Da Case For Good Sentence Structure

Dis ad wen appear in one local online da kine similar to Craigslist.  Are da clothes oni for peeps from da wrong side of da tracks?  Oa wat?

White trash bag of girls clothes mostly size 6-7 but there are a few 8’s – $3

Ho, can have so much fun wit dis! 

“Hotel Street bag of girls clothes…chree dollah.  But mo bettah u fumigate um befoah wearing um.”

“Kahala area bag of girls clothes.  All of them were purchased at Nordstrom and have only been worn once.  $100”.

“Nanakuli sai bag of tita clothes. Get some pukas in um cuz my dottah like beef.  Oddawise okay.  $10.00.  Wat? U tink dat too much?  U like beef oa wat?”

I going quit befoah I get in trouble. 

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Wat Makes Us Local?

Thursday night, Nolemana, our eldest daughter and I wen hele to da airport to meet our youngest daughter, who was coming home from 3 weeks in Europe.  We were standing right outsai da security checkpoint, so we could greet her wen she got off da plane.  Da crowd of peeps standing deah had one long, long wait, around 45 minutes of waiting anxiously for da faces of da peeps we all love to appear. Continue reading

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Flying Home Wen High Security

My youngest dottah stay flying home from a chree-week trip to Europe.  Right now she is on one plane in da middo of da US; I tracking her flight on da internet.  I love da internet.  But I digress. Continue reading

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Springtime In Oregon

I love springtime in Oregon!  Da winter is mostly gray.  Gray clouds.  Gray sky.  Monochrome wintah.  No get me wrong.  I like it.  I like da cold, cozy days wit a fire in da woodstove.  I love snuggling undah my electric blankie.  I love hot cocoa in da aftahnoon topped wit one two homemade marshmallows.  Anything is more bettah den 100 degrees, which can happen during da summah. Continue reading

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Da Love-Hate Relationship Wit My Computah

I lovehatelovehatelovehatelovehate love my computah.  I cannot imagine my life witout it.  But dis last week, ho, da buggah wen drive me nuts.  Seemed like it had choke menehune insai, each doing deah own ting. Continue reading

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Small Kine Cast Socks and Community

Sunday nite I finished the first small sock for my friend; she was at church with me, so I could measure her foot as the knitting progressed (we have a casual church). Continue reading

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We Get Snow!

Usually by dis time in da year, Northwest Oregon gets rain, rain and more rain.  But dis year, guess wat?  We wen get snow!  Not a lot, but was snow! Continue reading

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Kate Da Kat!

One of my teammates, Emily, wen finish Kate da Kat by da time da Olympic torch wen go out.  Dis litto pōpoki is so dang kewt! Continue reading

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Small Kine Socks For a Friend’s Cast

Tonight one friend of mine, who just broke her ankle in a kinda freaky snowmobile accident, asked me if I would be willing to make her a half sock for go over her toes, so they wouldn’t get cold. Continue reading

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Da Kakaroach Watamelon Keiki

On dis day, my friend Judy wen invite me to go wit her ‘ohana to dis cabin dey had in Kahuku. I wen go wit dem before for da weekend, an we alla time had good fun. Dis weekend stay so hot. Da sun stay beating down on us, so me an Judy wen decide for go swimming. Wen we was pau swimming, we wen lie out in da sun for awhile. By den, we stay real hot again, so we wen decide for go back to da cabin for sometin cold to drink. Continue reading

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