Day 5 - First Quilt Shop

We can sure kill a day without accomplishing much.  Another glorious day, though - warm with lots of sun.  Clouds moved in earlier than yesterday, though.

Mom scraped her arm, pulling the skin back in three places.  Her skin is like tissue paper, so she's out of the pool until that heals.  Fortunately, she brought a first aid kit. She decided she wanted to get her hair washed and styled, so we set out to look for a place. Found a Super Cuts, so she went there, and they did a horrible job, but at least her hair is clean.  We'll need to find someplace else. While Mom was busy, I went to the market in downtown Kailua to get some more papayas and bananas, then strolled around the shops for awhile.  We had a so-so lunch at a Chinese joint near the Super Cuts - I really wanted some dim sum. 

It was finally time to hit one of the local quilt stores.  Gorgeous fabrics, but I just bought a yard and a pattern, using a $6 off coupon from one of the ad fliers.  There are still three other quilt/fabric stores to check out, but didn't want to over do it.

Finally, we made a quick run up to Costco for cash and pineapple.  The ATM at Costco doesn't charge a fee, and I like to get the already prepared fresh pineapple - it costs more, but it sure is easier.  I hate paring pineapple. The prepared pineapple at the Costco at home is from Mexico, but they have Hawaiian pineapple here and it is so sweet and good.

It was after 3 when we got back to the condo, so I took a dip in the pool, then we enjoyed mai-tais and read out on the lanai until dinner.

The plumerias are prettier than I've ever seen them before.  There are some huge trees loaded with flowers - they look like pink clouds.  We also enjoy watching the birds.  There is a flock of parrots that fly over most every afternoon, and are very noisy. The mynas are also noisy.  We saw a saffron finch and some java sparrows while out on the lanai today. The little zebra doves are cute and make a soft cooing sound. Yellow billed cardinals have red on their heads, but no crest.  We see them when we're out and about.  Still haven't seen any geckos or mongoose.  There are three feral cats that call this condo home.  They are very skittish, but I think the manager feeds them.

Well, I  promise to have something more exciting to report tomorrow.