Sunday, April 29, 2007

Who know there was a cd with songs completely devoted to pakalolo?

I found this last night while looking for the image in the post below.

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Excuse Me, I Have A Party To Crash...

Blogger made me update so I have a new look. I like it but lost all my add-on's. It'll take me awhile to get everything back.

I've had the tv on tonight but it's on mute because two houses behind me is having a birthday party with live music and one of the entertainers is Shilo Pa. He's from Anahola and came out with a cd a few years ago that has some of the best music I've ever heard (and some awesome cover art). You can hear it here:

http://www.mele.com/music/artist/shilo+pa/leave+some+land/
















Update: He's playing again. I'm seriously tempted to crash that party.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Reports of my demise are greatly exxagerated...

Why I have no time to create witty posts:

5:09 am - alarm goes off
5:19 am - hit snooze button
5:29 am - hit snooze button
5:30ish - turn alarm off
5:45 am - realize that if I don't get out of bed now I will really regret it later
5:46 am - get out of bed, make bed
5:50 am - shower, shampoo/condition hair, shave legs
6:30 am - prepare breakfast, feed cat, eat breakfast while watching morning news
6:45 am - brush teeth, blowdry hair
7:10 am - nuke pizza for son's lunch
7:12 am - put on makeup
7:30 am - get son up, help him shave & wash his face
7:35 am - make son's bed, pack his backpack, get clothes for him to wear
7:40 am - make son's lunch and pack his cooler
7:45 am - hang up son's pajamas
7:50 am - find clothes to wear and jewelry to go with them
7:55 am - use bathroom, put on cologne, deodorant and clothes, put toothpaste on son's toothbrush
8:00 am - get son's breakfast
8:05 am - put away breakfast stuff while son brushes his teeth
8:10 am - finish packing son's backpack
8:15 am - grab shoes to match clothes, get purse, sunglasses & keys and get in car
8:15 1/2 to 8:30 am - drive son to day program, drop him off
8:40 am - check mail at PO
8:45 am - run any other errands needed (banking, gas station, get dry cat food at vets, get stuff at drugstore or supermarket, do recycling, etc)
9:00 am - arrive at work
Noon - leave for lunch
1:00 pm - 6:pm - work
6: 15/20 - arrive home
6:20-6:30 - feed cat, read mail, turn on tv to catch tail end of news
6:30 pm - son arrives home
6:30-10 pm - unpack son's lunch cooler, forage in frig for food/snacks, get son's dinner, take shower, watch fav tv shows, check email, read newspapers online, nag son repeatedly to take shower, pull down beds, brush teeth
10:15-11:00 pm - finally get to bed
SLEEP
5:09 am - lather, rinse, repeat

I really miss the days of getting off work at 4:30 pm cuz I could run all those errands alone that I now have to do at night or on weekends with my son which takes much longer cuz he always wanders off to check out stuff he's interested in and I have to walk all over the store looking for him.

I shouldn't complain. I now have a good paying job with flexible bosses. I don't have to sit in traffic while commuting to work. I live on a beautiful island and get to drive near and see the ocean every day. I can come home for lunch everyday and drive by pastures with horses, cattle & goats grazing. Sometimes I even have to stop and let a peacock cross the street. And when there's lots of rain I can see multiple waterfalls in the mountains.

I kinda miss the days of being childless and having a social life but that seems like another life from a long time ago.

Time to go nag my son to take a shower. Then I have to brush my teeth and start the getting ready for bed routine.