It was the first day back to school for both kids. Hallie began middle school at Ligon and Travis entered fourth grade at Conn. Both kids were beaming this afternoon, very much where they need to be.
I feel like it’s going to be a great year for both of them!
LED bulb. Excuse the white balance as my phone camera has no setting for LED.
I was once an enthusiastic supporter of CFL bulbs, with their promise of long life. It didn’t take long before I determined those claims were bunk, leaving me with a pile of hazardous waste. I can’t say I pined for the says of incandescent bulbs but I was anxious to find something better than CFLs.
Then a few months ago I saw that Costco was selling deeply discounted LED bulbs. Normally $12, they were on sale for $6. Now that would normally be a lot of money for a light bulb but the promise of going 22 years before replacing it seemed to make it worthwhile. I bought one bulb for our den as a test and then bought a half-dozen of them for our bathroom. Why the bathroom? Because when hung upside-down, CFL bulbs burn out about 5 times as fast in my experience.
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