December, 2016 (4)
41. Laruaville 2 (12/5)
42. Laruaville 3 (12/19)
43. Christmas Wonderland 2 (12/25)
44. Laruaville 4 (12/31)

Sorry guys, so late to be posting about my trip to Hawaii.  Got home late Thanksgiving afternoon and week has seemed very disorganized.   I LOVED MAUI!!!!  Such a beautiful place and so many things to do.  There were 10 of us total (5 friends from HS) but my room mates were 3 ladies I'd never met before but now I have 3 new friends.  All 10 of us went on a snorkeling trip that was so much fun.  The boat captain took us into a small bay and there were so many dolphins.  I was recording and all you could hear was my voice saying "Oh my gosh, Oh my goodness" as they were everywhere.  I guessed probably around 100 and he said "you're probably right".  Got a still pic of eight in a row, coming out of the water together.  First time I had snorkeled since the 80's.  Felt so light in the water and saw two turtles below me and an eel at the second location.  There was a tall pinnacle of coral coming up that was fun to swim around.  The captain fixed us a lunch of pulled pork, chicken, hot dogs and salads plus Mai Tai's.

We went to a luau on Saturday night that was wonderful, lots of beautiful costumes and interesting food.  On Sunday night, we took a sunset dinner cruise that was nice; it was a little overcast and was afraid we wouldn't see the sunset but all of a sudden, the clouds broke and we got some beautiful pictures of a gorgeous sunset.  Did a little shopping for grandkids and just chilled on Monday.  My room mates took a day trip called The Road to Hana but it was rainy on that side of the island.  Three girls got up at 4am and went to the top of a volcano to see the sun rise and then rode bikes down the volcano (not for me!).  On Tuesday, five of us took a helicopter ride (first time for me) over part of the island, saw beautiful scenery in and around the volcanoes and lots of waterfalls.  On Wednesday, my roommates and I drove an hour to the Kula Botanical Gardens which were beautiful, eve

Thanks for the well wishes and just waiting to call Uber to take me to the airport, decided cheaper than leaving in long-term parking.  I didn't leave much room in my suitcase to bring back T-shirts for the grandkids but will smush it all in.

Took my son to first meeting with PT to go over exercises to do to keep throat and tongue limber as radiation may cause scarring in back of throat and make it hard to eat.  She was a nice young girl who was very thorough.  I took him to work and on the way home he called to tell me Dr. had called with results of PET scan ~ it was where they thought it was and just a little in a lymph node.  Today he has his appt. with Radiation Oncology and I hate that I'm going to miss it since it's the most important one.  His dad is taking him and doubt he will go in as they are headed to a neighboring town to watch his half-brother coach a girls' basketball team.  Really burns me up that this is not more important but that's why we divorced umpteen years ago.....being a basketball coach, that was always his priority and it was always about him.

 

I haven't been posting lately 'cause I haven't been playing much.  The last six and a half years have been stressful to say the least, first with my mom and dad and then my oldest son staying with me.  Things have really been rough for him this last 6 months and on top of everything he has been dealing with, he was diagnosed with tongue cancer (smoker) the first of this month.  Between picking him up everyday at 3:30 pm and driving him 30 miles to work (got a job, finally, at Whirlpool-fabrication tech) and picking him up at 3:00 am plus preliminary Dr. visits, have mostly been doing x-stitch in my free time.  One bright note, though, he is living in a Sober Living Home (3 months sober) and I have my peace and quiet at home back .

Another bright spot for me, finally, is I'm leaving early Thursday morning to fly to Maui with 9 friends for a whole week.  I've never been and about a year ago, a friend who is a big Okla. State basketball supporter told us they were playing in a basketball tournament Thanksgiving week in Maui and anyone who wanted to could go.  I knew my parents' probate would be done and this would probably be my only chance to go, so am going to treat myself to one of the items on my bucket list.  So excited I can hardly wait.  Will board my dogs for a week and be back late Thanksgiving aft.  We've got a luau planned and a sunset dinner cruise and I may go to one of the games (they will be playing 3 days) but plan to just soak up the beautiful sun and scenery.  My brother lived in Honolulu for 3 yrs in the 70's for part of his residency in Urology and loved it.  Never got over there but my folks went twice and both my boys took honeymoons there so decided it was momma's turn to have some fun.  

118. The Fool (04/16/11)  Finished 11/14/16
119. PuppetShow: Lost Town (04/16/11)
120. Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker (04/30/11)
121. Shadow Wolf Mysteries: Cursed Wedding CE (11/17/12)