livin' the HI life: no more shopping...yet

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

no more shopping...yet

brandon usually only gets one saturday off a month. so whenever he does, we try to take full advantage of the opportunity at hand. brandon & i planned a few possible activities we wanted do that day ahead of time, and by the time saturday rolled around, we were quite excited to do something different with our time off of work together.

lucky for us, we are very fortunate to have amazing parents and siblings nearby who are willing and eager to watch ahonui at the drop of a hat. brandon's parents and brie stopped by after the temple on saturday morning just to say hi and give ahonui hugs & kisses. we took that opportunity to offer up our son to them for a few hours. they are always so gracious to take ahonui whenever we need some alone time. after they left with our little guy (who, by the way, is never disappointed to leave his parents for his grandparents), we got ready to head into town, and off we went!

we were able to fulfill our plans of getting lunch at the mall, then watching a movie, because the last time we got to catch a flick - besides netflix - was back in november! wowzers. then i dragged brandon along with me to get some much needed wardrobe shopping done. with a new university president upstairs, full-time staff wearing slippers are now frowned upon. i feel that the time has come for me to get out of the laie mentality and step up to the dress standard that normal working class folks dwell upon. this is one thing that will definitely take some getting used to. in my attempt to reach the basic standard of wearing decent BYU-Hawaii approved footwear, we went to macy's to search for the perfect professional heels.

it's too bad perfect professional heels spell uncomfortable for really wide polynesian feet. mission painfully accomplished.

3 comments:

lizzie said...: Oh, Harm. I hear you. I hate shoes. I would much rather wear slippers. Or Chacos. I wore Chacos the whole time we lived in Hawaii. I wore them to church, to work, hiking, to the beach. My feet just don't like being stuffed into nice looking shoes. I hope you get used to them soon!; February 15, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Kalofae Harm.

(Just to let you know I am over here chuckling to myself about your shoe wearing experience)

Love ya & miss ya

Hazel; February 18, 2008 at 8:40 AM
Melanie said...: i feel like elizabeth, still have a hard time getting used to shoes and its been a year...btw, hi elizabeth! reading your comments makes it seem like we are all back together again.; February 29, 2008 at 3:16 PM

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some stuff...

for those of you who may not know much about our family...this one's for you:

1. where are you from?

brandon grew up in kahuku, while i grew up just a few minutes away in laie.

2. so you must have known each other growing up, right?

not quite. although we grew up in adjoining towns, we had no idea that the other even existed! brandon graduated from kahuku high school in 1995, while i graduated from kamehameha in 1999. the only thing we had in common during those days was that my older brother, tane, was brandon's classmate. how funny is that?

3. when did you get married?

we were married & sealed for time and all eternity in the laie, hawaii temple on november 3, 2005.

4. where do you work?

brandon works at the polynesian cultural center and has worked there since june 2005. he is a musician for the canoe show, ali'i luau, and night show.

i work at brigham young university-hawaii as a financial aid supervisor and have been in that department since january 2005. i help students find money to fund their college education.

5. how many children do you have?

three, and they are definitely a handful! our children are the lights of our lives and we are trying to take things one day at a time. but we hope to give them a playmate or two in the future...ya never know!

6. who cares for them while you are at work?

my mother in law watches nahe & linohao in kahuku. and ahonui attends laie elementary school.

7. what do you do in your free time?

if i could wish for more of something, it would have to be that - free time! brandon enjoys getting in his gym-time and practicing his guitar. i love to cook and read...and weirdly enough, cleaning our place actually relaxes me.

8. favorites?

tv shows:

brandon is a non-stop learner. he likes watching the discovery, history, and national geographic channels...but if the UFC is on - forget the rest - he'll be watching the fight.

i am such a girl when it comes to tv. my all-time favorites are "friends" and "seinfeld", although thanks to netflix, i have recently found an addiction to the "gilmore girls". i also LOVE the food network. too bad i can't cook like those peeps...

movies:

ocean's eleven, mean girls, pursuit of happyness, the notebook, count of monte cristo...the usual chick flick classics...brandon's favorite movie is black hawk down. but i think anything with action and/or comedy is cool with him. hehehe.

music:

brandon loves hawaiian, r&b, soul, and jazz music. i'm into almost anything that soothes me, like sade, stevie wonder, miles davis, 'ol school slow jamz & 90's rap. don't hate.

9. plans of moving?

nope. i have never been happier here in laie, hawaii and i'm sure brandon feels the same. if we could stay here for the rest of our lives, i'd be a lucky duck. who wouldn't want to raise their children in the same place they grew up?

i may add or update this information on us from time to time depending on the demand. but if you have any other pressing questions that you would like to know - hollaback!