I remember when I lived on the east coast and the horrible humidity that we'd get but I was much younger then and I could deal with it much better. We'd go to the community pool pretty much every day during the summer so this is how I stayed cool. My parents didn't believe in keeping the house very cool but I just got used to it so it didn't really bother me.

Now that I live in CA., I don't have A/C where I live but even if I did have it I wouldn't need it very often. I get the morning sun so if it's still cool enough in the mornings I open up my bedroom window and the sliding glass door to let in some cool air. I close everything up on hot days before I leave with the drapes and shades closed.

If it's going to be a very hot day, then I leave the ceiling fan on in the dining room and I'll also set up a tower fan in my bedroom and one in the living room so the cats will stay cool during the day. At night is usually cools down so I open up again when I get home. I do have 2 pools that I can use in my condo complex if I'm extremely hot too.

I rarely use my oven or electic cook top thought out the year and I especially don't use it on hot days. When I do cook, I usually microwave. I also drink plenty of cold water and cold diet soft drinks. I'm so glad that we don't have very much humidity. I couldn't handle it these days.