Keeping Our Cool

DH and I had a nice, lazy Sunday. It was hot, so we spent a good part of the afternoon sitting under our umbrella on the patio. It poured down rain around 11:00 pm last night, so the humidity is a bit less today and the temps will be much better. Of course, today I'm at work anyway, so I have air conditioning. 

We've been looking at a possible portable A/C unit for the
upstairs bedroom, but so far we've been sticking to our
floor fans instead. 

I'm not a big fan of air conditioning. We have ANCIENT built-in wall units in our bedrooms at the house, as well as a totally inefficient house-wide system. We never turn on either one. We use fans, but not the A/C. The entire system needs to be totally stripped and upgraded from it's original 1960 machinery. That's an expense I really don't want. 

The house is built for two separate whole-house A/C
units. They're really old and not environmentally
friendly. We just don't use them. One of these years
we should probably look into replacing them. 

My Mom had A/C in our third house. That was the only custom house she and Dad built in Denver and it was quite stunning and a bit over-the-top. I thought it ridiculous, however, that I would wear a sweater indoors when it was hot outside, just because my Mom wanted the A/C on. I've used A/C when I was in an apartment that had it, but I was never much of a fan. I have it on at the shop for the comfort of our customers. It's a necessary evil there, but at least it's a more environmentally friendly unit than what I have at home. 

As it is, we use several standing fans to
keep the air moving and cooler. They're
not high-tech, but they work just fine. 

Once again we're dealing with a false credit card application in DH's name. Fortunately LifeLock caught it immediately and contacted me. I told them it was fraud, and I need to access several accounts to deal with subsequent notifications later this morning. The fun never stops *sigh*. 

LifeLock has been good. They're catching things really
early and notifying us immediately. 

I think I'm grateful it's Monday, and that's not a common response to starting another work week. Still, work is predictable and that has positive aspects. Here's hoping your Monday is glorious and not too hot, and that if you're watching the soccer games, that the teams you are supporting are winning. I'll be back tomorrow.