Kiawe Grill

Last week Thursday I picked up lunch from Kiawe Grill on Makaloa. It was my first time to try their food, and I can think of only one word to describe the flavor . . . smokey. In fact, the smell lingered in my car for awhile.

This is Marshall's BBQ Special ($9.95).


Mel ordered the Grilled Teri Burger ($5.95).


Julie and Cathy picked the Hamburger Steak ($8.50).


Both Les and Mark got the Grilled Salmon ($9.95).


There were two types of Kalbi. This is Nelson's BBQ Kalbi ($9.50).


CQ and Tysha ordered the Pulehu stye Kalbi ($9.50).


This is my Mini Sports Pack which came with chicken, beef, spam and mandoo ($4.85).

Colin - 1 1/2 Years Old

Scrabble Challenge

My son Landon's been playing an iPhone scrabble game called Words With Friends with his friends.  He claimed that he had gotten so good at it that he would blow my and Wendell's doors in a challenge.  Let me tell you something.  I'm a medical transcriber.  Words are my life.  Yet, whenever I need help with the spelling of a particular word, I'll ask Wendell for help.  Soooo, I dug in my closet for the scrabble board that me and my siblings played with kid time, dusted it off, and the game was on!



I was first, Wendell next and Landon last.  True to his word, Landon took a commanding lead right from the start, but soon the score started evening out.


Landon used his phone to check on the legitimacy of our words.  I learned a lot of new two letter words yesterday.  Did you know that there's such things as "Qi" and "Ne" and "Ag"? You can check out more two-letter words here. 


"Orzo" scored me 33 points and I took the lead.


I was absolutely incredulous (showing off hard word here) when I pulled the "Q" late in the game.


But not to worry . . .  for the remaining 2 rounds I got a Triple Word score with "Drive" and used my "Q" with an existing "I" to form my newly learned word "Qi" and WON DA GAME!!!

Kam Swap Meet

Lately I've been into making fabric flowers for headbands like this and like this.  A few days ago I went to Fabric Mart and bought me some remnant fabric.  I coulda got away with spending only $13 except that there was this silk fabric that was soooo pretty that I ended spending an additional $7 for just the 1/2 yard of silk. 

I decided to go to Kam Swap Meet today to see if I could find some embellishments to go with the pieces that I plan to make.  I hadn't been to the swap meet in years, and today's overcast skies made it a very comfortable outing for me. I got there at around 7:30 and didn't leave until around 11:00.



I took kinda a lot of pictures so you'd get a feel of what the swap meet is like.  Most are shot from the hip as I didn't want to draw attention to myself . . . or get scoldings. 










The guy who was selling this sprayed people who stopped by his tent.  I loved the smell.  I walked closer and was tempted to buy some . . . until I saw the price . . . it was between $30 and $40 a bottle.  I quickly walked away.




I didn't understand this sign.


This guy was looking through some baseball cards.  He picked quite a few.  I didn't hang around to find out how much they cost.




I'm not too stylish myself, so maybe I shouldn't criticize, but is this not ugly?












A lot of the tents had Bath and Body stuff.  Wonder how they get um . . .






















There were a lot of people just standing around under this lunch wagon's tent.  I wondered what was going on until a guy asked, "Are your BBQ sticks pau?"  The man answered, "Two more minutes but already got around 25 people before you waiting."


So of course I had to get a shot of the sticks.  They were $2 for one.


Me and my siblings used to get dirty linkins from my mom with hangers like this.










Here are a few of the stuff I got today.   I bought the lechon for $8.  I don't know how much a pound they were.  The guy said, "Which one you like?" and I pointed and he said, "$8."  It was maybe a pound.  This plate I got for 75 cents!!  Whata bargain yah!


This bowl was 50 cents.  The pearls (from a different seller) were also 50 cents. When I asked the guy who was selling the bowl, "How much?"  He said $1.  I'm thinking, how can I pay $1 for this small bowl when I just paid only 75 cents for a much larger, nicer plate. So I just nodded and put the bowl down.  He said, "Okay, okay 50 cents."  Boy, do I know how to bargain!


These cards were 25 cents each.  The matching stamp I got from a different seller.  It was 50 cents.


These two puzzles were $1 each.   I got the Rubik's cube 'cause I like prove to Leslie that I can solve it. 


These feathers I actually got from 3 separate sellers.  They were about $4 total.


This bracelet was $4.  Isn't it pretty?  I'm thinking of separating the panels and making something with them.


I think some drunk Millefiori glassmaker made these.  I still think it's pretty even though most of the flowers are misshapen. It was only $1 so I bought it.


I bought this for Leslie.  So cuuuuuute.  It was $10.


This string of beads was $4.


This one was 50 cents!!


I offered 25 cents for these and the guy said okay.


These earrings were missing the other side so I offered the lady 25 cents each for these too. 


These were going for $5.  One had a broken clasp, so I offered to buy the broken one for $2.50. The lady said I could have them both for $3 so I bought um.


Now, I wonder if I'm actually gonna make stuff with the things I bought or they're gonna end up taking up space in my just cleaned out closet.