Resisting the Urge...

Okay, let me apologize now 'cause this post is fairly lame, but it is on my mind, and for some lame reason it gets me excited. Here in Utah the temperature has been very nice during the day, and rather chilly at night. (WHat? YOu want actual temperatures? I don't know, I am lazy.) We have an old, tempermental AC unit, that likes to freeze up during the hottest parts of the summer and make us pay out the nose for 2 or 3 months. Added to that our house faces WEST, and we have old windows upstairs and we BAKE. So every spring we try to last as long as we can before firing it up. We stopped using the heater at the beginning of April, I believe, and have still not turned on the AC. It has been almost 8 weeks since having to artificially heat or cool our home. I was determined to last through May, but now wonder if I can make it longer.
My method is to open all the windows in the early morning, open west side blinds and make sure the ceiling fans are going. Then in the early afternoon, before the sun is coming in the west, I open the east side blinds and close the west side, keeping the windows open. This has seemed to keep our house cool.

At night our bedroom window is the only one that remains open. I reason that we would definitely realize if someone was trying to sneak in that window! On the plus side, the basement stays cool all summer, but on the downside it has not seemed to save us any money!

Are any of you doing the same thing? Meaning NOT turning on the AC? Again I apologize...

ARC 3

A few of you have read a few books. GOOD JOB! This is another chance to let us all know what you've been reading. Personally, I've read Courtship Dance and then without thinking started another C book, so....use my brain!
Let me state again that you do not have to read in alphabetical order. Please put the Author and a grade so others can see if it's something they might like to read. Again, little words should be left off when determining the title letter.
Keep going ladies.......