Welcome to Blog #89
January 11, 2025
Just hard to believe I have almost been here for two years. Several nights ago I looked back at some of the earlier photos and it blows me away with where and how I have journeyed to be at this point in progress. Most visitors are astounded with the progress. I am now working with a graphic designer for the Koali Niu logo. Next is the web site and planting more coconut trees.
As I am writing this the rain is pouring down on the metal roof with a loud clamor and our dry period is over. This good as the big water tank will be emptied this week and moved down for better placement. After doing this move we need rain to fill the tank back up asap or it is back to the hose into the kitchen sink and buckets for the toilet.But, that seems to have been the name of the game with each project. And, a lot of waiting between projects.
The Kawasaki mule will be shipped from Hilo Feb 5th. I am anxious to get that to help make many jobs easier and be able to drive up the hill.
This week was mainly about putting the front patio floor together. Everything had to first be taken up: furniture, small pebbles and the pavers. Then the ground had to be leveled. James gathered many buckets of sand from the beach and laid that out over the leveled ground. Next the pavers were carefully laid (and often relaid) down fitting them all together for the best size, shape and look. This took several days and neighbor Karen came up to help direct the best placement. Next sand was carefully placed in between each paver, and finally yesterday the pavers were sand blasted to clean the dirt off. Monday he and brother Waihua will be back to grout. This took a lot more time and effort than I orginally planned, but this has been the case with all the projects.
After all my work on the back patio and my desire to do it myself, James told me he thinks the pavers all need to come up and the ground leveled. I was working on that with sand, but it will be better if redone. Oh well.
On Thursday I made the trek to Kahalui to take Mana for grooming at Petco. The drive can get really irratating with tourists moseying along looking out the window with no sense there are people behind them who want to move on. After many trips I have perfected my way to get them to pull over although it is not a very pretty thing, but it is what the locals have to do. You pull right up on their back fender flash lights and honk and then you yell out the window MOVE OVER with your arm pointing to the side of the road. Some get it faster than others. There are signs along the road to pull over for locals but unfortunately they are made with dark colors and not that visible.
The afternoon is approaching and enough said for now. Wishing everyone a great week coming up.
Aloha Nui,
Vicky
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