Craigslist Buy in Kailua

There's this weird thing about the Windward side of the island. Whenever you go there you feel like you're going to the other side of the rainbow into another dimension. The Windward side is the wetter more lush side of the island. I live on the Leeward side about 20 miles away. It's dryer and hotter. Sigh... However, all my friends and relatives live on the Leeward side. It's rather a strange thing about Oahu.


You go through this long tunnel that's cut into the mountain and when you come out, it's like you're in another world.


I think it's the prettier side of the island. I hope nobody on the Leeward side gets mad at me for saying this.


I was actually taking a quick look on Craigslist this morning to see if they had some taller nightstands. Instead, a 6 feet x 4 feet magnetic whiteboard caught my eye. They were asking only $45.00 but it was in Kailua... the other side of the world. Art, always kind to limping people said he would take me to look at it.


When I saw the white board, I was disappointed. It was bent and dirty even though they advertised it as hardly used. However, they were right that magnetic whiteboards are expensive. I'd looked for one a long time ago and large boards cost several hundred dollars. Art looked at it and said I should give it a try.



I must say, I'm really pleased. It cleaned up beautifully after Art straightened it and it filled up the huge blank wall. I can now play with it all I like adding my magnet collection from our travels and moving around our family photos. It's been a happy Monday!

Wedding Reception on the Windward Side

We actually planned our move to Hawaii so that we could attend the wedding reception for the son of our very good friends. Having this deadline was a good thing because if we didn't have a goal, we may have dithered for months and who know? Years longer?


We had to travel to Kaneohe on the Windward side of the island for this which meant driving on H3 through a long tunnel that is drilled through the Koolau mountain range. That was quite a feat of engineering but cut the commute between the two sides of the island dramatically. When I was a child we almost NEVER went to the windward side because it was too far away. In the islands "too far away" means more than 30 minutes. H3 is the Interstate highway which is hilarious since.... uh... we are on an island.


The windward side is the wetter side of the island and is more lush and green.


Unfortunately, it was extremely HOT and MUGGY! I don't remember how many glasses of water and ice tea we drank but it was considerable. We saw this poor dove outside in the parking lot and it just seemed too hot and bothered to fly. It just lay there and wouldn't fly away even when I approached it. As I snapped my photos, it finally just got up, fluffed its feathers and walked away.