We're occasional budget travellers heading off to visit our kids, family and friends. We usually use our Frontier Airlines Gotta Go Pass for $15 flights or occasionally try for Space A (military stand-by) flights. We try to use credit card/hotel credits for lodging and food. This blog can be our travel scrapbook. Additional topics may include walking in faith with Jesus, exploring Las Vegas (near Paradise, Nevada 😂), Hawaii and beyond, easy cooking (mostly Asian and plant-based/pescatarian), embracing minimalism/simple living and promoting longevity and health 🙏⛪️🍵👩🏻‍🍳🍣 🙆🏻🏓🚲⚓🐕 🐾 📝📸 🌺 🐢🤿

Grilled Mackerel

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-04-17
Post category:Cooking/Recipes/Food Related

Our local Sam's Club (in Pearl City) has a good deal on mackerel, 5 fillets for $9. I tried this recipe from Just One Cookbook for grilled mackerel (Saba Shioyaki…

Smoky Spicy Bean Dip (vegan)

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-04-16
Post category:Cooking/Recipes/Food Related

This week’s new recipe experiment was a smoky, spicy vegan bean dip, served with tortilla chips. I brought it in for my PT clinic’s staff and for our church’s hospitality…

AARP Hawaii’s Zoom Webinars

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-04-15
Post category:AARP Community Service/Volunteering Educational Longevity/Healthy Aging

Ever since we were quarantining during Covid, I have learned a lot from AARP's free Zoom webinars, mostly the ones from AARP Hawaii but also nationwide. They have covered a…

Spicy Smoked Deviled Eggs for Easter

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-04-09
Post category:Christian Living/Church Community Service/Volunteering Cooking/Recipes/Food Related Easter

Hope you had a Happy Easter! I tried out a new recipe to make spicy smoked deviled eggs to bring for our church’s refreshment table. The eggs 🥚 were boiled…

Car Trouble

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-04-05
Post category:Transportation

We had car trouble today, the other day we heard an unusual noise and made an appointment in a couple days to get it checked out. But today on our…

A Mouse in the House

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-02-04
Post category:Home Pest Control

We had a big problem with the dishwasher, it leaked water all over the kitchen. Long story short, a mouse (actually a rat) chewed up all under the dishwasher and…

Bye Bye Birdies

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-02-04
Post category:Home Pest Control

We're trying to keep the birds away from the solar panels on the roof. Latest attempts include "reflective repellent discs" and a bobblehead fake owl. It's only been a few…

Doodle Journal

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-01-28
Post category:Arts and Crafts Journaling and (Digital) Scrapbooking

I'm know I'm not very good at anything art related but recently I tried to put little doodles in my journal. I was inspired by my friend C's elaborate 365…

Painful Knees

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-01-27
Post category:Health/Fitness

Unfortunately due to bad cases of arthritis and torn menisci, I will be needing knee surgery (total knee replacements) on both knees (at separate times). The first surgery for the…

Poke Nachos

Post author:Vicki
Post published:2023-01-26
Post category:Cooking/Recipes/Food Related Hawaii

A couple of weeks ago, my college friend K. and her husband T. visited us from the mainland. I made poke nachos using poke from Foodland, air fried the wonton…