New Name, Same Blog

Welcome to Oahu Mom!  First off, I want to assure you that the only thing changing around here is the name and the url.  So if you enjoyed Sun with Passing Showers then you will definitely enjoy Oahu Mom.  If you've never cared for Sun with Passing Showers...well, then why are you here again?  :)

Why did I change the name?  In the course of documenting my family's Hawaii adventures I believe I've created a site that can serve as a good resource for other families who live here and those who visit too.  Since I think this site is useful I want it to get used and I hope the new blog name will help more people find this little corner of the web.

The old url is supposed to redirect to this one, but just an fyi, the new address is:  www.OahuMom.com

Thanks for visiting!

Rut Buster Blog

I think Oahu is a wonderful place to raise children and I feel blessed to be raising ours here. The spirit of aloha and the feeling of ohana (family) in the community are alive and well. I mean it's not utopia or anything, but overall people are warm and friendly and pleasant to be around. Life is also simpler here. Well, in some ways anyway. Speed limits are slower, things are close together and easy to access (it is an island afterall) there's not as much emphasis on materialistic things as in some places I've lived, and we don't have to own gear for multiple seasons. But just like life anywhere it can get busy and I get overwhelmed by my 'to do' list, wrapped up in my errands and chores and stuck in my rut.

So I'm starting this blog in the hopes that it will help me get out of my rut and away from my chores more often. There is lots to see and lots to explore on the 597 square miles of my island home and I'm hoping that having a few people waiting to read about our adventures will motivate me to get out there with my kids and do some adventuring on a more regular basis. And hey, if it encourages you to do the same then that's an added bonus!

Why 'Sun With Passing Showers'?

I seldom check the weather forecast here because it is almost always "sun with passing showers" or "sun with scattered showers" or "partly cloudy with occasional showers" or some such thing. This is far too vague to be of any help. Depending on the day it might mean there will be rain showers on and off throughout the day, so not the best beach day. But it might mean that it will rain once in the morning while we're eating breakfast and then be nice and sunny the rest of the day. It could also mean it will rain on one side of the island a lot but not a drop on the other side. It could even mean it will rain a bit at my house but not at all at the end of our road. Or there's my favorite - it could mean there will be rain showers when there are no clouds nearby, like this:

Can't actually see the rain in the photo, but if there's a rainbow you know there is rain in the air (at least you know that if you paid any attention during science class back in the day).

I think Oahu's weather is a good metaphor for life. Life is always a mix of sun and showers. The timing and ratio of that mix is impossible to predict and sometimes you will have both at the same time.

So here we go - a blog about life on Oahu. Some sun, some showers and some rainbows to be discovered and admired along the way.