Yippee - a little break today. Humidity will be lower and temp only around 90, but the nasties with the higher temps and high humidity coming back tomorrow! I hate it when I take the dogs out for a potty break, and when I walk outside, it feels like someone threw a steaming hot wet blanket at me! I was looking at some pics yesterday of our mountains of snow that we had last winter - and almost wished for some. I'd like a happy medium, but live in the wrong part of the country for that.
Just about 30 miles north of us, they got terrible destructive storms yesterday - some places looked like a war zone. We didn't get so much as a cooling drop of rain! Areas up around Philly and parts of south Jersey got hit hard too - same as they had in CT.
I have some cooling bandannas that I use that are quite effective too. They are filled with some kind of material that expands into a gel and gets cool when soaked in water. I activate them and keep them in the fridge, so I always have one when I need it. I wrap it around my neck, which I find cools me better than using it on my head. They stay cool for a good long time, and when it loses it's cool, just re-wet it and pop it back in the fridge and get out another.
It was so miserable, that the birds were using my outside kitty Sherbie's water bowl on the back porch for a pool. Must have been more like a hot tub tho, since the sun heats it up in no time. I have to change the water several times a day since it gets so hot! We used to have several big trees that blocked the direct sun from beating on the back of the house all day, but they had to come down when we did the addition. I'm sure that has a lot to do with the a.c. feeling less efficient too, since the roof is getting extra hot and the outside compressor unit gets the sun on it all day now.
But I'll survive. Heck - I've made it this far - so what's another hot summer????
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