Jen’s Blog
Been there…done that! Now it’s your turn! Find the answers you need and the steps to take to make your journey to paradise successful!
Ahualoa Dreamin’
Family members assist the off-island Bauman's with their final walk through. Pictured from left to right: Jen, Nick and Bethany, cousins of the Bauman'sAgents love referral clients. Why? Because...
Why Goats?
Heidi, Gerdie and I are on a nice walk down our community road, enjoying the beautiful trees and ocean views!I can almost hear it now... Somehow, when chatting with folks, I often get onto the topic...
Hallelujah
Praise and worship is fundamental to the Christian walk of faith. I hope this song blesses you as it did me!
The Hen Party
BOOK EXCERPT: My maternal grandparents, Paul and Bernice Gerrish, lived and died in Pasadena, CA. Grandma stood no taller than 4’10”…
The Official Dos and Don’ts of Decorating in the Round
BOOK EXCERPT: As Pat and I prepared to move to Hawaii, the daunting task of scaling down hit me like a ton of bricks…
Baby, Oh Baby
BOOK EXCERPT: I am an animal lover—by nature and by rearing. At three years of age, my mom gave me a gorgeous calico kitten. Of course, we named…
Things That Stick
Please enjoy this excerpt from My Year In A Yurt. Precious Makai, my somewhat rare female orange tabby kitten, is now just shy of three months old. One of her hangouts is on our lanai whereby she is...
Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover
Please enjoy this excerpt from My Year In A Yurt. When you relocate, especially from Mainland United States to the Big Island, the challenge of finding a new family physician, dentist, and...
Healing From The Ground Up
Please enjoy this excerpt from My Year In A Yurt. Loyalty is a quality I find very appealing. My oldest daughter, Ashley, is extremely loyal, always going to bat for me when the chips are down. Pat...
Say “Yes” to a Yurt?
Please enjoy this excerpt from My Year In A Yurt. The dream of living in Hawaii was planted deep within our hearts years prior to actually making the move-of-faith, as I like to call it. In 2002,...
Snapshots of the Big Island
WHEN CONSIDERING MOVING TO THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII... One must understand the differences between the nine districts, the eight to ten climate zones (depending on which resource you subscribe to),...
Why is Life So Sweet on the Hamakua Coast?
There is so much to love about living on the Hamakua Coast. Rich Hawaiian history and culture, cooler temperatures, cattle and horses on a thousand grass-covered hills, tiny towns, expansive ocean...