First of all – Happy Birthday Jesus! We kicked off his birthday celebration with a Christmas Eve children’s Mass at our home parish. Chaos as usual but a very sweet homily for the kids. Church was followed by a late dinner of bbq chicken, mac&cheese, broccoli, and white russians. Also because it’s the season to … Continue reading
If I were asked to describe my marathon experience in one word, I would say “OUCH!” Since one has censored my speech (yet) I have plenty more to say. Let’s start with the night Saturday night. After the awesome blessing at mass we made the trek back to the Hale Koa Hotel via one of … Continue reading
The other day I called upon the saints for some divine intervention on my hip. Today I got a couple of blessings. First, I got some education on KT tape and Phiten technology at the pre-race expo. After sporting some new phiten stickers and KT tape all day, I have to say I feel a … Continue reading
Some of you may know that I have a very special friend and guardian angel, St. Anthony. He’s quite good at locating my lost belongings, but he hasn’t been much help with my healing my hip. Therefore, I am calling upon the patron St. of hip ailments tonight. Is there such a Saint? I wrote … Continue reading
…to pull Christmas off this year. Heritage Village to be precise. We haven’t even finished our Thanksgiving leftovers, but Santa doesn’t seem to care. Christmas will be here in a flash, and the above is as much as we have done to get ready. Except for this: Decorating tonight was a joint effort. Originally, I … Continue reading
Daniel and I have had a big weekend. Even though we were tuckered out from Thanksgiving, we made our way downtown last night to attend the West Point Society’s beat Hawaii cocktail mixer/pep rally. The event details online said “doors open at 6:30” so we figured arriving around 7:15 was no big deal. Wrong. We … Continue reading
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