Last Weekends Problem

Last weekend Kristine and I ventured up the North Shore. Both her and I really feel much more at home there. It's very country with small towns that are filled with great shops like in Hale'iwa (pronounced Hal-E-A-va). You can find anything from Mexican food and Thai food to surf shops, health food stores and shave ice parlors (shave ice is similar to snow cones). Every North Shore visit usually ends with a stop in this town to pick up some of the great food that is there.

Kristine and I utilizing the shade that the cliffs provide.

The main reason why we headed to the North Shore was that we both were feeling the need to go to the beach and I wanted to do a little rock climbing. Waimea Bay has a beautiful beach and some great rocks to boulder on. Bouldering is when a climber rock climbs without ropes and doesn't generally go above 15-20 ft. As far as the title to the post, it comes from the term "problem", which is what a bouldering route is called. Basically, you have to solve the problem to get to the top of the rock or boulder.

I just started rock climbing. I bought a pair of rock climbing shoes a few months ago and I have only been out twice. Both times I have attempt the same problem at Waimea to no avail. I still don't have the grip strength to hold on the the small holds at Waimea.

Pondering the many complex issues that I have to deal with...haha yeah right!

Well, Kristine and I are off to go hiking. Check back soon for a post about the hike.

Down To The Basics

This is going to be a boring post, but I first want to apologize for not posting in so long. Several people informed me that they actually look at it often and reminded me when I used to read others websites.

Anyways, this post is to catch up everyone about what I see on a daily basis, or the basics of my life. I don't even think my parents know what my house looks like. So with no further adieu here is what is important to me.

This is our backyard.

I take pride in keeping the back yard looking nice, must have had that burned into my brain when we were helping my father weed rose beds at the age of 3-5. Most recent addition were all the veggies on the right (i.e. tomatoes, spinach, lettuce, chiles, basil, beans, kale, papaya tree, lemon tree) and the hanging plant (strawberries...so delicious). The next and final piece to the back yard is a hammock. I dug the hole last week and received the hammock in the mail today. Am I suppose to dig holes and drill into the house? Nope. But it has been my dream to have a hammock so :P.

The Truck, The New Bike, and Me. Aloha style!

This truck has given me so much crap, but I love it. I have always wanted a small truck and when Baum (my roommate who I share the truck with) said he was game to get one I was thrilled. Well, it took forever to come up with the money to get the truck and when we finally did, not 12 hours later, it got towed away. Yeah, who would have thought you can't parallel pack in front of your own garage door? Not here. Then a week later we got it stuck in the sand (Great advice Doug). A few days after that it wouldn't start and sat in our garage for over a month (didn't have the doe to fix it). Well, long story short and $750 later, it's back. So far so good.

Don't F#@K With This Truck.

This is our only alarm system and to date the snakes that guard each entry point has worked flawlessly (knock on wood). Where they were when the tow-truck guy came is an ongoing investigation.

The Locale Eatery.

Yeah this is where we get our cook on. It's a slight upgrade from the last apartment that only had one square foot of counter space. This Kitchen has a dishwasher, which is keeping the plies of dishes at bay.

Dinning Room.

Used mainly for beer-pong with the rare occasion of what it is supposed to be used for; eating.

Where The Magic Happens.

Ha Ha. This is why MTV is bad for our nation. Anytime I ever see anyone's bedroom I picture an episode of MTV Cribs where the macho guy always has some corny a$$ saying about how much play they get. On to other things. We finally got this bed a few weeks ago after sleeping on an air mattress for 3 months. Thank You Craigslist! We can honestly say that most of our house has been furnished for under $1,000. That's three bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Gotta luv it!

The window that the light from the storage center's street lights spews in from.

Hopefully soon this space will be used up by a computer desk or table of some sort. Right now though I am digging the free space. To the left out of picture is a walk-in closest. Sounds cool, but it just turns into a heaping pile of clean clothes. We have some hangers, but they just don't like to have clothes on them. They tell us it cramps their style. We'll have to talk to them about that at some point.

His and Hers.

So sweet. Kristine and I finally have some space to do our separate things. Somehow though her hair creeps over to my side! We truly share everything, always and forever.

The Rest of the BR.

Nothing special. Pretty standard issue.

Salvation Army Hook-up.

Found this tissue box cover, at least thats what I call it, at the local second hand shop for $5 bucks. Even though it is not a necessary item I love how cool it looks with all it's little tile pieces.

Well, there you have it. Now you all know what my house looks like. I have some other material for a few more posts so be sure to check back soon. Be safe.