Our First Aloha Friday....

This will be a quick post just to let you all know that we have made it safely to paradise. We will be posting more in the upcoming days. Thank you all for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers this past week. Gotta tell you that my Girlz were real travel troupers, I am very proud of them. 

Signing off for now cuz we're pooped from all our traveling.

Val and the Girlz :)

Almost ready...

Aloha Friends, 

 Poppy made it home on tuesday. Schatzie and I were so happy to see him, we just squealed!!! We've been busy checking items off our "to do" list. We have one last visit to Dr. Julie and mom said something about a BATH and then we Girlz are set to go.   Our internet service will be shut down in the next day or two so this will be our last post until we reach our new hale. We ask that you keep us in your thoughts and prayers next week as we travel to the coast and then hop on the flying machine.

We bid you a fond A.L.O.H.A  

Now it's time to hit the road,

 a hui hou!!!

Mom, did you remember to pack my treats?!?!!?

Gracie :)

Black,White and Naked...

Today begins the last week on our farm....

While mom worked outside yesterday, I spent some time lying 

on the sandy Nebraska Beach in my backyard. So here's me in Black and White.

 Caution...the next photos are of me NAKED at the Beach........BOL

Hey, it's my beach and I can be NAKED if I want!!

 It was a perfect day to enjoy my Nebraska Beach

 I let the wind blow my ears back....

 Nothing beats a cool snooze on the sand

 I know, my neck looks a little funny, it's just the way I am situated.

Only one more week...

 Schatzie was out there too, she just prefers to hang out in the tall grass.

Mom says she will try and post a few more times during this week. She's sorry we haven't been commenting on many blogs -- it's just kinda crazy around here. 

P.S. my poppy comes home on Tuesday!!!!

Happy Sunday!!

Love, Gracie

Bad Girl, Bad Girl....

It's taken a year for me to coax Gracie to ride in the farm car and now 

I can't get her off of it!!!

Mom, I think I need some sunglasses.

not exactly what I was thinking..

MOM!!!

 Now you're talking

 Do I look like a BAD GIRL???

Happy Aloha Friday!!!

and then the cat died....

Yesterday armed with my "to do" list, I was enthusiastic, full of energy and determined to accomplish great things.  The moving deadline is drawing closer and while I have managed to complete a number of tasks there are still many that hang over my head. I had prepared my list Sunday evening and just knew I would be able to strike a line through many of my "to dos" and that my dear friends is when reality of both life and death hit me.

Early in the morning I noticed my wedding ring was gone from my finger. Now I don't wear it when I'm outside working in the yard, but I had not been out there yet. I had worn the ring to church the day before, so I thought oh it's just where you always put it...NOPE!! I looked high and low for an hour. In tears, I sat down in a chair and glanced over and there it was....thus would set the tone for the day!!

 I could hear the thunder rumbling to the west and knew that items #8 and #9(mowing and trimming) were now in danger of being delayed.  Suddenly a severe thunderstorm moved through dropping much needed rain by putting a damper on my mowing.  Side note: the mowing was completed at 7:30 p.m.  Check!

Since the mowing would have to wait I decided to catch up on blogging #5 on the list and even readied  a post....but life said.....not so fast lady!!  The thunderstorm would knock power(just as I was ready to post:(  out causing me to have to reset all the electronics in the house. Let me tell you that's my hubby's department. I managed to crawl into the tangled mess of power cords that resemble a pit of vipers and with gnashing of teeth (mine:) I got reconnected with the world or at least I thought so.....if you noticed there was no post yesterday. No check for blog post.  :(

The laundry was now finished in the washer and a window of opportunity was revealed to hang the clothes out on the line....we try to be green when we can. So part of #4 was completed, now to let the gentle Nebraska breeze do it's magic.  The laundry was hung, I went inside to begin # 3 (cleaning housing) as I was vacuuming I heard the sound of RAIN!! Yes, my laundry was getting an additional rinse cycle. Ugh....
laundry completed at 6:30. Check, but I still need to fold it and put it away. It's an item on today's revised list!!

I decided to reconfirm our flights making sure that the Girlz are still on the list as "special cargo" #10. Well with the issues with the power failure I had a difficult time connecting with the airline via internet. I finally talked to a real live person and yes we are all confirmed for our upcoming flight. Check #10


Around noon yesterday, feeling somewhat defeated I opened an email from our friend Jennie giving me news that just broke my heart and brought me to tears again.  She sent a note to inform us that our kitty Blitz had died. I know, kitty what kitty??  Well, before we moved to Molokai in 2008 we had a feline member of our family. Blitz,  he was a handsome Manx-Siamese that we adopted shortly after hubby and I were married in 2000. He was a funny little duck and loved and preferred my hubby. He didn't like kids or anything that made quick moves or loud noises. Unfortunately when we were ready to move to Hawaii we just didn't think Blitz would survive the move, the plane ride or Hawaii life (at that time he was almost 8) so we began a search for a special home for him.
Jennie loved Blitz and she was our pet sitter on a number of occasions and honestly  we could think of no one else that would take better care of him besides us. So Blitz was adopted by Jennie or maybe it was Blitz adopted Jennie!! Either way it was a perfect match. We cried the day we let him go, but knew it was the best thing for Blitz. Thank you Jennie for loving and caring for him to the end.

 no tail... and the prettiest blue eyes. He was a pretty boy!!

Interestingly, Blitz died yesterday on his 13th birthday.

I am sure he was greeted at the Rainbow Bridge by his Big Black Dog, Maddie who he so loved.

BLITZ

6.24.00 to 6.24.2013

and then the cat died....

See how they've grown...

Today the 5 baby blue birds are 5-6 days old, depending on which blue bird you are looking at :)
I find it amazing how quickly the grow...check them out.

Late June 13th

We're hungry!!

 Look how fragile, one egg to hatch!

 Tiny tuffs of fuzz

 Finally all 5 are here...early a.m. June 15

 All together now....there's always one that doesn't play the game isn't there!!

 June 18

 June 19

They've come a long way in less than a week.

Happy Wednesday!!

Two more weeks...

Today is mom and poppy's 13th wedding anniversary...and I'm a little sad that he is so far away. On the bright side, poppy will be back to get us in two weeks. We will then wrap up all  the loose ends, pack our bags, have our final health exam and then be making our way to the west coast.
 To add to the chaos around here, mom is getting rid of some of our junk, treasurers at a garage sale later this week. So if you don't see or hear from us that's why!!

Happy Anniversary Poppy...See you soon!!!

Gracie