Break time?

Hi all! Thanks for being loyal friends and family and checking my blog. As you may have noticed, I've either taken a break or I am considering taking my blog offline. The thing is, there are only so many social media websites that I can handle at a time!

If you are wondering about my infamous New Years Resolution "food to try and get myself to like" this year is EGGPLANT. It's April and I've only had it once. By the way it's the year of the Dragon in Chinese Zodiac. Let's all hope the year of the Dragon is a wild one.

Come find me and my most current travel pictures of Seattle on Instagram. My username is (you guessed it) findingholly.

Cheers to my next adventure - Chicago!

Pike's Place Public Market Pig.
And my favorite pair of jeans that I just ripped a hole in.

Me, making frosting for a cake: "Hey honey, taste this and tell me what you think."

Douglas: "Hmmmm yum, tastes like egg whites."

Me: "....?"

D: "Doesn't this have egg whites in it?"

"No."

"oh."

Guess I won't be opening up that bakery any time soon.

Holly Underwater!

There is a crater called Molokini that is supposedly the best snorkeling in Hawaii. So I had to go. In preparation of swimming, Douglas braved the waters of the Gym to get better acquainted with the whole H20 thing. In the end, it was pretty great, very clear and lots of fish - in fact, jumping of the boat I think I landed on some! But Molokini was well worth the trip. D says he can breathe underwater now... I have my doubts.

Holly in Hana!

Well... the Road to Hana that is. Definitely a place where car-sick-prone people don't belong. It's an all day thing and I think the best gems on this road are far from the eye of the tourist. Needless to say, we still had a great time spelunking and getting sprayed by the ocean air!

Black sand beach, made from black lava rocks - don't take any of these or the Tiki Gods will curse you like that Brady Bunch episode!
I tried to get Chris to jump in the blow hole, and he probably would have if he'd had his trunks on.
Getting the clan over the river to get to Twin Falls.
Look! The backside of a waterfall! (Jungle Cruise anyone?)

Awwwwwwwwww

Maui underwater coming soon!

Holly on Diamond Head!

Things to note about Diamond Head:

Go early.
Sunrise is awesome.
Beat the tourists.
Take some bug spray.

Holly in Hawaii!!

I just came back from Hawaii! My in-laws took Douglas and I to Oahu and Maui last week. What an adventure... I left feeling pasty white and came back with a sun burn. That's a win in my book :)

Here is a re-cap on stop one, Waikiki, Oahu.

Tiki man at the International Marketplace.
Gotta love the Moana Surfrider cafe...
A Pink Pineapple at the Foster Botanical Gardens in Waikiki.

Douglas at Duke's Barefoot bar enjoying some Kona Brew. I was too busy sipping my mai tai to take more pictures...

2011

I just know you've been dying to hear my New Year's Resolution for this year. Short story is that I still hate ginger. Cheers to another year of tasting and re-confirming my distaste...

2004?

My "realistic" goal is to stay in touch with a few different people that 2010 (and more embarrassingly previous years as well) almost disconnected me with. One is a long term friend from high-school that has the best sense of humor I know; an old roommate from SLO that knows my words before I say them; one of my first friends from LA who is hoping around the state, and lastly is a running buddy who I decided I really wanted to invest in right days before I moved away from her.

2010

These four people are more difficult for me to stay in touch with for some reason or another. Sad as it seems, these are friends that when I pick up the phone to rant and rave, it's not them as often as I would like. I'm going to change that. One phone call at a time.

2009

Raise your glass to 2011, the year of the Rabbit, and giving back to the friends who make me who I am.

2004