Wow. There are lots of very large cockroaches in Kaua'i. Shannon has no fear and approaches them -- whether they are alive or dead -- and disposes of them if they are in the house. The live ones, he just tosses outside. I'm sure they just sneak back in at the first opportunity, but as long as I don't step on them I'll be fine. Of course, when I ( Read more... )

We head off to Hawai'i tomorrow, so I spent today doing about a gazillion things to get ready. There was the shaving of the legs (which happens maybe twice a year), the washing of the hair, the packing of the suitcase, the wrapping of the Christmas presents for the in-laws, the finishing up of the Christmas bookmarks for the in-laws, the buying of ( Read more... )

Feeling much better today, though running errands in the afternoon totally exhausted me. At least my coughing is down to a dull roar. It was *fabulous* to finally be feeling well enough to get a bit caught up on stuff that needed doing (laundry, dishes, post office run, etc ( Read more... )

[Imagine the author reclined melodramatically on a fainting couch, sniffing smelling salts and swigging that nasty, nasty, nasty cherry-flavored Nyquil that tastes like sweetened vodka. Please ignore the unladylike coughing.]I was feeling quite a bit better today, in that I didn't wake up coughing during the night. I still cough when I'm awake, and ( Read more... )

Hung out with Lisa all day, as is our usual Saturday wont, though we mostly just talked and lunched, rather than playing Dominion much. But we can (and do) just talk for hours, so it was a very nice day ( Read more... )

Home from Chris and Corina's wedding up in Sacramento. This was only my second time visiting our state capitol, and I liked it much better this time around. My first visit was very brief, some 20 years ago, and the temp was over 100 degrees. It was utterly miserable! But this time the weather was cloudy, with occasional bits of misty rain, and ( Read more... )

Shannon and I had a great day for our anniversary today. ( 10th anniversary adventures in public transportation-riding, museum-going, suspicious textile laughing, dirty toe-noticing, and vegan pate-eating )

Ahhhh ... we are home. I love traveling, but I also love being at home. Shannon is aghast that I love airports -- he has difficulty believing this could possibly be true. "Everyone hates airports," quoth he. I like them. They make me happy. There's the organization, signage, and bustle of public transit; there's the excellent people watching; there ( Read more... )

I have no Hawaii icon. Perhaps I should get one before next year's trip ( Read more... )

Oops. I didn't get sunscreen on the area between my chest and throat yesterday, and I was wearing a v-neck t-shirt. I've got a bit of sunburn, but not bad.

Yesterday we went to Poipu Beach, which was *packed*! A Sunday with gorgeous weather tends to inspire crowds at the family beaches, I suppose. Shannon and his dad swam, while I listened to ( Read more... )