The Weekender Blog Posted on Monday

Yes, living Aloha, living the dream, right? Well, even living the dream doesn't take you away from traffic. Ugghh. Sometimes, no matter where you go on this island, you cannot avoid a backup. It does tend to get quite annoying, but I guess you just have to sit back, relish in what is "the Aloha spirit" and let it ride. Fortunately enough, this back up was after my round of golf at the Navy Marine Golf Course. I do love this course, but I happen to have an awful round when I played there this past Friday.

As awful as I played, I still love the scenery of these island golf courses. Just look at this Monkey Pod tree and the beautiful shadows it casts. What a gorgeous pattern on the ground it creates. It's just beautiful to be under this tree and to just look up and out from underneath. I'll have to take a picture of that and post it.

On the left, is the approach to one of the greens at Navy Marine. You can see the grand palms that surround it. On this course, they planted the palms in groups of seven to commemorate December 7th, 1941, the day of the Pearl Harbor attack. The picture on the right and below are some root systems from some Banyan trees. Aren't these amazing? I just love how the roots just tangle, braid and just create just interest on these trees. Amazing.

One good thing about Friday is that I was prepared for the day. Before I left the house to play golf, I got our dinner together, ready and cooking. I went out on a limb and tried something new. I made "crockpot lasagna". With never making it before, I had no clue what it might turn out like, and with having a husband that is 1/2 Italian and is the one to make homemade lasagna, I knew it was going to go through the taste test. It was so nice to just slap it together and let it cook. I was so happy with the way it turned out and I must say that husband went in for 2nd's. Here is a picture of the finished project. All I can say is yummo and thank God for crockpot cooking! Doesn't it look DELISH?????

On Sunday, James had his canoe regatta, and unfortunately his crew DQ'd in their race for bumping into a flag on their turn. His crew was attempting to qualify for the MacFarlane race on the 4th of July down in Waikiki. Of course with DQing, they didn't qualify and they are done.