livin' the HI life: a brief glimpse of my future

Saturday, August 29, 2009

a brief glimpse of my future

i had to leave work early today. mostly because i reached 40 hours by 2pm, and we aren't allowed to get overtime - but also because i didn't really feel like staying til 5pm! hehehe.

just a little update, i have decided (with brandon's permission, of course) to reduce my hours at work to 30 a week beginning this monday. this transition will result in my job description being altered quite a bit. i will be handling the walk-in students rather than taking appointments and counseling one on one with students. it may take some getting used to as with any other change we are faced with, but i'm thrilled for the new schedule! i plan on getting off of work at 2pm every day to have more time with ahonui and take care of the home. yessssssss!!!

so anyway, i figured today was a great a day as any to begin the new schedule. i dropped brandon off at work and headed home for some lunch. following the grindage (my made-up word that will be an upcoming laie slang - mark my words! lol) , i plopped myself on the couch and began my usual daily to-do list. realistic tasks such as "empty trash" and "pay bills" accompanied unlikely errands such as "wash car" or "complete power 90" on the piece of paper.

once i was done with my list, i picked up ahonui in kahuku and ran a few errands. he requested to watch "doweee" (translation: toy story 2) so i popped in the dvd. i sat with him for a bit while he watched and thought to myself... "i should probably get going on that list."

about an hour later, i woke up on the bed with ahonui crashed out next to me. i sure hope getting less hours at work will benefit our family with more than just an afternoon nap for me. something i'll need to work on, i guess. that's going on tomorrow's list (wink, wink).

2 comments:

lizzie said...: Way to go, Harm. Trust me, after a week of afternoon naps, you'll be itching to get things done.; August 29, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Tane and Angela said...: yay for harm and ahonui! and i guess brandon (who will have a clean house now lol) that's kewl that you get less hours to work now! afternoon naps are the best-i'd take that instead of completing my to do list..but that's just me=); August 29, 2009 at 1:38 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!