• June work time

This summer I decided to teach summer school for my school district. I'm still not sure if I like the idea. Don't get me wrong--- I like extra money, and it's only 16 days total (4 hours a day), but I also like to sleep in a bit. :)

So after I get home I eat some lunch and think of more house projects to finish. The big one we've been putting off has been painting the bathrooms. When you get out the paint it can't ever be just a quick thing; you've really got to invest some time because just cleaning your brushes can take forever if they're all gooped up with paint.

Our upstairs bathroom walls have been painted for quite some time (thanks David!) but we never did the ceilings. Plus, we never got around to the upstairs hallway ceiling. So, I got out the white paint and decided it was time. They're not kidding when they say heat rises let me tell you! I got as far as painting the edges of the ceilings white twice. 

I know what you might be saying...why is there white paint now on the walls at the top too? Well, in order for me to trim it I do a better job painting the wall color up to the edge than the other way around. Believe me! Later I went back and did the blue-gray and yellow (other room) trim.

Apparently I inspired my husband (high-five for myself!) because the next day he rolled the white paint in all the places I trimmed. Meanwhile, I was downstairs trimming the bathroom walls yellow. A few days have passed and we also accomplished:

• rolling the yellow on the bathroom walls

• taking down the old light fixture in the downstairs bathroom

• replacing all three bathroom fans

Just finished edging the yellow!

We used spray foam around the openings in the fan and drywall to insulate our place a little better. After it sets for 24 hours you can cut the foam back with a box-cutter. Then we'll put the cover up and wa-la...finished!!

A few months ago (if you've been following) we planted some flowers in our back "yard". I'm proud to say we only killed 2 out of 14. Home Depot has a year warranty on plants so we took our dead ones back and picked up some living ones, plus a few extra. Yahoo! We love the way our back"yard" looks with all the flowers. Now I just have to convince my husband to get the patio furniture we've been looking at and then we'll be all set back there!!

• it's a blowin' colder now!

At the end of May we got a new air conditioning unit! Hooray! We've been talking to my dad since we bought our place about making a replacement. The time finally came- not only monetarily but weather-wise too!

When you get engaged and start planning your wedding every book (and person) in town tells you to use all the contacts you have to save money. Luckily my dad is our a/c contact! Waaay back in the day (before I was born) my dad went to a trade school for air conditioning. Living in AZ means he is definitely a wanted man! Growing up he did a/c work on the side for friends, neighbors, and family. Nowadays he just does it for family (me, thank goodness!) and maybe the occasional good friend. Anyway- my dad is just altogether super handy. So, instead of new a/c unit costing us a fortune, it just took a bit less out of our bank accounts.

I couldn't take the day off from work so David stayed home and documented (pics and video) the replacement and even helped quite a bit!

Geez-Louise that unit has seen better days! This picture makes me laugh because it looks like my dad is pushing the unit off to the side with one arm. Go dad!

He brought over the new unit on his trailer early that morning. David and my dad had lots of work to do before the new unit went up on the roof. They went up to scrape and cut back all the foam that helps insulate. Right on time, they got finished and the crane guy showed up to take the old unit off and haul the new one up!

The guy putting the old unit on the truck showed up right with the crane and hauled our old unit away. One less thing to worry about! My dad told us that he's been places where they just leave the old unit up on the roof instead of taking it down...how dumb!



Once the new unit was up on the roof the real fun began! Fitting it together with the flashing piece (I hope that's right!) and refoaming everything. Plus, the water line and electrical panel were on the opposite sides of where the old ones were...lots of adjustments to make! David told me they only had to make a couple trips to Lowe's- that's pretty good in my book!

i heart fonts

any of my work friends who know me well know that i am a font lover. i take that back - font fanatic. {i think i turned some of my friends into this as well.}

i will not tell you how long i have been looking at/downloading fonts today, but i will share a scaled down picture of my desktop. next step - extract the files and add them to my folder. thank you summertime!