Sunday, October 28, 2012

Tsunami warning sirens went off at about 8:00 last night. We're at almost 500' elevation so we were fine. I was interested as I watched the news at the preparations people were making. Some people went for groceries, even more went for gasoline. I heard a woman talk about lowering the temperature on the refrigerator and backing up the computer. I hadn't thought of that. The tsunami wave never amounted to much, about 1.5 feet in Hilo harbor, but it caused me to reevaluate our emergency plans.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Robert's birthday was Saturday. We celebrated all day. Abraham and Solomon made waffles and sausage for breakfast and that evening we went to the movie Hotel Transylvania. A good time was had by all!
Since moving here I have pretty much given up buying bread. It's $3.50 and up for a lousy loaf of store brand stuff. Instead, I've been making my own. Last week I made the perfect accompaniment: guava jam. YUM!

Sunday, October 07, 2012

The boys had fall break and no school all last week. We barbequed at Kipuka Puaulu in Volcano National Park one evening with friends. It's a bird sanctuary (that's NOT what we barbequed!) and here's a resident.

Abraham and Solomon put in some hours working on the house, too. We'll move in at the end of October if we pass final electrical and plumbing inspections. The house won't be completely finished like we wanted, but we're really ready to get out of the rental house. Here's evidence of Robert's hard work. He has more just like this.

We watched the LDS General Conference this weekend. I haven't listened to the whole thing yet but I really liked Jeffrey Holland's remarks at this morning's session. Abraham re-created what looks like the Bern, Switzerland temple featuring Shaquille O'Neal as the Angel Moroni. I like to think both Shaq and Moroni are good with that.

In the afternoon we went to the "beach" (I use that term loosely) at the end of our street. Exploring the tide pools is one of our favorite Sunday afternoon activities. It was low tide when we were there today and sea turtles were in feeding on the seaweed. I love the sound of the waves crashing on the rocks and the sense of being at the edge of the world. All in all, a tranquil and rejuvenating day.