Sandals and Wool Socks

The weather here is so very strange, and after a year and a half of my reporting it, I continue to be dumbfounded. It was in the 3os and 40s a few days ago and today it is in the 70s. It got a bit humid, not too bad. I worked up a sweat while tidying up the house. It was nice to open a couple of windows a little bit and let some of the fresh air in. I even turned on a couple of ceiling fans. One day I'm wearing sandals, and the next wool socks. I am so not used to this - but honestly, I am learning to love it.

Good Morning

I can say "good morning" because this is the first time in a couple of weeks that I have been up before 9:30! It helps that I finally realized the night before last that my alarm was set for 9:30 - but a couple of days I have slept until 10 or 10:30. This is so unlike me. I'm the kind that likes to be up bright and early and have hours of quiet to do things before the chaos of the day takes me away. The coffee is brewing right now and life is good!
I am also pretty happy for my husband. I just talked to him at work, and he is working inside in very cold air conditioning! This is a switch as he just finished a job on a roadside rest stop, wiring the place, setting light poles, etc. It has been HOT, and when I say hot, I mean the man has come home after riding for 45 minutes in the AC of his truck with his shirt still soaked, and sweat soaked all the way down to his pants legs HOT. The news that he was working inside was happy news indeed.
And speaking of AC - what do you keep yours set on? Leave me a comment here - I have been wondering that - as we are tweaking ours to get the most efficiency, coolest temperature, and lowest electric bill!
I hope you're having a good day wherever you are!

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Whew! It got soooo hot today - mid-80s and it is just now noon. It is also very humid. All the storm windows and inside windows went down. I live in a house of glass - so this is no small feat. (It was one of the things that I LOVED about this house - and my husband hated was the massive amount of large windows!) Most people around here have had their air on for weeks - but we have enjoyed the cool mornings and evenings and endured a few hours of warmth in the afternoons around dinner time. It must be the windows but we seem to have a lot of cross-ventilation that creates a breezy atmosphere, not to mention the ceiling fans on at various speeds different times of the day. I didn't want to close the windows until I knew they would be shut for a while, because of their age and the sheer quantity of them, it is no small feat. This morning I knew I was in trouble when I broke a sweat scrubbing the toilet! So, we are bracing ourselves for the heat. I am thinking that it might be a nice week to take a trip to the gulf coast. What is the weather like where you are? (Don't forget to tell me where you are!)