Getting Ready for HAWAII!!!

I sure am excited about this trip, this will be fantastic.

Darn Computer

Ok, I go to write a new post and I cannot get into my blog. What the hay!?!? It took Rudy and his skills to rectify the problemo! So here I am.

Just a few (4) more days until we leave for the "sun and fun". I still cannot believe we are even going anywhere. But, I better start believing and get my packing started. It is so hard to decide what to take and what not to take. We will be gone a long time and how do you know what you will feel like wearing? And how many shoes can you fit into the suitcase? If you ask me, you never can have enough shoes!!!! As for clothes, is it alright to wear the same thing more than once? For the sake of space I guess I will have to. (even though I would rather not) Traveling is so different the last little while. You cannot have a bag that weighs over a certain amount or you have to pay for it big time. If you have extra baggage you have to pay to check it! What do the airlines expect you to do???...pay for it!!!! I am going to stuff and stuff to get in everything I want, most likely I will be paying extra. What a pain and I can just hear Rudy now..."Why do you need so much?" Men just do not understand.

Every month, a bunch of high school friends of mine meet for dinner or lunch. We usually bring the hubbies along. Today is our Feb. day and I am excited. We are going to the OG (Olive Garden), one of Rudy's favorites. Also, I found Lori Bennett on facebook and she and Jeff will be joining us again...after a few years absence. I can't wait to see Lori and hear all about what has been going on in her life. We were such good and dear friends in elementary thru high school. I have to remember the camera!!! I really need to learn how to post pictures and not rely on the Rudster!

Last night Rudy and I watched the movie "Wall-E" for the first time. It was such a cute movie and I just fell in love with that little robot. It was a love story and I did not know that...at least I thought of it as a love story. All these animated movies are so well done now days. What an art. Animation is mostly what we watch. We have recently seen Madagascar 2. I love those little penguins in that movie!!! And the song..."I love to move it, move it" is such a catchy one. We are singing it all the time!!! I guess we are in our second childhood. Oh well, at least we are having fun and can remember it!!!

I Just can't Wait, I can hear the Music and the waves now...

Aloha! HAWAII HERE WE COME...

Back Again

My sweet Rudy!!!! He is responsible for the Hawaiian pictures and music. I think he is a little excited for our upcoming vacation, don't you? I have to admit I am excited also. I cannot believe we are going. I guess I won't believe it until we are on the plane to San Diego!!

I have been neglectful of my blog. I have really been facebooking (is that even a word) so much lately that I have forgotten to blog. Catching up on what has been happening is a very hard task, but I will put my memory cap on and try to think what's been up.

While sitting and doing what I love...reading...I was chewing some gum and all of a sudden my tooth broke apart and half fell out of my mouth. Oh no!!! Just what I did not need. I had heard about a female dentist and called to see if I could get in. They got me in right away. At first she thought I might need a root canal, so I needed to come in the next day to get that taken care of. Might I just say here, I have never been to a female dentist and I thought she (Dr. Michelle Jorgenson) was excellent!!! It is kinda like going to a female gynecologist, they just get you. Not only that, she gave a dang good deadening shot!! Upon further drilling and pounding and irrigating and suctioning, Dr. Jorgenson decided I did not need a root canal. Hooooray!!! But with good news sometimes there is bad...the tooth next to the broken one, had a big cavity so it would need a crown just like it's sister!!! Well long story short...I have the temporary crowns on now and will get the perms on the day before we leave on vacation. She made sure I would be permanent to go. What a good dentist!! I highly recommend her if you want and need a good dentist! She is great and the staff is just as wonderful. They have a bread maker in the office and make home-made bread...just imagine the smell!!! What a cosy, homey little office. I like to go to the dentist now. (No more hairy men's fingers in the sterile gloves coming at your mouth...I swear I must have had the most hairiest handed dentists!!!and I hated the matted finger hair in those gloves...gag me!!)

We just celebrated Valentine's Day a couple of days ago. Of course, my sweetheart was very good to me!! When is he not???? A few days before Rudy came home from one of his "errands" with a string of pearls. He had accidentally left the price tag on the bottom of the box. I could have strangled him when I saw it. Too much money to even say here!!! He assured me he did not pay that much. I made him pinkie swear, so I am pretty sure he didn't!! The next day he brought home some pearl earrings to go with the necklace. They are so beautiful. I told him he shouldn't have, but I am really glad he did!!! On Friday he sent me flowers!! The biggest, bestest, good smelling bouquet!! There were roses, carnations, lilies and other kinds of flowers. It smelled so good and still is as beautiful today as it was then. Next it was my turn. I told him I would take him out to dinner. (I also made a homemade card). I know his favorite place is OG (Olive Garden). We thought we would go early to beat the dinner crowd, but after lunch. I guess everyone else had the same idea. We had to wait 1 hour and 10 minutes to be seated. But, it was worth the wait, because I know he loves it so!! I am glad we went when we did, cuz when we left it was over a 2 hour wait!!! After OG, he wanted to take me to Karma (my favorite jewelery store in the world) He wanted me to get some new charms and with charms you need a new charm necklace. He just kept showing me things I loved and said "Get it, don't worry"! Needless to say I left with so many new things. He spoils me so much.

While at Karma we found a mother charm and a neat crystal and pearl necklace for Mother! We had planned on giving it to her for her birthday, but could not wait, so we took it to her that night. She loved it and was excited (not only for the present, but to see us!). We had such a nice visit. So good time was had by all!!!

Indeed my Rudy is such a sweetheart. I love him so much. He treats me like a queen!! I am so glad I will be with him for eternity. He is my rock and my guide. We have such a good time and laugh a lot. We have silly games we play and just have a plain good time. And yes, Amber, if you read this, he has juicy lips and I love to kiss him!!! I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for my Rudy!!!!

Dennis

Here is a recent Pic of Our Grandson Dennis Playing Hockey, He is the one in Blue-going a mile a minute!!!!!!...Go Dennis!!!!!!

Catching Up

Oh my goodness! It has been ages since I did the blogo thing!!! To much fun riding around in the nice ride. We definitely love our new car. At first Rudy didn't want to drive it cuz, "he didn't want to break it." But now he can't be stopped, of which I am glad. I love to drive it also. It is fun and so smoooottthhhh!!! You can hardly hear the motor running. It has been so nice to have a brand new car. Nothing like the new car smell!!

Lately I have been doing the facebook thing. I have found lots of friends on it, old and new. It has been fun to see the pictures of family and friends. I think this computer thing can get addicting. I have to watch myself. Oh well.

I decided it was finally time to catch up on my blog so here goes...Life has been very busy and that has been good and bad. It keeps us on our toes, but at the end of the day, our toes are not the only thing that hurts and is tired. But it does keep my mind off my aches and pains and I can sleep through the pain.

We have planned a vacation. Can you believe it??? We can't!! It has been about five years, at least, since our last one. Jennie Gordon, our good friend lives in San Diego, so we decided--- after her encouragement--- to go see her and her family for a few days. We leave the latter part of the month. I am so excited to see her and have a good visit, like we used to do once a week (not counting church, book club etc), before we both moved from SLC. She is going to be our tour guide while we are there. Shamu here we come!!!

After visiting in San Diego we will leave on a 15 day cruise to HAWAII!!! 15 days on a slow boat to Hawaii. What more could we want! We will visit the big island of Hawaii, Maui and Oahu. We decided to go all out and get a mini suite with a veranda. I can see us sitting out on the balcony with a glass of something tasty(non-alcoholic of course) and reading a good book while catching some rays. This sounds like heaven to me. I will believe it when we are on the ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Well, actually it was real when we wrote the check for all of it. But enough about money. You only live once (on this earth) so go for it!!! It is all paid for and who wants to think about dollars when we will have so many other wonderful memories of Paradise together??? Rudy is getting us in the mood by playing all sorts of Hawaiian music (can you say Elvis and Don Ho) I am so excited for him. I have been there and he has not. His excitement makes me more excited. I cannot wait to see him do the hula!!! Having been on many a cruise, we know what is in store. Sun, fun, rest, relaxation and all the food you could ever want and it is all paid for in advance. Can you tell we are both excited??? YAHOOOOOOO