Saturday, December 29, 2007

THE CUCKOO REVUE '07

As 2007 exits and 2008 comes rushing in, we thought we would take a look back at the year in CFC. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to read of our Adventures in Haiku, Maui. Get ready... there are a lot of pics. Sit back and enjoy as your New Year's Eve Hangover wears off.
Hau'oli Makahiki Hou

JANUARY
Boxes were being packed and lots of stuff was being donated.
Nerves were on high.
FEBRUARY
Left New York.
Toured the country visiting friends and family for 3 weeks.

MARCH
Arrived at our new home on Maui.
Conn's sister visited.
Bought our first car.

APRIL
Planted our garden.
Volunteered at the Dalai Lama event.

MAY
Finished the painting of the walls, and recovering the sofa and dining room chairs.
Planted Surinam Cherry and Rainbow Shower trees.

JUNE
Conn's mom and Grandma visited from Indiana and Florida.
Our friends Josh and Maya made a visit from New York.
Conn's cousin Jenny and her husband Jon also visited from Indiana.
JULY
Weathered Tropical Depression Cosme.

AUGUST
Got ourselves a fancy new camera.
John's friend Allison visited from New York.
Stayed up very late to watch the lunar eclipse.
Made it through Hurricane Flossie high-n-dry.

SEPTEMBER
Conn's friend Robert visited before moving from San Francisco back to New York.
Hit the Maui County Fair.

OCTOBER
John's mom and dad visited from Upstate New York.
John and his folk's visited The U.S.S . Arizona War Memorial on Oahu.
We re-modeled our kitchen.

NOVEMBER
Finished the back splash in the kitchen.
Ate Thanksgiving Dinner outside!
Worked a lot this month.

DECEMBER
We altered the size of our tractor shed to conform with county permitting.
(it's a long story... look for details in the coming year.)

And as if all that was not enough....

WE DID A LOT OF THIS.
WE SAW A LOT OF THESE.

IF WE COULD GROW IT, WE ATE IT... AND WE ATE WELL.

Please visit us often in 2008 for the New Adventures of Conn & John In Haiku, Maui.
We will have some new renovations and projects coming up that will be very exciting.
To those of you who visited... we loved seeing you and hope you had the time of your life.
We hope to see you again soon... and for those of you who have not visited...WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Aloha Nui Loa
c&j

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

happy new year! i love checking in here to snoop on your latest adventure......thanks for sharing
kelly

Conn said...

Kelly? Which Kelly are you?
I know several of you Kelly's...
thanks for stopping by.
c

Lauren said...

What an amazing year! You guys are an inspiration!
Happy New Year
xoxo
Lauren

Anonymous said...

Love you and miss you. Everything is beautiful and looks delightful!!I really enjoy checking in on all you two are embarking on. Keep up the info.Love your favorite,Aunt Joan

baffle said...

So - what does it REALLY feel like to be living your DREAM?

I think it must feel as wonderful as it looks.

Absolutely brilliant, my dears!
xo