Dad caught a 47 pound catfish in the Mississippi this month....This picture is posted online he's so famous. For a fee I can get anyone a signed photo..
Friday, May 21, 2010
Dad's fish...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Best Ever!
It is sad how excited I am about our new mini mart! But it really brings up our level of living. We toured it tonight. It is awesome! Bad points...its a little overpriced. But not as bad as it could be. Some things are bad....$2 mac and cheese (that's only 50 cents more than usual) and $2.39 for a 2 liter (usually $1.40). But the convenience factor is huge! We can walk there in under 5 min. It has everything from sunscreen, to hats, tshirts, souvenier type jewelry...... Also, has some produce, a deli with some fresh food items. Nice deli sandwiches for $7 which is great since there isn't anyplace where you can buy deli sandwiches except subway. There is also a salad station where you can get a nice salad for $7. These are pretty good prices for Hawaii...especially in a resort. You can also pick up your basic tuna salad on white for $3.50. They have a special for breakfast $1 for a donut and 12oz coffee. But I can't drink coffee before doing dentistry and I haven't had a donut since we've moved here. I have enough trouble keeping the Hawaiian pounds off without eating donuts. Anyway...this place is great and whoever visits will love the convenience of being able to pick up the basics without having a car.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Last baseball game
We had another stressful week of dentistry....somehow we made it! Friday we went back to the beach we liked last week...Lahi Lahi beach. The wind was lighter so we got our tent up easily and spent a good 5 hours at the beach....reading, listening to music, and swimming. I also went snorkeling again. I was wandering around looking for fish and turtles and one swam right up near me! He (or she) was a pretty big Hawaiian green turtle (the main turtle around here). I stayed about 10 feet away and he ate away and didn't swim away. Then he decided to get some air so he floated up to the surface and I came up too. It was funny, he looked at me over the water and blinked...and I looked at him. Then he went down into the water and stared at me. Then, more air and more staring at me and blinking and then more staring at me in the water. This went on 3 or 4 times before he went back to eating. It was really cool!
I forgot that my swim shirt leaves a two inch gap before my bathing suit bottoms if I'm swimming around and I laid in the sun on my stomach for 20 minutes and so I burned my back. It only takes 20 min here for a burn....even if you go to the beach once a week!
We went to the last baseball game of the season today. It was fun. We had some friends that were supposed to come too, but they didn't show. So we just enjoyed our hot dogs, beers and peanuts without them. It was a beautiful day....low 80s and nice breeze and we were in the shade. Also, Brian saved me during the game. I leaned back in my seat and my hair got stuck between the back of the seat and the shoes of the person sitting behind me. I couldn't move my head and I was starting to panic. I whispered to Brian...."My hair's stuck on this guys feet! Gross!" My genius did the classic arm stretch to place his arm around my shoulders and then somehow applied pressure to my hair half way down (so it wouldn't hurt) and pulled it from the grasp of the yucky shoes and feet! My hero! Unfortunately, the "bows" (Rainbows) lost 10-7.
Big day tomorrow! Its the day we have been waiting for.....the market is opening! We have watched the construction outside our condos since we moved here. It has been agonizingly slow! The most anticipated arrival for us is the mini mart. It opens tomorrow and is open from 6:30am to 11pm, 7 days a week! That is unheard of here. Its hard to find a restaurant or store open past 9pm. It is supposed to have the basics including wine and some deli items. We will check it out. It will obviously be overpriced. But now, we won't have to drive to Kapolei if we are having a diet coke emergency. We're also hoping for some good beers, poke (hawaiian dish with raw tuna, soy sauce, and green onions) and ice. We have the worlds slowest ice maker in the world.
Also, saw the movie, "The Cove" this weekend. I highly recommend it. Its sad, but important to know about. Its about dolphin hunting in Japan. I'm recruiting Erin to help me get everyone to watch the movie. Then we can, you know, save the world or something.
Signing off!
I forgot that my swim shirt leaves a two inch gap before my bathing suit bottoms if I'm swimming around and I laid in the sun on my stomach for 20 minutes and so I burned my back. It only takes 20 min here for a burn....even if you go to the beach once a week!
We went to the last baseball game of the season today. It was fun. We had some friends that were supposed to come too, but they didn't show. So we just enjoyed our hot dogs, beers and peanuts without them. It was a beautiful day....low 80s and nice breeze and we were in the shade. Also, Brian saved me during the game. I leaned back in my seat and my hair got stuck between the back of the seat and the shoes of the person sitting behind me. I couldn't move my head and I was starting to panic. I whispered to Brian...."My hair's stuck on this guys feet! Gross!" My genius did the classic arm stretch to place his arm around my shoulders and then somehow applied pressure to my hair half way down (so it wouldn't hurt) and pulled it from the grasp of the yucky shoes and feet! My hero! Unfortunately, the "bows" (Rainbows) lost 10-7.
Big day tomorrow! Its the day we have been waiting for.....the market is opening! We have watched the construction outside our condos since we moved here. It has been agonizingly slow! The most anticipated arrival for us is the mini mart. It opens tomorrow and is open from 6:30am to 11pm, 7 days a week! That is unheard of here. Its hard to find a restaurant or store open past 9pm. It is supposed to have the basics including wine and some deli items. We will check it out. It will obviously be overpriced. But now, we won't have to drive to Kapolei if we are having a diet coke emergency. We're also hoping for some good beers, poke (hawaiian dish with raw tuna, soy sauce, and green onions) and ice. We have the worlds slowest ice maker in the world.
Also, saw the movie, "The Cove" this weekend. I highly recommend it. Its sad, but important to know about. Its about dolphin hunting in Japan. I'm recruiting Erin to help me get everyone to watch the movie. Then we can, you know, save the world or something.
Signing off!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Night on the town
Brian and I had a night on the town last Friday. We took off work on Sat and went out to the bars and restaurants in Chinatown (lots of cool places there and not touristy). I finally got to wear what I call my "80s prom dress" which isn't that 80s prom...but a little bit. I don't have a picture at this time, but I will post one sometime. We went to several places with our friends, Tony and Amber. I had blisters on my toes from my shoes, but it was worth it to get out for a night. We stayed at a nice hotel with a feather bed, down comforter and air conditioning that we don't pay for. It was nice. Then Sat we recovered, I worked on my quilting and Brian worked on his tan and read my Smithsonian magazine. These are pictures of Brian's pet. He lives outside of course and suns himself (herself?) on the lanai with Brian.
Sunday, we went to a new beach for us...Lahi Lahi beach. It is near Makaha beach on the west coast (our side). It was sooo nice. We set up our tent and enjoyed the views. The water was nice there and I snorkeled around. I saw a decent amount of fish. There were turtles swimming around but whenever I got in the water, I couldn't find them. The water was so clear, I could easily see the bottom in 20 feet of water. I saw a needle fish as long as me. But he was quite scared of me and swam away.
Monday I had off work. I met Amber and we hiked (climbed) up Koko head. This is a well known "hike". This is not really a "hike". It is an old rail line that goes up a 1100 foot mountain that was used during WW2 as a lookout or something. You basically go up the rail ties that are like stairs for 1100 ft. This is not a fun experience, but Brian was working and I wanted some exercise and some girl time. I realized after about 25 steps that Amber was about 10 times more athletic than I am. At about 600 feet, I almost threw up. But I just started taking more breaks. She was gracious in waiting for me. One section has the mountain washed out from under it so you are walking on the ties with no dirt under you (there is 1-2 feet between each tie). I took the side trail around that part on the nice solid ground. We got to the top in 45 minutes (last time she did it she got to the top in 25 min). We took some pictures and she went off on this other trail that was too narrow and steep for my tastes while I tried to catch my breath and not pass out. Then we went down. I told her to go ahead if she wanted to go faster and I would meet her at the bottom. I liked my rhythm going down of 10 steps with one leg front, then switch, then rest. She started running down the steps and then when she got about 100 feet below me she would turn around and run back up to meet me, then repeat. She probably did about 6-7 up and downs to me while I went down. She was happy with her good work out, I was happy with my slow and steady pace and it worked out well.....until I woke up on Tuesday and couldn't move my legs. Today (weds) is still really bad. I didn't sleep well last night because when I roll over, my legs would hurt.
Anyway....I would like to introduce a new section to my blog.....dental quote of the week. I get a lot of great questions and comments at work. Some more entertaining that others. Brian and I usually get something pretty good once a week between the both of us. It may be something people write on their health history, a question they ask, or even a really good name spelling. I'm going to share a couple of the past two weeks...
Read on a health history under..."Any surgeries or injuries not listed..."
Gamma knife to the brain
Name of the week...."Duhsten" (Dustin)
Quote of the week....
Patient: "Yea, I haven't flossed since I got my braces off."
Dr. Webb: "When did you get your braces off?"
Patient, "2003"
Patient: " One of my back tooth hurts"
Dr. Webb (tapping on a tooth) "Is this the one that hurts?"
Patient: "No...its the stink tooth"
Dr. Webb: "Which one is the stink tooth?"
Patient: "The one that stinks"
(Dr. Webb does not remove mask to determine which one, but eventually, patient says its the last tooth)
Sunday, we went to a new beach for us...Lahi Lahi beach. It is near Makaha beach on the west coast (our side). It was sooo nice. We set up our tent and enjoyed the views. The water was nice there and I snorkeled around. I saw a decent amount of fish. There were turtles swimming around but whenever I got in the water, I couldn't find them. The water was so clear, I could easily see the bottom in 20 feet of water. I saw a needle fish as long as me. But he was quite scared of me and swam away.
Monday I had off work. I met Amber and we hiked (climbed) up Koko head. This is a well known "hike". This is not really a "hike". It is an old rail line that goes up a 1100 foot mountain that was used during WW2 as a lookout or something. You basically go up the rail ties that are like stairs for 1100 ft. This is not a fun experience, but Brian was working and I wanted some exercise and some girl time. I realized after about 25 steps that Amber was about 10 times more athletic than I am. At about 600 feet, I almost threw up. But I just started taking more breaks. She was gracious in waiting for me. One section has the mountain washed out from under it so you are walking on the ties with no dirt under you (there is 1-2 feet between each tie). I took the side trail around that part on the nice solid ground. We got to the top in 45 minutes (last time she did it she got to the top in 25 min). We took some pictures and she went off on this other trail that was too narrow and steep for my tastes while I tried to catch my breath and not pass out. Then we went down. I told her to go ahead if she wanted to go faster and I would meet her at the bottom. I liked my rhythm going down of 10 steps with one leg front, then switch, then rest. She started running down the steps and then when she got about 100 feet below me she would turn around and run back up to meet me, then repeat. She probably did about 6-7 up and downs to me while I went down. She was happy with her good work out, I was happy with my slow and steady pace and it worked out well.....until I woke up on Tuesday and couldn't move my legs. Today (weds) is still really bad. I didn't sleep well last night because when I roll over, my legs would hurt.
Anyway....I would like to introduce a new section to my blog.....dental quote of the week. I get a lot of great questions and comments at work. Some more entertaining that others. Brian and I usually get something pretty good once a week between the both of us. It may be something people write on their health history, a question they ask, or even a really good name spelling. I'm going to share a couple of the past two weeks...
Read on a health history under..."Any surgeries or injuries not listed..."
Gamma knife to the brain
Name of the week...."Duhsten" (Dustin)
Quote of the week....
Patient: "Yea, I haven't flossed since I got my braces off."
Dr. Webb: "When did you get your braces off?"
Patient, "2003"
Patient: " One of my back tooth hurts"
Dr. Webb (tapping on a tooth) "Is this the one that hurts?"
Patient: "No...its the stink tooth"
Dr. Webb: "Which one is the stink tooth?"
Patient: "The one that stinks"
(Dr. Webb does not remove mask to determine which one, but eventually, patient says its the last tooth)
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Rainy Day
We've had some Kona weather this week...which means rain, vog, and muggy weather. We went to baseball last night followed by a karyoke bar for a bit. It was fun. I especially liked the big Somoan guy singing "Sailing"...funny....
They give you Kim Chee as your free bar snacks....(spicy pickled garlicky Korean cabbage). Brian tried to order the most interesting thing on the menu...."peanuts and beef jerky". We were told that beef jerky was out of season.....
We watched the Hurt Locker the other day...movie with a message. We also tried to get Mother's Day cards at Target. But there were barely any cards left....there were only 2 grandma cards! And one was super religious. So today, its raining so I will try again by driving to the mall to find a Hallmark.
Another note is that on Monday, I snorkeled in Lagoon 2 with a turtle. Oops! I think I just "buried the lead". It was amazing! Aparently, turtles come into lagoon 2 all the time. We used to always go to number one because its closer and bigger. But now that there is lots of construction on the Disney hotel on lagoon one, we started to go to number 2 to avoid the noise. I snorkeled for about 20 min about 10 feet from it. He (or she) would look at me, and then go back to eating the plants on the rocks. You could hear him crunching on the rock. Then I realized that it was "Lucky"...I had heard that there was a turtle that swam around Ko Olina that was missing one back leg. And my turtle was missing a back leg. I am definately taking people to lagoon 2 to snorkel with the turtle. Its in shallow water with no waves, about 10 feet deep.
Another first this week was that DeDe brought in breadfruit. She steamed it and it was sooo good. She made it in honor of my new pillow I'm working on...breadfruit pattern. It is like a combination of squash and potato. She taught me to put butter and syrup on it and it tastes like pancakes. But if you put butter and sour cream it tastes like potatoes. We have two breadfruit trees in coconut plantation and I'm going to try to pick some....I don't think many people around here know what to do with breadfruit. But now that I can just steam it in my rice cooker for 25 min....I'm going to make it from time to time.
Signing off...need breakfast. I keep having typos because I'm hungry!
They give you Kim Chee as your free bar snacks....(spicy pickled garlicky Korean cabbage). Brian tried to order the most interesting thing on the menu...."peanuts and beef jerky". We were told that beef jerky was out of season.....
We watched the Hurt Locker the other day...movie with a message. We also tried to get Mother's Day cards at Target. But there were barely any cards left....there were only 2 grandma cards! And one was super religious. So today, its raining so I will try again by driving to the mall to find a Hallmark.
Another note is that on Monday, I snorkeled in Lagoon 2 with a turtle. Oops! I think I just "buried the lead". It was amazing! Aparently, turtles come into lagoon 2 all the time. We used to always go to number one because its closer and bigger. But now that there is lots of construction on the Disney hotel on lagoon one, we started to go to number 2 to avoid the noise. I snorkeled for about 20 min about 10 feet from it. He (or she) would look at me, and then go back to eating the plants on the rocks. You could hear him crunching on the rock. Then I realized that it was "Lucky"...I had heard that there was a turtle that swam around Ko Olina that was missing one back leg. And my turtle was missing a back leg. I am definately taking people to lagoon 2 to snorkel with the turtle. Its in shallow water with no waves, about 10 feet deep.
Another first this week was that DeDe brought in breadfruit. She steamed it and it was sooo good. She made it in honor of my new pillow I'm working on...breadfruit pattern. It is like a combination of squash and potato. She taught me to put butter and syrup on it and it tastes like pancakes. But if you put butter and sour cream it tastes like potatoes. We have two breadfruit trees in coconut plantation and I'm going to try to pick some....I don't think many people around here know what to do with breadfruit. But now that I can just steam it in my rice cooker for 25 min....I'm going to make it from time to time.
Signing off...need breakfast. I keep having typos because I'm hungry!
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