....before.

....after

..the grime is gone.

We are blessed to be able to live on the Hamakua coast of Hawaii.  We are doubly blessed to be able to look out our windows and see the sea in all its glory.

Well, after the Tsunami alert was lifted, DS and DDL came over for cards and food. In a role reversal,  they brought US new toys--an new Wii Resort game with new controllers. They brought along their own controllers and we joined in a family game of bowling.

Remember the movie "Christmas Story?"  Ralphie lusted after a Daisy BB gun, and all the adults brushed him off with the admonition "You'll poke yer eyes out..."

The announcer on MSNBC just noted that "the concern is that there is a large American population in the Hawaiian Islands...."

.....um, last I knew, Hawaii IS part of the USA....and so why is it a surprise that there is a large American population here......

Idjits.

We are under tsunami threat due to the large (8.8) earthquake in Chile yesterday.  A nine foot wave is expected in Hilo at 11:05am PST today.

...how much we love living here? 

I hated that dinosaur.  The 52" projection TV that DH bought for himself several years ago. It is huge, unwieldy, heavy and fugly. I PLEADED with him not to bring it to Hawaii. 

I lost the "discussion."  So I have ....perhaps not so subtly....been broaching the subject of a flat screen wall mounted tv. I casually wander through the electronics section at Wally World. I turn up the volume on Tv "TV" commercials.