Getting Serious!

Winter came early this year. Sub-freezing temps all through December! More and more and more snow! Icy roads! One winter storm after another. I am getting serious about moving permanently to Hawaii. I am working hard to convince my husband that we could manage it. How high could the energy bills be? Couldn't we grow a lot of our own food? How much money would we spend on gas (how far can you drive on an island?). Certainly not everyone who lives there has to be a millionaire, right? We saw lots of small, normal looking homes there... I don't need granite counters and fancy stuff. Just a cottage with electricity and running water. How about it?