books, books, books.

These are some books that I would like to read this summer:












Also a book written by
-Nelson Mandella
-Desmond Tutu


...just to name a few.
Ok, so maybe I won't get them all read before my

LAST SEMESTER OF SCHOOL.

Sunny Saturday

Evidence of a fabulous day at the beach yesterday.



yeah, it's just a little sensitive today, but it was so worth it. I just need to remember reapply after getting in the water. What can I say, it's been a while.

...and it continues...

The battle has not been conquered quite yet with our feathery foe. Considering he probably has a brain the size of a pea, I guess he hasn't figured out yet that we REALLY don't want him as a resident of TVA.

Today Wolfgang received some "good husband points." While I'm the one who has been doing the chasing, this morning when I had no will power to get up and get the rooster to shut up, Wolfgang stepped in, after listening to the dumb bird for a while. It was a slightly amusing to hear a slightly distressed rooster from our window, as it was being chased away.

Yesterday I purchased some ear plugs, but after testing them while the children were yelling and screaming on the playground, I soon found that they don't help so much.

So the battle of the rooster vs. (wo)man still continues. I'm thinking Wolfgang and I are going to have to come up with a plan B, and it might not be pretty, although we've both said that we ourselves couldn't actually kill the rooster if we had it in our possession. I've been inspired by my friend Brooke when she said her dad caught one that was in their yard one time, and he drove it away to someone's chicken coup and threw it over the fence.

Hm...

Revenge

Laie has a serious chicken problem; they are everywhere. Unfortunately many people are burdened with listening to the roosters at unreasonable hours of the morning.

You know, roosters are kind of like the devil... because some of them are pretty colors, and they seem like innocent little animals. WRONG.

About two weeks ago or so, one particular rooster decided to make his home in our little courtyard/playground area, which happens to be right outside out bedroom window. Without fail, every morning he wakes up, and does his cock-a-doodle-doo thing, and does it for approximately 30mins as he circles around the courtyard. Every time I wake up and have been so incredibly annoyed, but too tired to do anything about it.

Then, a friend told me of a guy in our church that supposedly...gets "rid of" roosters, so I approached him desperately in need of help. Comes to find out, he has never ki...."gotten rid of" a rooster in his life.

So considering I don't have the heart or the tools to send him on his way to another life, I decided something else needed to be done. So this morning when he so kindly woke me up again, I hurried and got dressed, picked up some rocks, and marched on down and over to the courtyard; it was time to show who REALLY was the boss.

The rooster must deep down inside know that he is severely irritating, because as soon as he saw me, he took off running. Now, I didn't just get up at 6:30am for him to get off that easy, so I decided to chase after him, while throwing rocks.
*(no animal was harmed in this scenario)
So I chased him for a little bit until he was far enough away for my satisfaction.

I fully expect him to be in the exact same place tomorrow morning, but we will also have a lovely meeting once again, until he gets the hint that this isn't his home.

Today, I consider myself a hero, because I know that all the other people who live near me were happy not to listen to the devil in feathers for a half an hour.

Happy Sunday

A successful Sunday includes:

-Making dinner for a new mother in church
-Talking to our friends Ben and Kara, who we miss immensely
-A walk on the beach
-and making these...Mmm, they were delicious.

Can't get much better than that. We're enjoying our last few moments before Wolfgang has to go back to school tomorrow :( Although we wish we would have had more time this past week to do more fun things, it's been a good week off from school nonetheless.

Represent

We love Arizona...

(I want to meet the owner)

... and Mexico.

Oops

In my last post, what I meant to say is that we'll be in on the mainland the 16th-30th, not 20th.

Freedom

What can I say, the last couple of days have be absolutely GREAT! Being off from school is the best thing I could ever ask for right now. It's been so nice being able to just relax, but also to get a ton of things done, and we plan on having a lot more fun before Wolfgang has to go back to school next week.

One quick thing that we like to brag about that happened this weekend, is that we (actually, me...) found roundtrip tickets from here to Phoenix in August for $236!!!!! This is really, truly, unheard of- that NEVER happens, especially in the summer! Needless to say, we couldn't possible give up that chance to go home and play with family n friends, so we'll be on the Mainland August 16-20th!! We are SO excited.

Relief

After a crazy busy week and only getting a hour's worth of sleep last night, I'm finally DONE with finals! yipeee! Party time! ...after a nap of course.

Me next please?

Click here to read a great (short) story about a whale and a paddle-board(er?) This would truly be such an amazing experience, yet a little nerve-racking at the same time.

Heaven on Earth?

Check out this great MSN Video: Hotel room made of chocolate