“Lanikai Oh Lanikai”, sung to the tune of Galveston, by Glenn Campbell.

It’s unbelievable here.  It’s now 2 AM and I am typing this in my loft office as the breezes dominate the sounds outside, rather than the old H-1 and 16th Ave. noises my wife and I were used to.  Around 11PM and sometimes midnight every night, it seemed there would be the extreme blasts of the fast cars or motorcycles on H-1.  I figured it was the exact time of shift change for HPD.

Honolulu seems like a distant memory to me already.

None of that here.  I guess the mansion next door has automatic sprinklers, cuz they just kicked in.  My wife would think it was raining.

For those of you who don’t know Lanikai, stick around.  When we were first offered the chance to stay here for a short while, I told Malia NO, and went over the list of reasons, so matter-of-factly, so logically.  I was Ben Franklin, with the legal pad with the pros and the right and the cons on the left.  By the way that method is over-rated, we all know we can manipulate the process. 

Anyway, like many things, talking about Lanikai Beach, connected to Kailua Beach, is just NOT good enough.  It has to be experienced.  You could notice, some night in the area, how extravagant the moon and stars look through the tops of the palm trees, but chances are you’d miss it. 

You could ‘luck out’ and catch a photo with the fading available light as the sun dips behind the mountain here.  You know, it is more of a hill, but mountain sounds good, doesn’t it?

You may catch a nice picture of the Mokes, (the Mokulua Islands), but not really ‘get it.’

There is really nothing like the daily “hey, I’m on vacation” feel here.  It is incredible to catch the various shades of shadowy light in the evening and snap as many ‘perfect’ pics as you want.  And I can’t wait to catch another unique sunrise from behind the Mokes.  In 3 more hours….ouch.

The beach is slowly eroding or disappearing….choose your word.  Even knowing that, it remains one  of God’s masterpieces.  It is great to join the tourists on the beach and just chill.  No one will bother you, and this whole area is filled with athletic or not-so-athletic types that are always jogging, swimming, boarding or paddling.

Our time here may be limited.  If this is heaven, God, I DO want to stay here forever.  Just wanted to get THAT out there.  We are so blessed.  Thank God I married wisely….. 

Of course I will show pics soon.  But give me a minute, we just got the computer set up today.  So it’s me and the cats off to bed for now…………aloha 

I am so grateful and thankful for:

You, whomever you are reading my blog.  (You can say you read here even before I became famous)

Mom, who is such an angel, and has almost always had tons of faith and so many encouraging things to say

God, who has had the ultimate patience with me, and drew me to him slowly

Kevin Pascal, who shared the Gospel with me

My computer, wow, I am learning and learning

Our little church

My first kitty Bubba, that grew very big and died about 8 years ago,

My second cat Cleeko, still lovin’ up on my wife and I

My raw whole food product, Mila by Lifemax.

Tracy Biller, Ultimate Success CDs, and his teaching and coaching

Quansite and their tireless support (your here aren’t ya?)

Linda Miller and her patience and persistence

Amway, I think you started something there

Nutrazon, Sponsordaddy

My heart attack, for waking me up, and leading me to my wife

The many travels I have been blessed to take

Hawaii, Beach, Tradewinds

Those that told me I would not amount to much, or thought it

The room-mate that I had that went crazy and threatened me

Oprah

The music of my youth, and more recently

Tony Vraniak and his generosity of time and money

The Boys who made it all happen in MKE when I got outta town to move to Hawaii:  Ron Norwood, Paul Stearns, James Hamann, Tim Halmar, Tim Brudnicki, Raj, Harvey, Damon Brog, Vel, Lori, of course Nancy Benetton and Shorwest Realty. 

The Oahu COC for the way they welcomed me and threw a mean Groom Honoring (I still have the video)

The Wongs for the marriage counselling

The jobs I have had since I moved here, both good and bad. 

Hopelessness, victim mentality, stress, bad diet…….stay away

The mailman

HBN II Network, y’all know who you are

Room mate that thought he was Jesus and thought he would be elected president in ‘04 

Walter, Chenisse, and Jeremy, and back in the day, Jim Trinastic, my puter people!

Sports live and on TV

Dr. John Demartini, Dr. Frank Cummins, Dr. Pepper (I miss ya), Mark Decker, and Chris Kilham.

Peter Millard for all your support.  

Dr. Malia Emmerich