July 17, 2004
News Bits For This Week
I didn't have much to say and may slow down posting for a week or two as I work on giving My Wide Blue Seas a new look and catch up on some mail...
We are all fine Woody is working his four days in Kona. The store is slow in the sense of not having the traffic we were having. The weather has been wonderful so people are out seeing the wonders of this island and not shopping which is ok. We get them eventually.
I realized that I was messed up on paying the state excise tax, so ran and paid with a bit of a penalty, but, this leaves me really strapped to buy the equipment for the repair set up. So I am praying for another huge sale. A lady came in today that I've not seen in months, she's dying for the 15mm Tahitian Pearl strand valued at 7500.00 and even has photos of herself trying it on, at home. No go in getting hubby to say yes... When I saw her come to the Door, I nearly passed out as I thought "yes yes yes..." Well, I don't want to get ahead of God but I was getting ready to start to sing "Thank You, Jesus...." One never knows... Things are leaving the store that I never thought would leave, so I don't pre judge anything...
On the Hawaii front I was going to write about the project that Gov. Lingle has started to build 17,000 "affordable" housing units "to deal with the homeless problem before the property and land values are affected and things deteriorate even more..." I laughed out loud when I read that these were for people at "50% of the median state income of $60,000.00, or have incomes of $30,000.00." Yes there is a tent city outside of Hilo where there are new SUV's parked and people have work and are "homeless" or "houseless" but, most of the time the reality is that the homeless have no money and that criteria would mean that 2/3's of Hilo's residents would qualify for these units. The "homeless" wont ever see the inside of one. The thing is, you have to have a place before you can get a job and earn money to buy or rent a place and its catch-22 all the way down... Sorry I cant post the link but none of the papers thought that this story was worth putting on the online papers or you could read about it your self.
We have another large group of residents heading for the sandpile and its leaving a lot of jobs short handed. I think Woody got a call today for an interview to fill one and that would be great, even if its temporary.
My Mom is doing famously and is champing at the bit to get back out on her scooter... A sure sign that her overall health is improving.
We saw our friends Claudia and Mike this week. Their house in Kapoho will be closing escrow in a week and they are moving their stuff into storage tomorrow. Their loan for their new place in Kaneohe, Oahu, is not moving very fast and like we were when we got here they will be homeless in Hawaii. They got big bucks for their house so they can live where ever, so don't feel sorry for them. Should they not be able to get the loan through they will be sending their stuff on the California and they will travel for a bit then resettle in Chico or Merced or the surrounding area. That isn't first choice as Mike has a commitment to teach at UH Manoa if he wants it, and no job in Cali... In either case I will miss them terribly.
Well that is all for now.
