Most housing where we live don't have air-conditioning because we are technically the "bay area," meaning we live close to the bay--the water. Well, with global warming and us being a bit more east than other Bay Area cities, it gets pretty hot. On Monday, it was 91 degrees where we were at. That was just too hot for us, especially with a 4 month old baby. The heat affects her eating and napping, all making a crabby baby.
So we finally bought a one-room window air conditioner! I asked my landlady if it was possible since I saw her at her apartment (she lives on the complex too, and is truly one of the best landladies, or residential manager if you call it, we have truly experienced). She said "absolutely" and explained how to set it up. I felt very excited about having AC soon!
We love living here but having to do coin laundry with a baby is rather difficult, and upstairs at that. Even though we are planning to move soon, we went ahead and bought the Haire one room air-conditioner. Hubby's commute to work is another story.
But part of the project to installing the air-conditioner was getting a piece of glass to fit in the window since our window slides from the side, not from the top. We visited a place called Tap Plastics in Fremont, CA shortly before they closed. Even though we had the length and height of the space we needed glass for, we didn't know the width of the glass needed. This store was neat. They had other things beside just glass/plastic. They carried supplies for those who needed displays for footballs/baseballs/etc, clipboards, neon signs, posters, picture frames, various containers, etc. Just all of these neat little gadgets and potential ideas for creative projects.
We actually browsed the store for fun, and I found this neat little gadget that will be useful for our coin laundry and later for extra money in the car!
So on Tuesday morning, we went back to Tap Plastics with all the measurements needed, got a sheet of glass (thick plastic really, but I didn't ask for the actual components), and went home!
RaeRae watched Daddy as he read the instructions for how to set up the AC. I wasn't feeling too well so I watched and helped a little. It was too cute to see her watching him though.
After about 20 minutes or so of putting the AC on the window and taping the glass around the edges, we had relief. It felt so wonderful. We had it on full blast for the rest of the day (electric bill will probably go way up if we did it like this everyday, but today, it was needed).
End result:
