December 19, 2004
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (and Women too)
Wailoa Estuary and park from the Hilo Small Boat Harbor
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas day,
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray;
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
From God our heavenly Father
A blessed angel came.
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
"Fear not," then said the angel,
"Let nothing you affright,
This day is born a Savior,
Of virtue, power, and might;
So frequently to vanquish all
The friends of Satan quite";
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding,
In tempest, storm, and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway
This blessed babe to find:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
But when to Bethlehem they came,
Whereat this infant lay
They found him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His mother Mary kneeling,
Unto the Lord did pray:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All others doth deface:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy
Another great Carol...I need to remember this... He is the God of rest...
We are not having a banner holiday rush, though we did have a large sale yesteday. A lady has been looking at a ring on our website everyday for the last 6 months and her hubby brought her down to buy it. Lucky for him that I had just put it into the 25 percent off case. I rotate stock in there and have regulars that come to check if their item has gone on sale. We are starting to run ads in the paper tomorrow to hopefully get the stragglers in and begin the liquidation process.
I was alone much of the day. Woody has a swing shift guarding job at a place that is being fumigated. He is there to keep the homeless out from under the tent. Is this not the stupidest thing you have ever heard of? A guy will releive him at 11:30 tonight...It is pouring down rain.
We have moved our closing date back for the shop to March something. We are insured and the landlord will place us on a month to month. This way we have a bit more time to deal with the fixtures... I just felt we should have a bit more time and was feeling way rushed this week. I hope to have enough time to liquidate 90+ percent of the inventory and fixtures. Ther is nothing Hilo loves more than a clseout sale.
We also have another trip planned. When I was in LA our friends Ed and Helen Atkinson mentioned a place they had passed through on a trip they had taken this summer.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas near Branson MO... this area really is growing espcially in the Bentonville Fayetteviile area (International HQ for Wal Mart is located here) We have had no less than 6 unsolicited reccomendations to try there by local people. During the War there was a large internment camp in the Ozarks near there and many Japanese people here in Hilo have reletives that stayed on there in Arkansas, after they were released. People here are looking at the Ozarks as a retirement destination as well as a place to get out of the high realestate crunch they are having here in Hawaii... Land is good and cheap and there seems to be work... and the weather is less severe than in Ohio. Woody booked us timeshere there and it will be a working vacation to spy out the land...
We will also be staying down in Montgomery, near Houston for a week to check out that area, and by the time we get back on a plane to come home at the end of April we will have a game plan... we are commited to that. List the house, and work on moving in 90 days to one of the three destinations....
Does anyone out there know how to travel with cats? If 12 hours outside tramatized poor Mak, think about 12 hours dealing with flying OMG...(maybe its Mom that needs the setative...)
Both of us are sick sick... this must be the dreaded flu... Woody is miserable and Mine just lingers on and on... Makoa and Nani are settling down and spent the day out on the lanai and were not afraid of the hole in the screen like they were when they first came in from the rain after being out... Mom is calming down too and cuddles her little darlings so much that they are starting to get spoilt!
