Just wanted to let all of you wonderful people out there know that I’m back in Hawai’i and I’m loving it! I haven’t had access to the internet till now, so I was MIA. LOL! I’m doing well, and will certainly start posting soon, and will have some pictures from our trip to Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm sometime next week. Take care and God bless you all!
Before I go on with the feast, if anyone is interested in watching the Merry Monarch Hula Competition live from Hilo, Hawai’i, you can find it here at KITV. It starts at 6:00pm Hawai’i time which might be pretty late for some of you in the central and eastern coast. It continues tonight and Saturday night. It is really something to watch! Halau’s from all over the Hawaiian Islands and the continental U.S. participate in this spectacular event. I think the Group from Japan is there too.
Please excuse me if I don’t get to anyone’s blog, but I have a very aching neck and shoulder the past few days. That’s the reason I haven’t posted all week. Sorry.
Appetizer
When you were a child, which crayon color was your favorite?
Blue
Soup
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being highest), how likely would you be to change jobs if it required you to move?
Right now it would be 0. When I was younger, I’d do it if they paid for my family to move. Plus pay me what I ask for and plus bonuses. I am a shrewed business person. They would really have to make it worth my while.
Salad
Take all the numbers in your birthday and your phone number and add them up, one by one. What’s the total?
65
Main Course
Have you ever “re-gifted” anything? If so, what was it and who did you pass it on to?
It depends what you mean re-gifted. If you’re saying taking a gift someone got you and giving it to someone else as a gift, the answer is NO. It is very rude, disrespectful and unappreciative.
Dessert
Name something you need from the store.
Last minute personal items I need for my trip next week Friday. Whoohoo! Only 7 days till my Disneyland vacation and then back to Hawai’i.
Let us not forget what this holiday represents. It is not only about Easter bunnies, the coloring of eggs and an egg hunt. Easter was the day that Christ was risen after being crucified at the cross. He gave his life for us. For all of us who are not perfect and who have sinned, yet believe in the Almighty God.
Words and Music: William J. Gaither
Shackled by a heavy burden,
‘Neath a load of guilt and shame.
Then the hand of Jesus touched me,
And now I am no longer the same.
He touched me, Oh He touched me,
And oh the joy that floods my soul!
Something happened and now I know,
He touched me and made me whole.
Since I met this blessed Savior,
Since He cleansed and made me whole,
I will never cease to praise Him,
I’ll shout it while eternity rolls.
He touched me, Oh He touched me,
And oh the joy that floods my soul!
Something happened and now I know
He touched me and made me whole.
May God bless each and every one of you out there. And let us all pray for world peace. And pray for all the many men and women out there who fight for our freedom everyday at home and in foreign countries.
Appetizer
When you travel, which mode of transportation do you prefer?
Either by plane or by boat.
Soup
Have you ever met a blogging friend in person?
Yes I have met a few. There’s BTude, DB, Becky, 3T, Jade, OhGirl and Marv. BTude, Doyle and Becky I met in Hawai’i. We used to meet for lunch, and going on picnics to the Beach. I first met 3T in Hawai’i, and then in Arizona along with Jade and Oh-girl. I met Marv when she lived in Oklahoma, and she made a 3 hour drive to Texas to meet me and my daughter. Wasn’t that sweet? I heart her too. She has gone to Singapore ti make a new life and to be closer to her family. There’s Mac, WiRed, and Aaron who are my adopted kids. I knew all of them from when they really were just kids, and now are all grown up. And then there’s my children who also blog.
Salad
When was the last time you were really, really tired?
When my husband was very sick and in the hospital. I used to drive to and from every single day for 4 months to be with him and help care for him. It’s like 45 minutes to an hour drive each way. On the weekends if my granddaughter went to her father’s house, I stayed at the hospital to do what was needed for him. It kind of took a toll on me, but it was something I wanted to do for him. And when Charley and I co-hosted a Telethon for Habilitat and stayed up for 36 hours.
Main Course
If you could have dinner with any one fictional character from a book or movie, who would it be?
Magnum P.I.
Dessert
Fill in the blank: One day, I hope to see _____
One day, I hope to see my darling husband again in God’s great Kingdom. And one day, I hope to see my 2 older brothers and their families again. I really miss them alot.
Malama na keiki!
I am going to share with you something that I got in the email from my cousin Davie-Ann who is currently in Japan. Her husband is in the military and they are stationed there.
1. This Thursday Thirteen is dedicated to all you ladies out there.
2. All you men........just suck it up! LMAO!
3. WOMAN’S PERFECT BREAKFAST
She’s sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee. Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box. Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week. Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl. And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.
4. WOMEN’S REVENGE
“Cash, check or charge?” I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet, I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse. “So, do you always carry your TV remote?” I asked. “No,” she replied, “but my husband refused to come shopping with me, and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally.”
5. UNDERSTANDING WOMEN
(A MAN’S PERSPECTIVE)
I know I’m not going to understand women. I’ll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax, pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root, and still be afraid of a spider.
6. MARRIAGE SEMINAR
While attending a Marriage Seminar dealing with communication, Tom and his wife Grace listened to the instructor, “It is essential that husbands and wives know each other’s likes and dislikes.” He addressed the man, “Can you name your wife’s favorite flower?” Tom leaned over, touched his wife’s arm gently and whispered, “It’s Pillsbury, isn’t it?
7. CIGARETTES AND TAMPONS
A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up & down the aisles. The sales girl notices him and asks him if she can help him. He answers that he is looking for a box of tampons for his wife. She directs him down the correct aisle. A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton balls and a ball of string on the counter. She says, confused, “Sir, I thought you were looking for some tampons for your wife? He answers, “You see, it’s like this, yesterday, I sent my wife to the store to get me a carton of cigarettes, and she came back with a tin of tobacco and some rolling papers; cause it’s sooo-ooo--oo-ooo much cheaper. So, I figure if I have to roll my own .......... so does she. (I figure this guy is the one on the milk carton!)
8. WIFE VS. HUSBAND
A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, “Relatives of yours?” “Yep,” the wife replied, “in-laws.”
9. WORDS
A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day… 30,000 to a man’s 15,000. The wife replied, “The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men… The husband then turned to his wife and asked, “What?”
10. CREATION
A man said to his wife one day, “I don’t know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time. “The wife responded, “Allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you !
11. WHO DOES WHAT
A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning. The wife said, “You should do it because you get up first, and then we don’t have to wait as long to get our coffee. The husband said, “You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee.” Wife replies, “No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee.” Husband replies, “I can’t believe that, show me.” So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says
........ “HEBREWS”
12. The Silent Treatment
A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, “Please wake me at 5:00 AM.” He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn’t wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, “It is 5:00 AM. Wake up.” Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.
13. God may have created man before woman, but there is always a rough draft before the masterpiece .
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