all over it like our monkey friends. Joy got mooned pretty well from me... as you can see... I am wearing a dress (he he).

Here we are trying to imitate our furry family. Can you see them in the trees behind us? They loved showing off to us by swinging all over their tree. If we clapped they kept going. They sure did give us quite the show.

Here I am with my favorite animal!!! I named this guy Eddie the Elephant. Mandy was able to get some very good shots with him. Thanks Mandy Moo. Isn't Eddie soooo handsome?

Ulrika and I pose with our peacock friend. I am finally getting over the time when one chased me into Katie Gumkie's garage when I was five... that was a traumatic experience for a little girl, but look at me now so brave.

I am not sure what was more fun for me... seeing the animals or acting like the animals? Here we are posting like... can you guess???

If you said Alligators you're right... if you said something else I would love to hear what on earth you came up with. Below Joy and I are reading about how Alligators still court with one another. We are wondering why on earth Alligators are doing this when us humans aren't??? Come on guys get your act together and ask us girls out!!!! What kind of a world are we living in anymore when animals are smarter than humans?

After our amazing day at the zoo we spent the rest of the day wondering the streets of Waikiki. We even hit up the international market place. I hadn't been down there since last year. It was so nice- It felt like I was on vacation like all of the other tourists. Everything reminded me of my bestest friend Bree Bree when she came to visit. We did everything down there so no matter where I was I was constantly reminded of the many wonderful memories we had together last year. Waikiki is unbelievable and unforgettable!!! We left the streets with the sun setting and... well... with a $140.00 ticket posted on our car. Clark hadn't told us his car wasn't registered. Oops. Welcome to the chill life of Hawaii.

Girls just wanna have FUN!!!

Last weekend a few of us girls wanted to have our very own girls night... so that was exactly what we did. We rented a good chick flick and got all of our favorite foods. But the best part was that we turned the whole living room into a giant fort. It was our little hide out. It reminded me of the forts Andrew used to make back in the day that took up the whole rec room.

Here we are with our 3D glasses on... No we weren't watching anything 3D, but the glasses where just the cherry on top.
So my GOLDEN BIRTHDAY is coming up. I am going to be turning 22 on the 22nd of May and I thought I need to do something big for this birthday of mine. I decided to take a look at my list of a hundred things to do in my life and do 22 new ones before I turn 22.

22 Things to do before I turn 22

• run a 10K
• write a collection of poems
• anonymously give flowers away
• love my body
• learn to french braid
• learn to juggle
• bowl over 125
• do some pottery
• do finger painting
• get into a food fight
• carve a special name in a tree
• build a kite and fly it
• learn sign language
• learn to do cartwheels
• do kayaking
• Build a fort in the woods
• learn self defense
• toss pizza dough in the air
• catch a fish and eat it
• get my picture drawn
• build a new friendship
• go on a real bike ride
• put together 1,000 piece puzzle
• make my own recipe
• surf by myself
• get buried in the sand
• sing a solo
• kiss someone in the rain

I have been working on some of them. You all will be happy to hear my roomies that been helping me with my biking skills. The other night my roommate Mandy and I went on a little bike ride and it was great. I was so proud of myself. Riding along the highway is still really really scary and the next thing I want to learn is how to stand while riding, but I am making progress. I have also been working on a few other things and I promise to keep you posted as I get things done. I got to cross the first thing off last night. Mandy has a list of her own and we both are determined to help each other cross things off. Any who, last night for dinner we were trying to figure out what to make and we decided to make up our own thing. We were in the mood for breakfast for dinner and we ended up coming up with... drum roll please... Pancakes with slices of bananas and Reese's pieces in them. Talk about simple, but sweet!!! They were the best pancakes I have ever had. You all have to try them out seriously!!!

Until next time... peace out.