It Happened

This was the first day since Feb 12, 2006 that I have felt somewhat awkward at the fact that my name is Erin, and I'm married to a boy named Aaron.

We were at the dentist, waiting in the waiting room (because that's what you do in a waiting room, right??). 

Lady in scrubs comes out the door and yells,

"ERIN?"

Obviously, the letters e-r-i-n did not come spilling out of her mouth like some cartoon.

We started at her.

She started at us.

Aaron looked at me.

I looked at him as I shrugged my shoulders. 

We both looked back at her.

She was still staring at us, as was everyone in the waiting room.

Finally I said somewhat sheepishly "Uhh, we are both [Erin]Aaron," as I pointed to him "which one do you want?"

She pointed at me, and back I followed her amidst the staring eyes and laughing receptionist. 

But hey, that's the price I pay for finding the perfect man for moi. He was made for me. Name and all.

I'll take it. 

Houston, we have a crack.

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Happy Sunday!

For Christmas, my mom got me the book Standing for Something: 10 neglected virtues that will heal our hearts and homes, by Gordon B Hinckley. I'm only about 50 pages into it, but I love it!

In the section Making a Case for Morality he said:

We might be looked on with disdain and criticized if we stand for what is right and promote a moral standard higher than that found among the masses.  But the kingdom of God is not a democracy.  Wickedness and righteousness are not legislated by majority vote. Right and wrong are not determined by polls or pundits, thought many would have us believe other wise.  Evil never was happiness. Happiness lies in the power and the love and the sweet simplicity of virtue.

A very good read, give it a go!

Lights Out.

What do you do when the lights go out for, mmmm, almost 24 hrs???? 

Play scrabble by candle light. And argue over whether 'quuapoohi' (cwa-poo-e) is in fact a word. (it is not, although I'm sure I don't need to tell you that;  despite Aaron's desperate attempt to make it a 'native American tribe word.') 

Utah

My grandfather, Grant Harbertson, passed away on December 15, 2008. While death is never a good event, I was happy that my grandpa could finally rest, and be healthy and well as he passed onto his new life.  

He had been struggling with his health since October and while we were all prepared (prepared?? how can you prepare for such a thing??) for him to go, it still hit me pretty hard. His was the first funeral I've ever been too. As I sat looking at his casket, I was overcome with grief. Sometimes death just feels unfair and cruel, but I find peace in knowing that families are eternal and this life is only a hiccup in the span of his now eternity.  I will see him again, I will be with him again, I will laugh about seeing UFO's with him again. 

Families are eternal.  My family is eternal. I will live eternally with them. And that's all that matters in this life I live, nothing else.  Grandpa, I'll miss you!

Merry Christmas

For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Tights

I forgot to bring my tights to Utah. They were left sitting on my chair, in the left corner of our hawaii room.  And I felt it. 

And I was also yelled at by my grandmother for having bare legs in such weather.

I must admit, I loved every second of the cold, expect when my toes lost feeling.

Airports

Hawaii to California. 

Sleep.

California to Utah.

Sleep

Utah

Sleep

Utah to California.

Sleep

California to Hawaii.

Quick trips are never fun, but I am glad I was home (california) for the holidays @ least for the weekend (or 12 hours.)

Blog you later friends. Enjoy these 'our plane is really late and were bored sitting on the cold airport floor" pictures, and yes, this was blogged from the airport. thank you free internet. 

Head Above Water

This song made today a little bit easier for me because even though somethings seem never ending, I'm better sure I agree with Mr. Mayer when he says, even if everything isn't going the way it should, bad news never had good timing; 

but the heart of life is good. enjoy.

Hawaii Under Water

I woke up this morning to a friend banging on our door yelling:

"GET UP!!! CARS ARE FLOATING DOWN MOANA STREET!! WE NEED YOUR TRUCK FOR SAND BAGS!! GET UP!!"

Really?? It only started raining last night???

I've been up since 7am bailing out downstairs apartments, with a foot of water in them.

I bet this is one day you DON'T wish you were on my island paradise. 

 Aaron and I got lucky. We are on the second floor of our apartment complex. (pictures stolen from a friends facebook, i'll post mine later. thanks michelle!!)

Behind these boys in one of the MAIN streets, completely covered in over two feet of water..

You know you're poor and lazy when..

it's 9:30pm. 

you're hungry. 

haven't eaten since around 11:45am. 

well, expect for those five to seven, or maybe 12 cookies. 

and piece of string cheese. 

and that hand full of gold fish. 

and a couple chips. 

and you go to Foodland to get some food and come home with a Marie Calendars TV dinner because it was the cheapest, easiest thing you could find. 

I was slightly embarrassed at the check out line.

MJ Photography

Our friend Malia (who happens to be married to Aaron's old roommate Stu) is starting up a photography business. We jumped at the chance to take pictures with her.  THANK YOU SO MUCH MALIA!! I love every single one of them!

Check out her stuff @ MJ Photography

 

Here's a taste of our shoot:

ps. her website is so much more vivid and has HUGE pictures. go there!

I'm growing a garden in a jar.

Day One:

I rebounded.

BEFORE:
Process:

-found Christmas themed things using Google images. 

-Printed them

-Cut them to size

-Put them in frames.

simple. simple. simple

christmas-fied and unchristmas-fiedChristmas-fied wall hanging, thing! (I wanted to print on colored paper but didn't have any.)

post-script: Jon and Rischel: does that star look eerily familiar?? 

Today; a day of many tasks....

Until the washing machine decided to hate me for life. 

-I put three loads of wash in. 

-Left. 

-Came back 45 mins later to find two of them finished and one with the time reading 37 mins;       reset cycle. Crap.

-Move two wet clothes loads to dryers. 

-Start dryers.

-Reset cycle on special washer. 

-Plan to come back in 37 mins for wash. 42mins for clothes in dryer.

-Come back in 30 mins just to make sure the washer is in fact now washing. 

-Washer reads; reset cycle.

-I reset cycle, wait five minutes. It's going strong. 

-Leave

-Come back ten minutes later 

- Washer reads: RESET CYCLE.

-I reset cycle and sit and stare at machine for 37 mins 

- It's you and me washer. You and me. 

-It does not ONCE need me to reset the cycle.  

-Time now reads [zero]. It's done!

-I try to open door. 

-It's locked. 

-Pull. 

-Yank. 

-Hit. 

-Kick. 

-Yell at. 

-Go get help. 

-Helper pulls the door right open. Go figure. 

-Clothes are DRY. 

-COMPLETELY DRY.

-I cry. 

-They pay for a new wash in a different washer.

-Other clothes are dry, take them out of dryer.

-What should have taken 45 mins+ 42 mins has now taken over 4 1/2 hrs.

-Task day just became laundry and then I'M DONE day.

Taco Time

Last night, was taco night. We love taco night. I eat more than my body weight in tacos.  When all is lost, make tacos. 

Here's the fix'ins:

hamburger meat

taco seasoning

corn tacos (to be fried and devoured, seriously. don't use flour.)

avocado

onion

tomato

lettuce

salsa

cheese

sour cream

insert here anything else you think would be good on a taco

Result: heaven.

We had fun taking pictures as well. But unfortunately blog is being SO SLOW. This is all you get + that strange plate yielding girl above.

I was feeling rather

zombie like today. I was really tired and frankly, had a lot of things on my mind.  I would try to concentrate at work but I was finding it hard. 

An oddly short limbed stout man marched up to my post and rather hastily exclaimed

"This island is fully of crack heads! A crack head stole my stuff!!"

"Oh, sir, I'm sorry. Were did your stuff get stolen?" 

I didn't hear his reply because all I was really thinking was "say crack again!" what movie?

He rambled on. He then, filled out a comment card.  Are you going to ask Turtle Bay to get rid of all the crack heads, sir??? I'm pretty sure most, if not all, are here, 24/7, at your service.

And that my friends, is all I have to say about today.

Four-day Weekend..sort of...

Although this was not a four day weekend for me, it was for Aaron, and we made the most of it.

I had to work on Thanksgiving :(  I was not happy. 

But, we did have a good, late thanksgiving feast! 

This may not look like a lot of food, but for two people, it was. Trust me, I've been eating Thanksgiving dinner for three days now...

Friday, I did have the day off. We played all day at the beach and then went into Haleiwa for some fun. 

THE END