Why Am I Building a Cat Yard?

Because I woke up one morning to see this! In the 2 & 1/2 years that I have had the cats, they have totally ripped out the screen on the window & broken through the chicken wire twice. Building a completely fenced area to allow them time outdoors, but also keeping them safe from the road & wandering hunting dogs, is very important to me. This is Hoʻokoa, but I have also seen ʻŌhuna & ʻAlani doing similar things.

The sound of his left hind foot slipping off the window sill is what woke me up.

Boyd & I finished deconstructing one of the window crates. Not sure if we will be able to get together again tomorrow to start on the other crate. Our goal is to have both crates disassembled by the 13th when we have a meeting with Kanani, who will be building the Front Porch. 

Tonight's email from Motek Bakery about tomorrow's breakfast special introduced a new item: Jachnun. It sounds interesting; I will try it!

From Motek email.

Also from Motek email.

I found a really interesting series on Netflix called, You Can't Ask That. It is an Australian production highlighting people from marginalized groups. I am part way through Season 1 (of 7, though I don't know how many are available through Netflix) & intend to watch all of them. Since they are asking multiple people the same questions, there is a range of responses. All of which are correct. If you decide to check it out, let me know what you think.

I got my annual Duolingo "report card" today. I says I did pretty good in 2024. Don't know how I will do in 2025; some things have changed with the app. Like I can no longer choose to do a lesson to gain "hearts" so I can stay on the app longer; I am time limited. (Alternatively, I could pay real money to not be limited by hearts.) It also appears that they no longer give double points during certain hours which allows your ranking to increase so you don't get demoted to a lower level; or perhaps they have changed the hours & I haven't been on the app during that period. The data below is through November 30, 2024.

About 4 lessons a day.

Didn't sign up for those, wanted to concentrate on ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.

Not sure if I can continue streak since it's harder to keep going in a lesson.

That's about 6 mistakes a day.

Yeah, let's see how long I can last with the new changes.

The eruption at Kīlauea is on pause. The slow down started last night & continues today. The crater can still be seen steaming & the surface is still quite hot but there are no active emissions of fresh lava.

This was the last day I was physically at work 8 years ago. I had an additional 4 days of leave time I used before officially being "retired". I went from a 40 hour work week to a 24/7 "work" arrangement helping look after Mom & Dad.