Jacque the seamstress

A very blurry video of Jacque making a quilt blanket at home with her new Kenmore sewing machine. She loves her machine and can do wonders on it.  Can't the say the same for me and the video capabilities of my cell phone.

Dinner with the Steffens

We had a nice dinner tonight as guests of Joshua and Nola Steffen.  They're members of our church and good friends.  Dayle and Josh served together as counselors of the Elders Quorum for our ward.
 

The parmesan sauce we ate with pasta, streamed broccoli, and baked asparagus was the best and richest I've ever eaten.

For dessert, we had angel food cake a ala chocolate pudding made by Jacque.  Ono.

After dessert, we played parcheesi, a game I assented to because it did not require much thinking.  Nola wiped us all out, despite our efforts to foil her victory.

We love the Steffens.

A Full Saturday for J & D

Whoever said that Saturday was supposed to be a day of lounging around the house got it wrong, at least on this particular Saturday.  For us, we spent the six hours of the day with a gas-powered weed eater and a heavy duty loppers clearing what was a non-trail into a trail in the foothills on the makai side of Pu'u Maelieli, the hilltop that straddles Kahaluu/Temple Valley and Heeia Kea.  On 1 October Saturday, we will lead a hike up and around Ma'eli'eli for the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club.

The ridge leading to Ma'eli'eli was well cleared by HTMC but the loop section (which begins at the smiley face on the map above) was not, which left the job of clearing it to us.  Well, we did not anticipate it being in an extreme jungle-like state but we were well armed and full of energy, at least for the first few hours.

But as legendary Green Bay Packer coach Vince Lombardi once said, "Fatigue makes cowards of us all," and that is what happened.   But we persevered and did a credible job of clearing, despite our fatigue.

So are day of laboring ended with a wonderfully cool and refreshing soft drink from Temple Valley McDonald's a warm shower and home and a short nap.

But we were not through.

At 6:30, we headed to the Kaneohe Stake Center for the baptism of Lona Albert, who is the niece of Caster Kunou, a former student of Dayle's at Leeward Community and a former classmate of Jacque's, also at Leeward.  That was a wonderful experience and a great part of this eventful Saturday.

Jacque's better

After being in the hospital last week for a bout with pancreatitis, Jacque is much better now.  She has not been cleared to return to work, but she is feeling better. 

As if Jacque's hospital stay wasn't enough, today we went to the Koolau Theaters at Temple Valley to watch the 3:50pm showing of the movie Contagion, which was about a whole lot of sick people. Interesting but kind of depressing.

Jacque's @ QMC

  

Jacque went to the ER at the very place she works at (QMC) for what may be pancreatitis.  At the moment, we are awaiting the results of a CT scan to determine if she will be admitted overnight.  I am praying that she will be okay. Right now, she is resting in the ER.

Fingernail art ala Jacque

Not the greatest picture but Jacque did her fingernails today.  They're red with light blue stripes.  Wonderful!

A new desk

We were the recipients of very nice gift from a friend and, thanks to Dustin, who assembled it, we now have a very nice desk.  To place the desk in its current spot, we had to clear and then move two desks that had occupied the space, no easy task.  But it was worth it.

Hauoli la hanau

Twenty-years, sweetheart!  One day at a time!

God has truly blessed you.

Labor Day football

Dayle was an all-star football player for Kamehameha (#77 below) back in the 1970s (for those who are counting, that was 35 years ago). 

Today, he played football for the first time in many, may years. It was flag football and was with some of the guys from church and though he had fun, he came home afterward tired and sore.

You're not a youngster, sweetheart!     Want some Ibuprofen?