One Very Cold Number 17/366

One Very Cold Number 17/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 17, 2008
It was a cold morning and it's about to get colder. They are talking about a high of negative 5 or something like that. When it gets below 20 degrees, it's just cold. The number really doesn't matter anymore.

Progress 16/366

Progress 16/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 16, 2008
I have been working on this off and on for 2 years. I made a lot of progress last night and I hope to have it done very soon! This is how much I got done with in one day:

Little Photographer 15/366

Little Photographer 15/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 15, 2008
While her sister and dad play the wii, Aubree prepares her camera to take pictures of them...just like mom! These cameras were a gift from Grandma and Grandpa and have been a big hit:

The Fairmont Kea Lani 12/366

The Fairmont Kea Lani 12/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 12, 2008 -- 012/366
Before we had to meet the buses to take us to the airport for our long trip home, we walk the grounds of our hotel, the Fairmont Kea Lani.

Body Surfing 11/366

Body Surfing 11/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 11, 2008 -- 011/366
Friday, our last full day in Hawaii, we enjoyed by laying on the beach and body surfing. Apparently the waves were unusually large for this side of Maui, which made for perfect body surfing waves. Not too big and not too small.

You Only Live Once 10/366

You Only Live Once 10/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 10, 2008 -- 010/366
Kids jump from a 40-50 foot high lava rock formation at the Wai'anapanapa Park on the road to Hana on the island of Maui, Hawaii. They would wait for the wave to come in and jump. Here is a picture of it with no one on it:

Nakalele Blowhole 9/366

Nakalele Blowhole 9/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 9, 2008 -- 009/366
This was really something to see. You can climb down alien looking lava rock formations and get right up close to this.

The Rental 8/366

The Rental 8/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 8, 2008 -- 008/366
Leaving Pearl Harbor, we decided to take a group shot with the Mustang Convertible rental. My camera was set up on my mini tri-pod and we had an audience while we took the shot who thought we looked hilarious.

Luau on the Beach 007/366

Luau on the Beach 007/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 7, 08 -- 007/366
On Monday night, Preferred Pump threw a huge party for their 600+ guests inlcuding awesome food, live Hawaiian music and free drinks. The sunset was beautiful, like most nights in Maui:

Leaving Minnesota 006/366

Leaving Minnesota 006/366, originally uploaded by rubey_kay.

January 6, 2008 -- 006/366
I took this on our way to the Minneapolis airport to fly to Hawaii.

Day 5/366

Huey tries to sneak along on our vacation to Hawaii. He must be thinking of all of the fresh fish in Hawaii. I don't know when my next post will be. We will be leaving for Hawaii tomorrow morning and won't arrive in Hawaii until midnight (central time). I hope to take lots of photos and hopefully upload while we are there. I am taking my laptop with and am hoping to find internet access.

Day 4/366

Leaving the Target parking lot, I noticed the pretty blue and pink sky and paused to take a picture. I was at Target picking up some last minute things for our trip to Hawaii. We leave on Sunday morning.

Day 3/366

Sometime in the middle of the night on January 2, a young child wandered from his home and froze to death somewhere along this street on the 1100 block of North Jefferson. The newspaper article didn't give many details, but it was devastating to hear that the first thing this morning. Anyone with kids knows how easy something like this could happen. The temperature was about 9 degrees.
Other street views:

Day 2/366

My project that I have been planning to do for years is finally done - or at least 90% done. It bugs me that some of the pictures of crooked, but that can be fixed. Today I measured, my dh added hanging brackets to 11 of the frames, I hung them and printed out the pictures. I didn't think I'd even get close to finishing so I am pretty happy.
This is how I layed it out on the floor before I hung them:

Day 1/365

We finally order our couch. We looked at this one in Mankato and fell in love with it because it also had a large 54 x 54 ottoman with it. We decided to go couch shopping in Redwood Falls but nothing compared to this couch. We ended up ordering it in New Ulm. It comes with 3 pillow. We ordered it in gray with this circle pattern: