Category Archives: General Information

My Baby Star

I had to post this picture for those of you who know Star:

Isn’t she just the CUTEST!!???  Sitting on her pillow like a little princess!! 
For those of you who don’t know Star, she’s an eight-year-old brindle-colored Pomeranian.  We’ve had her since she was a baby–when we got her, she weighed 1-1/2 pounds–she now weighs 9 [...]

Northwest Jewelry Updated Website

Those of you who check and/or buy from my website regularly know I have been doing a lot of upgrading, tweaking, etc, and have had some glitches here and there. 
I’m happy to say that I’m done for awhile.  My new upgraded, improved, fast, convenient (and everything else good you can name) website can be viewed [...]

New Online Auction Store for Northwest Jewelry

I’ve been selling on eBay longer than I’ve had my Northwest Jewelry website and have been buying there since 1998.  Sales have been good over there, and I use those sales to drive traffic to my website, which carries more inventory at better prices.
As eBay has grown, their fees have grown, too, and their policies [...]

The Na Pali Coastline on Kauai

Yesterday, we took a catamaran ocean trip along the Na Pali coastline.  The trip was 6 hours long and one of the best ocean trips I’ve been on.
Here’s our catamaran:

It’s the Lucky Lady and the tour company is Kauai Sea Tours .  We were real happy with their tour and would recommend them.
We’ve been on quite [...]

East, South and West Kauai

During the past two days, we’ve explored the east shore (where we’re staying), the south shore, and the west shore (at least as far as we could go–the road ends about 1/3 of the way up at the Na Pali Coast). 
The day before yesterday, we visited two stunning waterfalls and a Hindu monastery. 
‘Opaeka’a Falls is [...]

More Kauai Pictures

Yesterday we explored the North Shore of Kauai.  We drove until the very end of the Kuhio Highway, which stops at the northwest tip of the island. There’s no highway running the west side of the island, which seems to be typical of the Hawaiian islands, i.e. Maui and parts of the Big Island.
Oh, before [...]

Off to Kauai

Because of Rick’s precast concrete business, we’re so busy in the spring, summer and fall that we don’t take any vacations other than weekends away to the beach or casino (or both!).  In the winter, though, we try to take a couple of week-long vacations. 
We on our second vacation of the winter now.  We’re in Kauai, [...]

Vacation Pictures - Vallarta Palace - Puerto Vallarta

Here it is, our last day of vacation. :(   Every year around November or December, we escape to warmer climates for a week or so.  This year, we stayed at an all-inclusive Palace Resort in Puerto Vallarta–the Vallarta Palace.  This is a beautiful resort which is actually located in Nuevo Vallarta–which is about 20 minutes [...]

HUGE Sale at Northwest Jewelry

We have slashed prices on over 40% of our current inventory items at Northwest Jewelry!    In anticipation of the holiday gift giving season, we have reduced prices on many rings, necklaces, beaded jewelry, and earrings.
Check out our sale items.
Jean has reduced 100% of her inventory in Jean’s Beaded Bling!
Take advantage of these great deals–surprise [...]

E-Commerce Forum Free Contest–Prize: Free Website Promotion!

The e-commerce forum I belong to is sponsoring a contest and if you participate, you get free website promotion–the prize is the “website of the month”, which gets you a banner on the top and bottom of the forum, on the sidebar at The Marketplace , and a spot in the second advertising spot of the Top 100 List!
All [...]