Sultry!

Heute ist es, morgen es ist Hölle heiß

I have this theory, and I tried testing it out yesterday. Basically, since our house lies close to the top of Beacon Hill, and the front of it faces the west, the sunlight pretty much pours into the living room windows, making the place hotter. We also have skylights in almost every room in the main house, but not too much can be done about those right now. Since ourback yard has some pretty decent shade, and we have neighbors to the north and south, the sun doesn't really come in too much through the windows that face to the north, south or east - just the large one in the living room that faces towards the west. Our main bedroom windows also face to the west, but there is a large shrub right in front of that one that provides plenty of shade. Anyway, I tried to put a blanket over the large front room window to reduce the intensity of the sunlight that comes in through that window during the afternoon and evening. When I came home, the room was cooler - but not by much.

For our daily "get the hell out of the heat" excursion, Carrie and I went out to dinner at Geraldines -  only the fourth time that we did so. I'm happy to say that thier dinner is as good as thier brunch! :)

On another heat-related tangent, Carrie and I have placed our mattress in our other room - the one with the AC in it - for the duration of the heat wave.  We're getting a much better quality of sleep, but (this is the flip side) we're going a bit stir crazy in just the one room in our house, and we're spending way too much money in eating out every night to get out of cooking.