My First Post

I am having the time of my life in Hawaii.  I moved here about three months ago after living in the same place (on again and off again) in 1959.  I never knew I could be happy in this new and wonderful place.
Work can really consume you!  Go to work, come home, get a few things done (exhausted) get to bed, wake up and do it all over again.  In Las Vegas, I did play tennis in my spare time but that was about it.  Most of my friends, in fact, ALL of my friends were either tennis players or educators!  Wow I really never thought about that!

My big worry about moving to Hawaii is that I would have a hard time finding new friends and missing my family.   Keeping in touch with family is easy with skype, and facebook.   So the first thing I learned was making new friends!  Well, that was stupid because I do make friends easily!  I can talk to anyone standing by the ocean, sitting in the hot tub or playing tennis.  I live in an area that is mostly main landers----so I have plenty of things in common.

So in this blog, Im going to try to share with you things Im learning.  If I had been still working I would not be able to look at the world in such a different way.  I feel very lucky to be able to spend this time learning new things.

So far I never knew I could enjoy jogging!   I actually jog/walk 3-4 miles 3-4 times a week.  Many times I will  walk just to walk.  It is  always great weather.  I snorkel  2-3 times a week and play tennis 3 times a week in three different places and with three different groups.  The most exciting thing I have learned so far is to stand up paddling!  I took my first lesson last week and tomorrow is my 2nd time.  Here is some info:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-7rDavdJGs

If the link does not work just go to  you tube and search Paddle Surfing.

Thats is me!  I only fell three times before I was off.  Its like riding a bike in many ways.  In a couple of week I will join an excursion to the north shore.  This is a biggest board you can have but people use a smaller board to surf with.  Just tooling around is a fantastic core workout!

In my next post I will tell you about the green sea turtle!