a hawaii recap

so a few of my girlfriends are off to hawaii, and as i was talking to two of them yesterday i was thinking 'i never posted the rest of my trip' and these days my blog posts ARE my journal entries so i'm going to recap.

some favorite places & food:

north shore

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  matsimotos for shave ice-
  
  { be sure to get the ice cream on the bottom it is so good!}
  
  
  
  
  for the sunsets... best pictures you'll take your whole trip!
  
  international market

has tons of little booths with lots of neat things, be sure to bargain - it's just like in the bahamas!
{and right by you hotel!}
you will also get a chance to see all the crazys, people with their parrots, and men painted from head to toe, holding their position so you think they are a statue... oh- and the steel drums! my favorite part!!!!

puka dog is there too!

so have one for me,
because there just isn't anything else like it!









senor frogs has the best mexican food ever! we ate there in the bahamas and in hawaii! you get plenty to share, and watching all the brave people sing and dance is quite funny too! might i suggest the 'build your own fajita platter' best with diet coke & a lime!

• there of course is TONS to do, but i would pick maybe two sights and lay on the beach the rest of the time! waikiki fills up fast so you might want to drive a few min. down the road to a more secluded beach {but leave NOTHING of value in you car!} or you might want to just get to the beach early,bring a cooler and lay there all day! don't forget your sun screen, you'll need it and a bunch of cold water!

here is our convertible being finger printed after the trunk was popped open and our snorkel stuff, john's shorts and wallet were stolen. but don't you worry they were caught by an off duty police officer, told off by me, and sent to jail with this being their 94th prior!!!!

and just for kicks i'll tell you- but i was in a 2 piece {which i probably shouldn't be seen in}, and walked right up to those two 40 somethings and asked them what their mother would think of them doing this to innocent tourists on a nice vacation? the police officers laughed at me, john told me i was 'such a mother' and the two men sat on the grass in hand cuffs looking down. and to top it all off i looked them in the eye and told them i would be pressing charges. one of them swore, and the other said 'it wasn't me'. funny how my husbands wallet was in his car...:)

and after all that, you would think it would ruin our time in hawaii, but we both just laughed it off. good thing i only let john carry $2 with him at all times!

first day back at it

i am not one of those brave moms who can't wait for my kids to go back to school
i must admit- i cry when the bus drives away, and my child looks so uncertain
i cry that i will miss something i wish i hadn't
add pregnancy hormones to that and it's a double whammy!
so here are my kids in order of 'flying the coop' time

alex is in 9th grade! and signed up to play the bag pipes! how cool is that!
chastin is in 3rd grade! and looking forward to after school art class & selling cookie dough for that stretch limo ride again this year!
jordan is a 8th grader! and anxiously awaiting cross country to start!

cinnamon roll surprise

so tonight i decided that i wanted to be a 'good' mom, and make cinnamon rolls {from a can- not homemade, i'm not trying to be THAT good of a mom...}
so after the kids were sound a sleep in their beds
the hubby and i went to the grocery store
well for those who don't know, i practically live in my p.j's once dinner is done,
so i didn't want to change to run to the store.
i figured it was after 10pm, i wouldn't see anyone who cares that i'm in my comfy jammies.
wouldn't you only know i ran into my friend / neighbor who wasn't surprised to see me in my p.j's
as we were leaving, we ran into another friend! who knew! 2 friends in my p.j's!!! uggh...
well hubby and i laughed that i just don't care.
we get out of the car, grab the cinnamon rolls and chocolate milk, john gets to the door with the keys and all of a sudden i see a squirt! and i'm WET! what the heck? i'm yelling at him.
he turns around- clueless- and says "what?"
i'm laughing and yelling move your FOOT!!!
what is it?
i've been squirted with the guts of a giant slug!!!
how totally gross!!!
i'm starting to gag
he's opening the door, saying "go shower! go shower!"

i feel much better now that i am no longer covered in slug guts!

i thought i'd post so i would remember that even though it was gross and not on purpose- john and i still have so much fun together! and i think the laugh was just what we needed.
even if it was at my cute p.j's expense....:)