Flurries (of activity and of the ice kind)

Flurries (of activity and of the ice kind) was Originally Posted on June 20, 2004 by lavarock

First, as you may know, I enjoy looking at the weather up on mauna Kea, a few miles up the road and tens of thousands of feet up. Often times they have snow there… YES, snow in Hawaii!

Recently, their camera and weather station stopped working. On their webpage is the following text:

“The UKIRT camera and weather station are inoperable due to ice damage. A new camera has been obtained; it will be installed and the weather station repaired when the telescope maintenance schedule allows.”

I have yet to drive up there, but hope to in the very near future.

As I mentioned before, my Sister is heading this way and will be staying with me for a while. I hope to put her to work here on the farm. I’m sure I can find things for her to do!

Speaking of work, this past week or so has been quite full of work and I was almost lost in a flurry of activities.

I got a call from the mortgage company saying they hace scheduled the appraisal for the property for the end of the month. It appears the last one expired I will be happy when I finally get to closing. Then I can begin working on the house and farm.

On the mainland I would have been able to buy a wooden shed for the yard, but here all I can find are plastic or wooden ones. Perhaps I’ll have to build one instead. It ahs to be cheaper that way, if I can find the time.

I reviewed the drafts of my coffee labels, approved them and days later got the finished product. The resolution of the print of a photo of the painting is not perfect, but at least I have a decent label for the bags.

I also designed, bought and received my shipping labels.

I have been working on a routine which will automatically print the shipping labels, so I don’t have to hand write (or cut and paste) each shipping label.

I have verified shipping costs for various shippers, but have not finalized how I will ship each combination of items. I still cannot get the Postal Service module to work properly again.

I have green coffee beans ready to roast, the bags, and about all I need to start things up. I just have a few more tweaks to do on the website.

I’ve decided that the previous roast was a bit too light so sell that way, so I will be kicking it up a notch.

Once the business is running, this Blog will probably take on a more personal slant again. Like Maui’s “Road to Hana”, this Blog has shown you that the destination may not be as interesting as the trip there