Archive for August, 2006

Pilikia at Vista House

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

What I thought was going be one usual day up at Crown Point ended up being full of pilikia.  Driving up dea, I wen take dis photo of da Columbia Rivah Gorge. (more…)

Vista House

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Today I am feeling:

In a little while, I’m stay going for my afternoon shift at Vista House, overlooking da Columbia River Gorge.  I’ve been a volunteer there since 1989.  Interpretive volunteer.  Dat’s my official title. (more…)

Class

Friday, August 25th, 2006

How I Feel:

So, yesterday I was listening/small kine watching Oprah while I wen hana.  Get small TV in my home office, and if I no listening to HawaiianRainbow.com (which I mostly do), I kinda watch TV if sometin good on. (more…)

Da World Through Yellow

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

So wat’s widis??  I was at da gym, wen come back and turn on my monitor.  Hah?  Da buggah all yellow!  Like looking through one yellow filter.  I swear, I nevah wen touch notting!  I wen get jaundice wen I not looking? (more…)

Boring/Keiki Blankies

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

 

 I gave up on the ugly acrylic yarn.  Not the double-pointed needles.  Just the yarn.  Red Heart.  I hate it.  Life is too short to knit with ugly yarn.  I bit the bullet and wen holoholo [drove] to my LYS (Local Yarn Store) and upgraded to a nicer yarn. 

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Double-Pointed Fingers

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

 

I am trying to knit a baby blanket. The pattern is easy. Cast on 5, join in a circle. Move onto 3 double-pointed needles, just like I use to knit socks. Knit one round.  Then increase in each of the stitches. Easy! Ya think?  So how come I ripped the whole thing out 8 times awreddy? (more…)

Left Hand, Right Hand

Friday, August 18th, 2006

My madda wen tell me once dat wen I was still in one high chair, back wen dinosaurs roamed da earth, I was ambidextrous.  Switch which hand I wen use for eat, even if was Cheerios oa watevah.  I get one sistah, 2 braddas.  None of dem lidis. (more…)

Da Case For Good Sentence Structure

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

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. 

Wat Makes Us Local?

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

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. (more…)

Flying Home Wen High Security

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

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. (more…)