02-19-2006, 07:26 PM
Hi, I'm Carey, and I haven't really been a lurker, but have been on the forum for the other side (of the island) for the last 8 months, and came other to this side (forum) when I had a question that I wanted answered, and it was answered on this forum!
My husband, Jim, retired at the old age of 50 (he was given the choice, retire or just git). I had been a volunteer diver for the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago for years, and I finally wanted to pursue my dream of studying Marine Science. In researching good Marine Sci. universities, University of Hawaii was up there. As we were going to resettle from the western Chicago Suburban area, UH-Hilo kept getting high potentials, so the 1st week of May '05, we put our house on the market, had 4 offers that day, last week of May we closed on our Chicago house, June 1st Jim retired, June 14th arrived in Hilo (first time ever in Hawaii), one week later had a rental house off of Beach in HPP, started back to school in August, bought our house in Keaau town in November (close to buses & yet has a great small town feel), finals in December & have been working on repairing it since. Have met & forumed with some of you, & am meeting some anew.
Thats a quick intro, Aloha, Carey
My husband, Jim, retired at the old age of 50 (he was given the choice, retire or just git). I had been a volunteer diver for the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago for years, and I finally wanted to pursue my dream of studying Marine Science. In researching good Marine Sci. universities, University of Hawaii was up there. As we were going to resettle from the western Chicago Suburban area, UH-Hilo kept getting high potentials, so the 1st week of May '05, we put our house on the market, had 4 offers that day, last week of May we closed on our Chicago house, June 1st Jim retired, June 14th arrived in Hilo (first time ever in Hawaii), one week later had a rental house off of Beach in HPP, started back to school in August, bought our house in Keaau town in November (close to buses & yet has a great small town feel), finals in December & have been working on repairing it since. Have met & forumed with some of you, & am meeting some anew.
Thats a quick intro, Aloha, Carey

