Saturday in March

Typical Saturday morning at the Bruce's. Catching up on friends and events. A video chat with Cory, Annie, and Bee. After this, Lyle will go to mow lawns at the rentals. He has already baked a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies for a friend in our Bible Study. (What a guy!)Dottie is being lazy on the top of the couch. She has been watching me take pictures of my new Bee Bees Originals bags to put up online.Here are some of the large denim beach bags I will be posting in my Etsy shop today.

I hope they sell! Go to www.beebeesoriginals.etsy.com to see my other original items. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!

Pancake and Friends + LV Town Center Pics

Yea! On Feb. 21st , Pancake, his girlfriend Ani, and the German came by for a visit. It was fun catching up with these great friends. It is always great to see how time is changing and growing the old high school kids into wonderful independent adults. We are really proud of these kids!These are promised pics from the new Las Vegas Town Center that is being built in the middle of the Las Vegas strip. It was our first visit to this place. We marveled at the architecture. It is amazing! It almost seems that there are no squared off walls in the place. It was a fun adventure.



These steps are lighted from behind. They are thinly slided rocks floating in the glass. The colors and shapes are amazing!

This curved wood was part of a restaurant. Beautiful woodworking!

The high end stores were everywhere. The displays were amazing. The pillars are melting ice into a pool. I am sure that in the summer, this will be a "hot spot" for cooling off.

This is inside the mall area. Unbelievable lines!
Outside from the strip, you get the angles of the buildings, sticking out in all directions!

Outside again! The glass and looking inside to see the structure....again...amazing!

The name of this mall is called Crystals.This was just a portion of a huge wall painting. Still under construction.

The mosaic is individual wood tiles! PATIENCE to put this together!

We were fascinated at the wracks! Did not go in...just admired from afar!

These are metal trees down the center of the mall hall. Very cool!

A closer look.The natural light was wonderful.

There was an abundance of are and amazing structures. I love this piece out of marble.

This is a gigantic curved wall of water. You can see some workmen walking at the top. This is not a public place. But it gives you some perspective of the size of this beautiful place. It also is very tranquil.

There are lights in this fountain that change the color. Also there are many water patterns this fountain performs! Fun to watch, but we got kicked out from standing by it and taking pictures. It is by the hotel valet drop off for the Aria Hotel.

Inside the Aria, there was a lot of eye candy. This was by a confection shop!



These buildings are leaning in many directions. It looks as if they may tip over. The yellow and gray is not open, but looks to be offices or apartments. Very modern and fun to look at.Well, there was so much more to see and do there. We will have to go back and gather more wonderful pics as buildings open and the center expands. It is the newest thing in Vegas that we know about.

LV Red Rock Resort and Wakefield House

We always love to stay at Red Rock Resort! This time our view was not so great on the 4th floor, but this is our own little hall to go to our room. It even has its own doorbell!

Lyle wanted a shower picture, so now you know all!

This room is just our style!

Marble bathroom with deep soaker tub was fab!
So now it is time to see the new house of our dreams! It is in a new subdivision called Northern Terrace at Providence. It is way up northwest of the strip. Probably 20 miles from the strip. It is in the mountains and the views are amazing. This home is built by Warmington Residential. It is the Wakefield single story model plan 2.

This picture is in the back of the house in the family room and kitchen area.

Looking back to the front door. We love the long stone tile path to the back of the house.

The kitchen and dining area is nice. We would prefer to extend the cabinets and granite to the back wall behind the dining table. It is one of the options, just not shown in this model. Stainless appliances and granite are standard features.

There is a separate dining area with wonderful windows on the right side looking out to a courtyard. The hallway behind this area goes to the master bedroom which is behind the kitchen.

On the other side, there is a bedroom with a full bath. The master bath has a large shower with a seat plus a large oval tub. NICE!This is the view from the dining room to the inner courtyard. These windows fill the room with natural light.

This shot is the small hall that leads to the front bedroom and full bathroom. Although, not huge, these are good size bedrooms.

This is the entry view of the house. Again, I love the long hall to the back living spaces. I am looking in the office or optional 4th bedroom. The door behind me goes to the laundry room where there is the garage entance. The closest door on the left, is a closet. This is a nice office area! It has beautiful single panel frosted french doors to close it off.Here is the view from the office to the inner courtyard. You get a lot of light in the rooms because of this courtyard.Here is the outside entry. It has tape and new paint around the front door.Here is one side. It has a double car garage.Here is the other side. We know it looks very simple from the outside.

(There were painters still doing finishing touches on these new models. Some models did not have the glass on the showers.)Well, that is it.

Karin, our LV realitor even sent us a listing for one of the new Wakefield homes. Maybe this is the one God has for us. We will wait and see! Still praying for his guidance in this matter.

Annie, I thought you would enjoy these felt embellished pillows. These flowers are beautiful!

We will post another blog with the City Center pictures later. It was a very fun relaxing trip!

Love the New Sewing Machine!

It was time to get a new sewing machine. The Wards Signature model from the 60's was on its way out! My friend, Susan, suggested a Bernina..like a Lexus machine. I was not sure, since I had been using a Kia machine for many years and am pretty tight with my money. When we got to the Bernina dealer in Visalia, Lyle spied the demo machine sale. It was under the $1,000 that we were expecting to see. I liked it right away, but had to go to JoAnn's to see the Singer model I had read about in the Consumer Report. It was only $390 on Amazon.com. Well, JoAnn's offered no demonstration. The lady handed me the manuel and went back to the register. She said she had sold about 15 of them for Christmas. Well, that sold me on the Bernina. Service and Help! I recommend Thimble Town in Visalia. Ask for Stu!

So here it is!

So..Sew...here are some of my new projects. Re purposing Thrift Store finds.

Green Suit Bag. Large, Roomy, and many fun pockets. Yoke top large bag. Fully lined in black. 1 pocket inside.

Medium size plaid purse. Fully lined with 1 pocket inside.I love that my new machine can handle the heavy fabrics I have been using.

FUN! FUN! FUN!