More White Daisies.

For those of you who know me well, you know I love to quilt.

And even more, I love to quilt for people I love. 

I can FINALLY post pictures of this one because Audi & Sam have received it. 

Baby Chloe, I'm so excited for you to be borned!

The squares are made of forest green & camel brown corduroy. 

Hand stitched daisies on the corners.

Banana yellow & white striped cotton fabric for the backing. 

Jobless.

For 3 full days, I will be jobless.

I am so happy.

I also don't know what to do with myself!

I came home tonight from my last day at PCC and now I'm staring at the walls. 

Now I'm blogging.

I will miss PCC, in some ways. I'll miss working with one of my best friends everyday.

I'll miss all of the Koreans coming up and asking to take their picture with me. (Even on days when I wasn't feeling particularly lovely.) I will NOT miss people looking at me like one of those dirty, filthy timeshare salespeople. I am SOO tired of people ignoring and giving me sideways glances when I give them a cheery "Hello!" or "Aloha!". Seriously people, I was just really bored and wanted to talk to SOMEBODY, ANYBODY! It's hard to sit there and stare at my feet all day! I'm also glad I don't have to hear "Wow, you have the easiest job here!" No, I do not have the easiest job. It was hard. 

EDITION, here I come!

Pushing Daisies.

I'm hooked.

Netflix "Watch Instantly" has become the death of me. Or at least the death of my social life.

I've been watching the show "Pushing Daisies" (which only lasted 2 sad seasons before it was taken off air) and I LOVE it. It's about Ned, a pie-maker, who can bring people back to life, but only for 1 minute. After that one minute, somebody else in the near circumference will perish. He brings his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte Charles "CHUCK", back to life and decides to leave her alive. They are in love, but they cannot touch or else she will die, again. 

I think one of my favorite parts of this show is the witty banter of the narrator, Jim Dale, who is also the voice of all the Harry Potter books on audio. 

If you have Netflix, this is a must watch. I promise you, if you love dark humor, bright colors, great set design, and quick wit, this will leave a toothy grin on your face for days. Or at least until you finish the two seasons...

...and another one gone.

Well, it's happened again.

The mainland has seduced another one of my friends to it's land of milk and honey. 

Teren, I hope you enjoy Utah. I'm glad we stayed friends for so long.

Who knew we'd become such good friends? An unlikely duo we were, forced together by a church calling 4 years ago. We resisted, but were pushed into a friendship of unexpected Haole/Japanese happiness. I'm so glad we ended up getting along. 

Aloha Teren!

The Black Pearl.

One really fun perk of living in Hawaii is they film lots of movies and TV shows out here. Lost, Hawaii Five-O, 50 First Dates, Soul Surfer, The Descendants, so on and so forth. They are currently filming the new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides all over Oahu and Kauai. Fortunately, the Black Pearl was parked only about 20 minutes from my house at He'eia Boat Harbor in Kaneohe. 

One night, Hailey and I decided to stroll over there and get a peek at filming. And who did we find??

Mr. Depp, you will have to forgive me. I was much, much too shy and embarrassed to shake hands with you (although I very well could have) and I just looked at you nervously and flashed you my plastic looking smile. I do realize I must have looked insane. But thanks for looking me in the eye, smiling, and not treating me like a crazy person. Really. Appreciated.

Thanks for talking me into it Hailey. Worth it!

Flowers in My Hair.

I went to San Francisco and

 forgot to wear flowers in my hair. 

Dang it.

I did get to see one of my best friends, Stevie.

 

And, No, I have no idea how I did that with my eyes. 

Well, we had a grand old time. I was able to go to In N Out (a MUST whenever I visit anywhere in California), shop in the city, visit part of the Redwoods, and catch up on all the latest with Stevie. Only a couple of times did I fear for my life. For example, I don't think I will ever go into a Yogurtland again without thinking of the creepy homeless guy harassing us while the little tiny Asian worker tried to "save" us. We also learned that homeless people don't like Stevie's singing voice, but they do think she has a lovely smile. Which, she does. :)

This is the Bohemian Grove. Apparently, in 1892 there was a 70 foot statue of Daibutsu Buddha, which was constructed of lath and plaster. The statue gradually deteriorated over time and was gone by the 1920's. 

We hiked up the ocean view trail, which turns out can only really be seen on an extremely clear day. When does that happen in San Francisco anyway? We saw LOTS of distant fog.

And, I learned I wasn't the only one who wears her Toms while hiking.

Stevie, your the best. I heart you.