Are you there?

Aloha: When I was a kid (last century) we were told that in England you answered the phone, not with a "hello", but with a "are you there". I have titled today's blog "Are you there" because I only follow 4 blogs and I have not seen a posting from 2 of them in over a month. Hokusushi and Coconut Girl Connie are missing in action. Hokusushi is my daughter Anakam so I see her all the time so she is OK, but Connie? "Are you there?"

Have you ever had your phone ring and when you answer the person on the other end asks "Who are you?"? I just tell them "If you do not know who you are calling I do not want to talk to you." and I hang up. Well, not really that politely.

I had an uncle, Uncle John, who, one day, got a call from a young lady who wanted to talk to Fred. He told her that she had the wrong number and that no one named Fred lived there. She called back about a half hour later and did so for about 4 calls. Finally he told he that Fred was out with Jane and the girl just broke down crying. He felt so bad that he spent the time to convince her that she indeed had the wrong number. Funny how one thought leads to another and us old guys just keep rambling on and on and on and........

I think I will stop looking at my rain gauge every day and maybe just once a week. Except for the one time I got 0.35 inches all I get is a trace amount. If I just leave it in the gauge for a week the trace today and the trace tomorrow just might add up to something I can measure.

My brother and his grandson are coming to this side of the island today. It looks like I will be off next week so I just might be able to "tag along" on the trips on this side of the island. We just might be able to see a sea turtle on the beach at Punalu'u.

Wow, this is getting long. Take care and be good to each other. May God bless all of you and may He bless America.

A Virgin no more.

Aloha: Well it finally happened. My rain gauge is no longer a virgin. We got .35 inches of rain the other day. I was going to make the big announcement yesterday but the wife and I went to Casco in Kona and were gone all day. Yesterday was sunny all over the island. Not so today. We had to go into Kea'au to do the laundry today, and it was wet all the way down and back. I will check the gauge tomorrow to see how much we got today.

Auwe!!!! I forgot to check the HVO website for the volcano update. Yesterdays' report had earthquakes at way below background levels. I hope she is not saving up for a grand one.

I guess that is it for today. We are looking forward to the visit of Nabru and his grandson. They leave Atlanta tomorrow and will be here for about 3 weeks.

God bless you all and may He bless America.

My "new" computer

Aloha: No I did not get a new computer. For less than $40 I expanded my memory so now I do not have to wait for things to happen. When I got this machine it came with 512 megs. Now I have 2.5 gigs.

Today my brother leaves Florida for Atlanta. He leaves Atlanta for Hawaii on Monday with his grandson. Everyone on this end is looking forward for this visit. My sister, Vovo, is thinking of a trip in January. I guess she wants to get away from a Kansas winter. My brother here in Hawaii is planning a trip to Missouri for Thanksgiving. I, on the other hand, am planning a trip to the bathroom in a few minutes.

Today is a very unusual day. My wife is actually taking a day off from work. Monday is Labor Day so she is going to be off for 4 days! At first we were going to go to Cosgo in Kona, but decided to sleep in this morning. I think we will be going tomorrow. Anakam called last night and I will be sitting next week. Poor CJ. I will have to be the bad guy and make him sit and eat and sleep when he is told so he will not be dis-enrolled from school. He really needs to be with kids his own age.

The weather is wet and the volcano is SOS. My almost new rain gauge has only recorded trace amounts of "precipitation".

God bless and take care. May God bless America.

A walk in the park.

Aloha: This morning I took a dose of "Aleve" and decided to go for a walk in the park. For those who are new to this blog I live within walking distance of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. My porch is less than a mile from Kilauea Iki crater, as the Apapane flies. My friend, Arther Itis, complained but I tried to ignore him. Needless to say my knees were very happy to get home.

The weather this morning was bright and sunny. It started to cloud up near the end of my walk and is now partly cloudy. It may get misty this afternoon.

My brother from Florida, Nabru, and his 11 year old grandson will be in Hawaii next week. My girls are trying to get a "picnic" set for "Bird Park" while they are here. Anakam had volunteered her sisters house for a get-together then the light bulb turned on and "Bird Park" popped up.

Auwe, my mo'opuna had to visit the office at school the other day. I think he is bored with school and has "ants in his pants". The teacher says that he knows his letters and numbers and can't sit while the other children catch on. The other day he would not sit in the "time out" chair so to the office he went.

The volcano report is SOS again today. Well, that is all for today. God bless and be good.

Sept. 1, 2009. Tuesday

Aloha: As you can see by the title I can not think of a title again. I guess I will just blame old age. I have a storage unit where I store a bunch of stuff I got from my mother's estate. For some reason they charged me twice this month. I called and they are trying to get it fixed. I will have to call the credit union tomorrow if it is not fixed by then.

I see that my oldest daughter is going to go back to school to complete her degree in Hawaiian Studies. She, my wife and my youngest daughters are very good hula dancers. Both of the girls were "student teachers" at their old halau. When the halau closed many of the students and parents wanted the girls to open their own halau. She just may be headed in that direction.

It was wet in volcano this morning. I tried to walk to the PO but got rained on so came back. The volcano itself if just doing its thing. I have checked the wercams every night and do not see any glow but the report from the HVO says that they record a faint glow. I have a feeling that this "activity" is going to go on for a long, long time. Because of the SO2 a large part of the park is closed.

May God bless and keep all of you in the palm of his right hand.