Day Five

Another boring day the office 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, if you will.

Big Daddy and The Boss played bocce ball for a while.

The Boss would like everyone to know they tied. A play off forthcoming.

Later that evening we barbequed with the Besties-
mango chicken, macaroni salad and grilled pineapple.
Yummmm!

Afterwards, we took over the owners lounge to play gin.
The Boss wanted everyone to know Stan won one game, Lulu 1 game, and me 0.
The Boss won 2.

Day Four

Aloha!

Sunrise this morning out our lanai.

Another view from our balcony.

Breakfast of champions-yogurt and Krispy Kremes.

Nature is beautiful here. They planed my favorite tropical flower in my favorite color, just for me.

Besties went to see Sheryl Crow in concert. Not my bag of tea. We went to a favorite local restaurant-Lelani's.

Delicious nachos with sweet Maui onions, a fabulous strawberry, feta and Maui onion salad (see a theme?), and a killer dessert called Hula pie.

Wicked good macademian ice cream on an oreo crust topped with fudge.
Needless to say, I will be visiting the gym in the morning.

Day Three

We started the day at the gym. I know. Crazy, but I know how I eat on vacation, so I need to get a head start. Then Big Daddy and I went to one of those "welcome-sucker" meetings then took a walk along the ocean. BEE-U-TI-FUL! We spend the afternoon laying around the pool with our BVF( Best Vactioning Friends, i.e. Besties).
We went to Kahului to do some shopping. Now, unlike Lilo, who has been in town blowing all of her hard earned money at Gucci, we went to Costco. What a cheap date! Polish hot dogs, a soda and a berry sundae. Big Daddy got a new swimmy suit and I go a 3 dvd collection of Doris Day movies! Yippee! My 3 favorite movies: Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers. Happy Mother's Day to me

Lulu was having a Krispy Kremergency and ate 3 donuts! I can't believe she didn't puke. I have a "sample" of a glazed and a donut hole. Where does she put it?

Next stop Kmart. Now that is a pretty dodgy place on the mainland. It becomes a little bit creepier on the island. Sweetpea asked for a Hawaiian ring, which is least expensive at the Kmart. Lulu and I walked backed to the car where the boys had been watching a live version of "Cops, the Islands". A couple was is a yelling, screaming punching fight, until the cops came.
The cops talked to each then sent them home, where I am sure they continued to smack each other around. I told Big Daddy I needed a better cell phone camera if I am going to be doing undercover work. "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?"

We looked, just to make sure, Lilo was not involved in this altercation.

Day Two

After a long day I wanted to sleep forever. That did not happen. I woke up at 4:30 am and could not go back to sleep. I waited until I saw a little light, then went to the balcony to watch the sunrise. Welcome to Paradise.
Big Daddy slept a little longer that I, but we needed to unpack and get ready. I ironed all of my clothes and got ready for church. Yes, it was the Sabbath. Big Daddy went to put on his khakis, when he realized they were Lazy Boy's pants. That wasn't going to work. We got ready and met our Besties and walked to church. That's right, walked. It was about 1 1/2 miles and a beautiful walk along the ocean. We were a few hundred yards away from the church building when we heard a car honk at us. I just waved. Then a women got out of that car and ran after us. "Are you going to the Mormon church?", she asked. Well, it was stake conference and there was no church. Humpf. Do we still get credit? Church lady and her hubby gave us a ride back to our resort. Thanks! Since I didn't make it to Stake Conference, I cannot say for sure whether Lilo was there or not. She might have taken the Sabbath off and done some repenting, or gotten drunk, whatever.
Went to the pool and got some sun. If you are a fan of FAIL blog, you might enjoy this picture.
We spent the rest of the day in full relaxing mode.
That night we went to my FAV Lahaina Town eatery-Aloha Mixed Plate. Shoyu chicken, one scoop macaroni, two scoops white rice. Yummies!

After dinner, had to make my first trip to the ABC store. Postcards, tshirts and souvenirs galore!Oh and honey roasted macadamian nuts.

Day One

Wow! What a day! We got to the airport early Saturday morning ready to travel. The night before was a mess. Poodle had been sick and late Friday night we found he had bitten himself raw in a spot. Poor Puppy! To keep him biting himself more, my father-in-law fashioned a collar cone out of 2 popcorn tubs. We said goodbye to everyone and drove my the OC.
Back to the airport. We got onto our plane, sat for an hour before the pilot told us the plane could not be repaired and we had to unload and wait for a new plane. BOOO! We waited back in the terminal forever.

We got lunch, of course 30 minutes after the airlines gave us lunch vouchers.At least I had these to console me!

Big Daddy and I decided to buy dinner at the airport and take in onto the plane for later. We called home all day to find out how the Poodle was. Bad news. He had an absessed anal gland. Now, for those of you who have never heard of this, DO NOT GOOGLE it. Believe me, it's nasty and you don't want to know. Poor Poo had been in a lot of pain, but the vet gave him a real plastic collar and meds to make him better. Poor baby!

It's now been over 3 hours waiting for a plane in the terminal, when a group came rushing in. The group was lead my a man in a suit, a young red headed woman, another younger girl and a scruffy looking dude. Hum! That red head looked like Lindsay Lohan. The group walked behind the ticket counter. About 30 minutes later we all loaded onto the plane. On our way to our seats we walked through first class, and sure enough, Lindsay Lohan and her sister Ally. Yikes! Not only was she on MY plane, but going to MY island! I was listening to my mp3 player as we slowly walked by, and I saw her sister on the aisle seat and there was Lilo right next to her.
Whoo-hoo! The funniest part was their "entourage" was sitting in coach with the rest of us!
The plane ride was long and tiring, but 14 hours later, we arrived in Maui. We arrived at the Marriott Ocean Club, checked in, grabbed some dinner and met our friends for desert at Lelani's. Hey! Now we were ready to play, although I was exhausted. We would have to wait another day to play.