New Years Resolutions....

It is only a few weeks, maybe five, until the new year 2011 will be upon us..

I have been thinking of what I want to change in my life, and besides the obvious, eat healthy, excercise, lose weight, I have a few other things I am hoping to incorporate...
They include: Reading more-, Snorkeling more, and spending more time with family....

The Hawaiian Pineapple Turkey

My friend Jan surprised me with a very cute gift for Thanksgiving....It is both practical, 10 on the cuteness scale, and can be used as a center piece...

Christmas in Two Places.......

It is always a challange to me, to try to figure out how to juggle living in Hawaii and then going back to New York for Christmas.  I need to start getting in the mood for Christmas, before I get to New York, and then ...............there are all my Hawaii Friends, and how can I not acknowledge the Holiday with them...???
Sooooo, my solution ends up trying to do it in both places, which means the day after Thanksgiving is go to the tree farm day, and find our Hawaiian tree... then decorate it, enjoy it for a few weeks before we head to New York, where I do it all over again...only in the cold and snow..much harder. It also means buying gifts, doing cards and seeing friends in both places, Hawaii first and then on to New York...for the second round...I try to remain calm, but the longer I live in Hawaii, the more friends I make, and the more challanging it becomes..