I wish someone could get it through Bruce's head to leave the blinds closed!! Especially in our bedroom. It gets the afternoon sun beating through the slider. But he opens all the blinds when he gets up and then forgets to close them again later.

Last year we got a whole house fan. We open doors and windows and turn this on and it pulls the cool air in from outside and pulls the hot air out through the attic. It works REALLY well as long as the temp outside is cooler than inside. So we do not have to use the AC as much. I'm not sure how it has affected the electricity bill, since I do not see it.

So far we have not had super hot temps consistently. Today it is in the upper 70's. PERFECT!!! But I'm sure we will get up into the hundreds soon enough.

Stay cool everyone!