It's Here!

I picked up the jo & bokken rack today! I'm not sure exactly when it arrived since the USPS Informed Delivery service that I signed up for so I could know exactly when it came in, did not tell me I had a package! Auē! 

I have unboxed it & held it up against the wall it will be mounted on. Since this is an old plantation era house it is single-wall construction with a board running horizontally along the halfway point of the wall. The particular wall I will be hanging the rack on also has battens. (There are no battens on the walls of the other half of the house.) I will have to add spacers to keep the hanging rack evenly on the wall; so that's the task for tomorrow before I can mount the rack on the wall.

I started moving things away from in front of the door to the closet at the top of the stairs. Chris is coming tomorrow to look at it & help me with designing shelves to store the produce I will be canning. I want the closet to be vented with an intake vent located low on the wall on the inside of the garage & a vent high on the outside wall on the north side of the closet. I think I found a reasonable fan to install in the high vent so that room does not get too hot in the summer. Now I need to make calculations to be sure I get the right size fan.

This morning I picked about 7 pounds each of tangerines & navel oranges. The tangerines are for hoa hānau Fran & Billy. I will make juice with the navel oranges; I will mix it with Pedialyte for my electrolyte replacement drink.

I realized today that I may have to do some boiled vegetables in August. Kai is coming in a week; when he is here we usually go out to eat at new places that he wants to try. We also try the desserts! I will try to be mindful of what I eat & look for good proteins with vegetables & fewer carbs. And try to keep my eating limited to around 10 hours. We shall see what happens. 

There was a weird rain this afternoon. It was very sunny but I could hear what sounded like raindrops on the metal roof. I looked out & saw rain! 

The window for the next episode of the eruption at Kilauea shifted. It is now expected to be some time between the 8th & the 15th. 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e  Becky & Melia!