It was due time I block the sun from shining in my home. I love the sunshine and welcomed it every morning. However, poor Elijah’s eyes can not tolerate it. He’s been wearing his sunglasses in the house to prevent headaches. He shouldn’t have to deal with headaches if they can be prevented. And why should I make him wear his sunglasses in the house?
I’ve held off as long as I could. I was looking at buying a home, so why improve this one. But, honestly, I like calling my landlord up and having him fix whatever is broke. Last winter my fridge broke. One five minute phone call and three hours later I had a brand new fridge. I like that! I just don’t think I want the responsibilities. My landlord rocks, very nice and understanding guy. The girl that lives in the other apartment is great as well. So…why move?
Eli has been making his own sun blockers. Blankets were getting tossed up on the curtain rods. The rods just couldn’t take that anymore and are all bent out of shape. Not to mention how funny a dinosaur blanket looks from the outside hanging in the window.
So yesterday we ventured to the “home improvement” store and bought vertical blinds for the living room and shades for the kitchen. Me, myself and I put up the blinds. I was impressed at how easy they were. My friend, D said he would do it for me if I wanted him to. I told him if I started swearing I’d give him a call. To my surprise I didn’t have to call him. Although it would have been nice to see him. The hardest part was keeping the electric drill/screw driver away from PooWee.
I went with shades in the kitchen because there are already brackets up from some other tenant(s) in the past. So, I took full advantage of them.
The office also got a window make over. I was able to use the previous living room curtains. I folded them in half making them thicker, so they block out pretty much all the sunlight. Works well and doesn’t look bad either.
The boys’ bedroom curtain are already good, so nothing done in that room. My room allows the most sun in, but it is still quite dark. Eli can go in there without problems. So no fix needed there as well.
I’m going to miss the sun shining in my home. But it was a fix that was needed to help Eli. If I go through any withdrawals the plan is for me to goto my room and pull my curtains wide open. Eli called it my “Sunshine Time-Out”. I’m thinking I could take FULL ADVANTAGE of that! 
