Aloha, everyone! It’s Saturday morning, the start of another busy day for the Kawakami family! First on the checklist is to bring our Christmas tree into the house – I mounted it on the stand yesterday, sprayed it with the hose to get rid of all the dead needles and stuff, and left it outside …
Aloha kakahiaka! Another cool and quiet morning here in the valley … it’s so early that the birds aren’t even up yet! Our dogs are, though, and they’ve already been fed and will probably start bugging the girls for their morning walk pretty soon. We’re also watching the KHON morning news since ManoaDNA did a …
Aloha, peeps! It’s the first day of December, which means that Christmas is now just around the corner and shopping panic will slowly start setting in! I know I told you guys that I wanted to keep a light schedule for the next couple of months, but it looks like that will be impossible. And …
Hey everybody! Woke up this morning and it was freezing! Must be in the low 60s here in Manoa … even the puppies don’t want to get out of bed! Whoops, I was wrong – they’re hungry so here comes the stampede! Get out of the waaaay! I love this time of year – the …
‘Morning, everyone! I attended the quarterly gathering of the Shochu Kai last night for an evening of shochu tasting and fellowship. Shochu is sort of like the Japanese version of vodka and is made from several different sources like rice, barley, potato, and wheat. Each member of the group is required to bring one bottle …
Aloha, friends! So now that the Thanksgiving weekend is over, I’m curious to know how “Black Friday” was for those of you who ventured forth to battle the crowds and parking that day? I heard that there were some pretty good deals to be had, especially for toys. I sure hope the retailers had a …
‘Morning, peeps! Ugh! I feel terrible this morning … not because I’m sick, but because I ate WAY too much last night! I don’t know what it is about the holidays, but there’s just so much good food that I feel compelled to try and eat everything! Now I know why so many Americans are …
Aloha, everybody! It’s 5:30am on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, and for some reason I woke up really early this morning. Mornings are my favorite time of day … it’s cool, quiet, and the perfect time to relax and reflect about what’s going on in my life. It always comes down to what are my priorities, and …
Good morning, peeps! Ahhh … I love the simple things in life such as good health, wonderful family & friends, and oh, yeah … wireless internet that works!! I got up this morning, fired up the old MacBook and voila! … got an instant connection! It always amazes me as to how dependent we are …
Hey everybody, Our internet is still down and the repair guys are scheduled to come out tomorrow to fix it. Meanwhile, I’ll be writing my blogs from my office which is why it’s usually not posted in the morning. I hope it’s fixed by Thursday so I can officially wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! …