Holidays – Day 7
Holidays – Day 6
They have a really elegant tree at Carlton’s place of business. Methinks that I should seek out some local-kine holiday stuffs! Can do that tomorrow.
Suffering from a mild case of bored. As I have mentioned before – I consider bored a personal problem. Think I am bored with our current political system. And the political malaise has seeped out into the rest of my life.
Holidays – Day 5
Every year I decorate our door with miscellaneous scraps of tinsel. This year the hotel brought us a great big wreath.
Jellyfish today – so I decided to do my swimming in the pool. Boring. But I HATE jellyfish. I consider jellyfish the yellowjackets of the sea.
Leftovers from yesterday’s party. This is Hawai’i – everyone goes home with “a plate”. Carlton’s plate was chocolate cake. Mine was noodles, veggies and teriyaki steak. Add avocado and tomato and you have a feast.
Loving the Kindle. I was able to sneak it away from Mr C. Popped it into a ziplock baggie and took it to the pool. I checked out Kindle covers. But, I like its lightness. Its non-bookness. I will get a neoprene sleeve for it. It sometimes gets pretty ugly in my purse.
Holidays – Day 4
Sort of a do nothing day. Went to a party in the late afternoon. Ate and drank everything in sight. Kona is all about eating. And drinking. And singing. And fishing. The party had everything except the fishing.
Strange day. Kim Jong-iL and Vaclav Havel both made the final exit.
One from yesterday’s canoe races.
Holidays – Day 3
Carlton hasn’t given up the Kindle yet. I did use it while he was at work. A sweet little thing. Hate to say this – but I think I like it better than dead tree books. I checked a Kindle book out of the Fairfax county library. I like that. A lot.
High school canoe races today. But, my camera isn’t up to photographing canoe races. Unless I swam out to the canoes. And, I am not up to that.
Thunder rumbling all around – best unplug the toys. And finish this up while I still have WiFi.
Holidays – Day 2
Well, I finally ended the To Kindle or Not To Kindle drama. I decided on the “old” keyboard version with G3. Why the old version. Well, I rarely purchase Version 1.0 of any thing. And the Touch Kindle seemed to be a whole new gadget. The G3-ness, think dialup speed – but it works, is limited on the Touch Version. Limited to shopping at Amazon. The old version is supposed to let you connect ever so slowly to Gmail and the like. Sometimes, when bereft of WiFi – I would like to do that.
I say “is supposed to” because as soon as I got the thing – I charged it up and loaded Dracula on it and handed it to Carlton. He hasn’t put it down. Enjoying Dracula and the Kindle. I am glad I didn’t put War and Peace on it!
I got the Kindle at our local Target. Far cheaper than from Amazon.
Holidays – Day 1
Time to get into holiday mode. Persons of the Christian faith are not the majority on our islands. But that does not diminish the festivities.
Speaking of festivities. How about this little old lady?
I hope things work out OK for her.
She definitely a practitioner of Nobody is Promised Tomorrow.
This old woman is tired of trying to think up “things to cook using only a microwave”. We’ll be having sandwiches until I get out of this funk.
Sun Returned (a little) today
The sun was out for a couple of hours today before going back into hiding. I went out looking for a Xmas Wrasse. Found none, but had a nice swim.
Still thinking about getting a Kindle. Not iPad. Not that I don’t think they are seriously cool. Not that I wouldn’t have fun with one. I just don’t want another anything to take care of. I am not about to give up my computer(s). And to me, the iPad is just another computer. A rather limited computer at that.
Kindle Touch is cheap enough to just toss when it breaks or is superseded by something better. I know me, if I got an iPod it would be the most expensive one available.
And, all I really want to do is read books. I enjoy having a nice collection of audiobooks always handy on the Classic iPod. I nice collection of e-books would be good. Especially in a 1/2 pound package. Especially when traveling.
Winter!
The internet was broken yesterday evening. I think it was the stormy weather. Anyhow, it was back by this morning so I could see – as soon as I woke up – that my equity portfolio continues to plunge.
We have had a couple of cloudy/chilly days – good for getting into the holiday spirit.
Still thinking about getting a Kindle. Not the “Fire” but the Touch. With G3 – I seem to have WiFi issues. Cost isn’t the issue. The issue is having MORE STUFF. The Touch Kindle slips nicely into the back pocket of my little “travel” purse. That is a plus. But, Michelin Green Guides, which are my very favorite travel books – do not have Kindle editions available in the US. (I am thinking that a Kindle could be a good travel buddy.)
Our Village Parade
Almost everyone in the parade. I think there are more participants than spectators.
Holiday Season Started Today in Kona
My holiday decorations are up. The Kona Xmas Parade just finished. Everyone in town who had a red t-shirt and a dog marched in the parade. No decorated cement mixers this year. I guess the economy is too bad to for the cement company to waste the fuel to be in our parade. There are usually 3 or 4 decorated cement mixers.
At this instant, a really loud Hawaiian reggie band doing a concert at the luau grounds across from the pier. Thank goodness for industrial strength ear plugs. Marriott owns the luau grounds now. Old Mr Marriott would not be pleased with the loud music annoying the guests at his hotel. (If I can hear it – I am sure the Marriott people can too.)
As you all know – I haven’t had a really good night’s sleep in over 10 years. I stopped fussing about it. Or even worrying. There will be plenty of time to sleep when I am dead. Last night – I enjoyed my non-sleep time by watch a total lunar eclipse of the full moon. Splendid way to spend the night.
aloha friday
Today, I swam over to sneak a peak at Paul Allen’s house.
The ocean wasn’t as calm as I’d like – so I didn’t swim any closer. I wouldn’t want to get swept into his property. He has his own deep water access. But, his boats are all too big to use it. I hope Mr Allen comes to spend Xmas week again this year. He has cancer – so I hope he is able to continue to enjoy his toys and houses. Nobody is promised tomorrow.