A New Window Air Conditioner

Good Morning!  I actually slept until 8:00 this morning.  Yea!  Checked my mouse traps when I finished breakfast and found TWO of them caught in the trap.  Yesterday I had caught another one.  I am up to seven now.  I talked to Kevin this morning and he thinks those three were because he mowed the grass yesterday and stirred them up. 

The reason I talked to Kevin this morning was because I want to put a window air conditioner in my “new” room.  My furnace/air conditioner is working overtime in this heat.  Thank you Jana for the suggestion.  Kevin and Renea have headed out to do some shopping and they are going to pick up a window air conditioner for me.  Kevin said he would put it in the window this afternoon.  I use a small heater in the winter so I am sure the a/c will help this summer.  I thought about putting a picture on this blog, but I figured y’all know what a window a/c looks like.

I now have an a/c in my living room.  Kevin sent Bruce and Nick over to install it since he was busy grilling. They installed it in the window on the north side of the house. It works fine!  What a difference.  My main a/c is not running nearly as much as before.  After they finished I joined Kevin’s family and Bruce’s family for supper.  Kevin grilled chicken (in the rain – we had about ½ inch) and Renea and Jennifer provided sides. Of course, it stopped raining about the time we came inside to eat.  Renea had made lemon bars for dessert and Rebecca baked (for Kevin) a confetti cake. We had a really nice time. 

Monday morning I went to Hobby Lobby and bought some material.  I am going to make Jana some placemats that she requested.  When I got home, after lunch, I started my genealogy class.  It is German Genealogy 101.  Hopefully, it will help me find some of my German ancestors.  Both my great grandfather Leipnitz and great grandfather Althoefer came from Germany in the 1800’s.  I have no idea who their parents are and I would love to find out.  That is the main reason for the class. 

Penny likes the new a/c.  The cold air blowing from it doesn’t seem to bother her at all.  In fact, I have seen her laying in front of it and on top of it.  This morning (Tuesday) there were two birds on top of the outside part.  She snuck up on them, stood on her hind legs to see over the top of the a/c and smacked the window.  Needless to say, the birds flew away.  Penny save the day.   She was very proud of herself. 😊

Now I am working on the second genealogy class.  The weather is hot and humid.  We had another ½ of rain yesterday, and we are supposed to have more today.  This is a good time to do things inside.

NOTE:  We did have more rain.  We are no longer in a drought situation.

This morning (Wednesday) I had my PFT (pulmonary function test).  Parts are below normal, others are just right at the bottom of normal.  It just tells me what I know – I need my inhaler because I get short of breath.  Before I left for the test the weather report said no rain, sunny and warm.  When I came out of the office after my test – guess what – it was raining.  So, I got wet going to the car.  However, it has cleared up now and is sunny and humid.

After the test I went to Barnes & Nobel to pick up three books that I wanted.  One of them came out yesterday, and the other two were books I saw on Monday and didn’t buy.  Decided I couldn’t do without them.  There are three more books in that series (I bought 4 and 5) so I ordered the other three on Amazon.  Next I stopped at Staples and bought some ink for my printer.  When I arrived home I planned on taking a nap because I had a terrible headache.  Needless to say, Penny had other ideas.  I still haven’t had a nap and I still have a headache.

After lunch I printed out the rest of the material for my genealogy class which I will read at my leisure.  Also, Jana and I are going to take a little trip this summer to Holmes County, OH.  She has been there, but I haven’t.  So, I printed out a lot of information of places to see and eat.  We already have our room.  The girls also have their rooms reserved at the kennel.

Renea came over and visited with me while I sat on my swing on the deck.  We had a really nice visit.  Kevin came home while we were talking and he also came over.  They are getting ready to go on a cruise with Bruce and Jennifer.  Renea’s brother, Mark, will be coming to stay so her parents have some help while they are gone.  I sat out on the deck so long, that when I came in the only show I saw was Brother vs Brother.  Not bad. It passes the time. 

It was then time for bed.  Takes about a half hour to get ready by the time I take my pills, etc.  When I walked into the kitchen Miss Penny came flying through on one of her running spurts.  She couldn’t stop because she wasn’t on a rug and she ran into the wall and just bounced off.  Scared me more than her.  She shook her head and kept on going.  She may still have her nine lives, but I’m not sure about me.