November 23, 2024
Welcome to Wave Woman Adventure Blog
Hard to believe this is #84 and I must have lost a lot of people along the way?
I am starting to loose myself actually…….but the next weeks are going to be exciting with the next step of clearing hau and planting coconuts. Three big helpers arrive on Wednesday for the weekend of work.
This week has not been without excitement!
Sunday morning I was shaking out a bed spread that had been drying over my stationary bike and out jumped a huge brown centipede. Before I could do anything it ran under my bed. EAKS! I knew I had to do whatever to get it out. This meant moving everything to the side of the room so I could move the bed out far enough to get under the rug. After moving the bed to the side of the room I took a deep breath and got the upright vacuum cleaner and a big knife. I turned the vacuum on and slowly started lifting the rug up and there it was to cut a slice thru and quickly vacuum up. That was the end of that little episode, but it created a lot of extra work before company’s arrival.
We now have a Hana vet! This was my biggest worry about coming to such a remote place without proper vet care. So like everything else that has fallen into place (not without effort of coarse) it is so exciting to finally have a young capable vet right here. Dr. Krista Scimeca with Infinity Vet. Dr. Krista’s dream is to be mobile but she moved into a house here a few days ago right after our old long time vet Dr. Malcom died. Last week I finally had a small bump on my dog Haumana checked out. Krista drew fluid and said it did not look good-a possible melanoma. Early Monday morning we out the back road to Makawao Vet for the procedure. She stayed there till Thursday and is now home confined to a smallest area to heal. She had a very uncomfortable cone which I finally found the right T shirt for her advertising Hasegawa General Store. I take her out for walks and she seems to be doing good.
I started my back patio this week. 400 capstones are estimated to complete the job plus many bags of sand. I did one forth and will continue this next week. Ossipoff used these as pavers on some of his patios and they are just right for me to handle, but it is not an easy job. Lifting and bending makes for a lot of soreness, but it is very rewarding work and I am looking forward to finishing the job. The cats are happy.
Wishing everyone a lovely holiday weekend. I am cooking a turkey in my red Hamilton Beach portable oven. Probably will skip next week’s blog with all the company and work plans.
Trying to keep this little guy from getting munched by my four leggeds.
The evening skies have been amazing.
Aloha Nui,
Vicky
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