A couple of hot weather notes -

[kyburg]

Frozen Luna Bars are teh tasty.

Last night? I took a nightshirt out of the press, soaked it in ice cold water and wore it for a couple of hours sitting at the computer. Since both of our machines are at windows with fans sitting in them, this worked remarkably well. Chilly, even. (Ice cold wet shirt? whooHOOHOOhooo!) It was dry when I took it off to sleep.

The most unexpected fun part? I turned the sprinklers on in the front yard when I got home from work yesterday afternoon. Everything so hot, nothing was moving - very quiet.

Sprinklers went on - and....

There's a sidewalk in front of my house. Full blast, the sprinklers cover it and hits the median strip a bit. Water pools in the curb cut of the driveway.

I instantly had kids on bikes riding through the sprinklers. Toddler screaming is one thing - kid squeeing over cold water on a hot day is something quite different. Soon, I had four year olds in their underoos squealing and dancing around in the spray. Now, I sort of kept one eye on them because cement+water=slippery, but they did okay until they got called in for dinner, dripping wet.

The birds took turns dunking themselves in the driveway puddle. Inside of fifteen minutes of turning those sprinklers on.

And the micro-mister effect did wonders for air I pushed into the house to cool it from the front windows. Dinner was what I could grill on the George Foreman, and it kept the rest of the house from getting even hotter. Somehow, we'll manage. Jim is pushing for the A/C solution our contractor was suggesting - but there's just too much on the docket ahead of creature comforts like that, frankly. It'll be five years before I can think about it. It does require getting into a cooler place to remember that, but so it goes.

Just keep thinking - and adjusting. Complaining about what can't be changed is pointless.

Comments

[joggingguy.livejournal.com]

The Donna Micro-climate Effect :-D

[thisisdavid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this heat has been a real bitch. I think it may be cooling down though starting today through the weekend. At least for a little while anyway.

[dame-of-dames.livejournal.com]

I have the central air on in my apartment and I hate the thought of how much it's gonna cost me. :-(

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

We got our electric bill. Cost quite a bit for us.

The state of CA suggests setting the stat no less than 78 degrees. Still cool enough for work, but without overloading the LA power grids.

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

Really good ideas on combatting the heat. That's so awesome to hear about the kids coming and celebrating in your sprinklers. That reminds me of how I combatted the heat as a child. If I weren't still sick, I'd consider trying all these things. However, I did show my husband how to break his fever with a cold wet cloth to the head. Some methods will never die, so long as we never forget them.

Thanks for the reminders.