Lost and then found..

Awhile back I lost a bunch of stuff...and found them last night..I'm so glad! But this means that I've gotta back myself up; get an external hard drive and put the photos in a safe place.

Yes, that's me.

My OTHER Family

I miss them, and especially the 3 that have gone to live with God..must be good fun with them all there!

Wheels

2 more weeks of healing inflammation from surgery! Today feels like a "leaf" kind of a day; you know, the day you feel like turning over a new leaf. I was up late night cleaning computer files. I feel ready to begin a workout, clean out the car and get the oil change going. I don't hear the pitter patter of rain on the roof and I feel like getting my boots on and taking the bike out. There's always so much to do. I'm thinking that to complete a single something today would be awesome.

During the past Christmas season I was walking by a toy shelf and a little box seemed to be calling my name. At first I thought maybe these bikes are for a grandchild and as I wrapped up the various and sundry gifts I decided these should be mine. I'm supposed to indulge myself once in awhile, right? The other thing is that they represent a goal of mine, and looking at these everyday will help me until I achieve that goal! The bikes are from left to right: Ducati, Ducati, Ducati, Suzuki.

Nissy-Wissy

She turned 14 this week (UGH, she'll be driving in the summer of 2011!!). At Christmastime she started wearing makeup and does a good job at not looking overdone or racconish! Yesterday we went to Mary at Third Dimension near Target in Silverdale, and this is the result. I like it, it's so HER! I like that she's taller than me and maybe she'll do all the stuff I never got to do in my lifetime! She had a picture of what she wanted so that was a good thing! Mary says she looks like a ROCK STAR!! She's a good student, and can usually be found with her head in a book, or texting her friends on her new red cellphone!! We are planning on a trip that didn't happen for her last year....SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!

future??

This is my vision board. Although I can see and feel "my life as I've known it" falling apart and I'm losing so much of what I had..losing love, losing a sweet relationship, losing a house, a property, losing income, etc. It is still the time to assess and set goals. The orange parts are categories I've chosen. I notice that time paramaters have changed: short term is this year, middle goals tend to be 3-5 years and long range up to 15 years. It's too weird!! I feel like I've been unemployed forever, because I had the summer "off". I've really been unemployed for 3 months, and at least I have the sub job with the schools here. Since I am in charge of ME I also decided to soften the terms by using "now", "soon" and "near future".

Under the JOB category I have "FIND ONE" and listed possibilities and benefits that I need. FITNESS is usually a given in January and there my graphic says, "walk off 30" and a list of physical activities I'd like to engage in, besides the fruit and vegies "EAT GOOD STUFF".  I know it means smaller portions, whole grains, less meat, etc. I should add mental fitness meaning counseling, meditation and relaxation--chiropractor and massage! FINANCIAL brings to mind "budgeting, saving, live debt free and retirement savings, etc." Under EDUCATION I list training I need and things I still would like to learn (better at guitar, foreign language, etc.). In the SPIRITUAL one I list the scriptures, prayer, journal for daily; magnify my callings, Family Home Evening, temple attendance; and for the near future there is geneology and a couple of other things.

For HOME (and family) I've listed my housing options and the dream of my own place...right now I have "my own space" and that is okay. I need a CREATIVITY category and list only 2 ongoing projects at a time (for my sanity) but I get to choose from "paint at will, make a quilt, sew a shirt, build a ukulele". Under WANTS (the "frivolous but full of stuff" category) I have listed my "material girl" things--wants but not NEEDS like a small digital point and shoot, vacation trips, new electric toothbrush etc. and I added a WHEELS AND GEARS section with car and bike goals, one is "keep them in good running order". The final section I titled RELATIONSHIP with hearts surrounding..but that one is veiled in generalities.." and at the forefront of my mind, "aloha no ua ho'omanawanui, aloha no ua lokomaika'i"..."love is patient, love is kind".

COLLECTIONS

I like cookies...baking, decorating, and giving them away...I like cookie jars...not all cookie jars..but I do like this one, a Christmas gift from my eldest son and his wife and daughter..hey! Kawika, Thelesa and Trishana...thanks for thinking of me and for this gorgeous gift. Through the past 15 years they have been able to find some really awesome jars and I am still on the hunt for a surfing woody!

Today we will go to Seattle and maybe I'll find something to add to another collection of mine...Kokeshi dolls. What kind of a collector am I? I don't have hundreds of things all over the place or a particular shrine area to what I collect..I may have 10 really meaningful things in my Kokeshi collection and my cookie jars.

If ever I am wealthier than now, I'd collect kimono, Japanese dolls for Girls Day and Ni'ihau shell jewelry.

Hawaiian crossword game

Well, if you have difficulty with English crosswords, it will be even more difficult in Hawaiian. Noe found this game on the Kamehameha Schools website!