The Sewing Mom

My daughter’s best friend from Chicago is in town staying with us this week. Today is her last full day and she leaves to fly home in the morning. To celebrate, my daughter and her friends have decided to spend the evening having a cookout and swim party at our house tonight. I’m all for it, I just wish we had time to install some Kichler Outdoor Lighting before they all come over!

You see, there is almost no outdoor lighting in our back yard. We have a lighted ceiling fan under the back patio, but that’s pretty much it. There is the tiniest little light I’ve ever seen inside our pool, it’s totally worthless and we’ve always wondered what the pool builder was thinking when they installed it! I wonder if Kichler Lighting sells any type of pool lighting. Well, back to the point, I did install solar lights after we moved in, but they don’t work any longer. I think the solar panel wears out on them. So right now, the only extra lighting we have out by the pool are the tiki torches my husband lights to keep the mosquitoes away! Well, I guess that will have to do for tonight, because I definitely don’t have time to get patio lighting installed.

Speaking of lighting makes me take a look at the rest of the house. Since we moved in I’ve wanted to update the 1/2 bath downstairs. It’s a small bath and I really like it, but it has a super boring mirror and super boring lighting that I would like to replace. Besides visual appeal, I’m always looking for ways to cut our electric bill. Speaking of which, did you see where UC San Diego recently completed a lighting retrofit that is going to save them over $200,000 a year on their electric bill! WOW! Anyway, I’m going to be looking at Kichler Bath Lighting to see what I like. As for the mirror, I like the octagonal shape, so I’m thinking I may just take it in and have a frame put around it. That would certainly dress it up and I would like it much better.

Well, rather than sitting here dreaming of patio lights and bathroom mirror upgrades, I best get to the store and get the groceries for the cook out tonight!