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Holy Hotness

So our AC went on Thursday evening. It was kinda funny cuz I was in bed and R wasn't yet so I texted him asking him to turn up the AC. He replied via text that he had already cuz he was warm. I said no air was being delivered so perhaps it was broken, not thinking it actually was. Well, it was and is.

So the townhouse we're renting is apparently very complicated. The lady who actually owns it is overseas in the military so she has a real estate agent who acts as landlord. Well the landlord has little power I have learned!

We had one window unit from the last time we lost AC at the condo so we put it to use in the bedroom so at least, in this 95 degree weather, we had relief while sleeping. Yesterday morning I was pissed at the lack of progress being made at getting us some AC. The landlord was waiting to hear the ok from the owner and we had someone come out and give us a quote but of course that couldn't be acted upon... Anywho! I was mad and HOT! I emailed the landlord, subject line "We're HOT!" and said we needed some relief. Well he offered up a hotel room deducted from the rent. I thought that was grand, but I wanted to stay home with the dogs and just have another window unit deducted from the rent so we could actually sit on the couch and not wither away from heat. Wish granted. YAY! But this is the funny part:



R put that in. Isn't it the funniest thing??? Makes me laugh... yes, it works, but it looks SOOO GHETTO! haha Such is my life.

Happy weekend peeps!!! Mine is better now with the extra window unit in the living room. YAY small victories!

posted on July 18, 2010 7:59 AM ()

Comments:

Duct tape rocks!
comment by nangrey2012 on July 26, 2010 8:20 AM ()
so it seems!
reply by kristilyn3 on July 29, 2010 8:59 AM ()
at our old house we had window units. well with our crazy cats we were constantly sealing up the sides so they could not scratch their way outside! lots of duct tape, cardboard, plastic.
comment by elkhound on July 21, 2010 7:26 AM ()
hehe cats keep it interesting, don't they?
reply by kristilyn3 on July 29, 2010 8:59 AM ()
Fedo, you need a window unit. They don't cost much and we are in the
midst of a heat wave. Way to go Kristy!!
comment by elderjane on July 20, 2010 6:46 AM ()
yeah it really helped A LOT!
reply by kristilyn3 on July 29, 2010 8:58 AM ()
Duct Tape
comment by nittineedles on July 19, 2010 5:53 PM ()
reply by kristilyn3 on July 29, 2010 8:58 AM ()
I can remember summers at my aunt's big house in Chevy Chase MD back in the 1950s before everyone had central air, and they made do with a couple of window units on the bedrooms.
comment by troutbend on July 19, 2010 10:47 AM ()
yeah once we had the second window unit it really wasn't bad...
reply by kristilyn3 on July 29, 2010 8:58 AM ()
Mine's similar. I redid it last summer with gray cardboard & gray gaffer's tape neatly lined up... it still looks ghetto... but whatev'. Mostly it's just to keep the cool air in and the HOT OUT. Keep cool.
comment by sexysadie on July 19, 2010 8:29 AM ()
You need to take a picture.
reply by kristilyn3 on July 19, 2010 10:07 AM ()
its a window job which is just as good as a split system ---a bit dearer to run is all ---------- keep cooooooooool and drink extra water with a salt tablet if perspiring which is normal out here during our summers
comment by kevinhere on July 18, 2010 9:04 PM ()
Yeah, salt tablets! When I was in Basic Training back in the stone age, we use to line up for noon chow with our canteen cup, everyone got a big ladle of Iced salt water!
reply by saito56 on July 20, 2010 3:55 PM ()
Salt Tablets? Never heard of such a thing!
reply by kristilyn3 on July 19, 2010 10:07 AM ()
So, it's a little ghetto! With the kind of heat we are having now, who cares?
comment by redimpala on July 18, 2010 3:22 PM ()
I know. It works, but it makes me laugh!
reply by kristilyn3 on July 18, 2010 5:14 PM ()
OK, we guys don't normally share this secret info, but what the heck, Let R go to this site, and he will find many, many more ideas! https://whitetrashrepairs.com/
comment by saito56 on July 18, 2010 1:32 PM ()
awesome website!!!
reply by kristilyn3 on July 18, 2010 5:14 PM ()
Duct tape rules! If you are cool, who cares what it looks like.
comment by gapeach on July 18, 2010 1:15 PM ()
exactly. It's perfectly fine, yet funny...
reply by kristilyn3 on July 18, 2010 5:14 PM ()
My AC in the bedroom window only fits with duct tape around the edges. It is commonly done.
comment by jondude on July 18, 2010 1:10 PM ()
yes. I am loving having AC again. It is supposed to be fixed tomorrow night!
reply by kristilyn3 on July 18, 2010 5:15 PM ()
Yes,it is hot.But never had one in all of the years that we lived here.
Guess we were too cheap about it.
comment by fredo on July 18, 2010 10:26 AM ()
It is SOOOO worth the money!!!
reply by kristilyn3 on July 18, 2010 5:15 PM ()
well least you got it.We do not have AC here.Just fans.There is a story to this.
comment by fredo on July 18, 2010 9:34 AM ()
yeah we had to work for it. No AC tho??? HOT!
reply by kristilyn3 on July 18, 2010 9:38 AM ()

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