A month in Hawaii 2025

 Well, shoot, the order of the pictures are again in the reverse order. So, we played card games after diner and we had meat sauce pasta for dinner. We are getting to wrap up to go home, so we are trying to eat up everything in the refrigerator and the shelf. They are California wines featuring about Hawaii.  It was so-so. We sun dried the cacao beans we opened & cleaned from the cacao pod we purchased at the farmers market a week ago. John thought they are dried enough so we need to roast them. I stick them in oven in about 25 minutes to see what happens. They are definitely dryer and somewhat crispyier, which probably would be easier to guide them into powder. It’s about time, I’m gonna start packing our suitcases Kids play with a mini block set they got from a dollar shop we went to in Hilo This is what we bought from a dollar shop in Hilo. It’s called Daiso. I think they are originally a Korean company, but it’s very popular in Japan. It’s technically a dollar shop, bu...

  John wanted to go to jogging this morning. He enjoyed jogging with Meg like a week ago, so he wanted to invite Meg. And he thought maybe me and Bo can join them by walking behind them. Well, there was two routes we could try. One is a neighborhood block on either paved or gravel road for about 3miles. The other one is a hike in the forest. We got different opinions for which route we should try this morning, and unfortunately, after too long discussion (John wanted to start), we decide to go the neighbor route, even though Meg wanted to go the nature hike. Im glad we noticed that she needs practice more for discussion, debate, and convincing others, without being emotional. She has a natural leader feature without a doubt, but maybe because of that, she hasn’t had much practice to be patient when people are not easily agreeing with her. Poor Meg was not happy about it but she sure can exchange her anger power into her jogging speed. We need to assign her up for the jogging team a...