Just for the photo enthusiast in me... =) [View Full Entry]

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Since my brother, sister, and brother-in-law live in Waimanalo, I feel a familial obligation to make the trek at least once a year. Their house in the country is set on 3/4 acres and surrounded by lush plants on two sides and a neighbor's stable on the third. The true charm of their home is the Lanai. A covered, enclosed porch from which one can sit and enjoy the sounds of donkeys, roosters, and birds. Across the street is a beautiful garden that is hidden from the rest of the world and provides more plant life to the already jungle-like scenery. [View Full Entry]

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Die Baby Mietzen in der Arbeit sind nun ziemlich genau 2 Wochen alt und haben vor kurzem ihre Äuglein geöffnet!! Wir können kaum abwarten bis sie endlich richtig laufen können und wir mit ihnen spielen können! Die sind ja soooooooooooooooooooooooo süß!!!! =D ====================================================================== The baby kittens at work are now almost exactly 2 weeks old and recently started opening their eyes!! We can't wait until they are able to walk so we can play around with them! They are just soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo adorable!!!! =D [View Full Entry]

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Eine der Katzen in der Arbeit, die uns zugelaufen ist, hat kuerzlich 4 winzig kleine, suesse Babies auf die Welt gebracht... Viel Spass mit den Bildern! =) =========================================================================== One of our new rescue cats at work recently gave birth to 4 adorable, little baby kitties. Enjoy the pictures! =) [View Full Entry]

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Another day in Paradise Ventured futher around the island today. It's easy driving once you get out of Waikiki, which is mostly one way streets. Feel quite at home really, what with McDonalds, KFC & Burger King, all within walking distance. However, we have resisted so far! Ate at planet Hollywood last night, al fresco. Went to the Sea life park, as seen in 50 first dates. Not huge but still entertaining. They have the only Whalphin in the world, it was an accidental breeding of a killer whale & an Atlantic dolphin 22 years ago, it's pretty big. I guess [View Full Entry]

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The people of Hawaii can be described as racially diversified, though the population of the mainland U.S. is beginning to appear so too. However, though the racial make-up of the rest of the U.S. seem to be predominately Caucasians, Blacks and Hispanics and a minority of Asians, in Hawaii, is seems more to be East Asians, Southeast Asians, Hawaiians and other Polynesians, Caucasians including Hispanics and Blacks. Also significant are the people of mixed racial background of the above mentioned races. Maybe some of the photos can do justice to what I’m trying to describe. It was take [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday we finally made it to the beach. I wanted to go again today, but the sunburn just won't allow me to do that. It's not too terrible, but it's enough to keep me off the pretty beach. We went out to Bellows AFB, which during the week is for military families only. Absolutely gorgeous view! And there were maybe twenty people along the mile or so of coastline. I read and enjoyed the sun, and Jerry played in the water like a kid. Then last night we hopped over the the Navy Exchange and I got something very nice! [View Full Entry]

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Today the folks headed out to other islands. They'll continue on in Kaua'i, Maui and the Big Island for another week. We all suited up and devoted our morning to "better beach": pails, chairs, umbrellas, towels, boogie boards, and not really enough sunscreen. We Continentals have to make a conscious effort not to need to be running off to do the next thing, but it was well worth it! We spent a good several hours with the surf and sand. Of course, there was a next thing to run off to eventually, and a next thing after that. The owners of [View Full Entry]

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This morning, Judy and John left our group to go off on a tour of the other Hawai'ian Islands we we were on our own for the remainder of the trip. At this point, we didn't feel like we'd spent enough time at the beach, so we decided to do just that for our morning activity. I had decided that I was going to try this boogie boarding thing I'd heard so much about, and, surprisingly, Laura and Barb both wanted to try it, too. So, we grabbed some beach chairs, an umbrella, the boogie boards, and as an afterthough, I [View Full Entry]

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Today was Pearl Harbor day. When one goes to Oahu for the first time, one must go see the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. I believe it's a sort of a civic duty. People my age do not understand at all what it was like on December 7th, 1941 and the days following. The terrorist attacks in New York and DC do not really shed any light on what it was like to be attacked by a foreign military for military goals; those attacks weren't military, they were criminal acts committed by criminal people, and it's just not the same thing. Because of [View Full Entry]

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