We have actually opened windows up for the last two nights! It feels so nice. It actually got cool enough this morning that the heater kicked on! Oops.....had to quickly turn it off. I haven't really made the time to learn our thermostat because this house is not ours and it is so weird to live in a home again which we do not own. And to have our landlord be the church! FM (Facilities Maintenance) are the "apartment managers". They will change out the HVAC filters - which is a good thing because I have NO IDEA where the inner unit is located. They say it is in the attic. Because it is tithing dollars paying for the utilities, I feel a responsibility to keep the thermostat at a reasonable temparature and to watch how much water I use. I actually collect the shower water in a bucket as I wait for it to turn from cold to hot and then I take it out back to water the non-irrigated plants. Of course, I would do THAT even if we did own the house because, after all, this IS a desert and water is scarce and I am a tightwad. It is FM who we go to when we need the ants in the back yard eradicated (and the exterminator found black widows, too!!!!! YIKES!) or when we need a new shower head. (we bought it but they will install it.....I just couldn't stand the thought of using the current horrible pathetic showerhead for the next two years)
It was a pretty average week. We did enjoy a night out on Friday with Janet and George Wells, our roughly-the-same-age-LDS-neighbors-down-the-street friends. First we ate at Cafe Rio and then had dessert at Rita's Ices. I got gluten contamination at Cafe Rio but that was no surprise as 90% of their menu included their gigantic made-right-in-front-of-your-eyes flour tortillas. Wheat flour everywhere! Rita's Ices was a delicious blend of frozen custard and Italian ices - sort of like a shave ice.
We had a quiet Saturday and I loved the Women's Broadcast in the evening. It was earlier than back in Missouri (5:00 - 6:30) so Steve and I had time to watch "Sully" afterwards and get to bed on time. What a good movie!
When we were in Payson a few weeks back, we visited a cute antique shop and I bought cute little ceramic bird to sit in my window and remind me of all the birds back home in Columbia.
I also bought a "grab basket" with a variety of items: a large crocheted doilie, some vintage cards, a cornhusk doll, a ceramic sugar and cream set, a cast-iron nutcracker, a grandma-type candy dish, and a cute bird/planter that I am using for kitchen scrubbies (that is my compost pot next door)
Back in the summer, I bought a saguaro cactus eraser for my desk at work. Later, someone left their .35 cent CTR ring in the bathroom and you can see what I have done with it. Have a great week!
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