Our New House (Hale) in Hawaii

WOW!!! View of the Koolau Mountains from the Lanai

 

Our House on Mealele St. Kaneohe, Hawaii

YES (a'e)!!! We just settled and moved into our new home (hale) in Kaneohe, Hawaii on February 22. Sorry for the parenthesis, but I am trying to learn some Hawaiian (taking a class).  Moving across the ocean (from Maryland) is quite an experience. The Matson truck pulled up at 8 am. on the 23rd. on Mealele Street to deliver the 10 (umi') crates of household goods we had shipped. 10 (umi') does not sound like many (we got rid of a lot of stuff in MD) but, OMG!!! every room in our 1, 685 sq. ft., one level hale is full. We had the movers open some boxes, but having to constantly tell them where to put things became overwelming very quickly, soooo we stopped unpacking and started stacking boxes. It's gonna take us a while to open everything but...it feels like a huge christmas present.  (*A dream come true*) Lots to do...Open boxes; figure out where it goes, roof/ skylight repair (got a credit to get some things fixed), small solar repair, get termite contract (very important in HI.), get security contract (no murders here, but lots of theft), get Oceanic cable , Hawaii Electric etc... Oh! and start getting estimates for our NEW Kitchen (small now); going to expand by taking out some walls (open up w/ bar) I will keep you informed of that whole process. Aloha!

A hui hou (See You Latter) Gotta unpack boxes :)

Living/Dining Room: Kitchen behind far Wall (to be changed)