Janet Jones's (jljones13) Blog

  It has become a tradition on Sunday afternoons for my husband and I to visit our favorite shave ice stand in Kihei.   Local Boys South isn't glamerous but it serves up the best (in my opinion) shave ice in the Kihei area.    Most people are now familiar with this wonderful dessert because Presi...

Okay, maybe this is too cute, corny and the ending is obvious.  However, I opened this video from a friend of mine early this Sunday morning and was moved by how Nature takes care of her own--by the innate desire to help another. Even more so--the ability to stop and figure it out.  Has this gone...

There are numerous celebrations on Maui in the next few days to welcome in the Chinese New Year.  This is the year of the Dragon, which is one of the more revered years because the Dragon is a symbol of good fortune and power in Eastern culture.    13TH ANNUAL MAUI MALL CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL...

"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do".    --Henry Ford Well, actually that's not true.  You can build a reputation as one who never gets things done, who doesn't return phone calls in a timely matter, who is always late to appointments, who fails to follow up, who is always c...

Your house is on the market and your Realtor has just called to schedule a showing this afternoon!  What to do with all those odds and ends of things that shouldn't be in your house when it's being shown . . .  Grab a Swoop.  That is this delightful over-grown, pumpkin-looking object in the photo...

The Maui Oceanfront Marathon will be held this Sunday, January 22, 2012.  The Marathon  is a point-to-point race starting in Wailea and traveling along the coast all the way up to Lahaina.  Could you ask for a more beautiful course to run?  Views of the ocean almost the entire way!  I took the p...

Do you have unwanted TV's, computers or other electronic equipment you don't know what to do with?  You can donate that equipment this Saturday, January 21, 2012, and benefit our community.  The Kihei Sunrise Rotary Club will pick up used electronic equipment to raise money for their club's progr...

Barbara Corcoran, real estate mogul, business owner and real estate contributor to NBC’s TODAY Show, was interviewed by Lester Holt on the TODAY show this morning in a new series entitled, "Open House".  As Lester says, selling today is, "All about the staging".  Barbara shares six important stag...

This Saturday, January 7, you can join in the 5K Fun Run which benefits the restoration of the Kō'ie'ie Fishpond.  'Ao'ao O Na Loko I'a O Maui (Association of the Fishponds of Maui) along with Valley Isle Road Runners are hosting this run to "Preserve the Fishpond - Preserve the Culture".  The ra...

On New Years Day ever since 1976, Lake Superior State University in Michigan has published its "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness".  During the year people from around the world submit their nominations to the University.  At the end of th...