Aloha from Hiroshima!

Hi everyone!  It’s 7:30 am here in sunny & cool Hiroshima and we’re getting ready to go meet everyone for breakfast.  I’m sorry I wasn’t able to post a blog yesterday, but we were on the go from early morning to late evening and I was too exhausted to type!  Anyway, lots to tell you …

Gettin’ ready

We’re getting ready to leave for our final Japan trip for 2009,  and as usual, chaos reigns in the Kawakami household!  It’s always a last-minute rush to pack and get everything in order, but somehow we always manage to pull things together.  We’re taking my mom and sister with us on this trip so it’ll …

Post-Halloween

Ughh .. it’s the morning after Halloween and our house is a mess after our party last night.  My favorite part of the whole evening was checking out all the cool Halloween costumes that all the kids wore – Alex was dressed up as TV pitchman Billy Mays and Nick was a bumblebee (I think!).  …

Happy Halloween!

I hope you all are having a great Halloween!  I played golf this morning in our Fall Club Day tournament out at Waialae … didn’t score too well but made an eagle on hole #5!  It was a beautiful morning for golf since the tradewinds are back and the vog is gone!  We’re getting ready …

Calm Thursday

Another calm, voggy day in Paradise … the vog reminds me of the smog in LA and Tokyo except our vog is temporary!  We always get it whenever the winds shift to the south and blows volcanic “vog” up the island chain. We had a fun evening over at Nick’s place last night with great …

Mid-week Wednesday …

I picked more avocados this morning and plan to take them down to our offices to give to our staff.  It’s amazing how you wait months for the fruit to ripen and then have to pick them all at once … it’s either feast or famine!  Our puppies slept in late this morning – VERY …

Boring Tuesday

Ok … nothing’s going on today other than the fact that it’s going to continue to be hot and muggy again!  And we’re being told that these sticky conditions will remain with us through the week – yuck!!  We even had to sleep with the air conditioner for the first time last night, which I …

It’s Monday

It’s Monday and we’re starting to get ready for our final trip to Japan for 2009!  This will be a special trip for all of us since my mom, Carla, and my sister, Pat, will also be accompanying us.  My mom is especially looking forward to seeing her relatives when we go to Hiroshima next …

Sunday morning

Welcome all to another gorgeous morning here in Manoa Valley!  Because there are no tradewinds and the air is very still, I could actually hear the roosters crowing way up in the valley near the old Paradise Park earlier!  And since I’m golfing later this morning with my Selohssa group out at the Pearl Country …