Spring Has Sprung, and this chick is beeizzzyyy

After a very long winter, a winter that seemed to never end, its SPRING! And a beautiful Spring at that. Last year we had a horrible early Spring. It was warmer in March, than April, then heat wave all summer. Please, never a year like that again. We have been enjoying beautiful temps here in SWMI, 73*, bright blue skies, SUN with just the right sprinkling of rain. Ahhhh.
I have been busy getting gardens ready. Each year I do away with more lawn. Less To Mow, More To Grow is my motto. I currently have 5 gardens and am adding, just one more. I promise, just one more. Than one more after that and one more after that...hee hee!
I start all my seedlings indoors, than move them to The Church, aka my greenhouse, then to their final grand area, THE GARDEN! Its a wonderful process. I love it, usually. This year it was really hard. I had a bad few days. You see I recently placed my mom in a nursing home after caring for her for almost 4 years with Alzheimer's/Dementia. For some reason, maybe a stress release, it hit me all at once. I started feeling really bad about all I do, like I was a crazy person for raising our food, questioning and doubting everything I do or have done. For a brief moment, I thought, "Ill call my mom and talk to her about how I feel." Then reality hit, "You cant call your mom, shes not there anymore." THATS when it hit. Im an orphan. Sort of. I still have my mom, but she doesnt know who I am anymore, she cant remember my name. I still talk to her as if she does but its very hard. I always have a lump in my throat, choking back tears. Many times when Im leaving the nursing home Im in tears. I usually work it all out on the drive home, its a 45 min drive one way. Im doing better about all of it, I guess its something I just have to go through. I was quiet for awhile, but am getting back into the swing of things. New projects, new babies....Its all good.

Mr Tumnus

Last winter I bred three of my does to a ( borrowed) wonderful buck, Mr Tumnus. He is a total doll, a Nigerian. A small breed of dairy goat. They are known for  wonderful, rich in butterfat, goats milk! Since my girls are Snoobs, Saneen, Nubian crosses they are quite tall. You get where Im going here dont you? If you dont, let me explain. I wasnt quite sure the little guy could reach the target! Being as polite as I can be. People joked and said I or better yet, Joel Dear should build the little guy, Mr Tumnus a stand. My guys wanted nothing to do with my adventures in goat sex! So, I had to let nature and hormones do their jobs. Well as it turns out, it has. Our dear mischievous Stella is forming an udder. Shes PREGNANT! Due June 27 or as we say, When the stem is ripe, the apple will fall. All in due time!
Now only if Maddie and Lilly are holding on to a secret as well.
We have four other new babies here. Two chicks, one buckling and a Turkey. Im still waiting on the other 12 fertile Turkey eggs I ordered. I have my incubator all set up and ready. Which leads me to projects. Does that word make your husbands shake with fear as it does mine?
I have plans on building a chicken tractor for our meat birds.I order 25 each year and thats the only chicken we eat.
Cleaning the stalls for those birds is horrendous! I figure I can build a 10x10 hoop house. Let them free range all day, lock them up safely at night, and  move it when it needs to be cleaned. The egg laying hens will come through and scratch the straw around and it will all go back into the earth as composted chicken manure. What do you think? I say it all starts with a plan! ;) So thats where my brain is today.
 I still have to get my fence up for Turkey Hill Mansion and fence in the new pasture. Hence the title, BEEIzzzy! And now you know why my hubby shakes with fear..PROJECTS! lol

My dear, sweet, helpful son Alex helped me out greatly this year. Well he always helps me, but extra this time. I recently did some damage to my knee. Requiring surgery. I have torn my Meniscus in three places, my ACL and I have a cyst behind my knee.  Dear sweet son Jake, mows the lawns that I have not dug up....yet!
I have a gorgeous brace Im wearing to buy myself some time. Time to get through the summer, then this fall. Surgery! YUCK!

Maddie Jane and LB
Blossom, Kletus, Lilly, Stella and The Jeff in background

We have our very own buck. Say Hello to Lucky Bucky or LB as we call him. He is 100% Nubian. Another dairy goat breed. He is a bottle baby, and Im really hoping he and I will be friends even through puberty. He is going to be a very tall boy. My last experience with owning my own buck was disastrous. That thing was so mean. He'd take you out just for thinking of entering his pasture!

I have stayed with my purple passion theme in The Church, the fish tanks are usually painted black to keep out light and prevent algae growth. Well, I think black can be over done, so I went with Purple Gloss. It really adds some happy pizzazzz to growing I think! What fish wouldnt be happy to swim in a Purple Gloss Tank?
So, in a flash I have caught you up with some of the happenings here  Life At Purple Gate Farm. Im off to feed, weed, and read.
Happy Mothers Day To Thee~ Angela

MAYTAG & AMERICAN AIRLINES.

This week has been a doozie. First my son Jake went on a trip for college. A wonderful experience for him minus the air travel. American Airlines really failed. His first flight was delayed 5 1/2 hours due to repairs. Then delayed from each and every point, rerouted etc. He started out leaving at 10 am, he got to his hotel at 2 am! A flight that was to take 3 hours took 16 hours.  His return flight made up air time, by 10 mins. They got into OHare in time to catch their connecting flight. BUT, someone had already closed the gate. And under no circumstances are they to open it. So the flight left with only 6 passengers onboard, leaving over 20 stranded! If his group had not rented a mini van and drove home, he would have still been stranded in Chicago. He got a text  that his flight  out "today" ( suppose to leave out Sunday) was still canceled. They gave him a $12 food voucher. That was all.
THEN>>>>>>>>> My washer broke, as did my fridge, same day. I can understand my washer, it WAS 15 yrs old. Funny, my mom had appliances that lasted almost 30 years. I doubt we will see that in our life time. Then my 5 year old MAYTAG fridge broke. The compressor. The warranty had just went out. I contacted Maytag and basically was told. Thanks for your donation but sucks to be you. Ohhh! We are sorry.
 I had a service repair come, what a jerk, thats another story. He said that these brands usually last only 2 years! I was LUCKY to get 5 yrs out of my side by side 26 cu ft, $1200.00  Maytag .  The repair will cost a  min $875.oo I find this ALL disgusting!
  This is my other gripe. No one cares about their product, customers, nothing. I am just so angry. Whatever happened to the customer being right, doing more to keep up good service? Pleases and Thank Yous?  I feel as if I am a reject from another era. No one has  manners, every place I go is filthy, even doctors offices. Do you have a time machine? I wanna go back to the time when people were neat, clean, professional, and had pride in their craftsmanship.

We Have SUN!!!!!

I had to take a picture and share this with you...Dont freak out...its just the SUN!  I cant remember the last day we had such a beautiful event. Really! Its been days and days and days of gloomy, over cast, SNOW, Rain, SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN day after days!!!! The kind of weather that makes you want to get a soft, fluffy blankey, curl up on the couch and veg sort of days. You just feel tired all the time. Well not today. I think Im going to paint the barns, put in a new drive way, re do my kitchen, buy a cow, replace all my crappy windows...OK . Maybe not that much. But you get the idea of how something so small can you make you feel so great! SUN!
 Actually,today Im making soap and homemade deodorant. Exciting!
 What are you doing with your day? Is it sunny? Wherever your day takes you...Happy Day To Thee~ Ang

 Ariel, our Gramma kitty, taking in some rays.

Shopping For Canning Jars

I can everything! Well, almost EVERYTHING. We recently embarked on the journey of spiking our 16 Maple Trees. You need "something" to hold the syrup in right? Right. So off I went to my local grocery store to buy a "few" cases of Ball Canning Jars. I was also canning dried beans too, I need lots of jars. We use canning jars for drinking glasses as well. They are perfect. Especially the wide mouth ones, no pun intended.
While in the line to check out. The cashier asks me, "what are you going to do with those?" Meaning the canning jars. I told her, canning Maple Syrup, and beans..... She asks me "We have Maple Trees here in Michigan?"  That I found pretty sad. Then she asked "why would I can beans? We sell them here you know!"
 Hmmm. I wont go there. I was polite and kind. Just explained that we prefer my beans. She then asked me if" I worked outside the home?"  I replied,only when Im mowing the lawn,or removing the snow,or cleaning the barn,or mucking stalls,or milking goats. But other than that, no. She laughed and said "Thats how you get to do all of this. "  I was a cashier too at one time. I have worked in the past, way outside the home. Until the recent recession, I was working two jobs and still doing all of this. I just found this conversation with this particular cashier not to be gaining info, but more well, mean. I dont ask people why they buy what they buy. Its none of my business. Like the other time, I was also at the grocery store. I was buying Castor Oil. I use it for oil cleaning my face, for the record.  The cashier asks "Why are you buying this? It says its for constipation, you dont look constipated."
What do you say?

Maple Syrup Time

Today my son Alex, Addie Mae, and I took a hike to the Maple trees. Not an easy thing since I tore my ACL recently. My goal, to get going on the Maple Syrup! Its that time of year again. Wahooo!
I only have 3 spiles so thats all the Maples I did. I came up with another crazy idea, Im famous for those  you know. I took a 5 gallon bucket with lids. Oh yea, the lids. That was a hunt in a half. No one has lids for 5 gallon buckets. After 4 stores, I hit gold! Or bucket lid heaven. I hope you can find lids around your area.
To my contraption I used a 3/16" vinyl tubing, attached that to the spile and drilled a hole in my buckets lid, even after all that shopping for those precious lids, I still drilled a hole in the lid! This way my syrup will be safer during rain storms. That sounds so odd. Rain storms and theres still snow on the ground. But, it also means its warming up, SPRING!
 The pictures are worth a thousand words as you will see below.
 Guess what I forgot to pack? Yuppers. Camera. I checked and rechecked that I had the drill, the drill bits, the hole in the bucket maker, whatever that is! My tubing, the spiles, the buckets and all famous LIDS...forgot camera~ Gesh! Alex took these with his phone.
To spike a Maple tree is very easy. I found my spiles locally or you can find them here.http://www.sugarbushsupplies.com/ They have everything and great reads!
This is only my second year doing Maple Syrup. I marked my trees last summer, Im not very great at distinguishing Maples by their bark, I need the leaves. I painted the tress with a large M. Then waited, and waited...winters here in Michigan are very, very, VERY long.
 The best time to spike a Maple tree is when the day time temps are above freezing and the nights still get to freezing, or 32*. The warmer days make the sap flow, the cool evenings stop the flow.
  Now for the fun part. I used a battery powered  drill and drilled into the tree about an inch. The size of the drill bit depends on what spiles you choose.  Drill straight in. I used a rubber mallet to lightly pound in the spile and BINGO! Theres sap a flowing! I pushed on the plastic tubing and ran that into the lidded bucket. Tomorrow, I shall hobble back up the big hill and see how much progress we have. This coming week is to be the Maple Sapaloooza!

 I will then haul my sap  back to the house where I have a turkey deep fryer hooked up to a propane tank and that I will use to boil down the sap to syrup. Its very highly recommended that you boil down your syrup outside. As the water boils off it carries with it small particles of sap. IF you do this inside, you will have a huge, sticky, very bad mess. Make sure to do as much outside. You can finish it in the house. You will know its almost finished by the color. Mine turns a beautiful amber color . It will get some what thicker but nothing like store bought syrup, which is mostly corn syrup. Homemade maple syrup will always be some what thinner.

 It takes about 40 gallons of sap to get  about one gallon of delicious, amber in color, ohhh so yummy your tummy sings, pure, organic, MAPLE SYRUP! Its so very worth it. Now go get you some spiles and spike some Maples.
When syrup time is up, I make a paste out of Diatomaceous Earth or DE and plug up the holes. Just to be kind to the trees. It will help keep out any unwanted bugs.
Happy Maple Syrup Season to Thee~

A Snowy Day

The color you see in these photos is true. It actually was this blue. Gorgeous morning, just had to share.
Happy Day To Thee~

First Eva Video

Last night I posted my first ever blog video. I have posted two others, one was when Matilda was born and in the house, the other I Can Speak Pig. Those dont count. This video took me for ever! #1 Im picky. #2 Im shy. So why did I do it? I have been asked to. So here  I go. I agree some things are just better on video and others in print. I just hope I can keep up? You can view them  here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t42Kt0ANR4

I thought Id post a picture today of our backyard. My usual picture. Its a whopping 9* this morning and snowing. Another day all the animals will be in the barn. Or as I call it Lock Down.  I let them out for stall cleaning, then they want back in, right away. Even Casper who has on his beautiful pink blanket! Brr. Baby brr. Its cold outside.

My First Webinar

Last night I had my first ever Webinar. Do you know what that is? Your smart! I didnt. I thought you signed online as did everyone else and you went over a power point presentation together. Nope. You sign online AND  you call in on the phone going over a power point presentation online. HA! There are "things" you are suppose to do, like press *6 to mute your call. #6 to unmute your call. I made a mistake. I  THOUGHT  I muted my call and I didnt. Ooopps. Surely Im not the first to make such a mistake???? Next time, I will know.

Im a new Sierra Club volunteer. As well as on the Board of Directors. Im learning how to do "things".
 Im still absorbing all that I learned last night. Ohhh. My heart is still heavy. And Yes. That is a glass of wine beside me.
 Even on speaker I had to hold my phone near my ear, hard to hear the key speaker. Or, Im going deaf??
I am  very concerned about whats going on near and around me concerning our food sources as well as our water sources. A new nightmare has come to our town. Its called Hydrofracking. In short, terrible. I will be doing a blog about that as soon as I can collect my thoughts. In short, NIGHTMARE!
This is why I am stepping up to the plate and getting involved. I am jumping in with both feet.
Im still working on that Video...I sound like such a dork ! Ugh. But Im going to do it!
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margret Mead
Happy Day To Thee~ Ang

Winters Day Off

Baby its cold outside! Yesterday was Summer, the day before Spring, and  back to Winter today.  25* high, lows tonight 17*  Hot cocoa and thick fluffy socks all day. Stay safe all. Happy Day To Thee~ Angela

Getting Back Into The Swing Of Things....

So much going on here. I really do need to get better about posting each and every day. It is a goal of mine. Im also thinking of adding video blogging??? Maybe easier? Hopefully you can tolerate seeing me without make up and neat hair??? LOL!  

The Gentle Way of Line Drying Clothing

I try to do my part to minimize my/ our carbon footprint. It seems its getting harder and harder not to mention so much more expensive not to do so otherwise. Currently our electric bill runs around $250 a month and UP! That's JUST for lights, to pump up our well water and....heated topic,{ pun intended!} between Joel and I, the HOT WATER HEATER. I say it has to be the culprit. He feels otherwise, so to prove my point, I have turned off the main switch to the heater during the day. We shall see if there is a difference in our next months bill or not! AND I unplugged/emptied an old refrigerator in the garage.
 I wash our clothes in cold water, run my dishwasher at night and basically theres no reason to heat all that water when no one needs it all day long. Im on a journey, a quest! If its frugal, its me!
 I have a very sturdy clothes line my dad built me when we first moved here. Outside. I use it all the time weather permitting. Except for now. Its damp and the clothes will not dry. Not to mention...we heat with wood. I love the smell, just not in my clothes.  Our wood burner, modeling for you here, is an EPA wood burner, you very rarely see smoke, if any, coming from the stack. This little bugger heats our whole house! I love it! It saves us majorly on heating our house. We use only fallen trees. The wood we burn came from a tree service. Or our woods and pasture. Goats should be related to beavers, they are super hard on trees!
 So in the winter time I use drying racks near the wood burner. Ok here comes the disclaimer... Be careful around the wood burner, its hot. Do not leave line drying unattended, especially if you have cats in house. Ok, lets just use common sense people! You know by now. Back to the story.... I found mine at Lowes, they were around $20 each, metal and very sturdy. Also they expand for drying  and contract for storage, bonus!  I currently have three and as you can see, they are loaded! I do about 5 loads of laundry a day.Using my homemade laundry soap and softener, I have finally found a recipe that keeps the clothes from getting so stiff. I leave the clothes like this over night. The jeans I usually rotate during their drying time,  or they will be damp if left in the same position. Just give them a flip. I also use this method for drying our whites, in no time at all, dry!  In the morning I gather them all up, some may need a tumble in the dryer for just a few minutes on low heat setting. It sounds like a lot of work, its not really. Especially when you consider each load would mean 45 mins in my electric, high efficiency  dryer. Thats huge!
I have seen some beautiful drying racks online, simply gorgeous! Maybe one of these days when mine have gone to line drying heaven I will get one of those beauties but for now, Im very pleased with my find. Check them out, give them a try. They work! Happy Clothes Drying~ Angela

Fodder or Sprouted Grains for Farm Animals

Here I go. Always thinking of something new and different to try. Trying to save money that is. Eat healthier too. Not to mention that grain and hay have gone through the roof this year. That is why I started searching the internet for alternatives. I found some wonderful ideas and sites I am sharing. The most valuable site I found was on Youtube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlNU7NKiwF0 This lady really did a great job of explaining their set- up. I love videos!
   First thing,  I bought was  a shelf at Menards for $50. I suppose if you were really crafty, had extra time, you could make your own from 2x4's quite easily. I didnt have the extra time. The seeds, ohhhh! dont make the mistake I made! I was following another blog, NO PICTURES, big warning!!!! I think  "those" blogs really dont do as they say they do! Make sure to buy sprouting seeds! When in doubt, buy a very small bag and try a small container like in  a pint jar small, soak your seeds, drain and see if they will sprout BEFORE your buy the biggie bags! Speaking of seeds I bought mine from http://www.wheatgrasskits.com/seed.htm. They are organic and are truly Sprouting Seeds. I know the shipping is costly, its all part of that dreaded, initial start up. I started out with just Barley. My trays were from http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/category/1020-trays_1?gclid=COvSlZy82LMCFQVgMgodHjQAEg  You will want both kinds. Ones with holes for drainage and ones without holes. I also got the plastic domes to help jump start the process, just in case!
One more item,  You will need just about 1T per tray.

Now for the process. Set up your trays. You will want one with the holes to go into the one that doesnt have holes. This will become more clear after you read all this. (Deep breath)  Now take about 1/2 cup of Barley seeds or whatever sprouting seeds recipe you have decided to go with. For now Im stating just Barley. More about what Im playing with later. Put in your 1 Tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar  from now on you will know this as  ACV. I fill my trays with enough water just so the seeds are covered. Place a dome top on them if you wish, if not, no biggie. Now place them on your self. In front of a sunny window preferably. I have also added grow lights. I make mine. Shocker!!!! I use a 4 ft garage fixture, fluorescent.  One bulb being cool, one warm. You will  want nothing higher or lower than 5000 kalvins for plants. This will be printed on your bulbs container. Dont go for the expensive ones that state they are just for "growing plants." Mine are much more affordable and work just as well. I have had mine for almost 4 yrs now and have grown many plants. In fact I start all my gardens planting needs under these babies!  Ok back to the sprouts. In one day you will notice little white tails forming from your Barley seeds. Perfect! Day two, pull up the tray with just the holes, letting the soaking water fall through to other tray, you know the one with OUT holes. I have another tray without holes, ready to hold the rinsed tray. Lightly rinse your seeds disposing of the soaking water. Or you can save this water for your animals or other plants.  Put the tray with the rinsed sprouts into the new tray without holes  together and again back on the shelf. Rinse your previously used tray without holes out very well. Did that make sense?  It sounds like a LOT of water. And a LOT of work. Its not really. Once you get going with your set-up you will find a system that suits you. I do this each day. Heres the tricky part. I have a 5 tray shelf. Each day I move up a new batch of sprouted seeds. Until day 6, those trays go to the barn as my animals feed. And the process starts over again with the soaking of the seeds in the ACV. You need  to add ACV only on day one. NOT every day. The ACV helps to remove the Phytic Acid more on that here http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/living-with-phytic-acid.

Ok so thats the process. As you can see in the photos Iam experimenting with other seeds. Like Black Sunflower and Corn. I am also playing with making up my own chicken feed. Chickens require a very complex feed. I have read that we know more about their nutritional requirements than our own! I have had issues with other layer feeds that have made my hens egg bound and or they were not able to walk. So its a very tricky feed. For now I am sprouting Sunflower, Corn and Barley as a supplement to their layer feed, still looking for a more healthy alternative. I am confident that my feed needs will be cut drastically doing this sprouted fodder animal feed.  I am still in the experimental stage, talking with others who are trying to figure this all out as well! I think we are on to something wonderful for all though.A special Thank You to my friend Aaron :)
For the hens  feed they do not always like the full grown grass but prefer the just sprouted stage as above  in the photo of Sunflower sprouts. In the winter my hens do love the full grown grass of Wheatgrass grown in dirt! By the way Wheatgrass is the seed of Red Hard Winter Wheat sprouted or grown in soil.When I do this for my hens  they make a happy cluck! cluck!  scratching in the soil too. Being that in winter our ground is frozen I think its a real treat for them that I am more than happy to provide!
One more thing about the sprouts. I know its really easy to go crazy with wanting to sprout many types of seeds, however there are some that you just cant do this way. Two being FLAX and CHIA seeds. They will sprout, on wet paper towels or in soil, just not soaked.  More on the whys here  http://www.sproutpeople.com/seed/print/chia.html And for the Hello Mrs Obvious...do not give your animals the paper towels. Pull off the sprouts then feed to animals....just in case ;)
I am still in the beginning stages, so far my critters really seem to be pretty happy with it! Oh joy!  I do not change their feeds over night. I give them a little as I go, as you can see just a handful to the horse, Casper. You never change feeds drastically your animals can  colic, and then you are in serious trouble. So take it slow.
I know this was a very long blog. And I did add lots of photos. A picture is worth a thousand words and so is this blog! LOL!
For the record I am not a Sprout Master, nor a Vet. I am sharing this info with you to help you  save money,  feed your farm healthier and hopefully, reducing our carbon foot print as well. I believe that what our food eats therefore we do as well and I am doing the best I can to make it all happen. ~ Angela

Oatmeal to Go

Our days are busy now that everyone is back to college, work and just on the go. Mornings start here at 4 am, so breakfast gets pushed to just before lunch hour. Making a good, healthy breakfast on these days just isnt going to happen, So that means the Breakfast on the go stuff from the stores.  I really dont like the pre-made stuff from the stores.
 #1 Its expensive
#2 Not enough for my guys to fill up on
#3 What the heck is in them?
I try to duplicate the recipes. First I get an idea usually from others! Im not that smart! Next I go online and research several recipes. Then I make up my own. Like I did here.I take this and that and come up with my own! First what I like to do is collect all the stuff. In this recipe I knew Id be needing a container that could take the heat! Like a Microwave and be some what water tight, to bring it back home in a backpack or lunch box. I found my containers at Walmart. Three  16 0z/ 2 cup with screw on lids, BPA FREE, Microwaveable for $2.17. Perfect! Definitly reuseable too! I also use these for my re fried beans that I freeze! I like these little things!
                                                                Oatmeal to Go Recipe
The thickener. Take 1/4 cup oats and put in blender. Yup! Blenderize it til its like a flour. Thats the secret to the thick oatmeal. Add 2 T to each container.
The main part of this recipe is of course Oatmeal. I used Meijer brand Naturals Quick Oats 1/2 cup to each container.
1/8 tsp Kosher Salt
1/1/2 tsp Vanilla Sugar. Ive posted previously on how to make Vanilla Sugar But here it is again. Take about 6 Vanilla Beans and add 2 cups white sugar into a glass container or plastic with a lid. Wait few days and you will have....Vanilla Sugar. Thanks to my friend Cathy ;)
Now for the mixes. I made up Strawberries and Cream. To the above I added about 1/8 cup of dehydrated Strawberries. The cream part comes from adding 1 T powdered milk. I also added a pinch of nutmeg.
 To mix add 3/4 cup hot water. But Ang, how would one know, on the go, how much is 3/4 cup water???? You may ask. Well my dear on these handy, dandy little containers is a marker 250 ml! Thats where you would fill to with hot water! HA! How cool is that?
Screw on the lid and let sit a spell and its ready to enjoy!
Another mix. Banana Nut. Basically the same. I used about a dozen dried banana chips,I made the mistake of not breaking up the Banana Chips, next time, I would do that! Chopped up walnuts, about the same amount. Maybe you like yours really nutty? Add more. Maybe you dont like nuts at all, than omit! I added 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla sugar and a pinch of nutmeg.
Here are some other varieties Im thinking of trying in the near future.
Craisins and Almonds with White Choc Chips
Blueberries and Cream
Apples and Cinnamon
Cinnamon Raisin with Brown Sugar, in this case No Vanilla Sugar, use the same amount of the Brown Sugar
Apricots and Cream
Get creative! Take a stroll down the dried fruit aisle of your local store for more inspiration!

Give it a try and let me know what ya think!