Last post of 2009

Aloha: This is my last post for this year. I have decided to end the year on a positive note so I will just say that the the weather and the volcano are SOS. You all have a great and safe and joyous New Year. May God's blessing be with you and do take care of each other. Love to all.

Pet Peeves.

Aloha: We all have them. Little things that just set you off. There is one that I thought was put to sleep, but has reared its ugly head again. I do not understand how otherwise smart people can not understand that when we count we start at one. We have 10 fingers so out number base is ten. Why is it then that "smart" people thought that 1999 was the last year of the 20 century. Start at 1; end at 0!!! There was no year zero. I just read an article about "the end of the first decade of the 21st century". We still have 12 months left in the first decade. Start at 1; end in 0. Decade; 1 - 10. century 1 - 100. How hard is that? When you count your fingers it is 1 -10; not 0 - 9!!!!

Soon after I did my post yesterday, Anakam got a call from the insurance division of the office of consumer protection. She then got a call from her employer and she is to take all her paper work in to the HR people and they will work out the mess. Hopefully things will be worked out to her satisfaction.

After about 12 hours of a nice gentle rain the sun is back and the firemen are back on their knees. Hopefully tomorrow will be a nice wet day and the firemen can stay in their firehouses. From this page to God's ear!

I hear that San Diego got a little bit on shaking this morning. There was an earthquake in Mexico. Quite a shaker, so there will be damage near the center of the quake.

Our volcano is just doing its thing and all is SOS, so that will be it for the day. May the Good Lord bless and keep you all safe in the palm on His right hand. In Nabru's case His left hand. for those of you who do not know; Nabru is left handed.

Prayers answered

Aloha: The firemen's prayers were answered last night as we had a nice gentle rain. I hope it keeps up until the New Years as it will help keep the fires to a minimum.

Today when I got to Anakam's house she was on the phone fighting with a health care provider bureaucrat. It seems that last October she mistakenly elected to get a policy that she does not need or want. She has been trying to get it fixed since then and the human resources person at her work site does not know how to do her job. The bureaucrat at Cigna can see the dollar signs and will not do anything to help. All Anakam wants is for them to drop the policy. The bureaucrat at Cigna kept telling her the "government" will not let then drop the policy. She could not tell Anakam what "government" or branch thereof she was referring to. In Hawaii we call that "pipikane kukae". It is what comes out of the south end of a north facing bull. Anakam now has the issue in the hands of the insurance division of the office of consumer protection of the State of Hawaii.

The vog is quite thick in Hilo this morning. Other than that it is a bright, sunny day in Hilo. Volcano was cloudy and a light rain was falling. The volcano was very bright from the overlook webcam last night. The report is SOS. I think I will close for today. God bless and be good to each other.

4th day of Christmas.

Aloha: Today is the 4th day of Christmas. January 5th is the 12th day of Christmas (12th night) and January 6th is "Little Christmas" and "the" big day everywhere except in the USA. The world is so much larger than our minds.

Today will be short and sweet, much to the relief of my brother Manuel. The volcano and the weather report are SOS. The mo'opuna report is, what can I say, he is a healthy active boy.

God bless and take care. May God bless the USA.

Last Sunday of 2009.

Aloha: Today is the last Sunday of 2009, so it follows, as night follows day, that this is the last Sunday report of 2009. But not to worry, there is always 2010, the last year of the first decade of the new century. The rain report is that we did not really have any. Less than o.1 inches for the week. The sun report is we had a lot. The weather report is we had some of that too. It got down to 37 one morning, but I still walked the dog in my "rubber slippa". Froze my toes.

The volcano report is SOS. For those of you who do not know what SOS means, this is it from the HVO website. Activity Summary for past 24 hours: Kilauea continued to erupt from two vents. At the summit, rising and falling, while continually sloshing, lava was visible at the bottom of a deep pit inset within the floor of Halema`uma`u Crater providing strong glow from the pit overnight. On the east rift zone, lava continued to erupt from the TEB vent and flow through tubes to the ocean just west of Kalapana; surface flows were active on the pali. Sulfur dioxide emission rates from both vents remain elevated. RB2S2BL quakes are at background levels, tephra is the same, and tremor is as it has been since this whole process started. (Same Old Stuff).

I got one bite on the small fire comment. A little turkey fat spilled in the oven and flared up. Two seconds later it was over, but made for a little excitement.

Kansas Vovo will be visiting in January and February. She will be here for my mo'opuna's 4 birthday. I wonder if A&T have anything planned for the occasion? What was the date again?

We have had such beautiful weather that the fire department is now praying for rain for New Years. The fireworks has a tendency to light the bushes on fire. Before Dan Inouye killed the sugar industry in Hawaii we would have cane fires and the sugar workers would have to cut fire breaks and help fight the fires. I remember the gook old days when there were no limits on fireworks and the smoke would be so thick you could not see across the street. My brother-in-law, Kansas Vovo's husband, was in the Army, and would bring us things that made the neighbors jealous. Those were the "good old days".

I could go on but will have mercy on all of you. For those of you celebrating Christmas on the 29th I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, of that, the 5th day of Christmas. God love you all and be safe.