Tacos, kids, and early bedtime!

What could be better than Family Sunday? It started out as an afterthought of Saturday nights family bbq, no one wanted to stop playing or talking the night away. As it got later and later we decided we would definitely need to continue the weekend fun the next night, and maybe start just a little earlier.

Taco night is always great. Make it yourself and a few ingredients feeds a big hungry family.

I love how our family has grown and seeing my boys and their cousins play all night reminds me so much of my keiki days in the neighborhood with my friends. Staying out late playing under the stars until we had to finally go home, dragging our feet so slowly, when just a few moments before we were racing around so fast.

Playing stops when we tell them, "Its a school night, and we all have to go to bed early." Its funny to hear the kids argue, "but its still early!"

Grateful for the sunshine we had today and the exhausting playtime, I know we will all sleep good tonight, ready for the opportunities that await us all tomorrow. Happy wishes for your Monday!

Sweet dreams.

Aloha,
Maile

Love the journey!

Weekends with children are sleep in a little later, laundry and chores, visit with loved ones, and whatever time left you can squeeze in fun with the family days. When the weekend is over, the routine of Monday through Friday limit any extra curricular activities to just a few hours here and there.

Life is such a roller coaster sometimes, and as we ease into the new year, I am really appreciating all the crazy hours and all the lazy hours.

Enjoying the ride is all we can ever hope for! Although, I'm not really a good passenger, more the crazy driver type ;) lol. Happy weekend!

Aloha,
Maile

No TV in the bedroom!

You can call it a New Years' Resolution but I will say its a wish manifested thanks to the power of feng shui.

Loving the new energy in the house. There is still more to do, but the fact that my boys are feeling the positive energy has caused a stir in each of them.

Yesterday they removed the televisions from their bedrooms, and the time spent on electronic devices is being lessened.

I love seeing this change in them! I love the feeling of more together time with my boys and watching them take charge of their own life.

Sending positive energy to you!

Aloha,
Maile

Manifest your dreams now!

Thursday Energy is so exciting to me! It may be the culmination of efforts accomplished in the earlier week days that finally see the light of fruition.

Manifest your dreams now! Take advantage of every opportunity, because you just never know what you may see manifest in your own life in just a few months, weeks, or maybe days!

Happiest wishes for your Thursday!

Aloha,
Maile

Everything is spinning!

January 2, 2013
My new alarm clock is my daily horoscope alert on my phone. It makes the tiniest alert bleep at 8am! Yes, 8am not 6:30am like I usually have to wake up. I think I enjoy school break more than my boys. I am not really an early morning person, but I do try.

This morning I woke up to a spinning room. Vertigo! Its been a rare occurrence lately, and I have no idea what causes it. It can be linked to high blood pressure and stress but I've been in vacation mode lately and my blood pressure is excellent!

I think shifting my bed from North to South to an East to West direction, has messed up my equilibrium a bit. I did sleep really good tho and didn't really want to get out of bed. The spinning walls help keep me still for at least another hour until I absolutely couldn't take it anymore.

So why did I shift my bed? Its a feng shui thing. Getting ready for the year of the snake energy and I really want the dragon year to end so nicely!

Life is never perfect and you can only hope and do your best. As long as you keep getting up and moving forward, you are always a step closer to wherever you really want to be.

Many blessings for an amazing year!

Love,
Maile

Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou! 2013!

Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou! Happy New Year!
Yesterday I touched the future!
Miraculous energy manifestation of dreams is all around me.
Unfathomable opportunity is in my hands. This is the first day of my dreams coming to fruition.
Its yours to.
Many blessings to a great new year!
Me Ke Aloha Pumehana,
Maile

Kailua Beach Invaded!

My dear friend Diane Ako has done an amazing job bringing more light to what may be an ongoing problem on Hawaii shorelines. Micro-plastic debris will continually wash up on all shores if we don't take effort to finally get rid of it.

The notorious garbage patch needs to be cleaned, but I understand that would cost a lot of money and time and resources. Sadly we wait until it washes up on the sand and thats when we can clean it up before its washes back out to sea.

We don't know what the true impact is on the ecosystem and the marine life, but we all know it can't be good. Let's all be on the lookout for debris that shouldn't be in our oceans affecting our delicate marine life. If we all do a little, it won't be a lot of work. Whatever you can do will make an impact! Please join us and help this beautiful planet we have been entrusted to care for. Malama pono.

Mahalo,
Maile

http://smalltalk.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/12/21/microplastic-debris-pollutes-kailua-beach/