Very Inspiring Blog

This fellow is a great writer, and he's lived with als for 22 years. His name is David Jayne. He has such a positive outlook on life and his situation.  
http://davidjayne.blogspot.com/

Busy Robins

The Robin/Robins built five nests under our upper deck. There's poop everwhere but we will let them finish rasing their young. I've never seen so many nests in one spot. Alice, what do you know about this? I read that yes, sometimes a Robin will build more than one nest: :)

Watch out for the Mail lady!

I was walking my walk this morning, I stopped at a corner, the Mail lady stopped too, but then when I went she started to go, too. I am fine, she wasn't going fast and I threw my arms up on the front of her jeep; then she saw me! She wanted to talk  but I just waved my arms to tell her to forget about it. I'm sure she'll be more aware of pedestrians now. A lesson for me, too. Never asume someone knows I'm there!
Have a great day, Cathy

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day, Dad!
See you soon,
Love, Cathy

Haleakala: way up high

I'll be sharing a lot of pics since we have over 400! It was really cold!

Don't sweat the small stuff

Something that I've noticed since this change in my life is that I don't spend as much time fretting over "the small stuff" anymore. Will the kids finish school? Will we have enough money to retire on? I saw beauty in things I used to overlook, the birds sitting on the Lanai, the  sunsets and the sun rising. Just being so thankful for what I can do instead of worrying about what I can't do. I get irritated when I hear people make a big deal out of the small things that happen during the course of a day. What a waste of time.
Cathy

come to Maui

Well time to go back:( But it's been wonderful and I would love to come back.

All of Creation

Atlantis

Our last tourist thing was to ride in the Atlantis Submarine. Since I'm no swimmer this was how we saw the bottom of the ocean. It was something we'de never done. We saw Dolphins on the boat ride out to the Submarine. It's been a wonderful trip, I just love Maui and the people here. We've been 120 feet below sea level 10,020 feet above sea level.  Hence the almost 1000 mi on our rental car!That's the magic of Maui.

Old boat

This old military boat is anchored in view of the condo. They say it's  been there for years. I sure would love to know why it's there. Very strange.

Maui Sunset

Got this at one of the parks in town, the hills block our sunset at the condo.

Haleakala

We were up at 2:30 to get to Haleakala before sunrise. So were a lot of other people! It was cold and windy, but worth it. I wish we didn't have strangers in the pictures, though.

fire in paradise

We have a brushfire that has burned about 2000 acres nearby in Maalaea.

Here's a picture from the Condo. That pic was yesterday, today the fire is contained and it looks much better out there

Boogie Board

We bought a boogie board and I went in the shallow waves with it this morning. I've always had a fear of deep water and waves, I still do but the board offers some assurance! Cathy

Road to Hana

Today Les drove me on the road to Hana. Narrow and winding, but very beautiful scenery. Went past Hana and waded in one of the many pools. Saw a beach with balck rocks and sand.

Day Three

Yesterday in Lahiana :)

Day 2 my little mermaid

Good morning, afternoon or whatever. We went for a morning walk on this wonderful beach. I found some coral, and then I saw something blue, it was this little mermaid. I wish we could stay here forever! Wed. was a crappy day for Les and I, but here we are starting to relax and not dwell on the negative. I'll post more later. We're off to explore here in a while.

Relax for a change

Maui is awesome!!
From the Condo we are renting