I spent this glorious day cleaning windows! It was nice to have some fresh air flowing in. I did clean the glass...but that wasn't my goal.

Last spring, we had lots of rain. You may have heard about it...we live in Iowa. We noticed that when it would rain, the water would come inside the window...on the track where the window slides horizontally. That just didn't seem right to us.

In the spring of 2007, water came in somewhere and left our daughter's bedroom carpeting wet. We never really knew how that happened. So, with seeing the water, we went with caulk in 2008...on the inside track of the window. The good news, no wet carpet. The bad news, water still came in and filled up the window track. We kept towels in the track all spring and summer to soak up any moisture. This doesn't seem right, does it?

Today...I pulled the sliding window out. Pulled up the window track and the caulk. Cleaned out all the dirt and grime in the lower track and flushed it with water. The deal is: the water is suppose to get in the track and drain through two holes to the outside! I did caulk a couple seams below the track as a precaution, but I think our windows will work great this year.

Silly me...I thought I might need to buy NEW windows. A little cleaning should be well worth the effort. And it will rain on Monday...so I will know the results soon. Can't even imagine how much that probably saved me!!