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Matthew and I met junior year of highschool and started dating that summer 9 years ago. We are currently living in Kahului, Hawaii on the island of Maui. I am an RN working at a local hospital. Matt is Property Manager at an apartment complex. We figure this is a great way for our friends and family to keep in touch with us while we are living so far away. We are so excited about this great opportunity and our hopes are that soon we will be moving on and up! I will try to keep this updated with our happenings.

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What I've Learned...

-You can't make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.
-Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
-Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”
-Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
-Do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem.
-People deserve a second chance, but not a third.
-It takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
-You can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.
-You can keep going long after you think you can't.
-Money is a lousy way of keeping score.
-Sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
-Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
-Your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again.
-Background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
-Being fake only hurts you.
-Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life, so be LOYAL to those who you want to be loyal to you.
-Just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
-You shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
-Your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
-Education & credentials on the wall do NOT make you a decent human being.
-It's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice so you don't hurt people's feelings and standing up for what you believe.
-Get your priorities straight or the things and people you want in life will never fall into place.
-Live with intention.
-Play with abandon.
-Live.Laugh.Love.

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Monday, August 8, 2011

postheadericon Switching...

Monday, August 08, 2011
Ok people so I have officially decided to switch the blog over the tumblr. It is just easier this way. Thanks! 
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postheadericon 10 Year Anniversary

Monday, August 08, 2011

That's right folks, TEN YEARS! 
July 21st was our anniversary of 10 years dating so we wanted to do something besides a stay-cation or simply our usual dinner & a movie gig. So, we had decided months ago (since our Kauai trip) we were going to head over to the Big Island for 8 days. Well, after renovations and the unexpected move which equaled unexpected 2nd car and furniture purchases we cut down our 8 days to 2.5. We didn't want to do a half ass trip to the Big Island since we have never been so Matt suggested we go back over to Oahu and do all the touristy activities. We have each been over about 4 or 5 times each but each time was for "business" and not fun. We already did the Arizona Memorial so we planned to hit everything else we possibly could in 2.5 days.

Day 1: We flew out around 10 am to Honolulu. After getting our bags we immediately picked up our rental car and started driving up north. Our first stop was the Dole Pineapple Plantation.


After that we made our way to the North Shore to Haleiwa. There we stopped at Giovanni's to get lunch. It was so yummy and Matt loved it, which I was surprised because he doesn't usually like shrimp scampi that much. 

Shrimp scampi and lemon/butter shrimp

We drove through the North Shore past all the beaches and pipeline (didn't stop since it's summer). Next we hit Laie and stopped at the LDS temple. I wanted to stop to get pictures for my mom & the temples are always so pretty anyway I wanted to check it out. Matt was hesitant to get out thinking we would get hounded by missionaries. But the cute Japanese missionary lady took our photo.


Then we drove down the windward coast on the east and stopped at beaches along the way. We found Chinaman's hat and visited the Valley of the Temples. 

Chinaman's Hat


Byoda-In Temple

Day 2: This was our anniversary day. We got up very early to hike Diamond Head Crater. 




Afterwards we drove around the south side of the island that we didn't cover on the first day. We saw beautiful coastline and got lunch at the Windward Mall. After lunch we walked around a little bit and then got Cinnabon. We don't have one in Maui and I haven't had one in about 3 years so I had to get one. We then took the Pali Hwy to try and find the Pali lookout. We found it and it was pouring. It was rainy and we were tired so we went back to the hotel. Well, I fell asleep and Matt didn't wake me up so we missed our planned dinner date and went to bed early like 2 old lame asses. We woke up the next morning and were still stuffed from lunch and the cinnamon rolls so it was probably a good thing we just fell asleep. 





Day 3: The last day we woke up early again for another hike called the Makapuu Lighthouse hike. At the top it has amazing views of Koko Head Crater and the Windward Coast. It was by far my favorite part of the trip besides the fact that we are complete morons and wore slippers for the hike. It was paved and only 2 miles up so I figured we would be fine. Matt wasn't bad but I wasn't wearing my rainbows so my feet were so sore the rest of the day. Anyway, after that we went back to the Pali lookout which was also incredible. It was extremely windy. We ended up laughing the majority of the time. We ended by going to downtown Honolulu to the King Kamehameha statue and the Iolani Palace. 



Makapuu Lighthouse
 
Pali Lookout


`Iolani Palace

And that my friends is our trip. We were definitely tired from the trip since it was so planned out but we hit everything on our list [minus Hanauma Bay due to the fact it was closed both times we tried to go :( ]. Now for sure our next trip is the Big Island! 
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postheadericon I can't Believe It Is Already August!

Monday, August 08, 2011

Alright, so I have been seriously slacking. Not a fan of blogging lately...It just seems too time consuming. So I am going to do my best at an update that is not too stingy. 

First thing's first: We moved. We are now quietly settled into the condo. Renovations complete (with a few little things needing Matt's handy touch still), furniture purchased and boxes unpacked. We are enjoying the quiet here compared to the apartment and also enjoying living in Kihei. It feels much more island like over here closer to the beach and such. So here are some before/after shots. (You can click to enlarge)

Front entrance (still needs work, that is next on our list).

Living & dining room


breakfast bar before/after

kitchen before/after
I have had so many people ask us where we bought our cabinets from. Makes me SO happy when I see how shocked they are when I tell them I refinished them meself :)

another kitchen shot

view from the living room 

Living room before/after

Master bedroom before/after

Second bedroom before/after


Master bath

Main bath

Matt passed his licensure exam and we are STILL awaiting his actual license to get here in the mail before he can officially start selling anything. Ugh, that has been rough. In the meantime he has kept busy with a rental property they are managing. Keeping our fingers crossed that it comes in the mail this week. It has been nice spending more time together during the mornings and afternoons while everyone else is at work though :)

Heather has continued to keep busy at work. Things have slowed down a bit as census has dropped. It's been nice but the option for overtime is long gone so that has been both a good and bad thing. Hate doing the OT but I love it when I get paid. Other than that just been chugging along with wedding planning. Less than 7 months away now!

Krull gave us a scare when we took him to the vet to find out that he has acute prostatitis (enlarged prostate). He was given a 10 day course of antibiotics that hopefully shrinks it down and takes care of the infection. More often than not it becomes a chronic [read: expensive] issue. He is now acting like his normal self so we are hoping that it doesn't become a serious issue.

Other than that nothing too exciting. Just every day life and trying to have fun together on days off together. 
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