Happy Monday!

Well a week from now I will be home!  Its so nice to be in paradise but I am actually excited for everything going on at home!  Thanksgiving will be so much fun that week!  Thanksgiving is actually one of my most favorite holidays!  Aside from the holidays, of course I am excited to see David, and Patricia, and Kona and Enzo!  I LOVE Christmas decorations and decorating a christmas tree and I can't wait to get that set up with David when I get home.  We were also talking about putting some lights outside for the first time this year also.  We will see how cold it get's though - my motivation for that could change real quick if there is snow on the ground =)  Kona and Enzo love the christmas tree and I think its so cute when they sleep under the tree.  I also love being home at night watching a movie and having the Christmas tree lit up!

When I started this post it was this morning and now its afternoon here!  I am a little slow typing today.  Since it is Monday here the club is closed.  Me and my mom ran to town this morning to get my dad a few things he needed at the store and now we are back home.  My dad is floating on a raft in the pool and me and my mom are reading magazines (and i am obviously typing a blog ha ha).  I am also texting David who is in New York right now!  Kinda weird to think he is literally on the other side of the country!  I don't think you could be any farther away than Hawaii and New York.  I feel bad when we are both gone and Kona and Enzo don't have anyone to cuddle with - but I know they are in good hands with David's parents!  They love to have their grandma come over and play and brush them!  I think they like Grandma Nancy brushing them better then me or David!  Tonight we are going to go to the Brew Pub and I can't wait to drink a beer there and have some pizza.  It is one of my most favorite places to go!  Our friends Jeff and Dana are going to meet us there too!

Ok, the hot tub is calling my name!  First top though - grab a beer.....I better take advantage of being able to drink a beer at noon while I am here =)
Thanks for reading!
Kath  =)  

SnOw!!!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT SNOWED IN OMAHA!!! I took that in to account today when I was deciding what to do - soak up as much sun as I can before I go back to the cold!  So, as I type this I am sitting by the pool.  Don't hate me Omaha friends  - but I am seriously questioning what is wrong with all of us who live there!  =)  It's a beautiful morning here in Hawaii.  Today is an exciting day because my dad is on the plane as I type heading over here!  He get's in around 4:30 and I can't wait to go pick him up at the airport!  I am excited for my dad to get here, but I also remember thinking before I left town that "once my dad get's to Hawaii I only have 1 week left here".  So, a week from today I will be heading back to the cold to join all my crazy friends who also live in freezing temperatures half the year!  I wish Patricia and David were heading over here for the week - its just not the same without them!  Me and my sister when we are here stay up late at night and watch movies or tv shows on dvd.  We used to watch 24 - but now we have moved on to Dexter!  Do any of you watch Dexter????  Me and David also have a tradition over here that one morning we get up and go to Sports Authority and then to taco bell.  Kinda random I know - but its just something we do every time.  Also - Taco Bell over here isn't like at home where its $5.  It's like $12 over here. LOL.

Last night our friends Jeff, Dana and her sister Ricki came over for dinner!  It was so fun to have them over here!  We grilled Omaha Steaks outside and talked.  It was a great night!  They are such great friends to have over here and we love spending time with them.

Ok, gonna end this post pretty quick here today.  I am going to try and find some of my favorite shows that I have been missing at home and watch them on my computer by the pool =)  Stay warm everyone!
Thanks for reading!
kath =)

Time flies!

Sorry for being absent from my blog for so long - it's amazing how fast time goes by! I've had a really great week and I can't believe we are closing in on our final week here!  My dad get's here on Saturday and I am excited for him to get here!!  I think his flight get's in around 4:30 or so on Saturday so we will be waiting for him all day!  =)

So this week we have gone to zumba, played golf, sat by the pool, taken walks - its been a great week!  The other day when we were leaving zumba and I was walking through the spa shop I saw they had purple capilenes in!   I think the people working there thought I was crazy cause I got so excited!  I took a couple pictures to show you!  I LOVE it!!!!

Me holding my new shirt! 

The weather here the last few days has been kinda weird (Omaha people - trust me, I am NOT complaining because I know its cold there!).  But its been overcast and yesterday it was really voggy.  It's about 9am right now and it looks pretty voggy out again today - but hopefully it clears up as the day goes on.  Not sure what we are going to do today, we had talked about playing golf but I kinda want to start reading that book I got so maybe we will do that instead and take a walk or something.  Yesterday I went to cardio circuit class again.  It has always been my favorite class but after Sunday's class I wasn't sure if I loved it or hated it cause it was SO hard!  Today is the first day my leg's don't hurt every step I take. I told the teacher yesterday I didn't think it was possible for me to do a lunge or squat.  So we worked on upper body and core the whole time.  My arms are pretty sore today, but not nearly as bad as my leg's have felt the last few days!  As most of you know, I workout all the time at home and work out with a trainer on a regular

New purple capilene!

basis, but I am telling you - nothing compares to the workouts they put together over here.  People over here are fitness crazy - to the point I kinda question their sanity at times!  People over here run marathons on a whim and every other person you meet is competing or has competed in the Kona Ironman!  One guy we know over here has done Ironman like 7x or something crazy like that!  So if you think your in shape and want a reality check - workout with someone over here LOL.

I was thinking last night how crazy it is, that when I get back home its going to be Thanksgiving and then my birthday, and then Christmas!  I am excited to get home and put up our Christmas tree and get out all our Christmas decorations!  I am not looking forward to the snow but I love the holidays! Ok, off to figure out what i am going to do today! Sorry again for being absent from my blog!
Thanks for reading!
Kath  =)

One week down!

One week in Hawaii is in the history books!  Time goes by so fast!  I am writing this by the pool at our house - and it is WINDY!  Every time I stand up my towel blows away and it's really blowing!  You can see white caps out in the ocean.  It's been kinda wierd weather the last couple days - 2 nights ago it rained, and then yesterday it rained quite a bit.  That is very unusual for over here!  It never rains here!  Here is what I have been up to the last couple days:

Yesterday we got up and were hoping to find the Husker game on tv.  No such luck.  ABC was playing the Oregon/Washington game.  It didn't help that Hawaii was playing at the same time as NE because that seemed to be on a million channels when I flipped through.  So we decided to go take a walk down by the ocean.  We started at Kukio and walked over to the 4Seasons.  Our most favorite walk and beautiful walk! When we got down there it started to get really really overcast, and then it did start to sprinkle while we were walking.  It actually felt pretty good.  When we got back, we got score updates and were glad to hear we won!  Then we sat by the pool down below and read some magazines and then took showers before heading back up to the house.  We hung out at the house for a bit before heading up to dinner up top - golf club.  We sat at the bar and talked to our friend Lief for a bit and then ate dinner.  We both had the Ono and it was really good.  I'm not a big fish eater, but over here it is definitely the best option.  Their meat doesn't compare to home.  The rain had stopped by dinner time and it had actually cleared up outside.  Got home around 9 and then went to sleep pretty quick afterwards.

Today we got up and I went down to take Cardio Circuit class.  Boy, it was tough!  I was the only person in the class so it was basically a personal training session.  She really kicked my butt.  I think i am going to need a nap this afternoon for sure!  We came back up to the house and now are sitting by the pool at the house.  The workout class wore me out, so staying by our pool at the house sounded nice!  I'm too lazy to pack my bag and head down to the pool below.  (and I think a nap is in my very near future =) ).  OH! Has anyone read the book "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?" I got it at Target the other day and am excited to start reading it!  I have heard its supposed to be good - i'll let you all know what I think!
Thanks for Reading!
Kath =)

View from our favorite walk

Pictures from our favorite walk to the 4Seasons

9 holes of golf...

Hey everyone!  Well, its Friday already and this week has flown by!  This morning we got up and had a few people by the house to work on a few things and then me and my mom headed up to the golf course for a few holes of golf!  It was very hot today, but we didn't care!  Anything was better than the weather report we were getting from Omaha!  We got up there around 9:30 or so and hit some golf balls to practice.  I was a little worried, but yet excited to play, becuase I have changed my golf swing so much in the last few weeks I didnt know how it would go.  I started off with the mentality that I wasn't going to keep score, but then after the first 2 holes and I was only 1 over par, I thought it might be a good round to keep track!  The course was pretty busy, so they had us play the back 9.  I don't play the back 9 as much so that was fun.  The wind was pretty bad so a few holes when I really thougth I crushed the ball, it didnt go nearly as far as it could have had the wind not been so strong.  I took a few pictures of the course, and my mom playing for the blog. 



After we finished 9 holes we decided to head up to the bar and have a pop and talk to Lilly.  We were going to eat lunch, but when we started playing they came around the course with breakfast wraps and we both ate those so we weren't very hungry.  We had fun sitting and talking to Lilly and before we knew it, 2 hours had

passed by.  It started to get really cloudy out and then we heard there was a big fire on the North side of the island, and what we thought was rain clouds, was actually fog from a big fire.  They even said 3 houses had burned down!  Crazy!  By this time it was about 2:30, so we headed back to the house and took showers and have just been hanging out ever since.  It was sprinkling a little rain also, so not a good pool afternoon anyways. 

Oh, I almost forgot!  I told you in a post a few days ago how me and my mom had the best eggplant parmesan in Honolulu and so we decided to try and make our own!  We found a recipe in a cookbook we had here and bought all the ingredients at the grocery store!  I will let you know how it is tomorrow!  We are off to try and cook it right now, and then watch a few movies if we can stay awake =)  Gotta get up to watch the Husker game tomorrow morning! 
Thanks for reading - or "Mahalo"!
Kath =)

Hawaii Day One...

I love it here - I really truly love being in Hawaii.  The people are nice, the weather is perfect, great restaurants, perfect house, etc.  Of course I miss David, and my house and my cats though.  Today we got up - it was very early because we are still not adjusted to the time change (5 hours earlier here).  Did a few things to get organized then me and my mom headed into Kona to go to the grocery store and Target.  It was cloudy in town but we got all our errands complete.  It felt like home going to the grocery store here - it's amazing how after spending so much time here it all just feels so natural.  We got groceries for breakfast, lunches, and snack foods.  We are also obsessed with eggplant parmesan after eating it 2 nights at Longhi's in Honolulu so we bought stuff to attempt to make that.  I will let you all know how that goes! =)

We came back to the house and unpacked all the groceries, then hung out at the house all afternoon.  We had a few people stopping by to work on stuff so we thought we should stay close to home to make sure everything got done and if they had any questions we would be near by.  It got really windy and cloudy later in the day so we didn't miss out on a good pool day anyways.  Then we got ready for dinner and headed over to the 4Seasons to meet Dana and her sister for dinner.  Jeff was working at the bar so we thought we would eat there so we could talk to him.  It was a perfect night.  The wind died down and it was a little cool so it was absolutely perfect.  We had GREAT food and drinks and it was fun to see Jeff.  Now we are home and I am gonna head to bed.  Tomorrow morning me and my mom are going to play golf and I can't wait!!!!!!!!!  Wish me luck - I am hoping for a good score.  =)
Thanks for reading!
Kath =)

Aloha from Waikiki and Kona!!!

ALOHA!!!  Well we made it to Hawaii and what a great couple of days it has been already!!!  My mom and I flew out of Omaha on Monday morning and went to Denver and then onto Honolulu.  All our flights were on time and other than the flight being long - everything went as planned! We had a few hours lay over in Denver, but to make the time go by quicker we went to our usual favorite "french" restaurant - that isn't "french" at all - but the name is like "le paris" or something and so we always refer to is as the "French" restaurant.  LOL.  I had the sunrise breakfast which consists of eggs, bacon and pototoes - could life be any better than that???  I slept a majority of the 7 hour and 22 minute flight.  I was so tired from a long week before - that combined with 2 dramamine and i was knocked out.  I think my mom watched the 2 movies and drank wine - we were both very content.  I am so lucky that I have been able to travel to Hawaii so many times, and I never thought I would say this, but I think I am kinda getting used to the 7 hour flight.  Each time I come over here it seems to go by quicker and not seem so brutal.  Those of you who know me, know that I get VERY motion sick.  Like can't even go canoeing motion sick.  So for me to say a 7 hour flight isn't bad is huge.  The dramamine does help quite a bit and being able to sleep for 3 hours helps a ton.  I also love my ipod touch.  I loaded a couple tv shoes on there, so that combined with sleeping for 3 hours - we were landing before I knew it!

View of Waikiki Beach from our hotel room

Drinks at Longhi's

Once we got to Honolulu we went to the Marriott Waikiki.  This is a picture of Waikiki beach from our hotel room.  What an awesome view!  We got to our hotel room about 4:30 on Monday and checked in really quick and then headed to the Ala Moana shopping center right away!  It is about a 10 minute cab right from the Marriott.  We were at the Ala Moana by 5pm and didn't waste any time shopping!  Our first stop - LULULEMON!  I absolutely LOVE lululemon and found some great stuff.  Those of you who aren't familiar with Lululemon really should check it out.  It's all workout clothes and it's the BEST!  I literally wear their workout crops every day and I own a drawer full of their tank tops.  When I ran my half marathon this summer I wore all Lulu and I literally can't work out in any other brand.  I swear by it.  So we shopped a little and then went to Longhi's for dinner.  Me and David went to Longhi's in Maui on our honeymoon too.  Honestly - when me and David went there it wasn't our favorite restaurant but its me and my mom's most favorite restaurant here.  Maybe me and David just ordered the wrong thing the night were were there, but me and my mom love it!  They have the best eggplant parmesan.  Wait, I should probably back up - we of course started with drinks and this is a picture of the blue martini I ordered.  It was so delicious!  I think it was called a blueberry drop and it was lemonade, vodka and blue caracao.  Yum!  After dinner we were so exhausted after flying all day, shopping, eating and drinking - that we headed back to the hotel.  We didn't want to go straight to bed so we headed to the hotel bar for one more drink to make ourselves stay awake.  The bar at the hotel is so fun.  It's right by the hotel pool and over looks the street and Waikiki beach AND they have live music every night.  Here is a picture of the guy playing music.  We both had one more drink then headed back to the hotel room.  We crashed pretty quick.

Live music at the Marriott Waikiki bar

Tuesday we woke up and took showers and got some coffee and then headed back over to the Ala Moana!  We shopped all day and it was a blast!  They have a great Nordstroms there.  We spent a few hours there and then ate at the Nordstroms cafe for lunch.  I could eat lunch there every day, all their food always looks so good!  Every time we eat there I have the hardest time deciding what to eat.  Mom got some soup, and I got a salad and then we split the ham and cheese panini.  We each got a cookie for desert and it was the perfect lunch. We then headed back out to shop more -  stopping at White House/Black Market, Neimans, Macy's, Cache, another stop at Lululemon, Nordstroms, and many more!  What a great mall!!!  By 4:00 we were all out of money and we remembered the night before that Longhi's had a sign up that they had Happy Hour from 4 to 7.  So we headed back to Longhi's - bags in tow, for happy hour.  We sat at the bar and talked about all the fun things we found that day!  We couldn't think of a better way to end the day than with a few drinks and a second night of eating our favorite eggplant parmesan!  We were there for a couple hours and then headed back to the Marriott.  We didn't think we should go to bed that early so we went for one more drink at the hotel bar and to listen to some more live Hawaiian music.  Around 8pm we went back to our room and packed and then headed to bed.  What a fun day.  We both couldn't stop talking about all the fun stuff we found shopping and what an all around great day it was.  Even though we had a great time in Honolulu, we were both excited to get to sleep to wake up and head to the big island.  =)

This morning we got up and headed to the airport.  It was pouring rain in Honolulu so a perfect day to head out.  Our flight was scheduled to leave around 10:30am.  Its a very quick flight and we were scheduled to land around 11:18.  We got to the big island without any problems and got unpacked.  It was SO nice to be back at our house, with all our stuff.  Really felt like home.  It's so different traveling here and not having to stay in a hotel.  I feel very lucky and feel right at home here.  I miss Omaha, my house, and cats, and David of course - but being here is so peaceful.  I can't say it enough, how lucky I feel.  We had a great dinner down at Kukio and I am about ready to hit the pillow and crash.  I'll update you more tomorrow!
Thanks for reading!
Kath =)