Perfect Night...

Almost. It is nice and cool...beautiful sunset on Lake Michigan...humidity has take a break...and life is good! This is the kind of night that makes you want to quit work and experience the day over and over and over again. Unfortunately it does not necessarily work that way...but in my dreams it would. (With the option of flipping over to snow mode so I can get the snowmobile out of course!) The downfall for tonight would be that I went to take a swim in the lake but it was so windy I was nervous that I might have trouble keeping my balance in the deeper water. Maybe next time.

I do not really have much to share...other than we finalized the painting in the bedroom. We added a quick bit of accent decor and we are styling! Of course we still need a head board, night stands, media center and dressers...but overall we ARE in fact styling! *laugh* The color turned out to be a really good choice. The decor we chose was one of this stick twirly things that you see at Pier One. It is a dark color and stands probably close to 4 1/2 feet tall. It is kind of cool...and was MUCH cheaper than those that you find at Pier One. I think our next bet is furniture. We have decided to take one room at a time...instead of just buying random things for room after room. That does not make much sense. We have spent so much money...and you cannot even tell!

The forecast for the remainder of the week looks AWESOME. Wednesday night we might see some rain and thunderstorms...but nothing crazy. Low 80s down here by the lake...with a bit of humidity looking to move in from the storm but should not be terrible. I hope anyway. The weekend looks to stay fairly nice as of right now...with highs in the high 7os and low 80s. Might be a perfect weekend for a boat ride? :D

That about covers it for now...I will try to post more pictures now that we are approaching the half way point to fall. Everything has that summer look...and I can already tell the days are getting slightly shorter. Even if it is only by a couple minutes a day...the difference is quite noticeable when you do not pay attention to it every day. :P

Enough for now!

Goodnight from Northern Michigan!

-Derek

Holy Humidity...

Good grief is all I can say. :P This is horrible! For days now it has been crazy humid...which makes life for Derek fairly miserable. (They are showing snow on TV right now...so I am really jealous...) Currently 78% humidity and 75+ degrees. I do not know where they are getting 75...but it is quite a bit warmer than that here...in the low 80s. Disgusting! To top it off the breeze is nearly gone. 7 MPH winds are not enough when it is this hot. ;) Enough complaining for now? Sure.

This whole weather event has got me thinking that central air is needed in the house. I am tired of sleeping in the basement...and tonight it is nearly as bad as the rest of the house! The furnace we have is an Amana so I believe I will try to find a local reseller of Amana products and have them come out to give me an estimate. We had a quote for an entire system with installation for somewhere around $5,000...so I am hoping that just the A/C will be less than that. I will cross my fingers! We did buy a dehumidifier for now...seems to be doing the trick in the basement. When I plugged it in we had 80% humidity in the bathroom down here. Not good. The tile had condensation on it...so I figured I had to quickly do something before we got some mold growing. It is down to 70% now after a few hours...so I think we'll be in pretty good shape by tomorrow afternoon. I need to get one more for the laundry room since that is where the Well Mate is. That poor guy is sweating like me jumping rope in the attic.

In other news I have started some home improvement! The bedroom is underway right now. I began painting the walls the other night. So far it looks really good! I think adding some duct work in the next couple months should finish up the bedroom. Then on to the bathroom! I believe I am going to have someone move the toilet and then I will put in a nice black marble tile shower. (Hopefully I suppose...depending on the price.) Then on to re-finishing the wood floors in the living/dining room...and putting a few coats of paint on the walls there. I think then I will be in pretty good shape! Hopefully I can do most of this myself...but I am sure I will need some help.

I went on a canoe trip in the Bear River again over the weekend...only a few hours but it was fun. I took my dad out for the first time! Good times. By the time we were done we both were as red as lobsters and I had taken quite a beating from trees, bushes, and various other scraping type things. I was near decapitated, stabbed, and nearly ripped some limbs off. ;) The weather could not have been better and the water was higher than the last time I was out...so we did not have an trouble with bottoming out.

I hope everyone had a very nice 4th of July...I apologize for not writing but the weekend was insanely busy with family and trying to get some home type work done. :P I will get better at this once some of my projects wrap up. I will be sure to keep everyone up to date on the progress I am making. :)

Goodnight from Northern Michigan,

Derek