All Fixed and Purty

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Mokihana

I picked up my kawila from Womack Auto Body yesterday! Whoo hoo! I was so happy to get her back! And what a fantastic job they did on her, too.

Before:

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After:

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And For Some Small Kine Humor…

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Mokihana

So today I was heading makai on Highway 212; on the 2-lane part of the highway in Damascus, I was getting tailgated something fierce. And I had no where to get off the road. I was driving Nolemana’s kawila since mine was still at the body shop; it sits a lot lower than mines one, so I couldn’t really get a good look at the driver.

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Poor Kawila

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Mokihana

Yesterday I had to go to da Auto Body shop to get something out of my kawila. And while I was there, I could see them working on it, so I got to take some broke down kine photos. Poor ting, yeah? These mark the scratches along the side as well as the fender that had to be fixed.

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Lest You Think I Was Joking…

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Mokihana

Not. Try look this sign at a feed store not too far from me.

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“The Bug From Hell”

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Mokihana

Holy crap. We’re being invaded by stink bugs. They are miserable and invasive, and they’re driving me crazy.  Somehow they manage to get into the house through our screen doors. And who knows where else.

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Shipping a Spinning Wheel, Chapter Two

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Mokihana

About two weeks later, Debbie was ready to have the wheel shipped. Keola graciously gave up his daytime perch, and allowed us to move it.

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Shipping a Spinning Wheel

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Mokihana

I don’t have the next Montana Road Trip photos ready yet, so will post this instead. For those of you who wanna learn something about shipping a spinning wheel, this is the place to be.

A wahine in my Joe Jorgensen Ravelry group wanted to buy a JJ wheel and she found one, right here in Oregon (a friend of mine was selling hers). Only problem…Debbie lives in Georgia, and Kay, my friend, was swamped with extremely important family stuff and didn’t have the time to pack up the wheel and ship it, so I volunteered to help out.  Continue reading →

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Temporary Wheels

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Mokihana

I took my kawila up to the dealer’s to get the sliding door fixed (yep, it’s under warranty!) on Tuesday. They thought it’d take about three hours, so I went prepared with knitting to while away the time. After about an hour, however, my advisor told me it was gonna take a lot longer to complete; it was a pretty complex repair, and they wanted to make sure they did it right the first time. (Yay, Dick Hannah Chrysler in Vancouver!)  And it was going to take till the end of the day, and they didn’t think I’d want to wait that long. True dat.
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Montana Road Trip 2010, Chapter Thirty-One

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Mokihana

Auwe. No can believe it’s been all these months since I’ve updated our Montana road trip. Three months!!  Wanna go back? K’den.

Before heading over Lookout Pass, we stopped at the Dena Mora Rest Area near Saltese. It was a lovely place to stop, and there was all kinds of information about the area.

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Dear Teenage Bicyclist

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Mokihana

Hey kid. Assamatta u, eh? I realize you were in the bike lane and I realize that the light was green. Did you realize that I was already in the middle of a right hand turn when you decided to zoom through the intersection without looking around you? Was whatever you were listening to on your earbuds so loud that you were totally unaware of what was going on nearby?

I truly think you weren’t even aware of my van only two feet away from you as I slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting you. You just kept pedaling as fast as you could, never looking to the left or right.

I didn’t hit you, mahalo ke Akua. But please be more careful; someone else might.

Aloha,

Mokihana

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