Current mood:

bouncy

Movin' Right Along...
Well, we made it through Kira's first birthday party and its on to wholesale orders, special orders and prepping for upcoming shows. Funny that I'm busier now that I ever was when I we had the shop.

By the way, for those of you who still don't know - we closed the shop back in April. Surprisingly, we're still getting calls about where the shop is and what our hours are. From what I understand, the shop is now a dance studio.

Okay, here's some updates...

On Saturday, October 4th, Menehune Mac is opening a store full of locally made products at Kahala Mall in the old Blush spot. In addition to their fabulous chocolates (and I really do mean fabulous!), they have all sorts of jerky, seasoning salts, salad dressings, jams, jellies, teas,locally made granola and of course, berry sweet bath & body products. I can tell you that Susan will be carrying our waterless hand cleansers, lip balms, cuticle balms, lip scrubs and travel massage bars. As the month goes on, we'll slowly add more items to her inventory. The idea behind this adorable little shop is to go in and choose items for gifts and gift baskets. I can tell you that Eric and I will probably be there on Saturday, not only to support Susan but to shop! We were in there tonight and we couldn't help checking things out. Menehune Mac will be opening a second holiday store in November at Windward Mall, spot to be announced.

Craft Show Schedule:

October 24-26th, Season's Best Craft & Gift Expo at the Neil Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. I believe friday, the hours are 4-9pm, saturday 9am-7pm and sunday 9am-4pm. We'll be in booth #222.

November 9th, Diamond Head Arts & Crafts Fair at KCC, from 9am to 2pm. We'll be in our usual booth #145 and mom will be in her usual booth #62.

November 28-30, Islandwide Craft Fair at the Neil Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. Friday hours are 5-10pm, Saturday 10am-10pm and Sunday 10am-5pm. We'll be in booths #194 & 195.

December 6th, Berry Sweet Holiday Show at Waialae Elementary School Library from 9am to 3pm. This is a show that we are putting on for our customers and any one else who'd like to check things out. We are inviting a few friends and family members who do crafts to come and join us for this show. Although we think this show is going to be great, please do not wait until the last minute to purchase things from us! We will have the most amount of product in time for the Islandwide show, but keep in mind that we also do the most business at the Islandwide show.

More details will be provided about each of the shows as we get closer and I know what the heck I'm doing. I'm currently buried under wholesale orders, special orders and a toddler who has just reached the "separation anxiety" stage. Kira won't even go to grandma willingly and she's been playing with grandma almost everyday for the last 3 months.

One last thing, and I promise it'll be the only time I'll ever say anything regarding politics in my blog, but I feel so strongly about it that I have to say something:

if you don't want our GET to go up again, if you don't want our property taxes to go up again and if you feel the rail is not going to do enough to alleviate traffic (like ALL of the studies conducted says it won't), DO NOT VOTE FOR MUFI. To fund the rail, our GET will have to go up AGAIN and so will our property taxes, don't let MUFI snow you into thinking the feds are going to help us with funding because its not written in stone, and even then, its probably a small fraction (a lot smaller than he's leading all of us to believe) of the total bill, and since when has a project in Hawai'i been finished on time and within budget?

I can tell you that we moved into our home in 2004 and since then, our property taxes have almost doubled. I am only voting for Kobayashi, not because I think she's less dirty or that she's a better choice, I am voting for her because SHE'S NOT MUFI!!! The project is going to cost around $6 billion, where do you think that money's going to come from? Don't forget that instead of giving us a break in our property taxes, Mufi decided that he's going to use some of our taxpayers money to hold a carnival every year to "give back to the community." I'd rather have that money back in my pocket so I can put it back into the economy as I see fit.

Also, don't forget about how he turned the parade celebrating our local athletes into a "team Mufi" debacle - all I remember was his lackeys wearing "team Mufi" shirts when he was leading the parade. Shouldn't it have been "Team Hawai'i"? Or at the very least "Team Honolulu" if you want to make the argument that the parade was organized the the C&C of Honolulu. Talk about turning something that should have been a proud moment for all of us into a political rally for himself.

Wanna talk about the debate? It showed me how much Mufi and his supporters lacked in class. If nothing else, out of respect for his competition, he should have asked his supporters to let his competitors be heard, it would have been the right thing to do, the honorable thing to do, don't you think? Let's all not forget the Ala Wai clean up, which to date is STILL NOT completed and grossly over budget. What does Mufi have to say about it? Its not his fault. What about the trash issue? Not going to be a problem during his term so he doesn't care.

Oh, and "a man of the people" thing? Don't fool yourself. I don't know about you but my parents couldn't afford to send me to Iolani.

Mufi seems to love pointing fingers in every direction except in his - lack of accountability, lack of integrity, lack of honor and totally out of touch with what the people want. He's counting on our memories being short to get him into office for a second term, don't let that happen. If you agree with me, let your voice be heard and vote AGAINST Mufi.