just being to myself lately

Aloha,
There has been a lot of movement and changes going on! Yes it happenened, I got a JOB! It is in retail, i am a sales associate. I work at this store called Goodies. it is in Makawao town. It has nice high end guality goodies. it has been in Makawao town for nearly 25 yrs. It is the store with all the chimes in front of it. They also sell Simply Silk clothing and Jams world too. So far I am having fun in there.
Oh I went to see this band, The Alliez at Charleys a couple weeks ago. it was really fun! I like to see live music. And on Dec 21, i went to the beach for nearly 6 hours. I went to baldwin Beach. I swam and jus layed out and enjoyed the beauty of Maui.
I did get a couple phone calls from my son. I miss him a lot. He is getting ready to leave Okinawa. He has let me know about his time when he'll be home! WOOT WOOT! jan 27th yay yay yay! I am so excited that he is learning so much in this big world. And that he like the adreninlene of it all.
I was kinda recluse for this holiday.
Although, i did go to Hope Chapel for dinner on Thursday. it was fine.
i am now blank!
jah jah guide I and I

Javan in Asia!

These are a few pictures of javan in asia this year!. I did talk to him today and it was the best gift ever! I miss him alot! He sounds well! which is good! I am still learning what it is like to have "empty nest syndrome".
Enjoy thes pictures! cuz i love them all!!!!!!!!

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this is from the group called military moms:

I have made friends with my sons buddies through myspace and mostly facebook! and they posted pictures of him! OMG i have felt so giddy and just so thrilled to see him! plus my tears are filled with so much love for him. he actually asked them to take pics of him and post jus for me. Even if he has his own computer, he jus doesn't do it. But i know it is alot for him with his work but ya know I am the MOM ! But i am so encouraging him to get with it. it really is email and internet these days.(since he hasn't even wrote me one letter or postcard since being in asia! and i send him usually 2 letters a week .) okay a small rant.
I am seeing what he is doing as a Marine. I have always ever wanted to know everything about what my son is doing. But, i am slowly trying to let go and know he makes his decsions. Ohh his fellow brothers are awesome and i hope to meet them. I am very proud of all of these young men. and they have a lot of courage!
this is the first holiday season that we will be apart. yes it is new begginings for both of us. and i am glad to express myself here about this situation.
I am a new military mom and there is definatly a lot of learning.
guide and protect. peace and love
SEMPER FIDELIS
jalove says mahalo

this is from the group moms of one:

wait til your son is 19 and a marine and you experience the first holiday season with out him. And have to rely on his fellow brothers to post pictures of him on facebook only because he hardly writes to me but i send 2 letters a week to him. Than when you see how grown and independent he is! and loves what his new career is. i see him as my little guy in his eyes TEARS are flowing for your one and only. ! and he rarely calls. but ya know i have him so deep in my heart..i forgive him. so this is my current situation as a mom of one! (BTW>>single mom of one<<) and i also just think twitter moms are the recent best outreach for me. as far as really knowing that moms really do unite as one in the end! and i love the GNO! so thanks for being my friend. add me on on face book , myspace and of course www.twitter.com/jalove
mahalo and
mele kalikimaka

i answered the question, what is your only child getting for christmas.:

Aloha, things have been so tight for me that i will be lucky to send a box to him through the mail. But what to put in side?
when he was younger(from birth til about 9 yrs old) he got it all. and i remember my sons dad (who insisted on assembling his first bike and he is not at all that much of a mechanical person) and i stayed up till 3 am to figure this bike out for him in the morning .i think he was like 3 going on 4. oh and i remeber that it would take HOURS to open the presents.and it was usually jus my sons dad , me and my son. than later my sis would come with her daughter and the kids would play everything all at once! having abundance in toys and games and goodies are always fun. throughout the years i have donated these same items to others(usually Women Helping Women) and i would save only the real special ones. And i would have my son go through the proscess with me about what to keep and what to give. he knew what he REALLY liked.(game gear,power rangers, batman,big wheel,vi tech computer, and sometimes just the funniest little stuff. But 19 yrs later, i think i have the special x mas ornimant, pictures and lots a tears in remembering how our christmas together were so filled with it all. NOW> it is me here and my son is in asia and i have finally got in the mood to even bring out the decorations.(the dad never calls me, although when and if he does, we are usually civil to each other. did i mention that the dad lives about 5 miles from me with no communication at all). OH yeah, usually since 2 yrs till about teenager , he would always get a cold during this time.
thank you for this fond memory or what i would get for my one and only during holidays)
prosperity and abundance in PEACE , LOVE JOY, and just each other!
mele kalikimaka!



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iao valley and me

this pass weekend

On saturday night I went to see C and K at the maui Arts and Cultural Center.It was a complementary ticket to me. I answered an ad for this guy who had an extra ticket. So we contacted each other and set it up. It turned out he lived near me so we went together. He is a nice dude. Originally from Hana. I felt comfortable. Plus we knew a lot of the same things growing up on Maui around the same time. I sat in the balcony right. I have never sat in this section before. They were really good seats ! So that is the 1st picture is my view. OMG!!! i loved the whole show! Man that Henry Kapono is fine as ever! I always did have a crush on him. The whole band was good! lotsa energy. I sang to nearly every song. Come on if you were growing up in the seventy's these guys were the hottest local band around. I had the album elua for many years.Oh so I checked out there webpage ! I had so many flashback checking it out. Ya know, I could relate. And the guest who took me said he ejnoyed my company. I was so thrilled to have met a nice local guy who likes c and k as much as me and that I got through one night of trust with this person
ON sunday I attended church at Hope Chapel in Kihei. it was a very emotional morning because the children energy is always healing. I was a represnt for my niece as she was christiend. I felt so proud. But thought so much of my son. That evening Tamara my frind mad turkey dinner for us. So yeah i ate turkey already.with mashed potatoe,gravey, pecan pie,cranberry sauce,corn. Oh and i met a friend of hers and his son. We all got along very well. It was very nice to just be. I had a very weekend. The other 2 pictures are of sunday sunrise.

Fri nite girls

On Friday night i got invited to my girlfriends house . She offered to make me dinner. She lives in Kihei. Kihei is the south side of the island . It is about 35 min for me to drive ther. It was good to see her daughter. She is a swett little girl. So me and my GF watched the movie"what happens in vegas" it was funny! we had wine and laughed. Than she was organizing her clothes and it was like 9:30pm so i headed back up the hill.The pic of me and Tamara is taken bye Ava, and the pic of Ava is taken by me. ENJOy.....its jus my life

beach day friday

Hi , this was on friday. The morning was very rough for me. I was jus sobbing about how the bank wouldn't cash a check for me. I am very desperate cause i have very little funds and i think that this check is the answer. But no luck! I went to cindy's house and she was a great comfort to me. It is hard to cry to a friend, and i was accecpted in my very emotional state and was calmed down. So we went to the ocean. First was Hookipa.! Itwas PACKED! WAVES were so nice. Those are the pics i posted. And than we went to Baldwin Beach and i had to jump in the water by now and i did. It rejuvinated me entirely. I am spoiled to live near the ocean, but yet glad it was there for my healling. The water, salt,wind,sand,sun,splashes! oh i felt so good after!. so there we are me and cindy in the pic!

cha cha cha

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FUNNY!

pics

this was a fun night at Casanovas. Mike Pinto. The Alliez

mike pinto on maui!

i did end up seeing these guys perform here. mike pinto and the alliez. it was soo good. the thing is why mike is talking about lizzy is because she always request his song"backburner" on shaggys show. and that day when mike was there. she wasn't online.go to www.shaggylive.com and see all the fun
one love

a quick pic 2 enjoy

my hump

well i tried to post a blog last night and hell i dunno what happen. so in a nut shell for now till i can really gain my thoughts:
25th year class reunio was a blast
phone call from son was a blessing! he is doing really good! i miss him and i love him.
job search today sucked! employers do have the upperhand, but they still not hiring. and lotsa people today @ workforce development center! . it is REALLY hard finding a decent job here lately.(updated resume)
vog is bad today with a mix of cane smoke! even i thought it looked like some big city covered in smog..oh it is just maui vog! cough cough
HAPPY HUMP DAY! who you humping?

shaggylive

long time ago on halloween

well here I am in the green bellydance outfit. Bianca(now 17)is a tiger, Ruben(now 18) is blue ranger, Kendra(now 18) is a pumpkin, Javan (my son now 19)WHO JUST HAD TO BE THE RED RANGER AND NO ONE ELSE BECAUSE THE RED RANGER WAS THE BEST OF ALL THE POWERRANGERS!!!!!!,me( and do u what kind a courage i had to wear an outfit like that. ) and shireen, she wore her sari outfit!. this is one of the craziest costome i worn for halloween. jalove you can see the actual picture on my profile!

my worst thanksgiving ever!

aloha,
well, as i began my motherhood with my son's dad, i had my mom make our first thanksgiving dinner. (ya know how the moms cooking is right, hehe i loved that she did it) than when my son was 3 i decided to take on THE MEAL. oh i did what she did, got up early prep, snooze, add this , mash that, and we(me , the dad and my son ) would go for 2 nights on that weekend to the MAUI PRINCE hotel in makena. jus to treat ourselves and invite friends with all our "leftover "meal. well.... on nov of 99 , we had it planned. the room , the food, the other kids to invite(remember i am a mom of one child) than the week of thanksgiving on that monday, robert(the dad) didnt' come home that night. hmmm. i was of course worried. well long story short(but i can tell more details later)he was already renting another house with another family. yes i said it! can u imagine! i was sick for 2 days. than it was time for the cooking to commence and he never came back to our house. (he only visited in public place to see our son whos 9 going on ten at the time). i cried so hard while cooking the meal. it was just me and my son that thursday. we did do our room at the prince and robert only visited and ate with us and took a plate and left. it was a very hard adjustment for me to think i have to go home and be with jus me and my son. soooo. that sunday when i left the prince with so much left overs(homemade cranberry sause, stuffing,mashed potatoes,gravy, turkey, glazed carrots, pumpkin pie , rice, )and all the food i had . i left the hotel with my son and check out as usual. as i was driving home to piihilo(up the mountain) all i could think about who is gonna eat this food! . i gave it to the homeless people that used to hang out at the kanaha park here near the airport. yes, i just had to.in my mind i am thinkling, i got to turn this in to something positive. and this local hawaiian girls accepts but she sees i am in tears and than i break down and tell her my story and she says"well looks like you have your son and his dad will come back", that was the year that robert left our house hold to go live and support another family. . my tradition with jus me and my son has changed since(ya know sometimes you just got to get it catered) and that was my worst thanksgiveing every!. thanks ..jalove(jamie love, maui, hawaii)

sweet tasting

i got to see the hardest working DJ on this island today at a promotion at the pukalani superette. DJ SHAGGY was serving out pineapple samples. mmmmmmm it was so sweet. i got there just in time for a free bag which included a pukalani superette hat, a calendar, a key chain and the bag is a reusable grocery bag. i got the last bag. what luck. i really do have a thing for calendars and last year i scored a hawaiian calendar from shaggy, kinda when i first met him. he is a busy guy, but what a treat to see him in person. and i know he was smiling at me. you can tell when you really look at someone in the eyes and he just has these gorgeous blue eyes that have such clarity! he made my day and he made me smile. for me times have been very challenging and for such simple things like a look or smile from someone else , it really does make a person feel good. i will always support and love shaggy!
i say go to www.shaggylive.com and you will see why i love this dude!!

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thank you jaya
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one love reggae concert

saturday evening was a blast! i was the one to drive the girls to the concert. and i was cool about it all. kathy picked up cindy and they came over to my house. we left makawao for the westside..lahaina bound. one love reggae concert. i finally tried the new primo beer. i liked it. i was telling the girls how my mom used to make the crochet primo beer hats back in the 70's, she used the aluminum cans and yarn, yeah i remember that. also we snuck in our own jaegmiester small bottle. in the concert it was so fun. dani girl was already on stage when we got there. she has a great voice! it was such a surprise when she pulled DJ SHAGGY on stage to sing with her. he did good. i thought so. he is such a cuttie. the audience loved it too. than we wondered to the beer section only to be standing in line and missing rebal soljahz. so we decided to get soda and cookies insead. . and it was so packed!

the lahaina civic center was heating up! i was a brave girl and went up to someone i like and asked for a kiss , but settled for a hug and a quaint ,short conversation. it made me feel like i can do anything and can expect anything! but knew how to react and move on with grace and pride. i hope i didnt scare the living daylights out of this person , but i was jus being me...and so was he!!! see its okay for me. oh i was wishing upon that venus star so hard that night! plus the night before, there was a celestrial event. i always think it IS in the stars. and planets!

ten feet came on stage and me and kathy rushed the front. gosh i knew all the songs. it was like i haven't heard them in a while.! i wish they played longer. i was so sweating! after they attempted to give away surfboards, finally KATCHAFIRE! omg, i remember seeing the video of their song love letter. i danced all their song! i got the endophine rush! yea i couldn't stop moving! it was a high to remember.oh it could have been all the pot i smoked or this mushroom taffy my girlfriend kept handing me! it was so fun! i just was moving! plus i get the energy from the crowd and everyone was poppin! dancing! movin! i was into it.
all of us girls had concluded that it was a very young looking crowd. but it was great eye candy for us! and we got to just be! our drive back to the country was jus fine.
another satisfied concert goer! i hope i don't have to scrape change for a ticket the next time! yeah i was that desperate i broke open the change jar. gee gotta go back to those old" groupie" days?!!!

NICE TAN!

yesterday i had such a great beach day. i got to baby beach in sprecklesville at around 8 30 am. the sun was great. i was kinda in a off the main reef break. i notice alot of runners and people with their dogs. it did get windy so i left. i went for a cruise to hookpia beach and it was hot.. by now i just wanted the ocean so bad. i drove to baldwin beach park and i usually like to go on the right of the pavillion, and the bay spot was eroded! yeah it was alll washed out! there were trees sticking out of the water. that beach has gone through so much. and i was in awe at the sight. realll beach erosion. so i swam near the life guard stand for nearly and hour!. i was catching waves, swimming out, and do water tumbles. it was great. the ocean really does rejuvinate the spirit. i took a shower and went to my car to change. you know what, how it is here , you just change where evers. and than i notice another girl doing the same thing. i love going to the beach on maui! I got home and napped for about 30 minutes than finally took another shower to wash my hair. boy did i get sunburn.hehe you can tell even if i have dark brown skin! it feels nice!so maybe beach again next week if i still dont have a job !

monday, monday!

Today has been okay. I went to a store for an interview for a sales associate position only to find out that the store has been sold to a new person and everything is re shifting. This is fine, although, i was given mis leading information to this store in the first plase. So I will see if it really the job for me. Than i went to a store that will offer a WORK TRADE. This concept is very interesting to me. I really like a lot of stuff in the store. I am going to dive in to it. I see it as an oppertunity at least to be out in the public and getting use to again to a schedule. I do like that i can make my own schedule for this work trade. Than i went to my favorite spot to have my snack. (HOOKIPA BEACH PARK). There were kite surfers, windsurfers and surfers. .

My landlord has dumped VERY HUGE ROCKS in my part of the drive way as they are starting to build a rock wall. They do a lot of their stuff on their own, so i am imagining the pile will be there a while. BUT, as i re evaluated the parking area, i will still be able to park in my space. (4 yrs ago when i had to park at the top of my driveway on the main cul de sac, my vehicle got stolen, so i am very wary about parking at the top of the road).

wind, drizzlies of rain, and just being in makawao is so very soothing. the pic is driving up the highway to UPCOUNTRY!

ALOHA!

thank you shaggylive for letting me post this blog. jus wanna say when u did the "forum"show on stickam a while back! it was so needed! these r shows that i go to now because of the forum: video vamp,electro,chris dubya lee mills,the ron show.... and i also found out about : j pitch, & dj andrew through shaggy too. i am still kinda new to all this internet stuff but i like it. it is very fun for me to explore on the internet.

i am happy to have met shaggy , mei, cookie, bk,maui mulisha( maui babe where u at?) in person. i find it so facinating to meet new people. if u get the chance to meet the people from the internet i say take it, cause it might be that one and only time. like cookie wow from australia! it was brief for me but well worth it!

i am in to diversity and change but jus like everyone else , it does take a while to get used to something new! im glad that shaggylive is taking it a step furthur in the format!. that is wonderful!

i would like to say thank you to all of you shaggylive supporters! it would not be done without you! the fans are the important ones right, what would shaggy do without us or more like what we do without him! Bringing us the best entertainment around! and plays the best in reggae music! and has the best way of telling us his life stories! and jus for being the last REAL DJ ALIVE!

oh and the shaggylive network rocks too! i hope to see more on there too!

great new page good luck with the new adventures and im glad to be a part of it!

mahalo nui loa,

jalove

feeling fine!

so far so good in this year 08. i signed up for a couple new website. stickam,juicecaster,and blog and blogtv. so it seams that i am checking out cyberspace more and mor. it is fun it is time consuming, and interesting!. @ this very moment ,my son called! i am tempeted to see him!!!

jan 08

new year
new age
new internet experiences!