"Vog"...sounds like the name of a drink

Now I realize that I have not really updated this blog since I set foot in Hawaii, but there has been so much to do!  A "pet friendly" hotel, new keys, painting, beach-going, etc.  Point is...I have been busy, but because I still have almost an hour until the Aggies BTHO Auburn and both the Tech/K-state and UGA/Florida games are ridiculously boring, I will update as much as possible now.

First off...for future reference "pet-friendly" may or may not mean the same thing here in Hawaii as it did in Texas.  We stayed at the ONLY hotel that allowed dogs over 20 pounds without a huge fee (this one was $25 a night).  We reserved our room for a week, but quickly decided to cut that stay a little short.  Now when I say quickly,I mean as soon as we walked into the building, smelled the marijuana, and saw the security guards... :-/  We did stay the one night, but got up the next morning...looked our "roommate" in the eye and went to Kmart and bought a futon!  (our roommate was of the roach variety...living, not the one our neighbors were smoking)  It was great!  Luckily we were planning to buy a futon anyways.  We had water and electricity so all we needed was a bed for a few nights until our stuff arrived.  No big deal.

Second, for everyone wondering how life is on this island...I honestly don't feel that it is that different.  I  mean it gets a little awkward after about 7pm when you realize EVERYONE you know is asleep and you have no one to text your funny jokes to, but I am getting past that.  But other than that...we have Wal-mart, Kmart(which I am not used to, but it's nice), Lowe's, Home Depot, Target, Ross...McDonald's...Pretty much everything except for a handful of restaurants that I miss somewhat, but I never really ate at them so it's not too bad.

Third...what am I doing?  No, I have not been to the beach everyday...It gets hot at the beach!  The Hawaiian islands have been a little lacking in the wind department...which is rare.  Take the wind off the beach and it gets pretty hot, humid, and a little crazy feeling.  I have never in my life had the opportunity to sit and watch a flag on the beach NOT move.  It was slightly confusing.  However, the weather up here on the mountain is amazing!  It rains almost everyday, but it has not reached 85 degrees yet.  most days it has been about 78-80 degrees.  I dig!  

We have been working on making our condo...ours.  If you remember, we had this PURPLE master bedroom.  It is now "del Coronado Tequila" (a shade of tannish white) and "Island Orange."  Our dark tan living room is now also the tequila color!  We ordered black countertops for the kitchen and they should be getting here in the next few weeks.. Hopefully, it will look really good!  We will see.  Other than that, we are taking it slow. living on island time I guess.  

Here are a handful of pictures I have taken so far.  Hope you enjoy.  Sorry we haven't done anything "cool" yet, we are LAZY! haha no, not lazy...we are on island time :-)

our living room...notice that Robbie still has painting to do

 my new beach bummin pal :-)  

Yes! you can actually order Pizza Hut from your TV...I think this is great!

some wave action...waves were over 10 ft yesterday

Patio...we still need an umbrella

the haze is called "vog"  aka volcanic fog!

The purple that will not die..

Well, we are moved into our condo...sort of.  We bought a futon so we could sleep in the condo instead of the roach and pot head infested hotel we stayed in last night.

We spent all day today doing for the things we need to live in the condo for about 4 days with no furniture...a futon, a dog bed, sheets for the futon and....groceries.  Oh wait we forgot about towels.  Them we forgot laundry detergent....it was a long day, but we had to find time for some Aggie football

We then spent hours trying to come the purple bedroom walls with primer. We are two coats in and the people is almost gone...in some places. Don't ever paint a wall people unless you are serious about it...it is not temporary. Purple...is for-evvv-errrrrrr! Er! er! er.

One way tickets....

One way tickets for two (plus a very expensive dog) to Honolulu are bought!!

For those of you who have sent texts wondering where I have been the past few weeks, the answer is Buffalo, TX or rather...Oakwood?  the sticks?  or...the place technology has not reached yet?  Sorry :-(  I promise I am not sitting on a beach ignoring everyone...YET!

In spite of the lack of cell phone service, I have have had a pretty good time in Buffalo.  Don't get me wrong, I am soooo ready to take off and go spend some time on the beach, but I will miss being a around here.  I have been able to spend time with my parents, see the kids I had as 7th graders start high school (I subbed at the high school quite a bit...that principal kept calling), and even got to spend a few game days in Aggieland.

As of right now, we will be closing on our condo next week.  Then we will fly to Honolulu next Friday (October 12th).  Hopefully all of the dog's paperwork went through and he won't have to stay in quarantine, but since the paperwork was pretty ridiculous we won't know until we get there.

Anyways, just wanted to do a quick update.  I will post pictures and whatever else when we actually get to Hawaii.  I think I may have started this blog a little early.  I really haven't had  much to share while sitting in Buffalo.