Process: 

I developed the prototype systemically, using the techniques we learned in class.

1. I sketched out in plain language what I wanted to accomplish with the solution.

2. I researched on adaFruit to find the right components and examples of code.

3. I explored the IoT station and selected a number of options for the sensor and the light.

4. I wired each of the components and coded them separately to make sure that they worked.

5. I built a webhook that would "GET" the temperature for my mother's zip code when called.

6. I integrated the components and their code a step at a time. This is the point at which I entered what I call, the "washing machine". 

Despite days of googling and trying different code to effectively use the webhook, the microphone, and the neopixels, they would not work together. Layering a webhook on top of them stretched my meager coding skills to their limit.