We couldn't survive without a/c either. But the weather is so ever changing here that we go from a/c to heat. Today is a bit cooler so the a/c hasn't run, but it's 73 in the house so I'm sure it will run any minute. If it cools to 69 during the night I turn the furnace on so it doesn't get cooler than that. No sun today so the blinds are up but when the sun is out everything is closed because we have a lot of huge windows and the house becomes an oven in no time. If it's cool enough I leave the walldoors open from the utility room to the deck and I open all the windows to make a breeze. Been very humid all week so I've kept the furnace on to keep that humidity out. Hopefully by tomorrow the sun will be back and we can turn off the heat fior the weekend, seems so winter like when that furnace is running.
I don't use the oven either, defeats the purpose of the a/c. We bbq most of our food if it's hot foods, lately we've had a lot of salads.