Recap
It's been pretty busy here, and lots to write about, but no real motivation to write. I've started countless entries, and either never find it in me to finish them, or my attention is required somewhere else.
Some things I've meant to write about
1. The continuous stream of crappy news from O'ahu. Cyrus Belt, most of all.
2. Construction
3. Movies: Stardust. The Invisible. Live Free, Die Hard.
4. Tantrum Boy
Well, I was highly emotional about the news I read of Cyrus Belt. He's the toddler, 23 months old, that was tossed off a pedestrian bridge over H1. I haven't seen what the latest news on that is, but last I read, the murderer pleaded not guilty. I'm sure the thing will go in the way of 'unfit to stand trial' or something like that. I don't care if the murderer is someone's son. He killed a baby by THROWING him into traffic from a bridge. I won't spend much more time thinking or writing about this. I can't think of what the worst punishment should for this man. Whatever it is, he should get it. Other bits of news included the woman that was beaten on Maluniu Ave and the tragic death of Lisa Matusmoto, well known in Hawaii theater.
Construction has started on our house for the addition. Things have been shaping up pretty quickly. We got the concrete slab(s) poured on Tuesday. The cinder blocks went up on Friday. Pictures are being posted to Picasa in increments. The house is chaos. That is the best word, I think, to describe it. We ended up moving the office to the existing living room, most of the living room furniture went into the sun room, the gym equipment moved to the baby's room, and he moved to the office. I love having the office in the living room. The layout is temporary, at least until the new windows are installed in the existing rooms. We were stuck entering and exiting the house from the sun room, which was highly inconvenient. Thankfully, for now, we can enter and exit from the front door again, since the concrete was poured. The crappy part about that is all the concrete dust, dirt, etc that is getting tracked into the house. I think the worst part was when I found Billy's bed, which had been taken off the bed frame so that we could move it, sitting on wet carpet. Rain water and maybe faucet water was seeping into his room, making the carpet wet, along with the box spring which was directly on it. Ugh. We've finally gotten it under control, but what a wet, smelly problem. Anyway, I think the next step is the trusses. Then hopefully walls and a roof!
We've recently watched 3 great movies. I loved Stardust. A great fantasy movie with humor and suspense. It's based on Neil Gaiman's book of the same name. Never have read that one, but it's on my list now.
Billy is in full tantrum mode. Oh. My. God. When he's happy and sweet, all is right in the world. When he doesn't want to do something, oh boy. He's a sweet and smart boy though. He gives us kisses and seems to understand much of what we say. Words are limited though. Gymboree will probably be a thing of the past soon. I don't know. He also doesn't enjoy Little Einsteins much these days. His favorites are Monsters, Inc., Super Why!, Handy Manny, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
That's all for now. No promises, but will try to update more often than once a month. ;-)
Happy February!
