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Honeymoon in Hawaii, Day 6
Our final day in Hawaii was pretty sad, because we were leaving. But since our plane didn’t depart until mid-afternoon, we had one more morning to enjoy ourselves. We went for the scrumptious hotel breakfast one more time, and then caught a cab (actually a Lincoln Town Car) to Lahaina because Judy’s tattoo appointment was happening before the ( Read more... ) -
Honeymoon in Hawaii, Day 5
Our last full day in Maui was meant to be more relaxing than the previous few. We didn’t have any major excursions planned, just a couple of smaller ones. We started the day with a trip back to Ma’alea (where we started our snorkeling trip) and the Maui Ocean Center. The MOC is a well-maintained aquarium with a lot of great kid-oriented exhibits. I ( Read more... ) -
Honeymoon in Hawaii, Day 4
Sunday in Maui was a big one for us. I first read about the Hana Highway shortly after moving to Houston, and it sounded like a hell of an adventure. The highway runs along Maui’s rainforest-covered northeastern coast, winding its way through the jungle and along the coastline. With guidebook in hand, we hit the road a bit before 7am. We filled up ( Read more... ) -
Honeymoon in Hawaii, Day 3
We were up and on the road early on Saturday morning. We needed to be at our boat, the highly-recommended Four Winds II, by 7:00am to go snorkeling. The drive down the west Maui coast was beautiful as we passed beaches full of early-morning surfers and people paddling their old-school longboards out in the small waves. As we came around to the ( Read more... ) -
Honeymoon in Hawaii, Day 2
Friday morning started bright and early with a wonderful breakfast back at the hotel restaurant. Afterwards we were going to stop off and take a better look at the lobby’s pond and waterfall area, but the best spot was being occupied by a trashy-looking couple blatantly making out. I mean, sure you’re in Hawaii, but some decorum might be ( Read more... ) -
Honeymoon in Hawaii, Day 1
Hi there! The summer of 2011 was an extremely busy one for me. Not only did I get married, we also had a honeymoon in Maui, I attended Comic-Con, and we visited western Colorado in August. I've been meaning to write down a lot of these experiences for quite some time, but am only now getting around to it. So we'll start off with the most fun part ( Read more... ) -
Oh, Natasha! Outside is Not as Awesome as You Think
Our black cat Natasha thinks she loves to go outside. She tries to get out the front door nearly every time it opens, and she's succeeded a couple of times this week for real short amounts of time. Last night, our friend's 3-year old opened our front door because he was ready to leave, and Natasha apparently went "don't mind if I do" and walked out ( Read more... ) -
I Am Now a Homeowner
Hey there, Livejournal holdouts who still check these pages out. I'm still alive, really! The home search was a long and laborious process, which I will detail below, after a cut. We looked for a couple of months and probably 40 houses, with a few close calls before finally getting a great house in a great neighborhood. I will be moving in sometime ( Read more... ) -
Great Day!
Okay, I was supposed to go to the second annual Spring ISD 3k Fun Run/Walk this morning. I'm completely out of shape, but if nothing else, I was going to walk the 1.8 miles. It's only 3k! But it looked like today was going to be a perfect day weather wise, so Judy and I decided to get going early and head down to the zoo with Evelyn. We rode the ( Read more... ) -
So Close!
Done with all of my concerts for the year, and they all went well. Now I just have to get through one more week until Christmas vacation. Cannot wait ( Read more... )