The Dream

The Dream was Originally Posted on June 25, 2003 by lavarock

[b]The dream is becoming a reality![/b]

Six years ago I traveled to the Hawaiian Islands and decided that is where I wanted to live. Now I am able to make the move. I am purchasing 8.72 acres in the Kona district of the Big Island of Hawaii and as you know, the main product of that region is Kona Coffee. My farm will produce both macadamia nuts and coffee.

I will plant coffee, some fruit trees and fix up the existing house (which needs some work). I will also be building some equipment so that I can do some of the bean processing on site and keep the costs down. Currently I am designing coffee labels, getting my business license, tax forms and property paperwork in line and hope to settle in the next couple of months. Soon thereafter, I can begin offering the first range of products. The toll-free number is installed and tested and as you can see, the domain, https://www.itskona.com is in place.

I hope to have items for sale in the next few months. Thank goodness I no longer have a full-time job!

The hard part of this whole process is selling everything I own (well, all but my servers and Hawaiian shirts)! It costs so much to ship things from Atlanta to California, THEN put them in a container onboard ship to send to Hawaii, then offload them onto another moving van and send them to my farm. Thus, I will sell it all before I go.

It turns out that the house I am getting, already has furniture in it, although it is pretty well worn. At least I have a bed an TV until I can redecorate