Basketball Tournament

We went to a college basketball tournament last night. We watched two games (5th place and the championship game) for the price of one game. Heck of a deal!

Playing for 5th place was Hawaii vs. Pepperdine of Malibu, CA. Hawaii won the game, which was nice after the football team got their behinds handed to them at the Hawaii Bowl game.


Action shots! We were at the top row...which was okay because I don't think there is a bad seat in the whole place.


Here they are recieving their trophy.

The championship game was Buffulo Bulls (from NY) vs. Colorado State. It was a good game. We went closer to the bottom since everyone left after the Hawaii game was over. I got better action shots.

We left at this point in the game. We were tired after 2 games. We think we knew who was going to win.

Outside the arena...rainbows, rainbows everywhere!

And of course, we had to get a picture together!

I got the job at the child development center. I won't start till the 12th of January. I have to go through training of some sort before I start. I'm glad to have the job. It makes for perfect timing as well because we are hoping to go to the Big Island at the beginning of January. Oliver will go with us because I can't sleep without him.

Last night we went to a college basketball tourney. We watched the game for 5th place and then the championship game. I post pictures when Andy gets home-he took the camera with him and I only have a few of the pictures. I rather post all than some.

My Oliver in his overalls. And as you can see, he has both eyes.

I forgot to put this picture up before I left Kansas.

Photos

Below are a bunch of photos for you to check out. Christmas was pretty low key around here. The weather kind of takes the fun out of Christmas. I did get a new ipod classic from Andy for Christmas so that was super cool. I was very excited about it and LOVE IT.

We have our name on the "housing list". So funny...we are number 249th on the list to get base housing. They said 2-4 months, but a lot of people have told us it won't take that long. I just hope I get a job before that happens.

I did apply for a job at the local child and development center, soooo...this week I find out. Keep your fingers crossed for me! Enjoy the pics...

We have rainbows almost daily here.



Oliver in his Lakers outfit. He isn't missing an eye, he just has messy hair.

We're at the Hawaii Bowl. It was Hawaii vs Norte Dame. Hawaii lost 49-21.

Hawaiian sunset

A picture I took....I thought it looked nice.

That's me

That's Andy...smiling really big.

Almost!

This morning Andy went to play basketball at the gym, so I decided to go work out too. I weighed myself this morning also, I've lost 4 pounds since I've been here. It must be water weight because believe me, I don't look 4 pounds lighter. Anyway, while I was waiting on Andy to finish his game I noticed these men in rather nice clothes for the gym. Then the MP's were going around the gym with a dog searching for something. What do you know? President-Elect Obama was on his way to the gym! I didn't get to see him because Andy got done with his game and had to get ready for work. Darn it! It wouldn't surprise me if I barely missed him by like, 2 minutes. Oh well, he'll be here for another nine days. I hope I see a glimpse of him.

Sorry everyone! I can't get my body or brain adjusted to the time difference. I feel sleepy by 5:30 here and I don't want to do anything. But as of yesterday, I have been back in Hawaii for a week. Time seems to be going very slow or fast? I'm not sure because it seems like I've been here longer than a week. Here are a few updates:

Today I had a job interview at a child development center. I think the interview went well, but I wonder if I'm under or overqualified for a job working with such little kiddos.

Yesterday, we sat on the deck under the nice warm sun and played scrabble. I lost. That's all I have to say about that. But I feel half bad being in such beautiful weather while our families are experiencing freezing temperatures right now.

It seems as if Andy is having a lot of good luck at the moment. On Friday night we met up with some friends and went bowling. Andy got 7 strikes in the first game! His score ended up being a 188. The next 2 games after that, he barely got over hundred...but I am proud of him for getting 7 strikes. The only thing Andy isn't doing very well with right now is his Call of Duty game. It's an ugly sight sometimes.

It's hard to see, but on the first name on the right is Andy. That's a picture after getting his 4th strike in a row.

Oh yeah, Andy and I went to the movies last night and what in the parking lot? Chickens!

Pictures in case you need proof.

One last note...two different families have invited us over to eat with them on Christmas. It's so nice that people are opening up their homes to us. We have yet to really figure out what we're doing. I think it would be kind of neat to make a dinner here for us. But being with friends is always a really wonderful thing when family is so far away.

I hope everyone is keeping warm! Drink some hot chocolate for me (I still drink it here even though we have warm weather).

Oliver

Oliver went shopping today! Okay, I went shopping for Oliver...how crazy would I look carrying around a stuffed dog in the mall? I'll show you his new outfit later (it's very appropriate for Hawaii). But in the spirit of the holiday season, this is Oliver's current outfit. I should have gotten the Santa hat too, but Andy convinced me otherwise. Gosh darn him! LOL...Oliver is super cute just the same.

Greeting from Hawaii

Yes, I am in Hawaii. I arrived a few hours shy of 24 hours AFTER I was supposed to have gotten here. I was delayed in Texas for mechanical issues. We left 45 minutes after we were supposed to. So I then ran to my connecting flight to Hawaii from Seattle. The airplane attendants were nice enough to move me to the front and the pilots even got on and said for everyone to stay seated and let all of off so we could try and make our flight. Well 5 of us missed the flight and stayed the night in Seattle courtesy of Alaska Airlines AFTER running back and forth all over the airport from one end to the other and getting on shuttles to different terminals. The next day we were scheduled for a 9:05 AM flight and what do you know? Delayed for 3 and half hours! They then decided to put us on another flight. I finally arrived at 5:45 PM in Hawaii. I was so thankful to finally be here after that adventure.

The last two days have primarily consisted of me getting unpacked, going grocery shopping, and running errands. Andy took the week off to hang out with me. I am also enjoying watching Andy play the new Call of Duty game (he's not very good yet so I mainly watch him die a lot).

The rain as subsided for now. Hawaii has millions of dollars in damages from flooding. I did happen to make it out of Kansas in the nick of time. It is cold and snowy there (nice to see, but I hate to drive in snow and be in the cold). It was 82 degrees today and I wore flip flops. Andy's family is also experiencing snow. I think I'm happy being here and away from that!

Everyone have a great Wednesday!

Time

Time?

Time to leave
Need more time
Running out of time

I feel like my life is being run by time these days. I'm stressing out about how much I need to get done before I leave back to Hawaii. I'm at least mostly packed.

I'm also a little disappointed because I applied for a job and it sounded like I had a really good chance to get it. The person that worked there said that nobody had come close to filling the position. But I called today and the director had put paperwork in for someone else. BUT the lady also said that personal had forwarded my application on for another position. That's a good thing but I was still disappointed.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Memed

I've mentioned her before and now she's gone and memed me. Michaele said I gotta do this before I get home to Andy. Now is a good time, so here we go.

There are rules of course:
1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog. Done
2. Share 7 facts about yourself, some random, some weird. Done
3. Tag 7 people (if possible) at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. I don't have 7 blog friends, so I'll tag just one.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs. Done

1. I have a birthmark on my right thigh that I used to absolutely hate. I wouldn't even want to wear shorts because I didn't want anyone to see it. I don't mind it anymore.

2. My favorite hair products are FRIZZ-EASE by John Frieda. It keeps the frizzies away.

3. I often don't brush my hair because I tend to just pull it back in a bun.

4. I love going to the movies. I'm happy that Andy does too. I've never had someone to go with like I do now.

5. Ice Cream is my favorite dessert.

6. I'm a lotion freak. I put it on all the time and am always on the lookout for lotion that keeps me moisturized. My current faves are Lay It On Thick by Bath and Body and Gold Bond Ultimate in Aloe.

7. I'm currently in the process of watching Harry Potter Weekend on TV because even though I have the DVD's, whenever it's on TV, I gotta watch.

I'm going to meme...Ashleigh

My jaw dropped

First: Andy is back in Hawaii! I'm very excited about it. He got home about 4:30 am my time.

Now on to the craziness. Today the whole school went to Topeka to watch the ballet, The Nutcracker. It was very good. But on the way out back onto the bus, we saw a church holding signs. The signs said "God hates Obama" and "Fag Santa". I just couldn't believe it. How could a church be so hateful? How can people think that those were appropriate signs to be holding up? All kinds of schools from the surrounding area were there to see the ballet. Kids shouldn't be subjected to that hateful thinking.

On his way

Last night (1: 55 and 2:06 am) I got an email from Andy. He's in Greece right now. I don't know when he'll be back in the U.S. or in Hawaii, but very soon I'm sure. I had been thinking he was leaving his secret place since I got an email that said he'd call me soon and winked at me. It was so exciting to hear from him and to know he'll soon be home. Here's a picture of Greece from his hotel room.

Short-timers?

My time is becoming short and soon I'll be heading back to Hawaii. And just as my year came to an end last year, I keep getting asked the same question. "Do you have short-timers? I would". I say the same thing as last year, I have a lot of stuff to get done and don't have time to get short-timers. I just think it's funny. Am I excited? Am I ever!

Andy's pinky finger is still very swollen and bruised. Do you think he went to see the doctor? Of course not. I asked him to send me a picture of it so I can show all of you and I can see it too. But his time is short and he can't seem to find time to do that (even though he just sits around all the time).

By the way, did you see Jupiter and Venus next to the moon. I took some pictures but it didn't look very good. I'm going to go out in a bit to see if I can get a better one. Andy said he got some good pictures but again, he doesn't have time to send it to me =).

I hope everyone had a good Monday back to work.