Happy New Year!

I know what your thinking... what a slacker. Seriously?  A Christmas Card. It's fricken April.  If you bothered to read my card last year, you will remember that this was my intention... to get your undivided attention.  I don't want my card to be lost in that stack of photos and letters that all come pouring in at once.  Come on, be honost... did you read ALL those greetings?  

2011.  I think I'm just gonna skip the whole entire year. Not because there wasn't amazingness to report, but because this year could be the end of the world, so I figure I better talk about the present just in case.  

2012. Still no babies, still no boy friends, still no real world job, still no health insurance, but still stoked to be here floating around the universe waiting patiently for...??? Well, I still haven't figured that out either, but anyways... ok... focus Sarah, you're losing them.  

January 1st, 2012.  So there I was... hung over... havin a mimosa, when I come across this beautiful vessel you see before you.  She's all mine. 1975 and yes, she's a pop top.  Day one of the new year and already chippin away at my bucket list.  She's only left me on the side of the road a few times, but I'm confident she and I have many exciting adventures to come.  

February 1st, 2012.  I accepted a position managing a WWOOF Farm, still on the North Shore of Oahu, in exchange for free room and board.  I'm officially a farmer. Yep, I live in the dirt, sometimes I shit in a bucket, and I have to say I love it. For more on "The Laaaand," check out this blog I just started. It'll tell you a brief history of the place and there's some photos too.

http://thelaaaand.blogspot.com/2012/04/aloha-aina.html

March 1, 2012. My friend and I bought this boat.  Her name is the Mimosa.  This is the only photo I could find, but this sorta image is far better portrayed by your imagination anyways.

March 18, 6:08am, 2012. Liv Aloha was born. And I can officially say I have never fallen in love with anything so fast in my entire life.  Thank you Melissa and Ian for making a baby.  Way to take some of that family pressure off of me ;)

If you made it to the bottom.  Thanks for reading.  I know we live in a super fast digital world these days and phone calls seem to be a thing of the past, but I'm hear to say, slow down, call me, I'd love to hear your voice. I think about each and everyone of you MUCHO.  Love to all of you and your little ones.  

A series of unfortunate events

So there I was... about ready to leave my friends house after a lovely day at the beach. I was making sure that I had everything even asking her to double check.  She agreed I was all good and there I went on my merry little way.  I was driving my newer car, the 1981 Benz, as opposed to the 1975 VW bus that had crapped out on me earlier that morning.  I made it about half way home when I realized that I had not only forgotten my wallet, but I had also forgotten my tooth!  I reached for my phone to let my friend know when suddenly it decided to die.  That sucks I think to myself as take a deep breath and keep driving.  Next, I feel that feeling I know all too well these days.  That chugga lugga chug chug and realize that my car is about to die.  Sure enough... it does just that.  Now, normally this wouldn't be that shitty of a situation, but as you are fully aware of, I am far from normal, and now even further from normal as I am now stranded on the side of the road carless, phoneless, walletless, and let's not forget toothless!  Oh, and I should also mention my surfboard is strapped to the top of the car and it's dark outside.

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Double Wammy

So there I was... not even two weeks into my new job, borrowing the work truck to do a dump run, not expecting a series of unfortunate events to follow.  A little background on the work truck... it's a fricken tank.  It's an old diesel chevy pick up with over 300,000 miles.  I recently moved onto a farm that has been pretty neglected henceforth making me very familiar with the local dump.  So I dumped the trash, surfed, and went to load my board back into the now empty truck but it didn't fit length wise. I didn't want it to bounce around in the bed so I thought since the truck was so wide it would be ok to strap it perpendicular. Yes, like airplane wings.  What I forgot was I now live on the other side of a lil bridge we like to call rainbow bridge.  So there I was cruising through when... baaaaaammm.  Judging by the sound I thought for sure I lost half my board.  Luckily it just got a nice shave.  Oh, it's not over yet.  Not even two minutes pass and I'm now cued behind this guy who is trying to figure out how to open the gate to my property.  I'm about to open my window to give him the code when I suddenly I see him getting back into his car.  I then see his reverse lights go on and before I could get to the horn.... baaaaaaammm.  The guy backs right into me and my tank of a truck.  The truck totally fine,  his bumper... not so fine.