Hilarious

Hahahaha. Thanks Amy!

Chasing the sun

Hawaii, first full day. We wake up to rain and clouds and grey. Undaunted, we roll out of bed and head for smoothies. I am confident that it being Hawaii - and Kailua - the sky will clear and we will have a beach day.

A few hours later, still raining and grey. There are a few patches of blue but these keep getting rolled over by big grey clouds. These grey clouds bring rain. Steadily. I am feeling less confident. We decide to wait an hour and see if we can salvage a beach trip out of the day. (Insert applying for jobs and napping here.)

I see blue! Over by Lanikai beach! We quickly don our swimsuits and zip out the door, racing over to Lanikai loop. This usually busy beach isn't very full - bonus for us, thanks to the weather. It's not raining. But it looks pretty nasty over on our left:


We weather a few quick rain spells, hoping that we'll luck out. Half an hour later, this:


Yes, that's the same exact shot, just a half hour later. Incredible right?? We chased the sun and WE WON! To add to all of this, the family who sat next to us on the plane the day before sat RIGHT NEXT TO US on the beach. Small world? Small world. What are the chances?


Hey, we're in Hawaii!

Understatement?

This weather update from Friday cracked me up. Was adding "Hot." at the bottom of the temperature reading really necessary?? Seems like an understatement to me.

(I had intended to post this on Friday but ran out of time. I know I've been slacking on posting lately; I'm going to work on it this week!)

I miss this...

But more so, I miss you people. You know who you are...

More photos and stories to come... In the meantime, I'm going to try to stay cool in this hot land of Chicago.

Paradise!

Just a quick note to say Hawaii is lovely (as always), we have not (yet) turned into lobsters, and vacation is awesome.

I want a puppy.

I ran across these pictures this week of my dog (ok "my" dog) Maile as a teeny tiny baby puppy. She melts my heart. Look at that stomach! Look at that face! I just wanted to share the joy with you. Sigh. I want a puppy...

Words Coffee Table

You know how much I love words and text, right? Ok, good. I saw this coffee table on Design*Sponge today and I think it's so cool. Liz hammered the poem "The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver onto the surface and refinished it. Pretty sweet, eh?


I think it would be really cool to do something like this.