12-31-2005, 01:29 PM
Happy New Year Everyone! My name is Cathrine, and as of last week, my husband Doug and I are new homeowners in Fern Acres!
We lived on Oahu dare I say - 14 years ago, now. Doug was in the Marine Corps, and I had just gotten out of the Navy. We both fell head over heels in love with Hawaii. We made the rounds, visiting nearly all the islands, and found that BI was by far our favorite. Seems that we've been trying to get back ever since.
Turning 40 was the kicker for me this year. I started realizing that life was getting on, and we were still looking for a better place to live. We'd moved down to PA from NH to make the work commute easier on Doug, but with the influx of city folks after 9/11, we just had to get out of there. We checked out other places around the country - even took a trip to Florida and the coast of Texas. But nothing, nothing compared to our beloved Hawaii.
To make a long journey a bit shorter, let me say that things have begun to move very quickly for us now. I found that I could attend the acupuncture school up in Waimea (YAAA!), and we found a lovely home in FA that we could afford (in record time, I might add).
Now, I'll be returning to PA in a couple of weeks to begin the dreaded process of getting rid of our "stuff". I've got to get our house there on the market and get our kitties to the vet to start that little adventure. Our house should be finished being built in Feb, and I am expecting to be back out here sometime in March.
My poor, generous husband is making the supreme sacrifice of staying behind to continue working. Hopefully, not for long - just until the dust all settles and we get the bills figured out.
He is looking to change careers completely upon arriving HOME. He is thinking about becoming either a police officer or a teacher. I'm trying to encourage him to become a punaweb member so he can glean some information from some of the folks here.
I'm a nationally certified massage therapist back on the mainland, but I understand that that doesn't mean squat to the gov't here. So, I've got to connect with someone that can help me figure out what I need to do to qualify to take the HI test. I'll be pretty busy with school, but feel I should be able to do something else on the side - and I'd hate to let my massage abilities fall by the way in the face of buracracy. Did I spell that right? Oh well....
I'm so looking forward to getting back here! No more dreaming and pining - this is it! I can't wait to start planting - getting some chickens, some guineas, a koi pond (if I'm lucky!), starting up our honey biz again, all the good stuff we used to do on our NH farm - only warmer and better this time around!!! Mahalo to one and all!
Cat
We lived on Oahu dare I say - 14 years ago, now. Doug was in the Marine Corps, and I had just gotten out of the Navy. We both fell head over heels in love with Hawaii. We made the rounds, visiting nearly all the islands, and found that BI was by far our favorite. Seems that we've been trying to get back ever since.
Turning 40 was the kicker for me this year. I started realizing that life was getting on, and we were still looking for a better place to live. We'd moved down to PA from NH to make the work commute easier on Doug, but with the influx of city folks after 9/11, we just had to get out of there. We checked out other places around the country - even took a trip to Florida and the coast of Texas. But nothing, nothing compared to our beloved Hawaii.
To make a long journey a bit shorter, let me say that things have begun to move very quickly for us now. I found that I could attend the acupuncture school up in Waimea (YAAA!), and we found a lovely home in FA that we could afford (in record time, I might add).
Now, I'll be returning to PA in a couple of weeks to begin the dreaded process of getting rid of our "stuff". I've got to get our house there on the market and get our kitties to the vet to start that little adventure. Our house should be finished being built in Feb, and I am expecting to be back out here sometime in March.
My poor, generous husband is making the supreme sacrifice of staying behind to continue working. Hopefully, not for long - just until the dust all settles and we get the bills figured out.
He is looking to change careers completely upon arriving HOME. He is thinking about becoming either a police officer or a teacher. I'm trying to encourage him to become a punaweb member so he can glean some information from some of the folks here.
I'm a nationally certified massage therapist back on the mainland, but I understand that that doesn't mean squat to the gov't here. So, I've got to connect with someone that can help me figure out what I need to do to qualify to take the HI test. I'll be pretty busy with school, but feel I should be able to do something else on the side - and I'd hate to let my massage abilities fall by the way in the face of buracracy. Did I spell that right? Oh well....
I'm so looking forward to getting back here! No more dreaming and pining - this is it! I can't wait to start planting - getting some chickens, some guineas, a koi pond (if I'm lucky!), starting up our honey biz again, all the good stuff we used to do on our NH farm - only warmer and better this time around!!! Mahalo to one and all!
Cat