The heat is upon us. Not even fully. The weekend temps hit 104 degrees (city-wide average). Our house tends to register a little higher than average and we still have another 10 degrees to go. We’ve been managing by applying as many of these summer cooling tips as possible and using our swamp cooler. Justin has been working in even more extreme temps, so he’s been the one trying to push us to go AC free. But yesterday, when he found me in a half-nekked, sweaty puddle on the floor in front of the industrial sized fan he uses for the jobsite, he finally turned it on.
Can I just say how incredibly efficient I am when I’m not overheated? I can cook dinner without fainting. I can actually clean the house. It sucks to have the windows shut up but oh my, how lovely I feel. Why in the world anyone ever settled in this climate before the invention of AC is beyond me.
Zeb never seemed to notice that the heat was off, just as he didn’t seem affected by keeping the heater so low during the winter. He has however commented on how cold the house feels now, despite the fact we’ve kept the thermostat relatively high.
We’ve managed to fluctuate it between 80 and 84 degrees (F). Not all houses are able to go this high and still feel comfortable. I’m not sure why ours can – placement of windows and trees perhaps? I must say however, that I was feeling close to being acclimated and was a bit disappointed (although not enough to say so) that he turned the AC on. There’s no going back now. It’s too heavenly.
One last thing:
I’ve been asked to be a regular contributor at Gardenaut! You can read my intro post here. How cool is that? They have a very awesome site going. Take a moment to poke around, comment, subscribe. It’s still a fairly new site but some cool things for sure. And I’m sure they’ll retract their offer just as soon as they realize I have no idea what I’m talking about. 
My name is Tara. I am a mama and a lover, a full-time nomad, a passionate devourer of Life and an Organic Life Coach.
Hey Congratulations! That’s exciting and the first post was great!!!
Congrats! I’m a gardening addict and love reading that (and many other) blog groupie things.
Hot is hot, but wow, you made it pretty far! 110 is insane. When I lived in NM I could make it to very hot with only a swamp cooler and fans, but the midwest is a bit more humid and we start getting miserable and cranky when it hits 80 or so inside. Today we made it to 76 inside – not bad at all.
My 6 year old hates being hot. He hates sweat. Hates his skin feeling warm. He has to stick his head in a bucket of water to cool down.
104, 110, all the same. ;P
I love our swamp cooler but it is definitely a different kind of cool feeling than ac. Does that make sense? Especially if there is any moisture in the air, which there has been the last few days.
Congrats on Gardenaut. I’ll have to go and check it out.