Today is the 11th day of Christmas.Tomorrow is, of course, the 12th day and is also the anniversary of my mom's (grandma) death. January 6th is called Little Christmas in most of the world. Between December 25th and January 5th is when gifts and exchanged, then are opened on January 6th.

It has always been a mystery to me why the retail industry has not jumped on this fact to prolong the Christmas buying season for an additional 12 days.

I am here in Hilo today so do not know what the weather is like in Volcano. I think it is safe to say that it is wet and that Halema'uma'u is doing its thing. Hilo is having sun and showers. We call it liquid sunshine. Makes for some fun humidity, like above 90%.

God bless!!

Well, here it is, the 10th day of Christmas, the beginning of a new week and it is a cold, wet day up here in God's country. I go back to babysitting on Monday and life is good.

Our volcano is doing its thing and like I said before, just because I have nothing to say does not mean I will not talk, but I think I will make an exception this time.

God bless all of you and take care.

Aloha no: Auwe, it is another wet day up here in God's country. The sun is trying to get through but I thing it will be a losing battle.

I am having trouble with my wireless connection. My wife, she is my IT person, had to hard wire the roadrunner to the computer. Since the cable connection is in the other part of the house the cable has to run the length of the house and is a tripping hazard.

Our volcano is doing its thing, earthquakes, vog, tremor and such. The doves are driving our big dog crazy, stealing his food. They move a lot faster then he does and just have to fly to the railing to get away. We end up having to wash the pooh off the railing every day. Auwe no hoi!!!!

May God bless and keep you all. Take care of each other and be good. Aloha no.

Aloha: The balls were hitting the pins again last night. Not as bad as the other night, but enough to keep us awake. Yesterday Lani and Richie came up for New Years dinner. Richie is very handy with cars that do not work and was able to get the old "white girl" to run. It really needs to have a tune-up and lube service. I think I will have to take it to Ka'u Auto Repair as they seem to know more about Fords than the dealer. Jim is fantastic!!!!

Today is a wet day, the temperature is 59 and the volcano is still doing its thing. The vog yesterday was bad, but the trades are blowing the plume to the southeast this morning. We are having the normal amount of earthquakes and tremor. Sure wish I could go for my walk. I want to resume my diet but sitting here at home the food is just too handy.

You all be good to each other and may God bless.

Hauoli Makahiki Hou

I wanted only the heading to be centered, but either I don't know how or the program will not allow me to do that. We had a very quiet New Years up here in Volcano. I did not hear any fireworks. But then my hearing is not all it used to be. "Some people" want me to get hearing aids but I really do not know anyone who is happy with theirs. My mom, brother, and two sisters all have aids and do not seem happy. The aids make all sounds loud except what you really want to hear. My mom spent thousands of dollars on her aids and "auwe" still was not happy. How did I here from wishing you all a very Happy New Year!!!!