Meet Fred

For those of you not in the know I am a sales representative of quilt fabric and am on the road  visiting quilt shops in California and Northern Nevada at least 4 to 5 days of the week.

(I have mentioned to a friend recently I really need to sell automotive parts as I think I would make a whole lot more money.)

I'm in the car A LOT.

The car I had been driving I inherited from the husband when he decided to upgrade and had low mileage.

I have been driving that car for the past four years and managed to get the mileage up to 184,000.

While it has been well maintained it was starting to show its age and mileage and I decided it was time to get a new car.

One that would have all wheel drive so I didn't need to worry so much about the weather conditions going to Nevada and certain parts of California.

Other then that I wanted something appealing to my eye.

 So this is Fred.

  Named after Mr. Rogers of  the wonderful PBS show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
Reliable, soothing and always wearing a cardigan.

What more can you ask for from your car?

Here Fred is packed up and ready to go on the road.

I look forward to spending a lot of time with Fred.

We've already managed to spend a little over 2,000 miles together this month.

A Drop (Or Two) In The Bucket

As I am sure most people are aware the state of California is currently going through a major drought.

I was in Texas last month for the marriage of my beautiful daughter  Rachel to the very handsome Brad.



It was a lovely wedding!

And during that time there was storm after storm with flooding all over the state of Texas and I had wished there had been some way to send some of that water west.

 

Wanting to do our part Jim and I recently started taking showers with a bucket to catch the water

being sprayed as the water from the shower head warms up.

 

The recycled bucket has really added to the décor of our bathroom.

I have been using this water to keeps my potted plants in the back yard hydrated.

So far there has not been any adverse affects from this shower water as we are not trying to reclaim any water with soap and shampoo.

 

We seem to be collecting about 3 gallons of water a day between our two showers.

Today I learned  that I need to empty the bucket everyday otherwise it gets HEAVY

carrying it downstairs.

 

Keep your eyes peeled for any news stories about a crazy woman falling down her stairs while doing her part trying to not waste water.