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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Wild and Wonderful Wednesday!

It's been an insane day!
Got up early for a mammogram at Tripler Army Hospital. No problem.
Went to the Base Exchange pharmacy to pick up my meds.
Went shopping for food at the commissary.
Back home to drop off groceries.
Went out again to my aunt and uncle's house to pick up a book. She had mangoes for us which we couldn't take because it would cook in our car.


Next stop was Slumber World. We decided to look for our bed frame there since very few stores carry an Eastern King frame.

Then we went to Home World to see what kind of bedroom furniture they had. We have to find furniture that would match the frame we saw at Slumber World. We did see a possibility.


Back on the road and across the highway to Sears. Looked at treadmills. Got more confused.
Got a new watch battery for Art's jogging watch. That was easier.
Back to my aunt and uncle's house for the yummy mangoes they saved for us.

Crashed... I mean I took a nap... a little one.

Got dressed and went to Don Quixote Supermarket to look for flowers with Art and Mom.


Got hit by traffic going into Honolulu. This is why people prefer the outer islands.
Visited the Nuuanu Memorial Park to bring flowers for my grandmother and father's graves for the Obon season.


Met my nephew, Barry and his wife Miho and my brother Dennis and my sister-in-law, Nancy at the Himalayan Kitchen in Kaimuki.


They were all treating Art and me to a belated birthday dinner celebration. This has been the best birthday. We've been celebrating our birthdays for the past month. Yae!

The curry samosa and garlic nan were fabulous! However, my mother and I got full from eating these delectable appetizers.


It was great being together again. The Himalayan Kitchen was quite packed despite the fact that it was a weekday.


I fully intended to take photos of the food when it first arrived so you could see how it looked, but everybody was so hungry, I totally forgot and we dove into the food.

What a terrific day!

People ask us what we do since we're retired. I'm never quite sure what to answer except that somehow we've managed to keep busy.

14 comments:

  1. Art straddling the two treadmills is sort of symbolic for all the choices you have to make.

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  2. I'm exhausted just reading about it!

    A belated happy birthday to you.

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  3. I'm pleased to see you're going ahead with bedroom furniture - the solar panels can wait ;-)I'm surprised you didn't come away with a treadmill or has Art already got one?

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  4. Very soon i am going to get a treadmill as now i don't get time to go to the gym.Do you get all different varieties of mangoes in Hawaii ,like we do in India ?

    Himalayan Kitchen must be a very popular food joint.Looks like you ordered Tandoori Chicken .

    Nepal is a very beautiful country and the people of Nepal are very tourist friendly (my country is far behind in this field).The only problem that i faced was good vegetarian food.But for non-veg people the place is heaven...my husband had a great time trying different kinds of non-veg food.

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  5. Goodness, gracious what a very busy continuing birthday. Wow...congratulations. :)

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  6. So you didn't buy bedroom furniture or a treadmill yesterday, but you did buy flowers and food!!! That's a great start!

    Himalayan Kitchen -- sounds intriguing. Hope it isn't expensive.

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  7. Sounds like a busy but perfect day! Glad you and Art are getting good mileage out of the birthday celebrations!!

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  8. You did have a busy day. Glad you were able to continue celebrating your birthday.

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  9. Celebrating your birthday for a month is always good. :)
    Looks like a fun dinner.
    I always laugh, when you write about choosing something to buy. :)

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  10. You are the busiest people I know! Ha!

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  11. A busy day like yours is fun, as long as you can take the next couple of days off!
    When someone in our family has an extended birthday celebration, we call it a birthday pageant. Looks like you're have a great pageant!

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  12. I'm amazed at how much you can get done in one day. Thanks for the Himalayan Restaurant photos, most interesting and delicious, as I've never had that.

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  13. Well, I just hope you've planned an easier day sometime soon, so that you can recover. I love samosas, but haven't had any for years since I haven't seen any that are gluten free.

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  14. If it helps at all, we got our treadmill from Sears - NordicTrack T7 si model: NTL07908.3
    It works well. (I just have to get on more often!)

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