04.05.08 Lea's "Almost" Back to Cali

Aloha !!! I've had a few recent calls from a handful of you the past week, on "what is going on with Lea-when she moving back to Cali " OR "where is Lea", so wanted to get an update to this blog to all of you ~~~ Lea's Hawaii adventure has not ended as of yet !!! ~~ Feelin a bit bad, that I have not updated this blog for about 2 whole months --- but it has been very, very BUSY to say the least with everything..... I apologize now, for those that I was not able to see my last trip to the mainland last March .... my trip was primary to "finalize" where I'm going to plant myself when I return to Cali, in the middle of working as well. Have had a few visitors here on Oahu in Feb/March as well, which has kept me busy and getting to enjoy the island weather here – very, very tropical as usual. The weather back in the mainland definitely took an adjustment – I was FREEZING my butt off the whole time !!! On my birthday, I did have have a fabulous time on the Big Island (see pictures below) did a 8 mile hike, up thru the lush around the caledera, rim of one of the Kilauea Ika crater and then down in the caledera of the crater – it was an awesome day and what an experience !! Definitely, a must recommendation if you ever get a chance to visit the Big Island. Some other highlights of my visit to BigIsland, had gone to one of my favorite candy places that is “only” located on the Big Island called BigIsland Candies and went and checked out the MaunaLoa Macadamia Nut factory – very fun to go check out and came back on the plane with a carry on of BigIsland candies, Golden Macadamia Nut Brownies, my favorite !!!
With two major airlines closing this last week, I started to freak out a bit cause you just know, the flights to Hawaii now are going to skyrocket and I didn't want to have to pay big bucks for a RT airfare for the cats....So, I have decided to begin my relocation officially.... really, really "FINALIZE" where I will live, and its looking at North of Huntington Beach .... ( I know, I know, the Cali beaches is not Hawaii beaches, but knowing I can live by the beach, will make me very, very happy!!) When I was there in March, I looked at all areas of Manhattan, Redondo, Hermosa and even took a look at a few in Santa Monica area... But, for the most reasonable, and what the unit included, the unit in North HB was the final decision..... Depending on the availability of the airlines taking pets on my scheduled flight, Nicholas and Nambe may be be coming out as well ~~ I figure, get my kids(Nicholas & Nambe) back to Cali, then I will come back here to Hawaii and tie up all the loose ends, and of course, entertain a few more visitors & ENJOY my moments of the island tropical weather :) ;) :)
~~` I have posted more photos than usual, this time, so keep scroll down to view the photos of the past couple months.....(My winter tan looks pretty good eh?? ) Miss you all & I will be "officially" moved very, very, very soon !

Aloha~~~ Love you all, Lea, Nicholas & Nambe