1. Make appointments with the optometrist.
2. Change the names on the electric and water bill. The electric rates in Hawaii are totally ridiculous! It was front page news today... but that's fodder for another blog posting.
3. Call our contractor and cabinet salesman. Hmmm... and that's more fodder for another posting.
4. Buy a wireless router, black & white laser printer, office chair and order doors for our house (11 of them).
5. Drop off gifts at my aunt and uncle's house.
6. ETC.
Happy to say we finished our list. HOWEVER!
Here's the BAD part...
We ordered the same 9 doors as 2 years ago when we were building the 2nd floor and they cost a little over $700.00. Today, (granted we added two more bi fold doors and changed some to louvers) it cost us $2,400.00 minus a $200.00 discount at Home Depot. The reason we had to reorder them was the container our doors came in 2 years ago had a fire and our doors were burned and smoke damaged. There was no time to order new doors then because we were leaving. Excuse me... don't you think that's a bit excessive???
Anyway, we also stopped at Lowes to check out their inventory and saw these lovely shower trees. In Hawaii, you always look for trees to park your car under. This must be the season for shower tree flowers because they were gorgeous.
Art just put my office chair together from Office Depot and although it felt comfortable when I sat on the display model, I'm now feeling a bit of a lump on the seam of the seat. Arrrghhhhh... ah well. Mom is letting me use her cushion. I'll be OK. Anyway, after the busy day Mom had a great meal. It's different from what we normally eat in the Midwest but delicious. That's a Cambodian squash called kabocha, fried saba (mackerel) and hijiki (seaweed) & mushrooms. Mom says it'll keep us healthy. I just love having her cook for us.
I sometimes think that tradesmen - whether working for themselves or for a company - are descended from different stock from the rest of us, the way they think that hiking the prices like that is okay! Don't get me started on that either! You meal looks delicious, just the sort of food I would enjoy - healthy, simple and not 'mucked about' (as my grandmother used to put it)
ReplyDeleteYour mention of doors reminds me that we will also will be into renovations by next week too. We installed four new windows last week and next is a big change to our back porch becoming a garden room. Your new location sounds busy and challenging, but beautiful and the yummy sounding food would be a welcome treat at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteHi Kay! I saw your comment on Sarah (Britgalusa) Blog and I have always wanted to go to Hawaii so I thought I would check out your Blog! What lovely trees you have in Hawaii! I hope you stop by my Blog sometime www.sherrisreadingjubilee@blogspot.com. Have a great day!!
ReplyDeletewelcome to the world of inflation and rising costs. a mom to cook exotic meals might make it worth it to pay triple for new doors. enjoy your new life. beautiful trees there.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious, did your 2nd floor home not have any doors or were the outside openings just boarded up? I was trying to visualize a home with no doors in Hawaiian weather. It is awful that the price has gone up so....especially since it wasn't your fault the first doors were ruined.
ReplyDeleteDinner looks yummy. I love it when somebody else does the cooking for me.
Jo
Hi Kay, I have to go take a nap now -- from all the work you are doing and the mountain of things you accomplish in such a short period of time. You DO get things done! Way to go, Kay.
ReplyDeleteYou did all that in one day?!
ReplyDeleteYou paid all that money in one day?
So glad you had that food reward.
Blessings to your mama.
I feel like I'm back on track after reading your entries. When i'm at my mom's I feel like I in never never land..
ReplyDeleteRegardless of all the headaches of getting settled in...your dinner looked darn good ! See how i focused on the food part of the program. TISK
Do you think you could maybe freeze dry your left overs and send then stateside..I'll pay the postage..tisk
Hi Kay, I have fond memories of my Obachan preparing kabocha for me when I was a child. Talk about comfort food... yum!
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