August 15, 2007
Because of the earthquake in Peru we are under a tsunami alert which may hit at as early as 2 AM. We shall see.
At least we are prepared for a disaster because of the hurricane. The hurricane ended up being a non-event. The crazy part was that the radar showed that we were being hit really hard but in actuality we had very little rain. It has been completely overcast because of the hurricane and we haven’t seen the sun but other than that the wind was not bad nor was the rain. It was odd. I did see on Konaweb that a person (Peter A) who lives at South Point posted a photograph of the hurricane from the coast - it is really amazing. Here it is:
The only other exciting thing going on is that our housekeeper quit but she has a replacement for us so that is fortunate since we do not clean. The REAL secret to a happy marriage without strife is hiring someone to keep your house clean.
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July 6, 2007
Last night, we were attempting to watch Sherlock Holmes (The 6 Napoleons) when termites started coming through the windows and began swarming around the television. Of course, we had to turn everything off but then more and more started coming into my work studio. We had to kill them one by one while they attempted to get into everything. Brian was also spraying poison everywhere (yuck). On top of that, we had to sit in the living room in the dark for three hours afterwards because they kept coming. We played Gin by citronella candlelight. We thought we were safe since the living room is not usually a room they come into - but not this time. Brian kept feeling things on his legs - we both thought we were being paranoid but we turned on the light and saw a ton of wingless termites crawling on the carpet. We promptly used the cards to throw them into the candle flame. Today, we will be spending the day making sure they did not infiltrate all my fabric. Fun. Our housekeeper was just here on the 4th and now the house is already in disrepair. Yuck.
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September 26, 2005
Last night I went through Brian’s “filing system” (more like everything he’s ever gotten shoved into a accordion file) and his “tax filing system” (namely every tax booklet from 2000 shoved into another accordion file). He sat at the computer playing online and surfing the web while I did all the work. Yet, somehow, he claims that the process pained him and that he had to “relive every bit of paperwork that he has had since 2000.” I am not sure how he could relive all the paperwork from 2000 because most of it was never even opened to begin with! I did all the work and apparently he did all the suffering. My husband is extremely silly (but truly believes that he suffered a great deal of pain last night). 
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June 3, 2004
Day 5000 of cleaning out my grandmother’s apartment-I cleaned out the refrigerator today only to find vegetables that were only in existence during prehistoric times and mold on cheese that formed new breeds of cheese. I also found ham from 2002, corndogs, and ground beef from who knows when. Fortunately, I did not find any sex-related objects so that was positive… She slept most of the day and acted rather crazy but this is not unusual. I ended up filling 23 bags with garbage, which is down from the usual number of 50 (or more). The absolute worst part of the day was when she handed me a knife and cut my hand! Yay for more injuries to my body! Currently, I am recovering from the following injuries that she has inflicted on me: injured Achilles tendon, knife wound on hand, cactus injury on arm, and a bruised foot. I wonder what injuries I will acquire next time! I will be putting up the rose garden bench for her so the possible injuries seem to be limitless!
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April 12, 2004
I am really quite irritated. I spent a large portion of yesterday organizing my grandmother’s apartment at the retirement home. Today, I was supposed to continue cleaning up her shrine of anti-organization and clutter. I woke up at 5:30 AM so that I could take care of all my personal needs such as meditation, yoga, eating, etc. I called her to let her know that I was leaving the house at 8 AM and expected to arrive at 9 AM. I arrived at 8:45 AM and went up to her apartment. She barely opens the door and tells me that she is not interested in me organizing the closet today and she slams the door in my face! WHY did she not tell me that she did not want to do this today when I called her earlier?! This sort of behavior is annoying and unacceptable. I just arrived home, having wasted a large portion of my day driving in the car. Sometimes, she makes it very difficult for me to want to help her. Now, she will have to engage in copious amounts of ego stroking in order to get me to come over again because I am not putting up with her little games. Camus was correct in his assessment of life; it is indeed full of the absurd…
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I am really quite irritated. I spent a large portion of yesterday organizing my grandmother’s apartment at the retirement home. Today, I was supposed to continue cleaning up her shrine of anti-organization and clutter. I woke up at 5:30 AM so that I could take care of all my personal needs such as meditation, yoga, eating, etc. I called her to let her know that I was leaving the house at 8 AM and expected to arrive at 9 AM. I arrived at 8:45 AM and went up to her apartment. She barely opens the door and tells me that she is not interested in me organizing the closet today and she slams the door in my face! WHY did she not tell me that she did not want to do this today when I called her earlier?! This sort of behavior is annoying and unacceptable. I just arrived home, having wasted a large portion of my day driving in the car. Sometimes, she makes it very difficult for me to want to help her. Now, she will have to engage in copious amounts of ego stroking in order to get me to come over again because I am not putting up with her little games. Camus was correct in his assessment of life; it is indeed full of the absurd…
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