May Party in Kailua

On Saturday, May 21, all the Hawaii cousins and those visiting from California and Texas came for lunch at Mom's house in Kailua. Here's a slide show of photos that Jojo took of that occasion, and also some photos I took on the Arizona Memorial tour.



These photos are also posted on Shutterfly, which offers a few more options.

The Kid Will Be Away For a Week

Daughter is chaperoning Kennedy High School's Marine Corps JROTC class on a field trip to Twentynine Palms next week. Although she's almost never here anyway, that means Husband and I will temporarily be empty-nesters from Sunday through Friday with no one to worry about except ourselves. I anticipate peace and quiet and a lot fewer dishes in the sink!

I'll also be using this week to tidy up financial loose ends, now that the tax returns have been sent in. I might actually read those annuity statements and file those mutual fund annual reports.

And since the weather is finally warming up, I plan to spend tomorrow and Monday working outside, raking up the pine needles that have fallen in the ornamental strawberries in our back "yard" and setting out slug bait for the ti-leaf munchers.


At work, we're just winding up National Library Week, and the Library Director and her top managers "flash-mobbed" every one of our 28 branches on National Library Workers Day! The unannounced visits generated quite a buzz among staff and public, needless to say.