a pretty cool solution

After spending the day sweating and thinking (me at work, hubby here with the dogs) it seems we both came up with the same idea to get cool. Since we spend most of the time in our living room /dining room combo, we'll purchase a window unit for the downstairs area and use a sheet (tasteful looking one of course)to block off the kitchen. This should work good for a few reasons
if it's too hot at night to sleep upstairs, we can pull out the sleeper sofa,it's a fast affordable solution, and the big bonus....if it's too hot for me to cook in the kitchen, we get take-out :) The size unit we need can be had for less than 200 bucks. As for the upstairs, we'll get a window fan for each bedroom and draw in cool air at night, like I've been doing in my room with the box fan. Trouble is my window is bigger than a box fan and we have no screens so the skeeters waltz right in and the cat spends the night on the porch roof hanging out. So tonight after work, I'm off to Best Buy! Stay cool all!