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We're planning our next trip to Maui. By planning I mean, I'm into the finite details of daily activities. Not too many because lets be honest, it's Maui and if your daily goal is to lay like a Harbor seal on the hot sand avoiding a shark bite, then you've already won. There are however a few things that myself, D and The Girls, will want to do... Before you think I suddenly aquired a child or children The Girls refer to our niece and her best friend who are coming along for the ride. Adventures, there are many to be had on Maui, from the extreme cliff diving and biking down a volcano, to swimming at beaches while you ignore the shark attack warning signs... That's what I do and it gives my life a level of risk that I balances perfectly. So the adventures we're looking into are kind of in the middle kayaking a day trip on a scooter Zip lining for D and the Girls. (this will be my harbor seal on the beach morning) Luau (the best one in Maui in my...

I have finally finished my husbands race car slippers. It all started because I saw a pattern for race car slippers on Ravelry and I mistakenly posted the photo on Facebook. The next thing I know, I'm getting a text from D saying, 'when do I get my pair?' Excited I said, 'Right away!' Six tortuous years later I finally sewed the last damn tire on. The first five years were spent buying random red and black yarns only to toss them aside because they weren't right. D kept telling me 'it's not that hard, all I want on them are four tires and the number 21' well it is that hard when you have issues with making people happy. I was so terrified of him not liking them that I kept putting off the making them. It became a standing joke between us. Every time I said I was going to knit something for some one he said back 'how about finishing a pair of race car slippers for your husband?' Well guess what? I finished them.  He loves...