Man! Considering it's summer I haven't had much blog time lately. Last weekend Alex and I saw two Jackson Chameleons in the same day. I am not quite brave enough to hold the adults like Alex, but I was wheeling back the wheel burrow when I saw a baby crossing the road and was brave enough to scoop him up. It was a pretty windy day, so we weren't sure if they were being blown out of the trees. The walk reeeeealllly slowly. So we try to pick them up and help them along their way to avoid a car mishap!

I took another underwater video of the feeding frenzy. I didn't think you could hear people talking above water which is why you hear Alex and I gibber gabbering in the back ground. (In case you are curious what we sound like to fish underwater!) (Oh, and the first picture is of Alex and Moki cuddling on Fathers Day AND Moki's 7th birthday!)

Not just a music teacher...

I write jingles and theme songs too! 

My friend Heather is the author of the published children's book Human Body Detectives. Click HERE to see more information on Amazon.com!

Her second book "Battle of the Bugs" (which I had the honor of naming!) is in the works and she asked me to write lyrics and a theme song. It has been my summer creative outlet project. In TWO DAYS we will all go into a professional studio (Lava Tracks Studio) to do a final recording! Lava Tracks Studio is owned by the Hawaiian artist who won a GRAMMY and also played at Obama's inauguration! I will take pictures and post them Thursday!

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to upload just a simple itunes song onto my Blog. But I figured out a way to side step this problem. I figured out how to make an iMovie on my computer. It needed to be a silent film so I recorded a windy day we had yesterday. I looped the video track over and over again (very boring I know, but the POINT is so you can hear the theme song!) and I added the Theme Song as the video's "music". So until I learn how to just upload a song without a video to go along, I will be making these "silent films" to share my music with you. My theme song was written using the Garage band program. I laid drum tracks down, and rock guitar beats. You get the drift. So sit back and enjoy my soon to be published Theme Song "Human Body Detectives"!  

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Happy Father's Day Daddy-O's and Papa Mike! And all wonderful father's out there.

I cut letters out of brown leaves and used a ginger leaf as the paper.

I started this father's day project outside on our lot when I heard Alex yell (he was cutting down trees with a chainsaw). I look up and his chin was sliced open! He said it didn't hurt, but we went to the ER anyway. So I FINISHED this father's day project at the hospital to keep me busy in the waiting room. He kept saying "I know I didn't nick my chin with the chain saw because I saw the branch coming down"...."I know I didn't nick my chin with the chain saw because I saw my saw sitting on the ground when it happened". And had he not said "chain saw" 10 times, I might believe that it really was a falling branch! 

Ahh boys and their toys! 

Daddy-O's, I know you check my blog a million times a day. So here is a special shout out to the worlds BEST dad. I can't wait to see you and the family in just a few weeks. I love you!

10,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Being "traumatized" by the unexpected deep sea plunge of my last camera, it felt SOOO strange intentionally dipping my camera into our pond! I've never used an underwater camera and it just felt so taboo today! I took pictures of our giant Koi. As you may recall, we rescued 5 jumbo Koi from somebody's cramped small hot tub. We named them Big Mama, Goldilocks, Tipsey, Fronc, and Harpo. I should have taken the video when I was feeding them, but I'll get better as I learn more about my camera. 

BIDDING ONCE, BIDDING TWICE, SOLD! Within 30 minutes of advertising on Craigslist, I sold my Subaru. I didn't expect to sell it quite so fast, which is why I started advertising a month before going to Seattle. The future owners needed a good safe reliable car to tote their 4 year old around in and are OK with waiting 3 more weeks for the vehicle. Alex showed Izabella to them at Starbucks on Friday. (We are the paranoid Craigslist sellers who chose a public middle of the day location to sell or purchase items!) I spent all day vacuuming the seats, wiping down the surfaces, washing the car, WAXING the car (for the first time ever), washing windows (for the first time ever as well..I kept thinking my windows were open afterwards!), and using a single edge blade to chisel out 7 years worth of dried dog drool off my back windows. I watched Alex drive away in her for the showing and suddenly felt very nostalgic. It's never looked so good and shiny before! Moki has been my copilot for the past seven years and now I just don't want the dog drool and hair in my car until I sell it. He feels slighted and looks at me in shock when I drive to the store for a quick grocery run solo. Speaking of which, it is his 7th BIRTHDAY tomorrow. I told Alex had we had a child 7 years ago we'd have a second grader on our hands. That's how quickly time flies by! 

2 complete sets of cello strings, FREE SHIPPING, $13

Cello teachers:

Click HERE to see the ebay site containing the Patrick cello string sets deal! I ordered these strings on Thursday for $13 FREE SHIPPING. There are TWO FULL SETS of cello strings. And they arrived Monday. They are also 100% made in the USA! 

WOOHOO It's Lychee season in Hawaii

I walked into the health food store today an saw lychees! They only fruit in June (and sometimes July). We bought a small Lychee tree at the Arbor day plant sale. So hopefully in a few years we can harvest this amazing fruit!

Lychee is about the size of a walnut. It has a tough skin that you crack open with your teeth and then peel off. The fruit inside is white, with the consistency of a peeled grape, and tastes SUPER sweet like strawberry perfume. The pit is small, shiny, smooth, and looks like a swollen watermelon seed.

WOOHOO It's Lychee season in Hawaii!

I walked into the health food store today an saw lychees! They only fruit in June (and sometimes July). We bought a small Lychee tree at the Arbor day plant sale. So hopefully in a few years we can harvest this amazing fruit!

Lychee is about the size of a walnut. It has a tough skin that you crack open with your teeth and then peel off. The fruit inside is white, with the consistency of a peeled grape, and tastes SUPER sweet like strawberry perfume. The pit is small, shiny, smooth, and looks like a swollen watermelon seed.