We have one more day to enjoy and it’s a weekend day so Bill gets to have some fun before we head home on the long dreaded flights…..we are going on a biking, sailing, snorkel day with his college friends who just happen to be in Waikiki.
It’s going to be hard to leave paradise and get back to the norm…. but oh well..there’s always my quilting ;-))))
After enjoying my day in the sun I realize there are only 3 more days this trip for us to try to squeeze in as much fun and sun as possible before we head back to snow? ??? Not sure what we will find when we head back to VA but I DO KNOW it will not be this paradise…..
Tomorrow we hope to head over to the North Shore because we’ve heard the waves are up? 15 to 20 foot high waves? Surfs up!
Bill’s got friends from college days in Hawaii now and he’s planning to show them around a little.. Saturday we go on a Biking, Sailing & Snorkeling day with them. Sounds like fun….Sunday we fly home All DAY! ;-(
So though I am trying to get back to old habits I must take into account that when given certain opportunities one must stop and enjoy those moments. I am fortunate to be in Waikiki at this moment thanks to my hubby and his job. During the last hmmm think 3 years my husband has work that takes him to Honolulu every once in a while. It can be grueling days for him since the time change can mean he sometimes gets up by 5:00am to work with VA co-workers and then completes full days of Hawaii time workday. When I used to be employed it left me stuck in VA imagining the sun of Hawaii. Occasionally he managed to time his work during my Easter break or summer break which was always quite nice. Bill actually is the one that suggested I retire to be available to come along ;-)) which is such a Sweet time for me! So sorry to make this a long story instead of shortnbut in a nut shell I am in Waikiki this week!!!
I am going to try to do some art work while here just for fun and I hope to get back into posting on my blog but other then that I intend to just sit back and relax!!
Here’s a little of the lovely sunset we enjoyed last night!
Along with some of my local art… the white clay flower on the right is the one I made…. and here’s some hand appliqué I hope to finish during this week.
My habit used to be to try to blog daily as most bloggers I know seem to shoot for. For me blogging helped me stay on task….it helped me keep focus on my goals. It was a fun habit! Lately I seem to blog more in my mind then hard copy…..lol meaning I imagine what I might post but have not been finding the time to sit at the computer and type out my thoughts. ;-) Realizing how I’ve dropped the ball lately I’ve decided to put my blog once again towards the top of my daily “to do” list. Things have been kind of busy for me for a while and when I am not home in VA near my studio I just do not seem to stay focused. Don’t seem to have great travel art ;-).
Right now I’m in Hawaii keeping my hubby company ;-) he has work to complete in Honolulu once again and lucky me he likes me to be with him. ;-) [Another reason I retired last June was to be able to tag along with him on his longer term business trips]. We have never enjoyed or done well with long distance romance. lol lol
So as my travel art this trip I brought along some hand quilting I actually started last year in Hawaii and never completed. I took a class from a local artist Anne [ anne-hawaiianquilt.com ] a hand appliqué Hawaiian style project. My pattern is Anne’s special Ulu. We’ll see how much farther I can get on this pillow top this week? I sadly now know I am not one to really enjoy hand appliqué work so time will tell. ;-)
This morning I had fun trying out a local craft…making clay flowers…this little class was offered at the hotel. Again another fun process to try but not one I think I’ll move forward with, yet glad to have experienced it. Mine is the flower to the right…the others were samples the presenter brought. She definitely made it look easy…easier then we novices felt. lol was fun though….
Now I’m off to the pool for some Hawaiian sun…..
So once again I find myself marveling that I let my blog posting waiver? In my daily thoughts I’ve imagined what I’d post each day yet just have not found the time to sit at a computer to get the words typed and posted.
I’m trying hard to remember the last stuff I shared…I might have to pull up my blog to remind me! lol lol Now that’s bad! Oh well….
Once again though I retired June “09” I have NOT slowed down and feel soooooo busy that most days I wonder how in the world I used to find the time to hold down a full time teaching position ;-0 lol….
I took Jan 2010 off from any travel….”flittering around here and there” so I could focus on my rehab in the neighborhood indoor lap pool along with a PT. I managed to do 36 out of 40 days in the pool and though I questioned whether it was helping me I luckily have discovered that YES it did actually make my back muscles stronger and along with my last epidural nerve block I’m doing much better. I did manage to complete two of my “practice quilts” recently meaning 2 quickly designed quilt tops that I could then machine quilt on my HQ16 since I’m still learning….two more as my son JB put’s it “glow in the dark quilts” ;-) I DO love color! One was for my mom…notice her sleeping comfy under hers…
Bill and I got to catch a train up to Ct. and spent a lovely Valentines weekend with JB, Claire and future grandbaby belly ;-) as guests of Wendy and Ian (Claire’s folks)
Now I’m in Hawaii ;-) Bill (hubby) has business away from VA for a couple weeks and lucky me….he prefers I come along…at least for the Hawaii part…lol so in trying to pack I finally packed something art wise I could comfortably work on “in-flight”…not sure if I blogged about a class last fall I took on the HQ16 that entailed using muslin and variegated thread. It was called an Garden Angel..freehand drawn using the HQ16. After the quilt drawing is completed the next step for this technique was to add color using colored pencils then paint over it with fabric medium. Well I never found the time to color my design since that takes time precious time I felt I’ve wanted to use for sewing instead. lol….but as in-flight entertainment my project worked great! Here’s a peek so far…so maybe I’ll finish it while I’m in Hawaii or on the long flights home! ;-)
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