I'm Alive...

As I re-read my last post, I might have been a bit on the dramatic side. However, I always feel that  a little drama every now and then makes things exciting. Just think, if you were always calm about everything. How boring would that be?

My time home was great and I got to spend it with all the people that I love. Christmas was extremely special because my Christmas dream came true!!! I finally had a White Christmas! My mom came to wake me up and all she said was, "Your dream has come true!" I popped up and looked outside my bedroom window and the ground and houses were covered in White!! I was so excited! My mom and I went outside to go play in the snow and we were literally the only people out there. (My dad and sister weren't so excited about the snow, in other words: party poopers) 

I loved the snow! It was one of the best Christmas' by far! I wished it had snowed more where we would have been snowed in! I will update more about my trip home later. If only it snowed in Hawaii.. a girl can only dream. 

Flying...

There is always good news and bad news in every situation. It really depends on how you look at the situation. Normally, I like to focus on the good, but not today. I am not sure if its because I am stressing about finishing my school work or that I have been sick for a week and gone through 1 box of kleenex in 2 days and my nose is red as Rudolf's or the fact that I am about to spend roughly 18 hours in airports/airplanes to fly home that makes me focus on the bad.

Let me repeat: 18 hours sitting in airplanes/airports....

This was the cheapest flight home. Next time I am going to set up a fundraiser...

Things that we should all pray for during these 18 hours:
1. That I do not go insane.
2. That none of my flights get delayed.
3. That I do not go insane.
4. That they have free and endless playing movies on my planes.
5. That I will be able to fall asleep on the plane.
6. That I do not go insane.
7. That they have Dr.Pepper and/or chocolate ice cream at my disposal at each airport.
8. That I don't freeze to death.
9. That food places will be open when I arrive at the airports (example. LAX 4am - nothing open, starving anna)
10. That I do not have to blow my nose for those 18 hours.
11. That I do not bite someone's head off because I have been traveling for 18 hours.
12. There is a porsche waiting for me at my final destination since I took the long way home.

I think that about sums it up. Wait, one more thing... that I don't go insane. I have self diagnosed myself with ADD and the thought of traveling/sitting for 18 hours is making me insane.

Happy Travels..... seriously I am going to need some prayer.

From Our Family To Yours...

We didn't get to take our annual christmas picture for the Christmas Card so instead we made this video for you! Merry Christmas

Click HERE to see our Family Christmas video to you!


Click HERE to see a Christmas video from David and me!

Justify...

If I ever really want something I can always justify buying it.

Especially if that 'something' I want is a pair of shoes.  If I am in love with the shoe, I don't care how much it cost.

 (I can hear my parents now, "Oh No, How much did she spend? She doesn't need any more shoes!")

I can justify spending a money on high heels, boots, and cute flats. However I can not justify spending more that $10 on flip flops. They are flip flops for crying out loud.

The other day I went for a walk down in Waikiki and I found this unique shoe store. I had a staff member that used to wear these shoes all the time and always talked how they were comfortable. Naturally, I had to go in and look at the shoes. I swear these shoes were made in flip flop heaven. The flip flops are made with yoga mats! Most comfortable flip flop I have ever put on my foot. Except it was $30. I am not spending $30 on a black pair of flip flops.

Well....

As you all know my boyfriend was in town for Thanksgiving. We went walking in Waikiki because he wanted to go buy souvenirs. We were walking past the store and I told him we had to go in for him to feel these shoes! I told him he wouldn't believe how comfortable they were. He asked if I had a pair and I said no because I can not justify spending $30 on flip flops. Then he said the sweetest 5 words ever, "Which color do you want?" I seriously refused, but he really did insist... when someone truly insist you just can't turn them down. It would be rude. I wouldn't want to be a rude person.

I got my Yoga Mat shoes from Sanuk. It's feels like I am walking on marshmallows in flip flop heaven.

The boy knows the key to my heart... 

Christmas List...

I have had the same Christmas list ever since I can remember...

Anna's Christmas List:

1. A Puppy - I have always wanted a puppy. Except I just want to play with the puppy and it stay a puppy. I want it to come trained. This is probably why I never got a puppy. This closet thing I got to a puppy was a goldfish. I named it goldie. I found goldie swimming upside down when we got back from Disney World. My dad buried goldie in the back yard. 

2. A Room Extension - I have always wanted a room extension. I know that I no longer live at home but that doesn't mean anything. My favorite TV show growing up was Full House. I always wanted a bay window in my room just like DJ and Stephanie. 

3. A Porsche - It's my christmas list, why not? Go big or go home. I keep telling my parents that whoever is the one that gets me the porsche will be my favorite parent.... I guess neither one of them want that title...

Tradition...

"Who wants to spend Christmas in a tropical climate anyways." - Kevin from Home Alone 2

Kevin and I feel the exact same way when it comes to Christmas.  I don't want to spend Christmas anywhere else but at home.
-I like that we have 4 christmas trees.
-I like that my mom plays christmas music throughout the whole house.
-I like that we eat off our christmas plates.
-I like that the we watch christmas movies everyday.
-I like that it's the only time of the year that we eat sausage balls.
-I like that we make my dad make endless amounts of hot chocolate.
-I like to buy gifts for people and trying to keep it a secret. (I get so excited because I know they will love it and I just want to tell them) 
-I like to see christmas presents wrapped under the tree. (Let's be real... I like to see my christmas presents under the tree.) 
-I like how we watch the same movie, "It's A Wonderful Life" every Christmas Eve. (It's my dad's favorite movie that he made us watch growing up, but now I can't imagine a Christmas Eve without it, even if he does fall asleep during the movie.) 
-I like how Hallmark, Lifetime, ABC Family, and every other channel known to man plays christmas movies non-stop
-I like how happy everyone is during the Christmas season
-I love how every Christmas Eve my family will sit on one couch and read the story of Jesus' birth.

Needless to say I LOVE Christmas and I am so happy that it's finally December!

Dramatic but Anti-Climatic....

It was the day before Thanksgiving. I was letting my homemade bread rise before the big Thanksgiving meal the next day. David and I were watching 'Did You Hear About the Morgan's?' on Netflix when low and behold I saw something crawling across my wall. Anyone want to guess what it was?

A dang gecko!! 

I honestly don't remember if I told David there was a gecko or just pointed to it. But this is what happened:

I put down the computer and then started a series of: "OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH,OH MY GOSH,OH MY GOSH!" (During this series of "OH MY GOSH," I had gotten up and ran to the cabinet to get a cup and to get the can of Raid, I knew what to do this time.) While continuing to say, "OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH!"  I ran back to wall and David was standing there with his arm out waiting for me to hand him the cup.

The gecko had gone behind the picture and David stood there waiting on it to come out. The only brilliant thing that I could say at the time was, "OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH." However, in my mind I was yelling at David to move to the picture, don't just stand there!! I was also trying to figure out how we were going to get the gecko. I had the spray can ready, but when I sprayed the gecko would David have to catch it with the cup? Or would it land behind all of my beach stuff and get away? On the contrary, I never expressed any of this to David because I sounded like a broken record with the ever so popular OH MY GOSH phrase. 

Within seconds the gecko had come out from behind the picture and David captures it in the cup. He then asked for a sheet of paper (that way he could slide it between the wall and the cup). I franticly went searching for a sheet a paper and decided to change my OH MY GOSH phrase to A PIECE OF PAPER phrase. After running around my apartment saying "A PIECE OF PAPER, A PIECE OF PAPER, A PIECE OF PAPER, A PIECE OF PAPER," I finally handed a piece of paper to him and watched anxiously as David slid the paper between the cup and wall. 

Could it be this easy? 

Is this gecko really going to be caught on the first try?

I didn't have high hopes. As I held my breath, David slowly moved the cup away from the wall and he had the gecko! My next thought was, What do we do now? (I don't think clearly during gecko situations)  David headed to the door and I started up another round of OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH as I opened the door for him. I told him to through the gecko off the balcony and I haven't seen the gecko since. 

Score:

Gecko:2     Anna: 3