Hawaii

A little something for the Christmas tree… Hawaiian style.

I personally think there should be a class action lawsuit against light bulb manufacturers. Light bulb manufacturing has got to be a racket. How many times have you changed a light bulb and it went out within a week? I just changed some light bulbs in the boys’ ceiling fan…

It is with great pleasure that I get to post the following poem for all to read. It is not written by my hand, but by our oldest son David’s. David is an incredible writer with so much potential (I know all of us as parents tend to say that……

Talking about Christmas trees in Hawaii is a little early being that its November 8th today. But I was just watching Hawaii Five-O tonight, and it made me think of us getting our first Christmas tree in Hawaii. So how does Hawaii Five-O make someone think about Christmas trees. I’ll…

Andy Irons, a local boy from Hawaii and three-time world surfing champion, has died after becoming seriously ill during a surfing competition in Puerto Rico. He had reportedly been battling with dengue fever, a viral disease… but that hasn’t been confirmed. Andy was only 32 years old and leaves behind…

There is a lot of talk going on right now, only starting about 12 hours ago… about the possibility of a real live time traveler caught on a Charlie Chaplin movie… back in 1928. It is from the film “The Circus” and it truly is in the film. Its not…

The cooler change of weather makes me want to bake all the time. Brownies, cookies, and bread of all kinds are coming out of my oven daily. The house smells wonderful with melted chocolates and spices every day. With all the baking going on, I get a bit overwhelmed when…

Well, I think we all get a little tired of all the baggy pants we see teens wear nowadays… but a man in Memphis took it to a whole new level. He shot a teen in the butt for it. Seriously. I put two different photos that I found on…

OMG. Did I ever laugh my butt off on this. Below is a sign (and no, its not photoshoped) that a company (who will later probably be fired) put up on a huge billboard, promoting South Bend public schools. However, once you read the sign, you’ll see they were promoting…

I found out when I woke up this morning that today is National Coffee Day. National Coffee Day? Well, I can see that almost all of us will be celebrating in one way or the other, by having our daily cups of coffee. Most of us started off celebrating the…

I just learned the news today, September 22 of 2009, that Mike Celizic passed away today from his battle with cancer. He was only 61 years old. He is survived by his wife Margaret and four children. He will be sorely missed. I had just written about Mike back on…

Okay, I just had to post this. I don’t like to get into religious talk… it just always seems to make people mad and argue. We don’t want that. But after you read this article that I have copied below (and I think you should), if you believe the Bible…

Can you imagine being able to test yourself for Breast Cancer at home, in a way that is as simple and convenient as a home pregnancy test? Can you imagine the ramifications of having such an important test as knowing whether or not you have Breast Cancer, being able to know…

“Mapping the drainage of the arm decreases the chances of unintended disruption of the lymph node system during surgery and reduces the risk of developing swelling in the arm,” Dr. Klimberg said. “We are the first to study lymph node drainage in the arm and are now using the ARM procedure as standard procedure at UAMS.”

If you have read our story under ‘About Aloha Howdy‘ you already know that Aloha Howdy’s beginnings came from our fight with Sumi’s breast cancer diagnosis in 2009. And during the time of that fight over the next year, we vowed that we would do something about breast cancer, for…

This seems to be a very fitting story that would begin this section of our site – Feel Good. It is a true story of what a Mother’s love and embrace can really do. It may just make you look at your mother or your wife just a little differently…

Hawaii is coming to Arkansas! Aloha Howdy is bringing the first ever Aloha Howdy Festival to Arkansas. It will be on Greers Ferry Lake in Heber Springs, Labor Day Weekend 2011. Proceeds will go to benefit the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas. This weekend will be…

Once upon a time, when I used to have hair, D1 and I would go out to eat more often. There was this restaurant in Memphis, I can not remember the name right now, but it was located on Poplar Avenue right next to a bead shop. They used to…

One of the most wonderful beaches to go to while in Hawaii, or more specifically while on the island of Oahu, is Hanauma Bay. We had lived in Hawaii about one month, when we learned about Hanauma Bay and decided to go. This beautiful beach is located on the east…