Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Oh how I love this place!!!

Well, where do I start?

Yesterday we received a call that notified us that our car was ready to be picked up at the shipping place so of course I was really excited. We were looking at renting a car and that was going to cost about $300 or more for the rest of the week and who wants to spend that on a car you can't keep? Anyways, our prayers were answered with that phone call!!! Our friend Mrs. Shelia came to the rescue and took me to get our car. I picked up Ringo, that is our Rogue's name ;). He was in great condition and it was then time for my solo adventure...

Nate asked me if I could go pick up our HI insurance cards from the office in Honolulu and I was def. scared bc I HATE driving and now I would have to do it in a new place where I was totally lost. I set my GPS up and started on my voyage into the unknown lol. Long story sort I kicked major butt!!!! I found my way found a parking space got the cards and walked around a little bit in one of the biggest cities in HI. I had to pat myself on the back for that one. I couldn't stop tooting my own horn as I also proceeded to find my way back to the hotel in one piece as well ;). I now know I can beast this tiny island and make it my own personal highway haha.

Later that night, since we now had transportation, we decided it was def. time to get out of the hotel. We decided to go out to eat in Waikiki and that was craziness. We had no idea where any good place to eat was located. We finally found this HUGE shopping center and it looked like it would have a good place to eat and if now there would be LOADS of shopping ;). We searched over an hour for something to eat. We didn't want to just settle and eat at a place that we had back home. We finally decided to eat in the food court and I was a little bummed bc I thought great here we go with the BK and the McDonald's but boy was I WAY wrong. There was too much to choose from. I actually got exactly what I had been wanting to try, which is this Hawaiian dish called "Loco Moco"...so good. It is really simple rice with gravy and beef covered with a runny egg (pic at bottom). Nate got some chicken thing ( i liked mine too much to care about his). We had an AMAZING first night out. I am looking forward to living here so much. God really knew what He was doing, but doesn't He always ;).

Today was a little less adventurous. We were able to get EVERYTHING done to get Ringo registered in HI. It normally would have taken a couple days but we sped through it with ease and no complications. God is def. shining on us! Nate had one more class left and after he was done we decided to go to the Navy Exchange. The NEX is HUGE. I have never seen a place like that before. I def. have to take a good pic of it to post. We then had to go to Lowe's to look at washers and dryers bc of course we chose not to bring ours bc we were told you normally get one in HI. We are going to just wait and get one when we move into our house.

Oh, we got a house!!!!It is tech. on base but really it's off. We are about 7min. off base, but it is considered "on base housing". We are only like 3 min from the gorgeous Dole plantation...yeah for fresh fruit just down the road. The best part...North Shore is only 15min. away ;). I am very excited to finally get into a house. It is 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. It is just right for us and has a fenced in back yard for the puppies. Our neighbors seem nice too. God is so good!!!! I will be sending out postcards with our new address so if you want one let me know. Well that is about it for now. This time change is killing me on my posting ;). Post again soon.

Day 3: "Loco Moco" and the Food Court



Day 4: Ringo gets tagged HI style!

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