Here is why!!!

Why do I have to be such a poop stain about things. I was able to go and visit my friend in Venice Beach on my extended layover in LA. We rode bikes on the beach and had DELICIOUS Hinano Burgers. Really what was I complaining about?
Here I sit at the GORGEOUS Westin in Princeville and watched the sun come up over the island this morning. It was absolutely breath taking. I was able to walk out on the golf course and watch the surf break out on the water and just soak up the beautiful morning.
Really i could do nothing but chill and lay like broccoli.
But the boys have plans. They want to go surfing, a helicopter ride, and hike the Na' Pali Coast. I'm in for it I tell you!
Here is a pic from this morning.. Enjoy!

Why oh why do I try to fly?

I flew to LAX last night thinking I could be the rush of people trying to get to hawaii by catching the flight that doesnt have a connections flying in.. LITTLE did I know there was going to be a cancellation last night and now Im stuck with flights that are either overbooked or just about full.. I may just get to have my weekend here in LAX instead of a nice weekend on the beach.. who knows.. Just frustrated I guess and thought to rant..

Is there anything better?

I landed in rainy Atlanta at the ungodly hour of 6am this morning having slept poorly in my first class seat. Something about not having a leg wrest that made my body not want to sleep. It seemed that any position I got myself into one part or another of my body decided that it would go to sleep. Weird parts, like my elbow, not my arm. I must say that it was a bizarre sleep if any occurred. It didnt help that I had the movie 'September Issue' playing in my ears.
Landing and stumbling off the plane thanks to my swollen feets and lack of sleep I found my way to the baggage claim area and secured my bag. It was still only 620am and I just didnt think I could go to my hotel so DANG early. So I plopped my booty down in the atrium in the airport next to the big ole dinosaur bones and cracked open my current novel. Im reading the Percy Jackson books. (Shipley and Wickman might get a kick out of them) I had to giggle, as I was there reading this gentleman was passed out in one of the super cozy chairs and kept snoring on and off.. I felt at home.. LOL..
As I sat there reading with music playing in my ears to ward off the sound of the snoring man, my nose was filled with a wonderful aroma. I had seen that Wendy's was open but I thought that delicious smell couldnt be coming from there.
I got up to search out the source of that delicious smell and what did I find? HINT Mrs Helen would be so proud! Thats right I hit Paschals for eggs, bacon and yes, the breakfast of the gods, GRITS!!! They were so dang delicious! Now, Im not saying they were better than the ones Grandma made but OH MAN, after my long day and and the flight, It was like a little plate of comfort there for me to enjoy. Oh man enjoy I did! They could have used some butter and maybe some sausage instead of bacon but I was quite sure i'd almost died and gone to heaven. Or maybe heaven was paying me a nod since I was doing just what Grandma told me to do. That was to eat Grits any chance I got when I was in town.
So in honor and memory of, Grandma Helen. Breakfast was to you!

o watch where I'm landing you can youtube the landings at Tegucigalpa.

I'm off on a fantastic adventure to Honduras. Yes this is the trip I've been talking about for awhile, ill fill you all in on my return. Ps if you want t

DC Photos

Yes I know its taken me awhile to post these pictures. But deal with it.. Im just not on the ball ok!
Enjoy!

the DC rundown..

Sunday
We met up for breakfast after I checked into the hotel. We being Marilyn and her nephew Keith. We took off walking towards the center of the city and BAM the White House hit us right in the kisser. We snapped a few photos, then continued to the WWII Memorial, the Reflecting Pool, Vietnam War Memorial, the Korean War Memorial. Can you say we did just a little in one day?
Monday
We went up the Washington Monument and looked around. Very cool history in that place! Had Super yummy lunch at a Pizzeria, then hit the Air and Space Museum to kill some time. Our last tour of that day was a Congressional Tour of the Capitol Building. I have to tell you the new Visitors Center is so cool! The history in that place is pretty freaking awesome as well.
Tuesday
Started the morning off with a tour of the White House. Yes the one the President and his family live in! A very cool thing to come and see during the holidays. The trees, the decorations. Awe inspiring. Only be be followed by going out to Arlington Cemetery. If you haven't had the chance to do this, it really is one of the most humbling experiences. We saw the Kennedy's burial spots. Memorials to Pan Am flight 103, the Challenger and Colombia Space shuttles and finally the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers where we saw the changing of the guards.
Amazing days in DC.. have one more full day tomorrow and we are thinking of hitting the Smithsonians..
Ill post pictures once I get them loaded to the computer back home
Mike

DC here I come...

It is an early 616AM as I taxi to my connection flight to Washington DC. I am in Atlanta but only just for an hour this time. I will fill you in more as I continue this adventure.
Stay Tuned.

More new Tires

so my tire went flat the other day. thinking this was my new tire I came in ready for a freebie. sadly this tire was not the new one but ones I bought back at the beginning of 07. Needles to say I had to get two more new ones. such is having a car I guess. At least I'm not making huge payments on a new one. Rudy really is a good car.

Escape to the Magical Island of Kauai

Amy and I took a trip to Kauai after our other plans to take a trip fell through.
Here is me on Hanalei bay beach.

This is Melanie and I at the Lighthouse.

This is Me and the Na'Pali Coast line.

Amy and the Na'Pali Coast Line

Who is ready for a new post?

Ok well here it is.
It is 345am, I worked tonight until oh about 215am then walked to my car out in the boondocks of the employee parking lot. Good thing I had downloaded Solitaire to my phone to keep me company as I made the long walk alone in the frigid temperatures. Luckily I totally scored before I made it to the car. Only took me 9 tries but hey.. its winning that made me feel good.
Its short, its sweet but Im hoping to have more excitement in my life to share with all of y'all..
XO
me

Don't ask.. its not gonna be fun

For those who pressed here is the 'lowdown.'
I had experienced some blood, post piddle. So I asked my doc about it and she said it could be any number of things. First I had a CT scan to see if there was anything in the kidneys that was causing it, NOTHING.. So then the urologist says, why don't we go inside and see whats up. No he didn't mean slice me open and so something exploratory (I might have taken him up on that.) He meant to send a camera up my manhood to check out the pee pee path and then enter the bladder to see if there was any issues going on.
My first comment was, "Great who is the anesthesiologist?" His retort, "We don't need one, the whole thing will last 5 minutes, we can watch it, TOGETHER!"
Needless to say I wasn't all that thrilled in the first place but then to be awake as they manhandle me, and not in a good way, well HELLO!
So I went in for the appointment and the lady nurse has to 'sterilize' the area, ie fondle the junk with some antiseptic. Little did she know I had thoroughly cleansed the area that morning in my shower ritual.. WHATEVER.
Then the fun started with a little liquid Novocain squirted up the pee shoot and clamped off so as not to let it leak out. Let that sit 10 minutes.. PS I am totally freaking out at this point.
Then comes the camera.. About the size of a number 2 pencil, no not just the lead but the ENTIRE pencil, but ever so much longer and thank goodness it was flexible. See picture to follow.

So really it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, thanks to DR Novocain, the major discomfort came when he reached the exit of my bladder and had to push through. MMM Ok for all the females who read this, as in the 4 of you, I now know a little of the pain y'all experience every month when that cramping kicks in. Apparently the Novocain didn't reach down that far and when he went in, well lets just say it wasn't a walk in the park. The post cramping that night wasn't so much fun either.

The cool thing was I did watch the entire thing on a camera screen. Totally interesting to see the blood vessels that line the bladder, the place where your kidneys deposit the urine into the bladder. Uh the weird part was when he inflated my bladder with the water that was used in the camera.. And having that machine inside knowing I was about to wet my pants.. well.. yech.

No need to worry y'all there was nothing abnormal found in what we searched out.. The mystery remains however what is causing the blood. We may never know.
How is that for a major OVERSHARE!

Ok.. whats up with people who don't shower.. honestly.. the hippee years are sooo over.. this kids gonna make me sick.

Ahhh, raindrops.

Something about a good rain fall

For mom

Just a little shout out to the mama.... i made it on the bus last night

Look what I made...

I made this fun picture with mom and dad while waiting for a movie to start.
I am totally hooked to making these marker pics while waiting for a bus or what have you. Watch for much more blogging to take place with the new phone!

Trying

Use whatever excuse you can to vibrate in harmony with those things you've been saying you want. And when you do, those things that are a vibrational equivalent flow into your experience in abundance. Not because you deserve it not because you've earned it, but because it's the natural consequence of the Law of Attraction. That which is like unto itself is drawn--- Abraham

Plogging?

Plogging = Blogging from your phone..©me

Back to the real world

So Im back from my travels and was baptized by FIRE.. literally. There was a wild fire outside the airport. They had to shut down not only the runway on the west side of the airport but also the road in and out of the airport.. lovely night there till 130am.. blech!!

Ba Ha Baa

Here are some fun pictures of us in Bar Harbor Maine.