{ Quick Fixes and Car Chases }

We had a great--could NOT have been better--Memorial Day weekend....except for one little fluke. We were getting our stuff ready to go spend a day at our favorite beach and I noticed the air conditioner wasn't cooling very well which is cause for alarm b/c HELLO it's Florida and summer. My husband lowers the thermostat, we cross our fingers, hope for the best, and take off to the beach. Eight hours later after a fun filled day of sun, sand, and waves, we get home close to 10 pm at night.  As soon as we opened the door, we knew the air conditioner had gone kaput. The indoor temp was 83 degrees. Ugh! My husband goes outside with flashlight & determines the compressor is not turning on. Declaring there is no way we can sleep without AC, he makes a late night run to buy two totally awesome life savers----2 cooling units which each cool about 400 square feet giving us about 800 square feet of relief. 

We set one in family room and the other in our bedroom, turned on all the fans, closed doors to rooms not needed, and these units did their magic. They brought the most used parts of the house, the back of the house, to a tolerable temp during the heat of the day and actually a little too cold during the night & morning.
Now here is where the story takes a twist with a brief car chase----On his way to buy cooling units, my husband notices a car with no lights pulling away at a high speed from the nearby gas station and a station attendant running after the car. My husband has to swerve his car out of the way to avoid getting hit by what is now known as the "get-away car". Keep in mind that where I live, crime is pretty much at a near zero percent. Here on Fleming Island, the biggest crime is when teenagers steal golf carts in the middle of the night & go on joy rides. Being raised in a high crime large city, it took me a while to get use to this and I think it is totally awesome. Soooo, seeing this get-away car late at night is an odd occurrence here and cause for alarm. My husband, assuming the gas station was robbed & maybe somebody was hurt,  takes off after the car to get it's description/tag numbers. He drives back to the gas station & gives the info to the police. It turns out it was some teenagers stealing beer. The station attendant & police officer were appreciative & thankful to my husband for getting the tag numbers & vehicle description. My husband returns home with the 2 units and quite a story to tell.

Fast forward 2 days later, the air conditioner repair guy arrived this morning, repaired our AC unit, and TADA!!!!, the house is a welcomed 74 degrees! NICE!

Sealed with a Kiss, Kirsten

S.W.A.K.

Last Day of School/First Day of Summer

Ahhh, never under-estimate a typical wonderfully lazy Saturday. That is what can be nice about the rain sometimes---it forces you to slow down, take a nap, watch a movie, make brownies, play a card game of Go Fish with your child. David, on the other hand, is like a caged rabid animal on rainy days. He can't stand being confined to the indoors. He starts making comments like, "Check the weathe rnad see how long this is gonna last. I can't stay inside all day! Think of some place we can go just so we can get out." He says this with a slight panic in his voice.Custard and Miko love rainy days---they seek out a pile of laundry, curl up, and drift into a blissful sleep.....all day. Do dogs take Catnaps?

Well, yesterday was Saylor's last day of school. She is a 2nd grader now! She hugged some of her friends goodbye and can't saying with a big smile, "Well, Mom" ----she wouldn't say anything else except, "Well, Mom"---these two words translate into what is ahead for the summer, I can't believe the year is over, I can't believe I am a second grader---all summed up into, "Well, Mom" I asked her what she wanted to do and she said, "lets go eat Chinese food!" So that is how we celebrated her last day of school--at the Hong Kong Bistro. That and a little trip to go buy a Webkin which she loves. She had asked about 3 months ago if she could get a new webkin and I told her she could get one of the last day of school. She kept that bit of info at the forefront of her memory bank. Silly Girl. She chose and adorable hedgehog and she has been pampering it like a real baby.

Despite the fact that we are into our 6th day of rain from a Northeasterly rainstorm, Memorial weekend is off to a nice start. Saylor and her friend Sydney played until dark outdoors last night and have played ALLLLLL afternoon together. They looked adorable with their rainboots and umbrellas splashing in puddles and running up and down the sidewalks in the rain. Today, during a break in the clouds, the two of them put on their skates and had some rollerblade fun. They have identical skates which of course is, "soooo cool". When they aren't skating, they are zooming up and down the sidewalks on their scooters.David and I stayed up until almost 1 last night watching movies after Saylor feel asleep around 9. Soooo, Saylor, feeling quite refreshed and rested, woke us up at 6:45 this morning ready to start her day!David and I somehow found the energy to go outside during the break in clouds with thunder in the distance to go pull some weeds and trim some branches. But, it is raining again and expected to rain up until Thusday. Sooo talking inventory: Sodas-Check, Popcorn-check, movies-check.