Aloha kakou: I am here sitting my grandson and he has finally gone to sleep. It is raining and I think I heard some thunder. Hard to tell as some trucks make the same sound. At home in God's country it is much quieter so you know when the ball hits the pins.

Things at "our" volcano are just about unchanged. The Pu'u 'O'O vent has been going for longer that my daughter has been alive, and now it looks like Halema'uma'u just might join in on the marathon. It was in the 1920s that Halema'uma'u ended over 100 years of activity. (I wish this site would allow me to add words to its dictionary.)

It looks like the rain will be here for the rest of the week so no walks in the park for me. You all be good and may God bless.

Aloha: Earthquake activity on the southeast rift of Kilauea has picked up. The largest quake was 3.2, large enough to be felt. It happened at about 1:40p yesterday. So far no one has reported feeling it. Halema'uma'u is just doing its thing. The rain has increased the amount of steam from all the hot spots around the crater.

I guess that winter is here. Cloudy and misty, temp in the 50s. Great weather for kicking back, having a cup of hot coffee and getting fat eating Christmas goodies. We are planning on spending a quiet New Years here at home. Hopefully all of the goodies will be gone and I will be able to go back on my diet. So far I have lost about 30 pounds and have about 35 more to go. I hope to hit my target by my birthday.

Last night I had weird dreams and when I woke up thought I would write about them but now I can not remember what they were. I guess I should be like Beethoven and keep a note pad by the bed to write down notes.

It looks like that after the 20th of January Hawaii will be the "Western White House". I hope that we will get more tourist to help the economy. Too bad we lost the sugar industry. We need a more stable industry here in Hawaii.

be good to each other and may God bless and keep you all safe and sound.

Aloha kakou!!! Auwe, just as I was about to write yesterday there was a lighting strike that took out the cable. No TV, and no Internet!!! Talk about withdrawal!!!
Christmas day was rather wet. Thunder storms moved in in the evening and lasted all day yesterday. The cable was out for over 24 hours. Some were so loud it scared the s*** out of the dogs. I, however, remained cool and collected and pigged out on coffee and Christmas goodies.

We had a great Christmas at M & C's house. It was a little wet, but we were able to stay dry and eat too much. Mushrooms wrapped with bacon cooked over charcoal. Laulau, kalua, lomilomi and poi. Salads and deserts, Richie's home brew (M&F were very impressed). I just thought of something, we forgot to sing Christmas songs. Looks like we will have to do it over again.

After having two girls, Caysen is quite a different child. There is a great difference between boys and girls. this is not a DUH statement, but my girls wanted dolls and such and all Caysen wants is race cars that he can crash together. He now has a whole bunch of them. I will have to wait till after the new year to get to play with them, I mean him.

Today is partly cloudy. No rain yet, I think it will rain this evening. Halema'uma'u is still steaming and having 10 - 15 earthquakes a day. These are the kind you do not feel, but are strong enough to be recorded on more than 3 graphs. earthquakes too small to be recorded number anywhere from 30 to 150 a day.

Hey, this is getting too long. May God bless and keep you all safe.

Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day!!!!! It is a glorious day here in God's country. I was able to go for my walk in the park. For those who do not know, it is a short 15 minute walk to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Left about 7a and was back for breakfast at about 8:30. The apapani were very talkative and it was great!!!!

It is looking like it is going to be a great gathering at Makana & Chris's on Christmas. {Every time I type "Chris" I put the "t" on the end and get confused as to how to correct it. Auwe!!! I hope it is not the start of "old timers".} Just like Thanksgiving there will be too much food. Looks like I will have to do my walk twice on Friday. I lucked out and had to try a laulau when they were done. It was ono.

The spell checked on this site does not let you add words to the dictionary so it hi lites all the Hawaiian words.

May God bless you all and take care of each other.

Aloha: Tis the Sunday before Christmas and the laulau are steaming. They have to cook for at least 6 hours so that the taro leaves (luau) cook down and are eatable. I like my laulau with a lots of luau leaves. Since we will be having pork roast we decided to make beef laulau, with extra luau. We were going to make some chicken laulau but did not.

It is another beautiful day up here in God's country. It is now 2p and 59 degrees. Partly cloudy sky and very pleasant.

My wife is playing a hand held game and wins about every third game. I can not win at all. We go to Las Vegas and she wins and I lose. I don't care what they say; there is such a thing as luck..... Some have it and I don't!!!!!

Boy, I can not wait for Christmas. Good Eats!!!! Take care and God bless.