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Christmas Eve in the Navy
The stockings were hung by the, well by the TV with care (after all, let’s be honest, shall we?), In hopes that St. Nicholas soon will be there. It is still Christmas Eve for me, though for almost everyone who reads this it’s already Christmas morning or even solidly into the day. That’s okay, though;…
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Lighting up the Honolulu Hale
Today is the first day of winter. I wore shorts and a tank top to celebrate. Last night I went with a friend (one of J’s co-workers’ wives, the only one I can talk to for more than five minutes) to the Honolulu Hale for their Christmas display. We took a trolley through downtown to…
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Wrapping Paper and Movie Reviews
Today I finished my Christmas shopping for J. He and I went into Target together with a set budget and then went in separate directions with the object of meeting at a designated time in the coffee shop, our gifts for each other in sealed bags. It was a fun way to do Christmas shopping.…
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Invasion of the Maggots!
Today, after leaving my next door neighbors’ house, where I’d been invited for brunch, I found another of my neighbors that I’m not terribly familiar with standing at the bottom of my driveway. I say standing, but she was actually in more of a crouch. And holding an aerosol can. And spraying little spots along…
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Giving in to the Geckos
I have finally caved to the geckos. Not the in sense that I am still not planning on shooing as many of them back outside as I can, but they definitely scored a point against me tonight. I was running late to get to the final write-in for NaNo, and saw a little gecko on…
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Hawaiian Sunsets
The sunlight filters through the tree branches behind my back yard and through the medium brown curtains in my dining room, turning them gold and iridescent. The wind has been blowing all day today, so the leaves are flowing across the kitchen walls and the dining room table and it’s just plain pretty. The sky…
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A 90 degree November
There are Christmas decorations everywhere. They seem to have exploded in the week or so since Halloween, which is becoming more and more typical these days, but I can’t help reminiscing for the days when Thanksgiving was its own separate holiday and not just the pre-Christmas meal. And now I sound really old. It’s true,…
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Touring the Port Royal and finding the beach.
Yesterday I got to take a tour of J’s ship. While I couldn’t take any photos, I did find a couple online that are old news photos and things. The one at the top is from 2005. ^_^ It was larger than I thought it would be, but the spaces are still narrow. I got…
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The Gecko Conundrum
The gecko. The gecko perfectly embodies the strangeness that is Hawai’i. To understand what I mean, you need some background information about these small creatures and my experiences with them. First, you need to know that I have cats. Two of them. One of them is content to spend her days sleeping on my bed…
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Pineapple Bliss
So, today I learned an important skill: the correct way to slice a pineapple like a kama’aina (local). Our story begins yesterday, when I realized I was craving fruit. We’ve been living on things like pasta and sandwiches waiting for things to settle in the house (I keep hoping they’ll magically put themselves away for…
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