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List #5 – Things not done this winter

The Dancer
The Dancer - Hulihe`e Palace

Things not done this winter.

  1. Did not get a PADI card
  2. Did not snorkel at Two Step
  3. Did not go to the Captain Cook Monument – either by foot or by boat.

Had some great tuna steaks today. Along with avocado and tomatoes. Dinner will be yakisoba noodles and something that I find in the fridge.

Trying to watch curling. Seems to me that curling is a sport best enjoyed with vast amounts of alcoholic beverages. I don’t have any alcoholic beverages on hand.

Going home depression is being helped by thinking about going to Japan.

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List #4 – reasons to go to japan

And the elevator is where?
And the elevator is where?

Kona SeaSide regulars know that we are “elevator challenged”.

Reasons to visit japan.

  1. You can drink the water. Hey, that is a big deal to me.
  2. It is really safe – except for earthquakes, tsunamis, and atomic bombs. But, Hawai’i has earthquakes, tsunamis and active volcanoes.
  3. They have really good sushi.
  4. Japan has lots of funky electronic toys.
  5. Japan has good public transportation. Of course, I can not image how I’d know which train to get on.
  6. What’s not to love about the folks who invented instant ramen noodles.
  7. The urban young have some really strange fashion ideas.
  8. Hot baths.
  9. And, they respect old people.
  10. Finally, you would get a heap of frequent flyer miles for going.

Spam musubi, avocado and tomato for lunch. And I am finishing up the eggs for dinner tonight.

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List #3 – Pre Going Home

Huge shave ice
The other day some kids were trying to finish a huge shave ice.
  1. get flat rate boxes – DONE
  2. decide what goes to Salvation Army.
  3. decide what gets mailed
    • Wetsuit
    • Mask and snorkel
    • FX01 and underwater housing and charger
    • All that personal care/bathroom stuff
  4. Boxes OK? – if not try different sizes
  5. decide what to carry home.
    • The Airness and brick
    • The 2 external drives
    • The L1 and extra lens and charger
    • The iPod and it’s charger
    • Cell Phone Charger
  6. decide what stays
  7. Anything left over?

It’s all about the stuff, isn’t it?

Shark with pad Thai sauce and cone sushi today for lunch. And a whole bunch of real 100% Kona Coffee.

Noticed that the “conservative convention” or what ever it is named Ron Paul as their choice for president in a straw vote. Things are getting stranger and stranger… May you live in interesting times. BTW – Confucius didn’t say that. I think John Kennedy did and mis-attributed the saying to the Chinese.

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List #2 – The Bucket List for Travel

whale watch sign
Whale Watch
  1. Cross North America by train.
  2. Circumnavigate the globe
  3. Visit the Maldives (before they sink)
  4. Go to the Seychelles islands while I know the ambassador
  5. See the “May Day” parade in Moscow
  6. Take the train across Australia
  7. Check out Dubai or Qatar
  8. Motor around the  Marquesas Islands on the Aranui
  9. etc

It was chilly here today – so we had chili with rice underneath and avocado, sour cream and salsa on top.

iPod note to self: The first time you fire up Music after  you copy new tunes from the computer – the iPod wants to “organize” the library or some such thing. LET IT FINISH. If you don’t let it finish – it iPod will insist that it has no tunes to play. The only thing to do seems to be to reconnect the Pod to the computer and make some change to the iPod’s library – it is still there on the iPod. Disconnect the iPod, fire up Music again and this time LET IT FINISH organizing.

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List #1 – What I did this winter

No picture today – still feeling too smug about getting a decade of images culled and cataloged to go out and make more.

Going to have lists for the next couple of days.

What I did this winter:

  1. Culled and cataloged a decade of images.
  2. Learned to like Lightroom.
  3. Vastly improved my open ocean swimming confidence (which might not be a good thing).
  4. Discovered that doing all the domestic chores every week – just like at home – makes the rest of the week work better. So, on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday – every week – I did laundry and defrosted the fridge and restocked the pantry.

Had albacore tuna – with lemon pepper sauce, rice, tomatoes and avocado for lunch. Ono grinds – as we say local-speak.

Microwave egg trick – It works for me. Put a slice of bread in a bowl. Add a little milk or cream to mush up the bread. Break an egg on top. Punch some holes in the yoke. Top with salsa. Cover. Nuke 2 minutes. It makes a nice alternative to peanut butter sandwich or oatmeal – which have been the major breakfast food this winter.