Control or Kill Mosquitoes

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You may be aware of this, but I thought it was worth looking at again. How to Kill Mosquitos

I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with Listerine, and the little demons disappeared. The next year I filled a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my seat whenever I saw mosquitoes. And voila! That worked as well. It worked at a picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the children's swing area, and the standing water nearby.

OUR FRIEND'S COMMENTS: I tried this on my deck and around all of my doors. It works - in fact, it killed them instantly. I bought my bottle from Target and it cost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so it is not as expensive to use as the can of Bug-spray you buy that doesn't last 30 minutes. So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days. Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray around the frame. Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house. EARTH FRIENDLY TOO!!!

May 10, 2011 Mud flow

Here is what the mud flow coming in from Kaiaka Beach looks like. It was dramatically dirty. The mud did eventually flow over to our pristene shoreline. The water was murky for about 2-3 days, there was one more day of rain and then after that, the water cleaned up again. The next picture is what it looks like today on May 16 only a week later.












People out SUPping and diving in clean clear waters again with turtles all over the place. check out www.northshoreturtles.blogspot.com

Exterminator - Pest control

Some units have chosen Sandwich Isle Pest control. Those that I have talked with are pleased with their work. Sandwich Isle can be reached at:

96-1368 Waihona St # 4
Pearl City, HI 96782-1981
(808) 456-7716

I believe that the same worker that works for them is assigned to our property since each time S.I.P.C. sends someone out, it's been the same person, so he's probably pretty familiar with out property by now.

I have seen other pest control companies on the property, but have not seen them more than once. Don't know if that's because of price, they did such a fantastic job and didn't need them again or that they did such a lousy job that the agent didn't want them back. Here is a site with their reviews: http://www.yelp.com/biz/sandwich-isle-termite-and-pest-control-pearl-city








This is what we use In-House, on the walls, parking lots, hallways and lanais, It is purchased from Land-O-Lakes in Kapolei.

Fence Installation Phase 1 & 2 being worked on

Our fence is being installed by Sam Ramiro. We are more than pleased with his work, his attitude and his clean working crews. We have a condo with more than 100 people on the property at all times, and he worked right along with all of them. Great job Sam. Sam can be reached at Email - (dwh96744@gmail.com) or phone 808-386-4757. Oh, and another thing, his price was very good. Our board highly recommends him and would use him on other projects in a heart beat. Here are some photos of the job in progress. Because of the size of our property, we did our job in 3 phases. Here are the first two phases. Phase 3 was along side the Jodo Mission on the North end of the property.












This is the Banyan tree which had to be trimmed back to make way for the fence.












This is Kai, cutting away on the pine tree stump by the BarBQ area.












This is the stump grinder that removed the stump to below the ground level














And this is what is left












This is the first part of phase one extending from the BarBQ area to the Condo's then heading back SW to the vacant lot.












Then this is the new chain link fence fronting the Hau tree

Fence demo & replacement began 4-27-2011

Well, the inhouse work on fence demolition finally began on Wednesday 4-27, The installers began on Thursday 4-28. The work will be done in three phases. Phase 1 is the 220+/- ft. stretch by the barBQ area L shaped approx. length of 120' then L shaped to the 4.5 acre vacant lot about 90'. Phase two is about 300' heading mauka to Haleiwa Rd. through a banyan tree. Phase 3 is the North end of the property by Japanese school Haleiwa Rd. makai to the beach. So far what will be done (if anything) for phase 4 fronting the property along Haleiwa Rd. has not been decided on.













The picture above is our fence storage shed, plans pre-con meeting room and building construction office.













We didn't think that another coat of paint would do any good













This is how termite eaten our SW end of our property fence was.












There was a lot of graffiti on the fence. I wish they would have used a paint that would have matched better. But then I guess you couldn't call that graffiti













Then there was the banyan tree that grew through the fence.













At first I thought about caulking, but then . . . thought a temporary brace might be better.













This is the commercial duty fencing that was chosen to put up.













So we had to remove the old fence. I began with the Recycle Bin next to the pine tree stump.
















This is the fence fronting 101-104 before it got gone













This is what the fence line looks like after the fence got gone.














This is the SW end of the property butting against the big vacant lot, makai stretch in front of units 101-104.













These two pictures are after the fence was removed along the vacant lot.











For more on the completion of the fence project, type in "Rock Wall" in the search bar.

Drapery Rods or Curtain Rods

There are a number of drapery tracks. All slide, but some slide better than others. I decided to upgrade mine to a track that has bearing clips that hold the curtains.

I chose to use Custom Window Service located at 3012 Waialae Ave. His price was fair and service was without issue.

Phone Richard at: 734-4416. He don't have a E address.

Living Room
Since the floor to ceiling height is exactly 8' (96") less the track and clearance to the floor. There are two sections to work with, #1 section is by the sliding door and the #2 section
The curtain size you will need is:
by #1 section 93" x 6' or 2@ 3' panels (some sew the 2@ 3' panels together)
by #2 section 93" x 7' or 3@ 3' panels bunched together.

The full floor width is 13'4". Another trick is to sew or glue on velcro on the laps to attach them together.

Master Bedroom
The louvered windows covering is 9'7" x 32". Personally, we used a pre-made home depot curtain that measured 44" long and width to match.

shark encounter video

Copy and paste this shark encounter video on your address bar to see sharks eating a whale carcass in Kahuku off Oahu North Shore. Click on the K-5 video on the upper right corner of the story.

http://www.k5thehometeam.com/story/8645113/shark-feeding-frenzy-captured-on-video?redirected=true