A Mānoa Girl's Bloggie

This can be addicting! I’m learning more about Photoshop, too. Continue reading →

I’ve been trying to think up a caption for this photo of two of my cats, Xanax and Makanani. But it’s been a long week and my brain has capsized, so I’m welcoming your captions. No prizes like on some blogs, but it might be fun to do it anyway. Won’t it? Continue reading →

K’den. Remember this post from ‘way back when, where I wrote about how mainland peeps have so much pilikia [trouble] with my name? Back then I thought I’d heard it all, fool that I am. Mochahana? That’s nothing compared to what happened last week!! Continue reading →

Now THIS is fun!! I saw the first one here. It looked like so much fun I thought I’d try it. Continue reading →

For my Christmas present this year, my special friend Julie bought us tickets for the Holiday Express, for a night-time ride on my favorite engine, SP4449. She knows how much I love trains, especially the 4449, so it was a fantastic present! Continue reading →

Two days before Christmas I was heading home from Designer Yarn in Sandy. It’s my favorite local yarn store (LYS), and much closer than other yarn shops in the metro Portland area. Continue reading →

See Mokihana’s nani [pretty] sailboats. See them on a rainy day. See their bright colors. See the red sail. See the blue sail. See the yellow sail. See the green sail. Continue reading →

Caution: Highly Pidgin!

So last week Friday was a kinda junk day. Nemmine, was one huge junk day. Jass stuff.

So I wen go moe, finally, about 1 a.m. About 4 a.m., I wen turn ova, and wen feel one sharp pain in my left litto finga. OW!!!! I mean, da bugga really stay hurting! So I wen open da light attached to da headboard (cuz right now da overhead light stay broke) but no could see nothing. Jass wen feel dis terrible pain. Continue reading →

The first batch of crabapples are pau! I haven’t tasted them yet, but they sure look good! I have one more batch to do, and that will be it for the year. I found out that my friend Steph has a real crabapple tree, and next year we’ll do a trade: fresh for pickled. Sounds like a plan to me! Continue reading →