MY WORKOUT ROOM IS FINISHED!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

I'M STILL IN JUNEAU "LA LA LAND"...  BECAUSE I HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK!!!

 

MY NEXT STOP IS IN NOME, ALASKA IN A FEW WEEKS!!!

 

BUT FOR THIS WEEK, I AM SUPER STOKED TO HAVE MY WORKOUT ROOM REDESIGNED AND CUSTOM REBUILT TO MY SPECIFICATIONS!!!

 

BEFORE:

 

 

FOR 6 YEARS I PRETTY MUCH HAD A BOWFLEX ONLY...

 

AND THEN OVER THE YEARS I ADDED DUMBBELLS AND METAL PLATES AND BARS, ETC...

 

 

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT WAS GETTING WAY TO CROWDED, I ALSO HAD MY DESKTOP COMPUTER AND SEVERAL STORAGE SHELVES.

 

AND THEN I KNEW IT WAS TIME FOR A WHOLE REMODELING AND REDESIGNING OF THE NOW CALLED, "ARENA ONE".

 

I HIRED A GOOD FRIEND WHO IS AN AMAZING VISIONARY AND CONTRACTOR.  I GAVE HIM MY IDEAS AND WHAT I WANTED TO ADD AND THIS IS WHAT HE HAS CREATED...

 

 

AFTER

 

THE NEW AND BAD ASS...

 

"ARENA ONE"  

 

 

 

 

 

I LOVE THIS PICTURE...  I GOT THIS FOR MY 44TH BIRTHDAY...  THANK YOU SIS!!!

 

 

 

THE BOWFLEX IS NO LONGER NEEDED AND HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A:

 

 SQUAT/BENCH PRESS COMBO RACK,

 

AN ENTIRE DUMBBELLS SET STARTING FROM 10LBS - 65LBS

 

A PAIR OF BOWFLEX SELECT TECH DUMBBELLS,

 

A PULL-UP BAR,

 

A TRX HOME SUSPENSION TRAINER SYSTEM,

 

HEAVY ROPES WALL SUSPENSION,

 

AND COMING SOON...  A FULL SIZE PUNCHING BAG!!!

 

IT HAS A NEW PAINT JOB, A SURROUND SOUND AUDIO SYSTEM WITH SUBWOOFER, ESSENTIAL AROMA OIL DIFFUSER, YOGA BALL, PUNCHING GLOVES WITH FOCUSED MITTS, AND L.E.D. LIGHTING PLUS BLACK LIGHTING.

 

AND THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING...

 

 

NEXT UP...  A WHOLE NEW BATHROOM WITH AN INDOOR SAUNA...  THAT'S RIGHT, AN INDOOR SAUNA FOR 3-4 PEOPLE CAPACITY!!!

 

HERE'S THE VISIONARY PLAN OF THE NEW BATHROOM:

 

 

AND HERE'S A ROUGH DRAFT OF THE FLOORPLAN:

 

 

 

THE BATHROOM IS ON THE LEFT SIDE FROM "ARENA ONE" AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BATHROOM, WILL BE THE "INDOOR SAUNA" ROOM WHICH USE TO BE MY DAUGHTER'S ROOM.

 

AFTER EVERY HARD DAY OF TRAINING/WORKOUTS, NOTHING IS MORE THERAPEUTIC AND RELAXING THAN A HOT SAUNA TO RELAX, HEAL, AND RECOVER, AND THEN FINISH OFF WITH AN OASIS SHOWER WITH A RAIN FOREST SHOWER HEAD WITH PEBBLE TILED SHOWER FLOORING.

 

I WILL NAME THIS THE "RECOVERY" ROOM.

 

IT WILL HAVE MOOD LIGHTING, BUILT IN AUDIO SPEAKERS FOR MUSIC, ESSENTIAL AROMA OIL DIFFUSER, WITH AN OVERALL BAMBOO TONE TO COMPLETE THE ROOM ACCENT.

 

SO THINGS ARE LOOKING UP AND MOVING REAL FAST AND ITS ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER!!!

 

 

MEANWHILE AT ALASKA AIRLINES IN BETHEL, ALASKA...

 

 

ETHAN WRITING DOWN THE GAME PLAN!!!

 

 

SENIOR AND BEAST RAMPER...  LEGENDARY PAUL!!!

 

 

 

 

 

AND ON MY WEEKEND...

 

 

HEADING BACK TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!!!

 

CHEEE HUUU!!!

 

 

 

AND JUST FOR LAUGHS...

 

 

 

 

WELL WHAT CAN I SAY...  THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT!!!

 

THE PLEASURE IS ALL MINES!!!

 

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA



ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

THIS PAST WEEKEND I FLEW DOWN TO BEAUTIFUL JUNEAU, ALASKA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND ALL I CAN SAY IS "IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!"

 

 

THE FLIGHT FROM ANCHORAGE TO JUNEAU WAS PRETTY FUN WITH SOME EXTREME TURBULENCE, LOUD SCREAMS THROUGHOUT THE PLANE BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR AMAZING PILOTS OF ALASKA AIRLINES KNOWS BEST ON HOW TO KEEP US SAFE AND LANDED BEAUTIFULLY IN JUNEAU.

 

AS SOON AS I ARRIVED, I MET UP WITH MY COUSIN KA'IWA AND THE FUN STARTS WITH LUNCH AT:  THE ISLAND PUB

 

AMAZING SALMON SPREAD, GOOD HUMMUS (BUT NOT AS GOOD A BETH'S), AND A TASTY PIZZA ALL TOGETHER...

 

 

 WHILE LOOKING OUT TO THIS...

 

 

AND THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING!!!

 

THE VERY NEXT DAY WAS GONNA BE A BUSY ONE.

 

WE STARTED THE MORNING OFF WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL VIEW RIGHT BEHIND MY COUSIN'S HOUSE!!!

 

 

WHERE'S MY STAND UP PADDLE BOARD WHEN I NEED IT???

 

WE THEN HEADED TO:  SANDPIPER CAFE FOR BREAKFAST.

 

 

THESE GUYS DON'T MESS AROUND!!!

 

 

AND YES...  I DID GET MY PANCAKE FIX...  LOL!!!

 

NEXT WE HEADED OVER TO VISIT MY OTHER OHANA, "THE KATASSE'S OHANA", LAST TIME I SAW THEM WAS IN 2011.  ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS I'M BLESSED TO HAVE THEM IN MY CIRCLE OF OHANA.

 

WE WENT TO A PLAY AT THE:  PERSEVERANCE THEATRE TO GO SEE,

 

"THEY DON'T TALK BACK" A STORY WRITTEN BY MY FRIEND, FRANK KATASSE!!!

 

By Frank Henry Kaash Katasse

 Directed by Randy Reinholz 

Three generations of Tlingit men face the challenges of a summer of change.

 When 17 year-old Nick takes a floatplane from Juneau to his grandparents’ village, his arrival means changes for his fisherman grandfather, his cousin Edward–who hasn’t spent much time away from home–and his Desert Storm-veteran father. Just as these Tlingit men are adjusting to their new lives together, the boys’ grandmother delivers shocking news. A world premiere portrait of a 1990s Alaska family. A World Premiere produced in Association with Native Voices at the Autry and La Jolla Playhouse.

 

MY AMAZING AND LOVING COUSIN, KA'IWA.

 

THIS STORY HAD ME IN TEARS SEVERAL TIMES, I COULD RELATE TO THIS STORY TO MY OWN UPBRINGING WHEN GROWING UP IN HAWAI'I.

 

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLAY TO BE SEEN IF IT EVER TOURS IN YOUR TOWN.  IN MARCH THEY'LL BE PLAYING IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!!!

 

AND THE NEXT DAY...  IT WAS TIME FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!

 

BUT MORE PICS OF BEAUTIFUL JUNEAU...

 

 

 

 

AND THEY EVEN HAVE MY HORSES AND STABLE...  LOL!!!

 

 

 

AND WHAT AN AMAZING SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IT HAS BEEN FOR ME WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE ON EARTH!!!

 

YUMMY FOODS AND DRINKS AND BEST OF ALL...  GOOD PEOPLE & COMPANY!!!

 

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...  IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO HEAD BACK TO BETHEL, ALASKA.

 

 

I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS GREAT LOVE AND ALOHA TO MY OHANA:

 

KAI'WA, JAYSEN, BROOKE, FRANK, ANGELO, MOM & DAD KATASSE, JACOB & PARKER, AND MANY MORE I COULDN'T REMEMBER BY NAMES BUT I'LL REMEMBER BY FACES.

 

MAHALO NUI LOA FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND MAKING MY FIRST TIME VISIT IN JUNEAU, ALASKA A MEMORABLE ONE AND FOR MAKING FEEL RIGHT AT HOME!!!

 

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

 

ALOHA A HUI HOU!!!

 

 

THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN SPONSORED AND BROUGHT TO YOU BY...

 

 

THE "PANTY PEELER"...  LOL!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA