I think the middle eye needs to be only partially closed, and you need to make sure that when you stick your arm out to point directly at the area to which you think it may be, you do so with your sixth finger pointing. If you do it with your pointer finger it messes things up and then you have to do it all again while at the same time patting your head and rubbing your belly.
Oh. My. Word. I am so jealous right now!! I need to mention that I would PM you my address but in SC we are at 100 degree+ temps right now and I would seriously cry if Wunderbars arrived in liquid form.
If the offer stands until the fall I will take you up on it! That's why you are my favorite.....shhhh, don't tell Nebo!
Pkondz, I know that I have been an absentee Buzz lately. Shame on me! I do want to share some news with you though. Back in May....all those times when I said I was looking at Bay Lake imagining the brain eating ameoba, I was also trying to control my involuntary gag reflex.
Yes, the Buzz family is expecting the arrival of a new member of the family in November, right around Thanksgiving! To tell the truth, I have struggled with what some nincompoop decided to call "morning" sickness. It's an all day plague, at least for me. I'm almost at the half way point though, so hopefully that is about to end!
Aulani is absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for taking the time to investigate the resort on your vacation. Your pictures are terrific and they make me want to go there so badly!!
ahem. So to speak.
Pkondz, I know that I have been an absentee Buzz lately. Shame on me! I do want to share some news with you though. Back in May....all those times when I said I was looking at Bay Lake imagining the brain eating ameoba, I was also trying to control my involuntary gag reflex.
Yes, the Buzz family is expecting the arrival of a new member of the family in November, right around Thanksgiving! To tell the truth, I have struggled with what some nincompoop decided to call "morning" sickness. It's an all day plague, at least for me. I'm almost at the half way point though, so hopefully that is about to end!
Aulani is absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for taking the time to investigate the resort on your vacation. Your pictures are terrific and they make me want to go there so badly!!
Pkondz, I know that I have been an absentee Buzz lately. Shame on me! I do want to share some news with you though. Back in May....all those times when I said I was looking at Bay Lake imagining the brain eating ameoba, I was also trying to control my involuntary gag reflex.
Yes, the Buzz family is expecting the arrival of a new member of the family in November, right around Thanksgiving! To tell the truth, I have struggled with what some nincompoop decided to call "morning" sickness. It's an all day plague, at least for me. I'm almost at the half way point though, so hopefully that is about to end!
Aulani is absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for taking the time to investigate the resort on your vacation. Your pictures are terrific and they make me want to go there so badly!!
I do want to share some news with you though. Back in May....all those times when I said I was looking at Bay Lake imagining the brain eating ameoba, I was also trying to control my involuntary gag reflex.
Yes, the Buzz family is expecting the arrival of a new member of the family in November, right around Thanksgiving! To tell the truth, I have struggled with what some nincompoop decided to call "morning" sickness. It's an all day plague, at least for me. I'm almost at the half way point though, so hopefully that is about to end!
...and they make me want to go so badly!!
The one that ends with a bang.
We discussed what she might like to do on her first (almost) full day of liberty.
Parasailing?
Skydiving?
Deep sea fishing?
Soaring?
Hang Gliding?
Nope. What Ruby really wanted to do was go to Hilo Hatties and shop for souvenirs.
Rubys like James Bond no hang on a sec. She doesnt want to be shaken or stirred. Havent done it in a while, but Ive taken the kids out camping a few times in a tent. Ruby would have nothing to do with it. Id joke that Rubys idea of roughing it would be to only have one jacuzzi in the chalet.
I think that Ruby and I would get along just fine.
We pull into Hilo Hatties parking lot and are no sooner out of the car when all hell breaks loose.
From the lane across from the parking lot I hear a womans scream. My head whips around and I see a woman half lying half sitting in the middle of the lane with one arm outstretched. Racing away from her, in the direction of her outstretched arm is a youngish looking man holding what is obviously a womans purse. The lady on the grounds purse.
I pitch the car keys over to Ruby and yell out, Im going after him! Follow in the car if you can!
Unbelievable!
Im hoping that either she or some passerby will call the police
The guy runs down the lane and almost without pausing scales a tall chainlink fence. Just like on TV. Also, just like on TV I pause a second then clamber up and after him. Im not as quick (heck Im old!) so he increases the distance between us.
Kinda sounds like my beloved Lenny Brisco. Thank goodness he always had a younger partner to help him out.
Im starting to think that Im never going to catch him when fortune shines upon me. The guy looks over his shoulder to see if Im still following him and as he does so, he drifts slightly off from the center of the lane. He doesnt see the garbage bin or doesnt notice that hes drifting to the side. Either way, his left arm glances off the bin and its just enough to knock his center of gravity off and he stumbles and falls. Im caught up to him almost immediately.
Seriously, unbelievable!
But then my luck, if you can call it that, changes.
He pulls out a knife.
He gets up slowly deliberately and says:
"Someone's been watching too much Law & Order"
I laugh at him, because its obviously a ploy to distract me while his evil henchman sneaks up from behind.
Only he doesnt realise that Im wearing my cloak of invincibility. Which I dont do very often cause its dry clean only.
The henchman swings a club at my head but it is deflected by the cloaks force field. I laugh and pick up the perp by the collar and fly him to the police station. The police are understandably thrilled and awed by my prowess. The mayor declares this day to forevermore be known as Ponzi-day. And I am given the key to the city with all the shave ice I can eat.
What?
Well I wasnt going to write about how I bought some pineapple jam for my mom at Hilo Hatties, now was I??? Cause thats pretty much all that happened that morning.
Ruby orders a cheeseburger.
Elle orders a hot dog.
Kay orders a cheeseburger.
Looks yummy!
Me too.
We wander around for a while, then oddly enough, find ourselves in front of the bar. I wonder how that happened?
Strange.
So Ive already determined that Im not a Mai Tai fan, so what am I going to have now?
Ruby orders a Waikiki Cosmopolitan. Im guessing because were in Waikiki.
I order a Hawaii 5-0 for a very specific reason. Its blue. And I want a drink thats blue.
Did it come with an umbrella?
I dont know but man, she was weird. She was slowly, slowly gyrating on one foot. Then shed switch and repeat it with the other. I dont know much about hula, but I do know that its supposed to tell a story. I think her story was, I drank too much and dont remember exac hic exac exap fer sur how to do this. And if I go any faster, Im gonna throw up.
Fantastic picture.
Great chapter as usual Pkondz!
Thanks!But it was a hard one to write. It was the dullest day of the trip. Which was good... we needed the break, but didn't make for rivetting TR material.
I'm so glad that Ruby finished her work and was able to join in the fun!
Well... it was her kind of fun. I personally would rather be drawn and quartered then go shopping.
Funny thing is, both kids like shopping with me more (or so they say) than with Ruby. Elle doesn't like shopping either and likes shopping with me 'cause I'm in and out as fast as I can make it. Kay likes to try on every single item of clothing that the store has... and Ruby doesn't have the patience for that. I just give in to the inevitable and find a place to hang and relax.
Your "all hell broke loose" made me think of two different scenarios.
In the first, TC and Magnum fly you by helicopter in pursuit of the purse snatcher. As you make your move the elusive Robin Masters shows up with Zeus and Apollo to finish him off. Purse snatcher secured, Magnum PI style.
In the second scenario, when the purse snatcher draws his knife with meance you calmly pull out your hidden pistol and shoot him ala Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
That's pretty good! I think I like the "Raiders" version better. The kids watched "Raiders" for the first time a few months ago. They didn't even bat an eye at that scene. I, for one, was disappointed. I couldn't wait to see their reaction. All I got was, "meh".
Poor little drunk hula girl.....no one enjoyed her slow-mo hula moves complete with hiccups and balance issues.
I think she enjoyed it. Everyone else was like... "What the heck????"
Thanks for the great update!
Great fake-out Ponzi, that was fun! A day of just what Ruby wanted.
You had me going in the very beginning. It reminded me of the time we were in Tijuana and some guy tried to take my purse. Luckily I had it wrapped a couple times around my wrist and I screamed really loud. My husband and the shop owner started to go after him but he was too quick.BBQ I think it was beef . Coulda been pork. Either way it sure was good. The chicken was breaded and okay. The mahi mahi was really good.
Would I eat there again? Oh, yeah!
This is going to be exciting!
It's impolite to tell someone they're wrong. But you're wrong. I was dreading writing about this day.
Finally she can stop slaving away while you three have all kinds of adventures. I wonder what fabulous thing you'll have planned.
Well... it was fabulous for Ruby.
I think Ruby and I would get along.
So what time can I expect you and Shannon to come over? Ruby's home most evenings and weekends.
I'm dying to see the inside of a cruise ship.
Us too. Some day.... Some day. I have a co-worker who just got back from an Alaskan cruise. He booked two rooms for his family of four. One room was an inner room about the size of a closet... just for sleeping. The other room was a huge suite that was made from two adjoining suites with a huge balcony with hot tub. Cost a bundle but he said they treated him like royalty.
Oh no! Is this where the bang comes in?
Nope.
Here?
No.
Here?
Yes!... Just kidding. No.
I had a similar experience in Munich, Germany. Tons of tourists pack the main square to watch the animated clock (glockenspiel). I had a large camera bag slung over my shoulder. What wasn't immediately apparent was that it was also belted around my waste. Someone tried to yank it off my shoulder so hard that I was almost lifted off my feet. I whipped around and all I saw was a sea of faces. Couldn't tell who it was that tried to grab it.
I hate when my cloak of invincibility is dry clean only.
No starch please.
Excellent imagination Ponzi! A necessity for a trip report writer.
Thanks Laura... but it was born out of desparation.
Unlike your burger the other night?
You weren't supposed to remember that.
That looks like a lot of food!
The BBQ and chicken were pretty thin, so it looks like there's more there than there was. I think I ate everything except possibly the rice. I didn't mention it in the chapter, but that mac salad was probably the best I'd ever had.
Great chapter Ponzi!
It reminds me of my dad, who ate a peanut butter and pineapple jam sandwich nearly everyday of his adult life until literally the day he died. It was his bedtime "snack." He was as skinny as a twig and swore it was because of his bedtime snack! LOL! But, it had to be pineapple jam. Occasionally Apricot and Pineapple, but mostly just pineapple. Yum.
I vote for leaving the kids in the picture. It's great the way it is. I love the shadows of them playing in the surf.
I thought so too... too bad it wasn't my own kids, then it would be perfect. Still, it evokes some nice emotions.
When Laura and I come over to visit Ruby we'll expect some freshly baked cookies, ok?
You're so dramatic.
You calling me a drama queen?
Dinner time? Should I presume burgers?
I can't even imagine what that cost.
He told me... but I don't remember. But I do recall that it was a lot.
I thought a glockenspiel was an instrument. Interesting.
It is. Same word for two different things.
Yes! You must make cookies! Several kinds. We know you know how.
I'm so glad Ruby finally got to spend some time with the family! And like you said, it's her kind of fun, and that's all that matters! We should all do what makes us happy on vacation!
Yup. The kids and I did all those things 'cause I knew Ruby wouldn't want to.
Plate lunch = GOOD! It's meat and starches.... who wouldn't like that?!
Who indeed? What's not to love?
And I like that part about the pineapple jam.
Thanks for the update!
Dawn
