Seriously, why would anyone turn their A/C off when they're going to bed? That's when I crank it up!

Before tonight, it was fine! Windows open and ceiling fans on, and under the one (light) comforter was perfectly comfortable. The humidity is too high tonight, though.

Also, if I don't have to run the central air, it's less money I owe the electric company.

I am never living like that again. You people are crazy.

I am a whore for central air. When our a/c died in August last year, I was willing to shell out a hefty premium to get it replaced right away.

Fortunately some friends had 2 window units that we put in the bedroom and dining room (the house really IS small, and the one in the dining room was...sufficient to cool the dining room/living room [ish]), and then after 2 weeks the weather broke and we were fine, and then in December we got the whole central air/furnace dealie replaced. And this new one is shockingly efficient, as evidenced by how quickly it cools the house and how fucking cold it gets it even though we set the digital thermostat to 72.

To sum up: goddamn humidity. It can die in a fire.

quinoa and spinach fried cake

Is that one dish or two? Recipe?

Seriously, why would anyone turn their A/C off when they're going to bed? That's when I crank it up!

Oh my god, this. I sleep so much better when it's jacked up and I'm all snuggly under blankets.

We've designed but have not yet made or installed a horizontal shade for the kitchen skylight. Having one up last summer made about a 10 degree difference. This year though I want one I can open when it's cooler. I miss the light, and the shade got put up with tension rods--not so much with the opening and closing.

I'd give a lot to replace our dome with a working skylight that opens to exhaust house heat outside. A central fan would make a huge difference as well.

As it is, we put fans in the windows on the east side of the house that face into the woods, to pull cool air in, and another fan in the western window to pull and exhaust the hotter house air outside. A couple of floor fans help push the cooler air into the hosue. It's uncomfortable about four to six days in July or August, but other than that we've not needed AC.

Amy, one dish! I adapted it from here with spinach instead of chard and a little of garlic with the spinach.

I'm getting used to the no a/c thing. Although the situation is a bit different in Northern VT. Today it got up in the 80s and I had the windows open and the fan going, but then tonight it cooled off. I just closed all the windows.

I'll see how I do the rest of the summer with just this set up.

I have a whole house fan that I think needs to be reconditioned/fixed. Wouldn't help for weather like this, but would work better than just a box fan in the window as I've been doing when it isn't roasty weather.

askye- trick from a desert dweller: leave all the windows open and fans on while it is cool- basically until sunrise. Lowest temps are usually before dawn. THEN shut everything down at sunrise or so (desert it is around 9 or so when it starts heating up,) keep the air moving inside.

Tim handles the heat and humidity just fine, and can go without a/c all summer, if not for the pets (because it's really not fair to let the house get insanely hot for the fur-covered critters). So his acquiescence to my a/c jones is a very nice things indeed.