A package deal

My Dearest Readers,

I have three items to tell you -

First and foremost being that March's newsletter is now hot off the press so if you are interested in getting that issue and reading it please sign up before the end of the month.

I also want to take this time to remind you that Friday March 5th is Employee Appreciation Day. I urge you to please, please reach out to someone whether it's a co-worker, a friend, your spouse LOL! Knock their socks off and tell them something you appreciate that they do or thank them for doing something. You'd be surprised how good it makes a person feel when their work has been noticed and appreciated! Everyone deserves a kind word and you never know who may need it. 

 Last but certainly not least, I want to tell you about my do it yourselfer :) 

For about a year and half now I have been asking on and off for blinds for my window in front of my desk, with each time basically getting a run-around. I don't ask for much just blinds and I would desperately love a door but that is another story for another time. Any-who I get terrible migraines DAILY and anyone who gets them or have ever gotten them once you know what it's like. It's a feeling you never forget but you always wish you could. So with the sun shining brightly in my face I reached the point where I HAD IT! During some research I found window tint the peel and cling kind.

I was skeptical at first but depending on the size, a roll ranged from $19 to $50 and I thought, "What the heck?" Three boxes of that, with the associated spray, and a squeegee later, VOILA! I just want to say I would recommend this!

Here is what you'll need:
- Box of window tint film (peel and cling) measure your window to know how many boxes to buy
- Spray that they recommend when using the product (should be noted on the box)
- Some sort of squeegee, credit card or scraper to remove the bubbles that will form
- Retractable utility knife

Note: Recommend doing this early in the morning or late at night before/after the sun heats up the window. Once the glass is heated up it's almost impossible to push the bubbles out and easier for tearing to happen. I always feel the glass first to see the temperature of it, if it's cool you are good to go, if it's warm forget about it.

Here is what I did:
1. Cleaned the windows thoroughly with Windex (three times)
2. Unrolled the film up against the window (one part of the roll is a clingy side while the other has a layer of protective paper on it)
3. Using the clingy side, line it up to be up against the edge of the window and make sure you are in the corner correctly too, slowly smooth it across the window as you unroll the rest of it out along your window space - doing this helps the clingy part to stick/stay while you are rolling the rest out (trust me it's a big help)
4. Once you are satisfied that the corners and edges are lined up enough, use your knife to slice down the edge with the extra roll attached
5. Remove it from the window and remove the protective paper on the one side (beware it is pretty clingy and may put up a little fight when being pulled from the paper) if you are doing this solo, as I was, I would recommend once you get it so far separated from the paper, use your foot to step on the paper to help in the process of continuing to pull it off the rest of the way
6. Drench your window in the spray, seriously don't be shy about it, wet that thing down! Especially the top. You'll be glad you sprayed it a lot because if you need to move it up some you can just push it up while it's clinging to the window since it has that extra traction instead of having to peel the whole thing off and start over!
7. Again, if you are solo doing this, I would recommend holding the tint against your body and using your one knee or leg to push it off of you so that the bottom of the tint gets applied to the window first, but like I said if you have it sprayed down enough you should just be able to push it where you need it to go
8. If you happy with how its lined up then grab your squeegee or scrapper and start working those bubbles out. Either pushing them up and out or down and out. You will need to do this several times and this will probably take the longest if you want to be a perfectionist about it!
9. Dry your window tint and remaining window lightly with some paper towel
10. You're done! Great Job! :)