Hola, Este es la hermana de Elder Kauwe

Turns out Monday was the peak of my sickness, and I've sense been getting much better. Meanwhile all those who mocked me in my days of turmoil have sense been sniffling. hehe! na I feel bad they are getting sick now:( They have my true sympathies. But while I happen to be at the height of my cold it was email the little elder day. It's hard to think of anything nice to say, when your nose and ears are plugged and your throat is on fire, so I admit, in a moment of weakness I wrote a complaining email to a missionary. so much for uplifting this week. Luckily my brother is tough and can not be brought down by my whining. Here's his response:

Sorry you are sick dear sister, and i know how it is to have a shortage of paper, in our house were going on our second week lol. and yesturday they cut our water. so we went and payed the bills today, and slept at the the Lz´s house. Im still learning resposibility.

2 weeks!!oh kale! haha I am humbled. Here's some pics too. They are a little outdated, but for those of you who havn't seen the kid with his nametag (which he forgot lol! mom had to send it down later) these are fun. This is his district in the MTC. He went in April, 8 2009 to the MTC in Sau Paulo, Brazil. It's called the CTM there haha I am 88% sure this is his fist comp in the ctmThis is him in ron of sau borja hs first area- he loved t here! now he's in his second area...Agrete. it's harder here. but kale is kale. chill enough to be happy anywhere and hardworking/stubborn enough to get the work going.So Elder Kauwe is doing good. We called Brazil today to make sure the number worked. I dialed of course because the parentals are not so good with phone cards. Maria answered. I said hello, she said hello, I said hello, she said hello, I said hello again, she said hello again, then I said hola, and then I don't know what she said because mom took the phone away from me at that point. I had it all ready how to say I was Elder Kauwe's sister(see title of this blog). In Spanish anyway, which I figured had to be close, and then I choked. Good thing mom went to Portgal on her mission and learned ortugese. Maria said Elder Kauwe has a good spirit and that she really likes him:)

Can you hand me a tissue please?

Well, I have a wicked cold. It's a bad one. My nose is stuffed and my throat feels like it's closing in on me. Everyday for the past half week I wake up sure that I'm suffocating, but alas it's just a cold. Bad news is Friday we ran out of tissues and sat and sun there were toliet paper shortages. But reinforcements came in this morning and I've taken to carrying a roll with me everywhere I go. Sadly, I've gotten no sympathy from the fam, well a little from mom and dad but nothing from the boys. Quite the contrary they called me gross and discusting and i've gotten many bad looks. Hello people!! I am suffering here!! and I told them this when we were playing monopoly. I belted those exacts words, and then I rolled the dice and won free parking. fate is kind sometimes cause it was a heavy lot too... for reasons pertaining specifically to my family...love the fam jam and love being home:D...MERRY CHISTMAS YO!!

Elder Spiderman

This has to be super fast, but I just got an email from Kale, and with a Christmas Phonecall fast approaching I just wanted to let out some feeling about the kid. Kale is my best friend. He has this awesome sense of humor. It's like whitty, and a little sarcastic and usually making fun of some one... in a fun bonding sort of way. He is such a TEASE- but he can take it to which makes him so fun. He just really understands when a funny situation is going on. I miss the understanding looks we used to give eachother right after my mom said something silly and a little bit flighty. But mostly I miss how sweet he was. He is up there on the list of thoughtful peeps. Up there with my mom and probably mother tereasa. He really is just geninly kind and loving and forgiving. Growing up I was mostly just short tempered and impatiant and firy and mean, and he was just chill and easy going and nice and always forgave me so fast when I was mean to him. And he dosn't care what people think about him. He always does the nice thing-Befriedns the loner, cheers up the sad girl. He has a way of finding the underdog or the forgotten one or the picked on child and stands up for them making them feel loved. and it's all genuine because he really does love everyone. and homeboy can really stand up!! He'll bring you off your high horse fast and he'll do it with whit and style! The other summer when I was in Hawaii my dad had to have heart surgery. and he'd already had a stroke and it was kinda scary to be so far away(my fam jam is in washington)and I watched stupid family guy and the guy had a stroke and it freaked me right out, and I called kale and it must have been two in the morning for him, but he answered and talked to me anyway and he calmed me down and them told me what my dad had eaten that day. Kinda silly but It was healthy food and that is what made me feel the most better. I think only Kale could have made me feel that much better. He is so great. I love him and I'm jelouse of all the people in southern Brazil that get to seem him. and 'm proud of him for being such a hard working missionary. I can't wait to talk to him!!! He's the best. now that I think of it all my brothers are the best. I could talk forever of their coolness, but I'll sum it up this way

Kale: happy yellow: patient and forgiving
Kaulu: solid black: diciplined and dependable
Maka: firey Red: Outgoing and Frienly
Kekela: Science green: down to earth and logical



and then they are all absolutly hilariouse!! and really hard workers. I got a good fam- no one I'd rather be with:)


and heres a shout out to lil nike shocks!! (my sister Nika) she would be bright pink
because she has the cutest laugh in the world and it's always going

"Amco, this is Brian"

So my car ended up being in the shop for about... oh the entire month of November! It was quite the mystery case for the boys down at AMCO Transmission, and so each of the 30 days I called in and each of the 30 days my dad called in and it was always the same thing.
ring ring
"Amco, this is Brian"
"Hey Brian its Haliaka...the gray hyndai. Have you guys figured out about when my car will be ready?"
"well that is the question of the hour. hang on"
"yeah we just can't seem to figure out what is wrong...blah blah blah... we don't know when you'll have it back... you're car is annoying... were frustrated with it and sick of it being here"...ok so he dind't say those exact words, but I got vibes.
and then i'd hang up and call again the next day or so. Over all between dad and me we probably talked to Brian from AMCO for at least an hour that month without ever seing or meeting him.
So then last Wednesday I'm going to school. I'm lazy and it's cold so I drive everyday and I park and walk across the whole parking lot(which is farily large..and I remind you that it's very cold) and I can hear someone walking like right behind me. Then as I near the edge of the lot the footsteps quicken and the feet are even closer and this boy says "hey do your lights turn off by themsleves" And I think to myslef...all four windows are taped up equalling ghetto car- do you think my lights are really going to turn off? Why did you follow me across the whole huge parking lot before telling me? But I also was very grateful to the boy. A dead car after school would have truly been aweful on this particular day. and it was really nice that he gave me a chance to not be stupid. you know like he didn't just assume I left them on on accident he gave me the benefit of the doubt first. so with a little chuckle and a big sigh I turn to go back and then the boy says "oh hang on, I'm brian...from AMCO" I bursted out laughing!!!"REALLY?! I say, "YOURE BRIAN?!?" more laughter. It was a good moment. He said how he recognized my car since it had been in there for so long and I just laughed more because now I was really embarrassed that I left my lights on. Then I immediatly called my papa and we exchanged surprised and amused comments. It was fun to run into ole Brian snd I'm glad I have a face to put with the saying I have heard so many times before "AMCO, this is Brian" :)

I'm Thankful for Thanksgiving

Ok before I jump into full on Christmas mode here is my ode to Thanksgiving... After all Thanksgiving deserves some attention too and is greatly pushed aside by christmas. I'd like to correct just a small portion of that injustice :)

SO...

A couple weeks ago, 11/01/09 actually, I laid down to go to bed, but for some reason I was really irritated. I don't remember what about, but it was so much so that I couln't sleep. So I busted out the journal, recorded a few events and thoughts and then made a list of "things I'm sincerly thankful for"
- my job: good hours, good peeps, and good snacks
-Papa Smurf: He insisted on sending me $60.00 from the Carribeaner money to satisfy my hunger- i'd been eating a lot of moms canned cherries at that point
-My Mom :): so thoughtful & funny. She called to tell me about daylight savings after I got mixed up about the time on the phone.
-That Kale is on a missiona and that he loves it
-That ulu-ulu is so solid in church
-That I can talk to Maka for so long and enjoy it so much
-That my schedule right now rocks!
-That I stayed at BYU Provo instead of transferring to BYUH...RUGBY
-That rugby is so fun, and that such cool people play/coach
-That I don't get nervouse before games
-That my uncle Maka and the cousins came and watched my game
-That I have lots of different types of friends
-That I get to go home for Thanksgiving
-That I could do my laundry at Diana's this week
-That I have a car!
-That I love my major so much
-That I'm American:)

After that I had peace like a river and fell right asleep.

Happy American Thanksgiving everyone!!

H is for Hipocrit... and Health

There are some people that eat a lot of sugar and get sick, or they hate Mcdonalds because fast food makes them sick too. I am not one of these people. My body has been conditioned since birth to be able to tolerate large quanitites of sugar and fat. Last Tuesday it somehow came up at work something about what we had eaten that day. Further reflection on this topic caused me to realize that so far that day I'd eaten
Chocolate Chip Banna Bread, Grandmas Cookies (2 packs), elevan pixie sticks and a hot pocket, follow that up with taco bell for dinner and thats a completly average day of eating for me. In fact I would add to that list of foods, long johns, poptarts, frosty's, burgers, and fries and there you have the staples of my diet. I realized, much to my disgust, that I eat vending machine food and fast food, and pretty much thats it. I have been eating HORRIFICALLY!!! for the past 2 1/2 months I've been back in college.
so do I weigh a million pounds? Thankfully not and I think that is why I have been able to go so long in my aweful ways without really noticing or caring. Thanks to rugby I've actually lost 3 pounds. haha I guess this is where I owe a shout out to Clayton for making me sprint until I'm actually thankful at the chance to do push-ups and have a break from cardio. Mahalos Clayton.
I realized at work, that the day I quit rugby is the day I will turn into a blimp, and that would be the very least of my concerns. My dad is diabetic, my uncles are diabetic, my granpa and great granpa are all diabetic. I don't have a single male realtive on my dads side that has lived past 64 because of diabetes. My dad himself has already had a stroke and 5 by pass heart surgery. 2 years ago I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. Like really, how much motivation does a person need before they will start eating better? Needless to say I was having some big and seriouse thoughts at work, and I felt genuinly scared and upset that I had been eating SO bad. So with strong motivation I decided to cut vending machines and fast food from my life for a while. At least until I have broken myself of the habit of depending on these establishments for all of my nutrition. So, my solution: pack a lunch.
I am proud to say that I am back at work and I have a lunch all packed. This has been somewhat difficult due to the fact that I have not boughten food from the grocery store in months. I own very little food that you use to make lunches... or breakfasts or dinners for that matter. So today I have three ziplock bags with me. One has 2 potatoes, another has 2 pieces of bread and the last one has a stick of butter. I realize it's not your typical sack lunch, but its a start. so here's to health. I'm not striving to be the epitomy of a healthy eater, but perhaps not being the worst eater in the history of the universe would be beneficial.

Blacky Prevails

Just a lil update: They've replaced the thermometer and it's still not working... is this car still worth dumping money into...? Oh that stupid cat!!