My New LED Light

I am so excited. Last night I bought a LED Grow light off ebay. One of the things I really miss living in a small apartment with no yard is having a garden. I have tried growing things on our small deck but we don't get enough direct sun light. A few months ago I heard about LED grow lights and became very excited about them until I started pricing them--200 - 500 dollars. So there goes that idea. I asked Joe how hard it would to build one. (For those of you that don't know Joe is an electronics engineer and for the past ten years he has been designing and manufacturing printed circuit boards that go in a computer system for LED signs. So we have learned a thing or two about LED's. I researched how to build a grow light and the cost of the LED's and it was going to cost a little more than we thought. I then went back to ebay and found a small grow light for $25.00 and bid on and won. I am so excited. Tomorrow I am going to go and get seeds and dirt and a pot and plant lettuce---to start with. I will let you know if we get lettuce.

Warm and Sunny California

This is a picture of the room we stayed in. We got a great deal by booking online. I think the room was a big as our apartment. Check out the prices for room service. You can guess we did not have room service. I went to Walmart and got a box of Oatmeal for a couple of dollars that lasted the trip. We used the coffee maker to heat the water for our oatmeal. What a deal.

There was French Bakery connected to the hotel. This treat looked so good
I could not resist. It was not as good to eat as it was to look at.

At the convention Joe attended, Ken Mattingly was the keynote speaker. I was able to go and hear him. He is the astronaut from the movie Apollo 13 that was not able to go up with Apollo 13 as he was exposed to measles. It was an fascinating story.

On our way home on highway I-80 we stopped at the Donner Pass. When you see how rugged the country is it is hard to image a wagon being pulled up the mountains. We had a great trip and got to see some wonderful parts of the country.

More Sunny Warm California

This is Fort Bragg. I guess Idaho is not the only place
that has lots of strong winds.

If you look close you can see the road and how close it is to the cliffs. Some places you can look a long way straight down the mountain to the ocean. I was very glad for the arm rest to grab hold of a few times.

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The Golden Gate Bridge

Warm Sunny California

Joe has a seminar in San Jose this week. We decided to drive so we could do some sight seeing along the way. We headed west on I-80. We stopped to see the Salt Flats. It is amazing to see miles and miles of salt. Yes, salt not snow. We stayed the night at Winnemucca then headed up to Oregon. We drove across the bottom of Oregon. Everything was green and the trees were in blossom.

We stayed the second night right on the beach at Crescent City in California. Then we headed south driving though the Redwood Forest. The trees are huge. I have seen pictures of them but it is hard to really comprehend how large the trees are until you see them. From the forest we went over to the coast again. The roads are unbelievable, curves and windy and up and down. Not for the car sick prone.

The third night we stayed at Fort Bragg. Doug served his mission in this area of California so it was fun to see the different places he lived. We went to church at Fort Bragg. It is a very small ward but the people we so welcoming and friendly.

Great Crockpot website

I just saw a lady on Good Morning American talking about using a Crockpot, which caught my attention as I love to use my Crockpot. She said that all her recipes were wheat free as her family was gluten intolerance. She has a blog and has tons of hits every day. I am including her blog address as it might have good recipes. For those of you that don't have to be GF (Gluten Free) the recipes that I checked out look really good and you can use regular ingredients.

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com

More Cute Aprons

Check out the latest aprons. The aprons are all made out 100% cotton. They are a medium size and will fit most anyone. The little girl aprons are size 6-10. We can make a girls size 12 if needed.

Aprons, Aprons and more Aprons

Aprons are so hot right now and there are so many really cute patterns. I love fabric and putting fabrics together so making aprons seems like a perfect match. Most of us remember our own Grandma and her apron's with fond memories of yummy food and good times. What a fun thing to pass on for our kids and grandkids.

So a couple of weeks before Christmas Alice and I decided to get fabric (the fun part) and make aprons to sale. They are done and ready to sell. They'd make a fun little Valentine gift, the perfect Mother's Day gift, a fun birthday present, or a just because gift to yourself of course. Just let me know if you are interested. Here are pictures of a few of them--more pictures coming soon (including pictures of the little girl aprons).









Adult Aprons $25 (plus shipping which is $3 for one apron and and extra dollar for a second apron)
Little Girls aprons $12 (pictures coming soon