Introduce yourself

[StillHope]

Bump

[Sean]

Hi all,
Thanks for the Bump StillHope. My name is Sean and my wife, Marnie, and I moved from Oceanside, CA and landed in HPP. My work brings us here, well that and warm water. We're both looking forward to spending a lot of time exploring the Islands and seeing all the things we never quite get around to finding on a vacation. I started out life in Hawaii and moved to the mainland when I was little. Courtesy of the Navy and subsequent work I've lived in a few parts of the country, CA, FL, ID, WA, VA, NJ. Every time I come back to Hawaii for vacations & to visit family it feels like home.

Once there was a thread that listed good things that newcomers bring and I forgot to list the best thing I'm bringing, a mosquito magnate aka my wife. As long as you're around her you won't get bit now that should be appreciated.

Cheers,
Sean Bush

[Guest]

Hey Goofbucket,
My son Race is 14.
Here is his website
www.racewest.net
He isn't in a circus, but he has been in a parade.

[oink]

Very cool!

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.

[Chuysmom]

Welcome, Welcome Sean & Family!!!

So glad you're here...sounds like you have a few movin' around stories!

E komo mai!

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Carrie Rojo

"The sun and moon collide. Isn't gravity a funny thing? The universe explodes apart. All the children sing..." Todd Rundgren

[swys]

Aloha e Punawebbers, and mahalo Punagirl for the Introduce Yourself thread;

I am Sam Wysong, first newcomer here since Sean's appearance on 10/14 and a current resident of Stuart FL, just north of West Palm Beach, working a few more years in the private sector after a 26-year Navy career. Always regretting leaving Hawai'i when I transferred out after an 8-year assignment at Pearl Harbor, I return for visits as often as time and resources permit, and my new bride Lois joined me for her first visit in 2006. (We were married in August of this year in Kaua'i).

I happened across real estate listings for Puna land parcels which, at first sight seemed too good to be true. Subsequent initial research has fairly eliminated the "what's the catch" feeling, since most of the reasons for the affordable prices are explained with a little investigation coupled with a rudimentary understanding of the region and it's characteristics from research and from previous visits. I found PUNAWEB yesterday while killing time watching the rain come down, right away recognizing it as a valuable resource for information that will be helpful in our current search for property and eventual construction of our retirement home. Since I happened across this site, I have given myself a moderate to severe case of eyeball fatigue, and have neglected my wife from almost continuous reading of posts in the Forums.

I want everyone reading this post to know that I very much appreciate their information and opinions and am particularly grateful for the effort put forth by the PUNAWEB Admin folks. Also, I look forward to exchanging ideas with other members and hope to learn from you the best ways to realize our dream of coming back to Kô Hawai'i Pae 'Âina to stay.

Malama pono,

Sam

[oink]

Hi neighbor.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.

[swys]

Aloha e hoalauna!
SW

[rnichols]

Aloha all.
Me: sixty-one year old, (old hippie), posing as a computer system administrator for the Federal Government here in Salt Lake. (East Millcreek,fyi Dick Wilson). She, 54 year old geographic information systems nerd in the same office. Hey, she's right over there! At night out comes the blues guitar alter ego acting like an eighteen year old. Hey, Keeps me young.
Our first Puna venture was in October 2006. A week in Kapoho and a week in Captain Cook. So I'm sitting there minding my own business having a cup of coffee at 7:10 am looking at the waves and...yes, the 6.9 earthquake of that October. Call me crazy but after the intial excitement I thought it was way cool. Wife thought otherwise. A few days later I saw the tee shirt, "Earthquakes, sharks, tsunamis. Hawaii, it's not for everyone." Bought it. (And be thankful, Punatics, that those things and a little vog keeps the riff raff away.) I've been back twice more to the east side and love it. First thing every day for three years I spend some of your tax dollars checking real estate prices, reading Punatalk, and remembering the feeling of being on the BI. (I even like coqui in moderation. Go figure.) When people ask me I say, "It's really not a paradise per say. They have crime and drunk drivers like anywhere. But man, it's pretty doggone nice." But to tell you the truth, what I liked most was the spirit of aloha in all the meanings of the word. I wear no blinders, I know there's bad people and ice problems etc but I luckily never have encountered them. Everyone I met had their aloha going and I sense it here on The Talk. Finally, apparently it's paid off to wait to buy until now. So we are. We've narrowed it down to places with acreage or greenhouses cuz Cheryl likes to grow food and I like to eat it. See you soon. Be nice to each other. Aloha

[fatlydat]

Aloha, I am looking to build my first home in Hawaiian Acres. Excited and nervous.
Aaron