It's an LED Christmas!

While doing some Christmas shopping this year we had to keep in mind two important elements. A.) Christmas lights cost energy and B.) Toddlers love bright shiny Christmas trees, thus broken ornaments. How we decided to handle A and B...

A.) We bought energy efficient LED Christmas lights
B.) We bought unbreakable Christmas ornaments, ribbons and tinsel.

I'm pretty happy with the outcome. I was especially happy to see that after the LED's had been on for hours...they didn't even feel warm let alone hot. When we hung the new lights up, I noticed a difference right away. The LED lights were brighter. I missed the feeling of the old Christmas lights, but after a while, I was able to enjoy the LED's more and more. And, as a matter of fact, I've quickly become attached to their extra brightness. When I look at the Christmas tree, the white lights look almost like magical sparks. My husband loves the fact that they are costing us less money. lol

The unbreakable ornaments are wonderful when you have a toddler who wants to touch everything. He immediately started playing with the ornaments as I was hanging them on the tree. When we had finished decorating the tree, my cute little toddler was practically covered in glitter from head to toe. After a couple of days of him taking the ornaments off the tree and me placing them back on the tree, he realized he didn't like the glitter that was hard to get off of his hand on his hands. LOL He doesn't touch the ornaments anymore. He lays down by the tree and admires it. A bonus I hadn't planned on. ;0)

Enjoy a couple snap shots of our cozy Christmas...

LED Multi-Colored Christmas Lights

1 strand of LED white icicle lights
(Yes, a Raiders fan and a 49'ers fan live here. ;0)

So cute.

It's a White Christmas!
2 strands of LED white lights

LED Tidings,
Monica ;-)

Green Deltec Home Dreaming

I'm too excited about my starter seeds. They are outside underneath the patio shade soaking in some uv exposure. As I lighty watered them I was bitten by a red aunt. That's what I get for not wearing shoes. lol. Note to self: buy some gardening garmets and boots to keep the bug bites away.

My husband has been wonderful listening to all of my ideas. He's always good for feedback. The good thing about turning our household green is that we are both penny pinchers. Don't get me wrong, we certainly enjoy the good things in life, it's just that we believe that we can enjoy them more by becoming completely self sufficient. Plus, we are doing good for the earth.

Currently we live on a quarter city acre. We'd like to build a green Deltec home. They are beautiful and energy efficient. Visit their site for more Deltec information.

Ahhh, dreaming ...

Now that's fine dining ...

I'm ready to go to sleep now ...

I was amazed to learn that Deltec offered many green options. They even have a rain barrel system! Now that's cool. And, compared to the dome home my honey wants, I'm not complaining! lol

Homely Wishes,
Monica ;0)