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K On The Beach

@konthebeach.bsky.social
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Mom, artist, celiac GF chef, very loud 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 ally, massive geek…all served with snark. Also? Expect too much corgi content and cursing. Not usually related to the corgi.

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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 53m
May have crashed hard but also was productive and now both cars are officially Hawaiian and we both registered to vote here. Glad we’re in a more rural area, on the most rural island because that made our local DMV is a breeze, which is not the case here usually.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 3h
Turns out when you don’t sleep for 3 nights in a row, you crash out on the couch and sleep *hard*
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 16h
Getting Millie here has been probably the biggest stressor and I’m so glad it’s almost done but this is also the most stressful part. I cannot wait to get my girl tomorrow ❤️
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 18h
Millie gets dropped off for her flight here in about 2 hours and I’m wide awake because omg. Finally. Granted, it’s 11pm here but still.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 22h
So it’s a shit show, like everything ever, and now I get to take a turn and burn trip to Oahu on Saturday, but hot damn Millie will be home FINALLY.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This bout of illness has humbled me like no other. Wild that it’s making the autoimmune crap I deal with daily seem tame because trust it isn’t. Once again for those in the back, fuck Taylor farms forever and ever and ever.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It feels so very late. It is so dark. It is 7:15pm. wtf
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The best part of cyclospora is the cycle part*. *it is nor. No one thinks that. But need to lie to myself.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My mom is super subtle, sending this out on a text with just my parents and siblings, both siblings have been married for ages. Like. Mom. Stop it.
Text from mom to just the fam bam (aka only my parents and siblings)›

The surprising new way to find friends and true love? Your Costco card! 
usatoday.com

Me: This feels targeted....
Like you can just be like
"Kirstin! You could find a dude at Costco! Or maybe even a friend! But get a date you hermit!" Laughed at by both my siblings
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fell asleep on the couch, teen left me there with the tv on (totally fine btw, tho with they’d turned off the tv lol), but woke up just before 2 and haven’t been able to sleep since then and wow, this is annoying.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Absolutely incredible moon tonight, perfectly illustrates why a telescope permanently lives in our living room or lanai now. Whew.
Moonlit night with trees illuminated The moon, more zoomed in, with craters very visible. Close up of the moon through a telescope, can
Clearly see a crater on the top.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Actually was good today, didn’t do what I’d planned (many errands, gardening, beach), instead got more things unpacked and put away but with many, many icing the ankle breaks. It’s bruised and swollen, but not terrible, thankfully. But dang, yeah, I would like a break from disasters. Kthanksbye.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
But!! For once!! It was my left ankle!! My entire right leg, hip to toes, is cursed. Like most random shit, crazy accidents, for decades, so hey, at least this is new and different! 🤣🫣
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Am awake. Ankle is very unhappy. Thinking that sound I heard when I stepped in a hole means this was a light twisting. So. That is cool. I swear on all that is holy…
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today has been glorious, perfect temperature, normal humidity, breezy trade winds, and best of all, finally able to eat food and have energy. Finally not questioning all my life choices lol.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Frighteningly productive day. Amazing the change, very welcome after the last few weeks. Tomorrow these babies are getting prepped for seeds. Also! Apparently what we’d thought may be a papaya tree is a money tree aka Malabar chestnut instead.
Three oval metal empty planter beds on grass Hand holding a large avocado looking thing That isn’t an avocado! Hand holding the split open fruit thing - it’s a type of chestnut with mini nuts within.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Going back to bed…yes at 7am HST, but kitchen is 85% organized and sorted. The rest is dependent on deliveries I can’t control solving for issues I didn’t anticipate. BUT created a bomb ass ranch dip last night that is so going on my menu, so overall it’s a win.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
With this move, I spent a full year obsessively planning, worrying about a billion things, coming up with a million scenarios that would come up - fun that all the things that have been a real challenge, not one has been something that ever crossed my mind, go. fucking. figure. It really is funny.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Woke up again at 2:30, but this time, no hurricane to obsessively watch (and pace with plastic sheeting at the ready), so instead organized more of the kitchen. Have shelving arriving this week to essentially make a pantry, so should have one room fully done soon. Finally!
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s still raining, but did slow to a drizzle for a few hours, and just kind of breezy, nothing like last night. Also, definitely don’t have to worry about being low on water, tank has been overflowing for 24 hours now lol. I worry more about power for my filters for said water in the tank.
Catchment tank pipe with a stream of water flowing out into vegetation.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Actually cooking for the first time in weeks, finally feeling better adjacent, and have my island in, which means I’m finally able to put a lot of stuff away (large kitchen, but v little storage, zero pantry, etc.), so while I still have a way to go with unpacking, getting there.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yeah, it sure is. Exactly 9am here. Weak af but whatever, hoping for a nap lol.
Hand on a couch holding a glass that says “its 9am somewhere” with a redish liquid and ice cubes
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stormy morning and no sleep means I’m like eff it, affogato for morning coffee. Bonus: a bit of my lava and jungle in the background.
Small coffee cup with a scoop of vanilla ice cream with espresso poured on top, in front of windows overlooking a lava outcrop and lots of greenery
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Storm hasn’t been that bad, it’s windy and raining, of course but didn’t lose power (fingers crossed it stays that way!), been up since freaking 230am and really want to sleep but at some point, I’ll give up trying.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s not actually raining, hasn’t been for an hour or two but the wind is really kicking up, so at the point of being prepped as much as we can, and am melted on the couch watching GBBO, fingers crossed we don’t lose power but if we do, at least we’ve watched Nigella’s debut.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not me standing in the kitchen, after having just marveled about how there really hasn’t been wind at all, suddenly feeling a breeze in my fanless kitchen. So hey. Winds are kicking up. But storm is looking to stay jusssst far enough south that it shouldn’t be too bad.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not surprisingly, it’s been raining, but just steady and no real wind yet. Still going to be a long night and all, but for now, not too terrible.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The upside of not being able to sleep because of hurricane means I now know it’s tracking just a hair more south, whew, which means that now our rainfall probabilities are now 16-20” with likely 25” in my location. But hey. That’s a lot less than 35”, so, I’ll take it.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 25/09/2026
Nora Roberts.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This. Unabashed Nora Roberts super fan here. Moved an unreasonable amount of her books here bc of that. No ragerts. And listen, having living nearish to Boonsboro? Was SO cool! One of my favorite mugs is from her store lol. Plus this. I. Am. Ridiculous.
Blond lady with an unhinged smile next to a cutout of Nora Roberts in her store in Boonsboro MD
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Originally, Millie was supposed to arrive today, then it was pushed, and pushed again (all due to my child’s inability to comprehend dates 🙄) but that’s okay, because she’ll still be here next week, but if she’d gotten here today, after 24 hours of travel and then a hurricane, whew.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gonna tell you anyways. The purple band? 20-30 inches (50-76cm), and at my elevation/location, the 35in (88cm) is a very real possibility. That is like SO much rain. Very glad for my hill.
Map with rain bands of Hawaii and Maui, with light green, dark, green, yellow, orange. Red, dark red, and finally purple indicating how much  rain is forecast with an arrow pointing to the purple with tag that says isolated 35”. I live very much in the purple.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Remember the other day when I was like omg 5 inches of rain in day? Anyone care to guess how much we’re looking at over the next two days? Cause I just about pooped myself.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not my first rodeo with living somewhere while tracking a tropical storm or a hurricane. But this was the first time I saw that M and I’m like huh, what does that mean? That’s awfully close. Maybe that’s a good symbol. It is not. It means major hurricane. COOL.
Map of the Hawaiian islands with the tracking of hurricane Nolo very close to the big island, are black circles with M in them indicating that it’ll be a major hurricane uncomfortably close.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When one lives in a glass house on a hill surrounded by trees and there’s a hurricane coming, one buys a shit ton of plastic sheeting for my million windows. Wheeeeee.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This hurricane, whew. This shit is making me nervous.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Aaaaaand hurricane warning is now active and I’d really like it to change direction. Cooooool. Cool.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kilauea is starting up, didn’t even need to check the website to confirm because whew, we can smell it. This helps explain the pounding headache, too. Glad I have a good air filter.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Up for hours now and ready to conquer the day. This would be great if I still lived on the east coast. Or even the west. But no. I don’t. I guess technically I am on the east coast…of the big island. So anyways. 3am is the best.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Finally have a bit of an appetite. Tried to eat a few frigging bites of mashed potatoes. Nope. About to go with the nuclear self-destruction option &eat gluten. And not just gluten but fast food. Specifically Jack in the Box. Because at this point, why the hell not. Not like it matters right now.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Holy shit. Well. Turns out tomorrow won’t be the problem. Thursday will. 5.15in expected (13cm). Hooray hill and elevated house?
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Welp. Glad my house is elevated and I live on a hill, I guess.
Graphic saying .5” rain expected today (which I’m sure we’ve already surpassed) with 2.45” expected tomorrow (6.25cm or so).
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oh. Cool. Another possible hurricane or at the very least, torrential rain. Neato. Like, wtf. Between hurricanes and now endless illness, whew.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not being able to breathe also isn’t helping with the whole sleep thing. Nor does the sneezing fit I just had. I am a big whiny baby.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Evergreen post: someday, I’ll sleep again, that day is, once again, not today.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In case anyone is wondering, and I’m certain you’re not, dog is still going. Has not stopped for more than a hour or so. Don’t want to be that person but ffs.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Listen. Am so happy to have moved here but now I have a cold and let me say Hawai’i has been a real challenge for me, health wise. It’ll be fine and I’m a little dramatic because I feel like crap but dude. Comeeeee onnnnn.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Dammit. My dad remains the best. Sent a sappy but heartfelt text about Kris’ bench and how his faithfulness means so much to so many of us. “You’re welcome, I’m keeping an eye on Kris for you” and holy shit. I cannot stop ugly crying.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Both of Kris’ parents are gone. His brother was barely 10 and so memories are fuzzy, understandably. So it’s up to us, his friends, and our parents that knew and loved him, to remember and celebrate a life that was painfully short. I have better pics but haha, idk where bc moving but meet Kris.
Teen in a green sweatshirt on a couch with a closed mouth smile.
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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This day, 29 years ago, literally changed the trajectory of my life. It took 16 years for a conviction to be made, it was awful on every freaking level for more than a decade. I’ll never ever forgive his murderers. Ever. Fuck them forever. Kris deserved to live.
montereycountynow.com
Man Convicted for 1997 Murder of Monterey High School Senior
A 34-year-old Soledad man was convicted yesterday for the kidnapping and murder of a Monterey High School student in 1997.
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