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06-13-2012, 02:41 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Hawaii move update
Yesterday our stuff was packed into two containers and left for their journey to Hawaii. The first was a 45 foot container which held our office contents and two of my cars. The other was a 40 foot container which was to hold our household items. The last five days have been very stressful getting ready for moving day. I got five hours of sleep in five days preparing for the move. Once the containers left we went to bed and slept over 12 hours. We have one way tickets on June 30th.
The cars getting ready to be packed. The white Corvette and my wifes Jeep will be flat bedded down to the port My garage and driveway became a box hell. We had over 425 boxes. My hands are still sore and burning from sorting, wrapping, packing, sealing and staking of all those boxes. The Matson truck getting loaded in front of our house. The Z06 and the CL600 loaded in the 45 foot container. Each car could have no more than a quarter of a tank of gas. The one time I enjoyed burning up my gas. This chapter of our life will end on June 30th and a new one will start on July 1st. I'm looking forward to growing all sorts of plants
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06-13-2012, 03:35 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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Garage looks like a huge cardboard eating monster.
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06-13-2012, 06:26 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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Certainly sounds like it was quite the experience! And it's great that you're moving somewhere with even more banana growing potential. Hope everything turns out great
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It's been great trading plants with you the past few years, and especially most recently. I wish you and your family a safe journey and look forward to hearing about (and seeing) your new garden develop.
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Congrats, Andrew! I am excited for you. It will all be worth it in the end.
By the way, the girls are doing well. I took a few pictures today to update you. Momi has been adjusting nicely, but Hale is still chasing after my girls and trying to fight with them. My girls have learned to stay away from your girls and give them a wide berth. Hopefully, they'll all get along famously soon. Here the girls are relaxing after a snack and taking dust baths. |
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06-13-2012, 08:15 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Have a great adventure out there. I wish you much sucess on your endevors. I would love to move there myself. Probably would have if it was not for the parents being here. Maybe in 10 years..... I love the big island of Hawaii. Kona was so nice,
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Aloha Claire, We are recuperating from the move and lack of sleep. Thank you for the pictures! My three girls enjoyed seeing them. Thank you again for taking our chicken girls. You and John are awesome. Your vacation stay in our home awaits in Hawaii.
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It will all be worth it once you've settled in.
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Good luck with the move! You are leaving one great climate and going to an even better one! Cant wait to see your yard in Hawaii! Its an endless summer there!
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Its an UPDATE time Andrew!
Let us know....
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08-16-2012, 12:20 AM | #12 (permalink) |
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Aloha Ante,
I hope all is well with you. First I will say dreams do come true! My wife and I planned this trip for over two years. Secondaly, moving sucks! I hope to never move again. It was the most stressful experience we ever encountered. What complicated it was we rented our house out in Santa Barbara since we didnt need to sell it. If we had sold our house we would have just left. Instead, we did a bathroom remodel, a kitchen remodel and I needed to make sure the 16 sprinkler valves and two timers were running perfectly. I left behind around 400 varieties of tropicals. By completing the remodel we were able to rent our house out in a few hours and for more money. It's rented for two years with a nice older couple. We also moved our business and my previous staff were supposed to help pack and they did such a crapy job I got five hours of sleep in five days. My already bad spine got a beating! We had two kids, two cats and 14 checked bags and boxes. I imported around 300 plants. That was fun! My wife said, don't complain as you chose that. It was a lot of work getting plants cleaned, removing the soil, getting inspected in Santa Barbara to get a phyto and getting inspected in Kona. All of our furniture was damaged and some items were destroyed. My 89 Corvette had the car behind it in the container break loose and smash into it the entire boat ride over. Im fighting with Matson. I always wanted a palm tree lined driveway! The house is great with over an acre and an ocean view. The weather is great! I am blown away with the daily growth I witness. My plants love it here. The property has 10 coffee trees, many papayas, guava, star fruit, Lilikoi, palms, apple bananas, grape fruit, orange, lime, lemon and about 50 pineapple plants. Life is great!
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Sweet. Enjoy yourself
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Looks nice there. I cannot wait to return to Hi. Kona was pretty nice except the vog but I would move there in a heartbeat. Sorry to hear move went crummy but in the end, looks like things turned out well.
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Andrew,
Since you're in that neighborhood now, you should check out the breadfruit festival if you have time. Angela Kepler will also be there talking about Hawaiian bananas. Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network - Breadfruit Festival 2012
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Man, that's a bummer about your furniture and your car. Sorry to hear that.
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Mahalo Brent. You know, it's just stuff!
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