Category: joanna irl
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The Big Island really is BIG.
This weekend we took a trip to Hawaii, the “Big Island,” and discovered that it’s very appropriately nicknamed. We barely drove half of it in the three days we were there. To be fair, we spent most of the first two days exploring and hiking around Volcanoes National Park, but we definitely didn’t have the…
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Ineffective workout partner
I’ll write about the weekend trip, I promise. Photos are uploading as I type this, and then I’ll caption them and then I’ll write a blog post about it. Really. But at the moment, I would like to explain why cats (especially Caspian) make ineffective workout partners. Head-butting my forehead is adorable, but when he…
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Good Bribes
Remember I said I got good bribes from J when he came home? I (finally) took a couple of photos. ^_^ Now, I call them bribes because Sailors have always brought souvenirs home from their trips, and I have this sense that at least part of the tradition is to say, “I’m sorry I was…
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Kaneohe Bay Air Show
Oooh, two entries in one day! Amazing! Haha. This is mostly to let you know there are photos from Saturday when we went to the Kaneohe Bay Air Show. We had a great time looking at the static displays and seeing the flight demonstrations, including a helicopter that flies upside-down (though I didn’t get photos…
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“Lost” Locations are Lost on Me
This weekend I went up to the North Shore for a couple of days for a retreat. The retreat was good, and I wish I’d taken my camera for some photos of our late-night bonfires with s’mores, but I noticed something as I heard people talking. The retreat was at Camp Erdman, a YMCA camp…
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Praying Mantis with a Death Wish
Today I had one of those moments where I am sure (and I mean, really REALLY sure) that I looked like an idiot. How do I know this? Because there were lots of witnesses and the thing I was giving my full attention was very small. Let me explain: Walking into the store tonight to…
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Signs of Adulthood
I realized lately that I’m showing more and more signs of being an adult whether I like it or not. Here are a few I’ve noticed… I go to bed when I’m tired, and it’s always before 11pm, unless there’s REALLY good reason to be up later. I wake up (on my own) by 8am…
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Pretend Seasons
You know what I realized today? In the past year I didn’t notice so much that the seasons didn’t really change. There’s some fluctuation in temperature (but not much) and sometimes it rains more than other times (though we apparently had a very dry winter) but it doesn’t feel like it can possibly be September…
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Home Improvements
Feeling very handy today, I decided to take care of some chores that I haven’t felt like doing for a while. The front garden of our house is maintained by the housing people and it’s (to put it mildly) ugly. To put it not as mildly, it’s brown muddy mudness with weird slug-attracting plants. I…
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Milk Fail
Today I fail at milk. This morning I made tea and put it in my travel mug and drove to the zoo and was gone 8 hours… and when I got home I found the brand new carton of milk that I opened for the tea this morning sitting on the counter. Expanded. And warm.…
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