Back from Vacation and Back to Work!

Aloha! And Happy Monday!!!

As much as I'm missing my time in Maui, I'm really

SO happy to be back home! I especially missed my kiddos!!!

It really was a great opportunity for my hubby and I 

to celebrate our 10-year anniversary.

Thankful to God and thankful for Grandmas! ;-)

Today, I'd love to share a few quick highlights, and

then it's beach house, beach house, beach house!

Did I say beach house???

Cuz it's on!

Enjoy!

We snorkeled and swam with giant sea turtles, went zip-lining (do it!),

slept, ate, slept, ate, and laid on the beach.

But one of our BIG highlights started on this

little path (shown below) off the road to Hana.

Just before mile marker 11, you can follow this

path a little ways, look to the left and see this....

Gorgeous!

....then, to the right and see this.

This is Lower Puohokamoa Falls my friends -

a 200 ft. high waterfall.

Not much of a great picture here, but keep reading!

We were using the popular guide book Maui Revealed

and I browsed it quickly, thinking it basically said,

"Follow the path to the waterfall."

Um, no. It did not.

It really basically said,

"Go a ways on the path and enjoy the

beautiful view, unseen by drivers!"

But HEY, we're adventurous!!!

So we.kept.going. ;-)

Oh my goodness, we saw some very cool things...

But after not too long, we were headed straight down.

Literally...straight down, 200 ft.

The end of the path????

Oh that??????

Why yes, that IS a rope...to basically rapel down!!!

Ohhhhhhhh, but it was SO fun!

We got to hang out at the bottom of the waterfall

and go swimming and NO ONE ever showed up.

Other times of the year the waterfall is rushing, but this day

it was calm, not to warm out, and the upper terrain surrounding

the waterfall is lush green foilage - I couldn't capture that with

my little phone camera! But talk about GORGEOUS!!!

Wow.

This was one of my fave pictures of

a little side cave at Black Sand Beach. :-)

And that's our trip in a super tiny nutshell!

Now that I'm home, I went to pick up some paint samples

for the beach house this past weekend and came home with these....

Looks like I need to order my own personal fan deck. LOL :-)

They really all look so different though, I swear!

Thanks to everyone on the Facebook page for giving input on colors!

~~~~~

Also, if you haven't had a chance yet,

please take a moment to "Like" the new Facebook page below

This, That & Life

Yes....RustiChic is officially transitioning into a new blog, and

the Facebook page it the go-to right now to keep up on all the latest.

Both of the Facebook pages will have the same information

posted for awhile, and then we'll transition completely to

This, That & Life.

I'm still figuring out the transtition of other networks.

Just to be clear,

RustiChic will be a part of the new blog, currently

under construction at

www.thisthatandlife.com

I hope you have a great start to the new week!

~Anneke

The Beach House - BEFORE PICTURES!!!

It's official - we have a beach house!!!

We signed the papers this morning.

It stills seems a bit surreal...how did a 5-10 year

dream/goal happen "randomly" within 2 months time???

I'm calling it a blessing.

How often does THIS happen??? Are you ready? We put in an

offer to the bank...someone (not sure who) doesn't

get the papers in on time to the right place...whatever.

SO, they come back to us with a house price that's LESS

than our offer!!!

Wait now.........not just a little less.

Like $60k less.

WHAT???!!!!!

Yup...I'm calling it a HUGE blessing,

because stuff like this deosn't just happen.

This is an example of just one of many things I've

wanted to share with you, but had to be patient and

wait for everything to go through.

Now it's GO time!!! YAY!!!

This is going to be fixed up to be a vacation rental, so

get your beach gear ready and come out for a visit! ;-)

I'm SO excited I finally get to show some pictures I snapped

on my phone the first day we went out there to

"take a look". :-)

WELCOME!!! Lol :-D

Looking from entry into the living room and kitchen.

Pretty good kitchen to work with here!

Main Bath

Looking out from the dining nook.

Wouldn't you LOVE to grab a book or magazine

with your coffee, tea, or whatever, sitting

on a built in bench and enjoy the view???

I know I would!!!

That's my hubby coming out from the kitchen onto the patio.

Looking at the lower patio from the upper deck.

The upper deck and garage to boat launch.

A personal boat launch (that sold my hubby!)

This upper deck is HUGE!!!

A crazy panoramic pict. from my phone! Wow!!!

If you're looking for a place to stay this summer, well

here you go! We're going to whip it into gorgeousness!!!

If you are interested in supplying your products in The Beach House

anything from art, bedding, pillows, kitchen supplies, rugs, well...

ANYthing that belongs in a beautiful beach home

please feel free to e-mail me with questions! I will be putting together a

Design Resource Book that will be in the Beach House for rental

parties to look through as well as on the final webpage.

Be thinking of some great names for the place too!

I may run a contest or something and

the winning name gets a prize. Sound like fun???

I can't WAIT to get started and share this transformation

with all of you!

Here's to SUMMER!

~Anneke

Spring Break and a BREAK

Monday was the official beginning of Spring Break for our family. It doesn't seem like that big of a deal since my oldest is just in half-day kindergarten and the other two are home. ;-) But it really does feel like a break!

 

Working on our entryway



It's been awhile since I last posted, but for good reason...I've needed a break! I feel like we're in the calm before the storm, officially forecasted to begin next week and projected to last about, ohhh, 2.5 months. Yup...all those life things will be converging into craziness. Swim lessons, gym, ballet, vacations, getting in shape for vacations (because getting in shape for WA summers is a bit of a dichotomy), conventions, training, dr. appts., meetings, volunteering, family events, registrations, recitals, etc. Not to mention date nights, girl's nights, dinners with friends, bridal showers, baby showers (yeah, we're a tad social) ;-). Oh darn, and yes...laundry, vacuuming, grocery shopping, laundry, and laundry.

Never a dull day!

Some of you ask me how I do it. To that, I say, I'm backing off so I don't.go.insane. Amidst ALL of this and then some, I'm trying to put a significant effort into getting things done around our home in terms of design and organization and focus more on learning about nutrition in relation to my kidney and thyroid problems. Seriously people, I've only had two coffees within the past 6 weeks - a drastic change from a daily (sometimes twice daily - yes, you can cringe) Venti Quad Shot (the super sugary yummy kind). The weird part about that...it's been easy. Don't hate me please!



I have a couple custom orders lined up, some tables and an armoire to get refinished and sold, but other than that, I'm not shopping much at the moment for selling items. I am, however, getting ready to work on a couple pieces for our home, build new beds for the girls (maximizing space), and gathering pieces for the Beach House.

OHHHHHH, the Beach House....yes.

Well - we're in the middle of an approval waiting on financing. Once that goes through, you will see a lot more blogging on the process of getting it ready as a vacation rental. Furniture pieces, diy, shopping, etc. I seriously value your input! There may be a vote or two in there on your opinion. It's going to be insanely crazy busy as this will be happening with all.of.the.above. :-)Yes...I'm currently taking a break before the storm.


I'll be around...if it's quiet here, don't worry. I'm certainly not off relaxing in Hawaii (six more weeks!)

~Anneke~