Get out them decorations!

Our Christmas decorations.

24...old?

We've had a delightful weekend, and I'm still not ready for another week!
And as a side note, we've done pretty decently good so far selling our stuff
one surfboard gone,
clothes/books/texbooks gone
and microwave, entertainment center, dvd player and (maybe more) "on hold" until the end of the semester,
it's a great start.

It drives us crazy though, not knowing where we'll be living in about 3 weeks. Wolfgang didn't get the job he was hoping for here on Oahu, so we've got one more opportunity here, and if that doesn't work out, off to the mainland we go! But no bites yet.

Anyway, back to the title of this blog...
since when is 24 yrs old, OLD? I've felt like a "seasoned" person lately.
Not feeling well, but not sick (if that makes sense),
my feet hurt all day yesterday...from NOTHING,
and today, my muscles around my thighs/hips are super sore...again, from nothing.

What's up with that? Maybe all the stress is finally taking a (weird) toll on my body.
We had a great lesson in church today that has helped me to have a new perspective on life and the things that I need to do. My goal is to get back to working out to release all my unwanted stress, I think it'll be good.

Bring on the new week! (ugh.)

First half of turkey weekend

So Far:

-neither one of us has had to work
-realized we've technically have had 3 turkey dinners in a 24 hour period...that's embarrassing AND disgusting; but we are more than happy and blessed to have enough food.
-have been able to sleep in, one of those days
-had a lovely morning in the newly re-opened temple (although the A/C was broken)
-got quite a bit of Christmas shopping over with (bitter-sweet)
-gotten homework done (and a loooong way to go...)
-nice naps
-have thrown our crap together for our first (of many, I'm sure) yard sale tomorrow.

I hope you all have been enjoying your Thanksgiving Holiday weekend as well.

Rededication

23 months ago, The LDS temple here in Laie Hawaii was closed down for major renovations. The temple was first built and dedicated in 1919, and later rededicated for the first time in the 70s.

This temple is the 5th one to be built in all of the world, and the first one out of the continental U.S.

Everyone has been anticipating this glorious day, and we are glad we were able to be a part of it. Today, the temple was rededicated by the Prophet of our church, President Thomas S. Monson, and one of his councilors, President Henry B. Eyring, and a member of the 12 apostles, Quentin L. Cook was in attendance as well.

The rededication was performed in the temple, and members of the church (including us) were able to attend this sacred event via live broadcast in our churches, all throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

Leading up to this event, there was an open house for several weeks, which made the temple open to the public, for free tours of this beautiful and sacred building. We were able to take a tour, and also helped as volunteers. Also in preparation for the temple rededication, we were challenged by our church to do our family history so that we could find names of ancestors that we could do proxy work for, and have found plenty that will keep us busy.

We believe that by doing this work, families on earth and in heaven, can be together forever and in the eternities. Each person has their agency to choose for themselves whether or not to accept the covenants that are made with the Lord, but we have confidence that their lives have been touched and feel of the importance of accepting the Lord in their lives, and the desire to be with their families forever.

I am so grateful to be a part of this religion. I have found out for myself that it is true, and nothing brings me more closer to my Savior Jesus Christ and my Heavenly Father. It helps me to keep my priorities straight, and to remember the important things in life.

I'm so glad that I was able to participate in such a historical event in the history of Laie Hawaii!

If you are interested in understanding more of what I am talking about, click on the temple picture on my side bar.

Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday Dad!!


I was cut off guard too when I realized that you are now the big 6-0!!
(I definitely got my Asian eyes from you)


But not to worry, you've still have some young bones in you. :)

I love you and I am grateful for everything that you have done for our family, and continue to do.

(I know I always use this picture, but it's one of my favorites)

I look forward to you coming to see us here in Hawaii, in less than a month!



Just think, you'll be doing this again soooon!

Love you!

One month

Exactly ONE MONTH until Wolfgang and I graduate!!!




...at least I hope so. I'm so glad that the end if finally near!

One month til party time

In exactly one month, my family with be here in Hawaii to celebrate our graduation and Christmas! Can't wait!!!

Guess I REALLY need to pass my classes then, huh?

Yikes

NOT cool.
It's legit too: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/sharkkayak.asp

Did you know?

Remember those,

" DID YOU KNOW???" "....NOW YOU KNOWWWW...."
moments with Bill Nye the Science guy as a kid?
I do. (maybe I can attribute my love for biology to watching his show? hm.)

Tonight, we had one of those moments.
A friend of ours informed us that youtube pays you $100,000 for every 1,000,000 hits you get on your videos that you post.

Looks like Wolfgang and I need to get our creative caps on and get to work.

Bump, Bump it up!

Is this really a Progressive ad, or a Bumpits ad?

Change? Yes please.

I have a really hard time dealing with change and transitions. With graduation coming up just around the corner, I'm ecstatic, but beyond nervous too. I've been thinking that I've been a student for approx 20 years straight, and after December 17th, my life will completely change.

Yeah, maybe I'll end up going to school again, but probably not; and I know that you continue to learn...blah blah blah but my days of being a legit student are limited.

I have mixed feelings about this, but for now those feelings are dominated by GREAT JOY. I'm just ready to be done!!

What has helped this process along in wanting to move on, is the fact that I'm getting really annoyed and short with things around here. This may not seem like a blessing, but to me it IS a blessing in disguise.

Let's be real, if I didn't have nights like last night (obnoxious awkward single couple on playground last night keeping us up, security not getting off their lazy butts and helping us, Wolfgang getting up to tell them to leave, baby cry, listen to the baby's parents make love, baby cry again...)
Then I wouldn't desperately want to leave this place, and therefore I would be more sad.
I'm also at that stage where I don't care much about either of my jobs anymore, so now it's REALLY time to move on....

So yes, here was Jaimie again complaining about her living arrangements, but I really do feel like it's a blessing in disguise. call me morbid if you want.

Jack-o-what?

Not only is Wolfgang funny half- asleep, he's also pretty funny awake, too.

For those of you who watch the hilarious "Modern Family" tv show, you might appreciate this even more, after watching the episode from 2 weeks ago.


On Halloween, before making my traditional "Jack-o-lantern sloppy joes" (ever since we were little) with some friends, Wolfgang was trying to clarify the name, Jack-o-lantern.

He thought they were "Jack-o-Lennons"
Wolfgang: "you know, like the singer, right?"

Nope.

He can get away with it, because of the whole "English as a second language" excuse.

I'm considering making an additional blog, and only filling it with random quotes from him, but I'm thinking I would be the only one that thought it was funny.

Who knows, maybe I'll give it a try.

Got Milk?

Sometimes Wolfgang says some funny things when he's half awake/dreaming/sleep talking. I'm slowly getting better at coming up with things to say in response, to hopefully provoke a funny sleep-talking conversation.

The one this morning went something like this:

(my alarm goes off, Wolfgang wakes up a little):

W: (mumbles)"My professor said 'Got Milk?' today, it was pretty funny."
Me: "oh yeah? why did he say that?"
W: "I don't know, I guess you need money when starting a business."
Me: "does he have his own cow?"
W: "no."
(pause. couldn't quickly think of anything else to ask)

end of conversation.

Can't wait for the next one!