Snorkeling and SCUBA Diving

My cousins was in town this past week so we did some tourist stuff. We went to Hamauma Bay (a popular snorkeling spot) to go snorkeling. The image is a picture of the bay. It is a nature preserve so you have to pay to get in the park (unless you have a local ID) and they make you watch a dumb 10 minute video basically telling you not to be an idiot. I heard great things about the bay but honestly I wasn't that impressed. I thought Kona was much better snorkeling. It was still fun.

Yesterday I went on my first boat scuba diving trip. We did a two tank dive. The first dive was great and I went down over 100 feet which was super cool. There was a boat that we checked out under the water. The second dive was not that great but still fun. We took some pictures on an underwater camera and when my cousin gets them developed I will post them.

As usual our schedule is busy for the next few weeks. Next week Jon is flying to New Jersey to spend some time with his family. He is also going to drive down with his brother to go to an Alabama Football game next weekend. I will be spending a few days in Kona next week visiting some of my family who live there. Then on October 12 we will be meeting in Washington to pick up our stuff we put in storage last year (everything we left behind when we moved to Hawaii last year). We will then drive our stuff down to California and move into our new apartment. It will be so nice to have our own place. We have been living out of our suit cases for the past 13 months. It will be nice to have a home base even if it is LA.

Just call me Job

Work went great on Friday. I will let you all know when the episode of Monk airs that I am in so you can watch if you want.

I flew back to Hawaii on Saturday. About an hour and a half into the trip I started to not feel great. I went to the bathroom and got sick aka I threw up. I spent the next three hours in the airplane bathroom throwing up every ten minutes. It was AWFUL!!!!! I was so sick. I had food poisoning and bad. The worst part was that I was stuck on an airplane and couldn't go anywhere. Once we landed I was so weak and tired I needed a wheelchair to take me to the baggage claim to meet Jonathan. On the way to baggage claim I threw up in the airport. That was super embarrassing but I was so sick a I didn't even care.

Once we got home I continued to throw up, however I was able to go to sleep. I slept for a few hours and woke up and continued being sick. I couldn't keep anything down. I tried to tough it out before I ended up going to the hospital. It had been 24 hours since I had eaten or drank anything and I was so weak and so dehydrated. In the hospital, they gave me IV, medicine to help me to stop throwing up and pain medicine because my muscle were so sore from not having any fluid in them. It really really sucked. They sent me home last night and I was able to keep some chicken broth down. I think I am finally over it but it was hell. Food poisoning is so violent. I am on the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, apple sauce and tea) for a few days while my stomach recovers. At least I am in Hawaii and I can go lay on the beach while my stomach heals. What a crazy experience. Not only did I have food poisoning but I had to have the worst part of it on the airplane.

Flying back to LA

I am headed to the airport today to fly back to LA for work. I am working tomrrow on the TV show Monk. I fly back to Hawaii on Saturday. I am getting a ton of frequet flyer miles. Wish me luck!

Another One Bites the Dust...

Last Sunday our last and final car aka Grandma's car broke down on the side of the road. That makes three cars down in two months. Grandma's car transmission went out and it is going to cost more to fix the car than the car is worth so it will be taken to the car graveyard. We are having the worst luck with cars. I guess all you can do is laugh.

Our weekend in Colorado

We arrived in Hawaii today. It is so nice to be back. I really like it here. We will probably be here for a few weeks, but we really never know what the heck our schedules will end up being. For now, we are here and I am going to relax and enjoy all Hawaii has to offer.

We had a great time in Colorado. We flew there for our friends weeding. We got to see a lot of college friends. It was a wonderful time. One of the nights we stayed at the Stanley Hotel, which is where the movie the Shining was filmed. It was kinda spooky.

On the day of the wedding (Saturday), we started off the morning playing some good old flag football. Except it wasn't ordinary flag football it was raining/hailing and about 40 degrees which when you live in LA is really really cold. Once we all were sick with pneumonia we went to get ready for the wedding which was...also outside. It did stop raining for the wedding however, it was still in the 40's with the wind chill making it somewhere in the 30s. Yeah it was really cold, but super beautiful. The reception was great and we danced until the wee hours of the night.

I want to take a moment to mention how fantastic the cake was. Sean's mom made the cake and spent 14 hours frosting it. Way to go Judy! We had a great time and can't wait to get together with our college friends again.

R.I.P. Two Acuras

I am still in shock that we got our brand new car stolen. Here are two sets of keys that need a car to go with them. I can't bring myself to get ride of the keys to both our stolen cars. It is just so sad.

We flew to Colorado today for a wedding Jon is in on Saturday. Our buddy, Sean, from college is getting married in the mountains of Colorado. He has a lot to live up to because we also got married in Colorado and it was a pretty sweet wedding if I do say so myself. We are here until Sunday morning. We fly out at 6 am Sunday morning back to LA because Jon has to work at 8:30 am (he is the stunt coordinator of a short movie). When he is working I have to move out of the apartment we are living in and store our stuff at our buddies house until October 15th when we move into our new apartment. On Sunday night, Jon has a hockey game and on Monday morning we fly out to Hawaii because Jon has to work out there for a week. I am tagging along because I can and heck it is Hawaii. It will be a busy few days for us. I just hope I can sleep somewhere in the next few days.

ROBBED.....AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not kidding when I say this, we had our band spanking new car....STOLEN!!!!! last night. I went out to where the car should be this morning and the car was gone. We searched the neighborhood just to make sure we didn't forget where we parked it and yes it is gone gone gone! We just filed a police report and filed our claim with our insurance. I guess it is back to the humble-mobile, grandma's car. I will keep you all updated. I just really can't believe it. Oh for those who don't remember we just had our last car stolen only two months ago and this new car was the replacement for the last one we had stolen.

Apartment Shopping

We have spent most of the week looking for an apartment. It is so time consuming. We are having a heck of a time finding a place and what makes it really hard is we don't know the area very well. Area is so important because you may find a nice apartment inside but there could be bullets whizzing by when you step out your door. What I am finding out is just a few blocks can be the difference between a good area and a bad area. Plus rental prices are really high right now. Even landlords are telling me that. There is an apartment for rent in the building where we are staying that is exactly the same as the one we are in but they want $500 more for the same place. It is just crazy. I really hope to find something soon. I feel like the last 6 weeks of my life I have spent looking for a new car and now a new apartment. I need to free up my time so I can focus on work and training.

Working on Transfomers

I spent the past few days working on Transformers. It was so much fun! I met so many nice people and some old friends of my dad's. I was really hoping to go to my home town for the annual Rodeo but it didn't happen. I will defiantly go next year. However, work is always better. Jon flew back from working on Lost in Hawaii last Friday. He had a great time. I can't wait to go back to work in Hawaii. I am not sure when that will be but hopefully soon.

On IMDB.com

Jon and I are finally on IMDB.com (Internet Movie Database). This site is used by people in the business a ton. I use it all the time. Basically on this site you can look up people and see what they have worked on. It is hard to get added but we have finally been added. Now we are just working on getting all of our credits up aka Transformers and Next. We are now official and in history forever. This is pretty cool for us. To view our pages on the site, click here for me and click here for Jon.

I finished stunt driving school today. It was so much fun! I learned some very valuable skills that I will use in my career. We ended the class with 360 turns. Wow what a rush. We were not allowed to take pictures or video so I don't have any to share with everyone. Hopefully I can use what I learned in a movie then you can all watch it.

What a Day

My day actually started last night. I took a red eye from Honolulu to LA last night so I could be here in time for driving school today. I barely slept, landed, got my luggage, got gas, changed my cloths in gas station bath room and drove to stunt driving school with only a few minutes to spare. I was so tired because I had only a few hours of sleep on the air plane so at first I was kind of out of it. Once the caffeine kicked in I was having a ball. Stunt driving school was awesome. Most people can throw a car around but being able to do it properly and hit your mark for camera takes practice. I have two more days of class and can't wait.

I left class a few minutes early to actually pick up our new car. We bought it last week but because we were out of town we left the car at the dealership until today. It was so scary and so exciting to drive our brand spanking new car off the dealer lot! I blasted our new Bose stereo system but got explicit instructions I can't enjoy the car (aka drive the car fast) until the car has 400 miles on it. I thought about driving to Vegas to put on the 400 miles sooner but remembered the reason I have a new car in the first place is because the bast#@*s in Vegas stole our old car so I just drove home. I am so sleepy that today just kind of seems like a super fun dream. Stunt driving school and bringing home the new baby (our car) all in the same day, what a great day!

Enjoying Hawaii

I was caught taking an afternoon cat nap here in Hawaii. I just love it here. I fly back to LA on Monday so I can be home in time for stunt driving school which starts on Tuesday. I am so excited for stunt driving school. Jon had a blast when he went in June. Jon will be staying in Hawaii next week because of work.

SCUBA Diving in Hawaii

Today we went Scuba diving in the North Shore of Oahu at a shore dive called Sharks Cove. As soon as I heard the name every muscle in my body froze. I am terrified of sharks, yes even stuntwoman can be afraid of something but the difference is even though I am afraid I don't let my fear stop me from having a good time.

I had so much fun. Scuba diving is like snorkeling on steroids. We saw lots of cool fish and a few sea turtles, but now sharks. I can't wait to go again. I am going to try to go again this week. I hope it works out.

We Finally Bought a New Car!

Jon is working the end of this week in Hawaii so I decided to stay in Hawaii for the week to be with Jon instead of flying back to California. I recently got SCUBA certified so I want to try SCUBA diving in Hawaii this week with my spare time. Jon flies out early this week so we will just have fun and play for a few days before he has to work. I have to fly home next Monday because I have driving school starting a week from this Tuesday. I have really enjoyed the past few days in Hawaii. I really love it here. I love that I can run outside instead of running on a treadmill.

We have been shopping for a car since we had our car stolen weeks ago. We finally bought a car today! We were going back and forth on weather to get a new car or a used. In the end we decided on a new car because we negotiated to get $200 below the invoice ( the invoice is what the dealer pays for the car and is thousands less than the MSRP.) We bought an Acura RSX which is a 2 door little sports car that is fast. I really love the car and you can't go wrong with an Acura. I am super happy with it. Jon bought the car today all by himself because I am playing in Hawaii. I have never bought a brand new car but it is super exciting.

Flying to Hawaii

I am flying to Hawaii tomorrow for work. I will be back in LA on Saturday morning. We husseled a few sets this week and we will continue to hussle sets next week. Oh the life of a new stunt person, out there introducing yourself to everyone. Lucky, most everyone knows my dad so at least I have that going for me and I already have a job on Lost.

In the mean time, Jon and I have been spending hours trying to figure out what kind of car to buy. It is a tough decision especially for Jon because cars are so important to him. The problem we are finding in LA is that used cars are not taken care of very well. People basically have to live out of their cars because of the traffic so they end up not treating them very well. We are leaning on buying a new car but we have to park the car on the street which is always scary due to the car dings and other issues. Not sure what we are going to due but hopefully we do something soon. It is hard on the ego driving my grandma's car but I guess I shouldn't complain about a free car to use. I do appreciate it but couldn't she have a BMW instead?

Staying in LA

I have been talking to people lately and a lot of people think we are moving back to Hawaii. Jon and I are staying in LA and only flying to Hawaii when we have to work. That way we can work on other shows here in LA. Speaking of work, I am flying to Hawaii this week for work. It should be fun.

Just a little bull riding

Here are the videos of Jon and I riding the mechanical bull at the cowboy wedding we went to. I was terrible but I had a good time. Jon did a good job.

We were doomed from the beginning

My friend, Eric Yanega, just sent me this article on the most stolen cars last year and 6 of the top 10 were Acura Integras (our car that was stolen) just different years. So, basically we had no hope especially since Jon did so much after market work to the car. I guess this sort of makes me fell better because we had such a desired car. Thanks Eric for the article.

Jon the big time Stunt Coordinator

Jon got his first stunt coordinating job on a national commercial. He flew from Portland last night to be there for rehearsals today. They are filming next week. I guess it is a Tony the Tiger commercial for Mexico.

I am still in Portland because this weekend my step dad is going to certify me in SCUBA. As a stunt person it is important to have as many certifications as possible. Jon is flying back tonight and we will be driving back early next week in our new "barrowed" car. Because my Grandma had a stroke more than likely she won't be able to drive again so we are using her car until we can find a new one. Talk about humble pie, we go from a fast little sports car to literally a grandma car. Oh well, it saves us on getting a rental.

I Love My Family!

We have been in Washington the past week for a wedding but on the way up here my dear grandma went into the hostpital. It ends up she had a stroke. My grandma and I are very close so I was so thankful that I was here in Washington to be here for her. I know she was surprised to see Jon and I. My entire family (except my sister who was in Hawaii) came to see my grandma. It was amazing the amount my family came together for my grandma. My family is so awesome! My aunties feel more like second moms and my cousins feel more like siblings. I feel blessed to have a family that I know will always be there for me.

Here are some pictures from the actual wedding. Jon and I got into the cowboy spirit and had a great time.