if you were packing for say…hawaii…what would you bring?
3 / 09 / 2010This is just a random, I have nothing to say, let’s see what happens kind of moment.
I kind of want to post pictures of my favorite moments.
This is currently my favorite Lexi picture. Ever. Or at least until I capture something better. It makes me laugh every time I see it, so I wanted to share.
Bad day? Not anymore.
Which then took my brain down a meandering trail that involved things like dog bathing and fruity pebbles and somehow ended up on packing for a tropical vacation. Don’t ask how I got there. I just did. That’s how it happens. There is no logical path. Ask Tim. It makes him crazy because remember, he’s an engineer. And engineers must have logic. And I am undoubtedly an engineer’s worst nightmare.
So, help me?
What would you not be able to leave without? As in: I CANNOT BELIEVE I FORGOT…a boob job? eyebrow wax? fifteen half-eaten sandwiches? I mean, tops on my list is sun screen (my youngest brother used to call it “skun skreen.” Yah. I have no idea, either). But, I’m like, THE definition of pale face. The ironic part? Not only am I 1/4 Japanese, I’ve got Cherokee Indian blood, too. Apparently, pale face gene won out over the more desirable tan skin one…*sigh* The other day, someone at work said my skin looked like a porcelain doll. So, yah. I’m completely for serious and unnaturally un-tan. *double sigh*
Now? Tim is calling me. I mean, on the phone. Which? Kind of like my hand signal to go make dinner.
*massive sigh*
(More irony? I’ve scheduled this to post in the morning. So technically, I’ve already eaten whatever I’m about to make)
If I were packing for Hawaii, I would go “I can not believe that I forgot…” my pajamas. Sunscreen and aloe/lotion were a close number 2 though. I say pajamas because I have forgotten to pack them more than once.
I love that the cat is chillin’ in the background all “look at these frickin’ idiots.” Bring shoes that you can wear in the water. Also, you MUST pack a tiara.
Hawaii? A good sturdy pair of slip-on shoes so you can quickly don them run through broken glass and out of the building rapidly. Tsunamis and earthquakes there of late!
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Adorable pic!!
My must have? My no frizz, curly girl spray. This hair looks like orphan annie’s fro after a day at the beach. I must have that stuff to tame it!
♥Spot
I always get an eyebrow wax before I go on vacation. I guess I can justify letting it go as long as I’m only around the people I see all of the time. Who knows…
great pic!
what i would pack for hawaii? my favorite sun dresses, my camera with all its lenses, and a flexible tripod to take fun pictures!
franzi
I’m totally printing that pic and carrying it with me forever. It is a lifter of spirit for real!!
Um, If I were going to Hawaii I would have to bring ummm, prolly my favorite music on my Ipod. I’m a music whore and I would want it to listen to it while I experience all the awesome sights.
If I were packing for Hawaii, I’d bring Blistex and lots of it. That’s…. actually what I would pack to bring anywhere. Can we bring more than one item that we HAVE to have? ‘Cause I’d bring books. Depending on how long I was there, I’d bring one book for every two days. Unless they were less than 300 pages, that translates to one day’s worth of vacation reading. Also flip flops. Also underwear. Also both of my cameras. Also a notebook. Also my journal. Also something to write with. Also monies. Also a bathing suit. Also snacks.
Also my husband. Wait… should he have come first?
I will be packing for a tropical vacation soon! And Sunscreen (SPF 30 and SPF 55) is high on my list of things that I MUST take. And a bikini.
And I feel your pain on the “white face” thing. Of course, I have Irish/German/Croatian blood, so I had no hope. I went to Florida last weekend, and got a pedicure before I went. When the woman started on the leg massage part of the pedicure, she said “oooooh you are SO WHITE”. She repeated it about 3 times, and I can only imagine what she was saying about my white-ness to the other pedicurists in viatnamese!
Most definitely my razor. Furry legs in Hawaii would be a very sad thing.
My camera and a bikini wax. Two very important items for me.
A Big Tote Bag!! so that you can CARRY all your sunglasses, towel, beach cover up, hat, sunblock, flip flops, book, ipod, bla bla…
that’s the worst thing to forget…trust me! you either end up carrying everything…whata mess. or you’re on the beach with a weird rolling suitcase. both = not cool.
I could not go without my sunglasses (which I always either forget, break, or lose), a brazilian & boy toy. Bcuz obviously.
Ok, so I was kidding about the boy toy. Maybe.
I love that pic! It looks like he was in the middle of being hypnotized! ~~~ you will now look silly ~~~
According to friends of ours who lived in Hawaii for many many years, I would have to say I’d pack a jacket and lots of money. I’m practical like that.
enough money to buy cocktails
Lexi is A. DOR. A. BLE!
Sunscreen (lots and lots), aloe (at least one burn is inevitable), TWO swim suits (things just don’t dry out quickly there), ditto on the big bag, I took 2 bandanas for bad beach hair tamers since I don’t like to wear hats, water shoes and hiking shoes/boots that you don’t mind ruining if you plan to hike (the mud there is a thing unto itself).
The pic is hilarious, “You talking to me? Huh? You talking to me?”
Bikini or NOTHING!
That’s what I’d bring if I were as fit as you are.
Unless you also bring lots of money for spa treatment while there, I’d say get your waxing needs taken care of, of course, and pedicure. Pedicure is important so you can take pictures of your own toes while lounging on the beach with the ocean in the background.
*sigh*
p.s. I am 1/4 Japanese too! It’s my left foot!