Day 1

We're back online!
And in my orderly sense of things, I need to chronicle our first month here in chronological order.

Since it had been so long since our last move (about ten years), I had forgotten how exhausting it is! GB and I fell into bed and I don't think I remember being that tired. But it was a good fatigue because we had finally made it!


GB set to work right away unpacking. He found an excellent place to put all of his sci-fi books that are smaller- like old sized paperbacks. We have 4x4s all over our walls- they are perfect.

The light that comes in the front windows is incredible. I believe this is in the early morning.

Here's Kika......
The cats were pretty freaked by the movers and stuff, so we went and got them and locked them in my office here. After a couple of days we let them out on the lanai. Kika looked the most at ease and comfortable. But a couple of nights after we moved, he jumped off of the lanai railing and never returned : ( we miss him terribly. This is the last picture we have of him.

We MOVED!

We successfully transported most of our stuff to our new house on Thurs July 18th!

We've slept there 3 nights now... sleeping has been fitful... there's so much going on (read moving is stressful and a ton of work)... were still moving stuff out of our Hakalau house... and the moon has been so BIG and FULL this week. All of those windows are letting in a huge amount of moonlight!

We took tons of pics, but we're taking an internet break at the new house (i.e. phone and internet aren't done yet), so I'll get them up later.

We're in our NEW HOUSE!

Moving Day

It's been so long since we've moved. We lived in the Hakalau House for 9.5 years. That's a long time- a lot of accumulated memories (Luka was born on the living room floor!), accumulated stuff, and accumulated crap.

Here's some shots of what it looked like before the movers arrived. Boxes everywhere



When the movers arrived, I went to drop off the kids and prep the new house while GB directed the move.Of course we've had like 3 weeks of NO rain, and on our move day the rain fell. Perhaps it's like rain on your wedding day.... after that everything is uphill?

It rained on and off all morning. It wasn't too bad, but it did make the ramp off of the moving truck slippery.The photos and the lack thereof make it look like it was a piece of cake. I assure you it was not! We had some heavy things (like the piano), and the 6 movers worked their butts off- as well as did GB and I.

The kids happily returned from a day of play to their new house!

And we all enjoyed our first dinner together on the lanai (Ra'am is on the mainland).