If you're considering downsizing, then ignore this. But really, we invested in air-conditioning AND solar panels and the solar panels pay for the air during the summer. It's more than worth the costs.
Learning to let it go is a true challenge. Don't let it go entirely, just put it on vacation. It needs to be done and they will find money for it. They always seem to find money when they need to.
I guess I forgot to mention that the swamp cooler is our only cooling solution because we have hot water heat (with little radiators in all the rooms), and therefore, no ducts in the house.
In our last house we did have ducts, and eventually AC, although the ducts proved to be too small for AC and so we had to replace them all. And in the way of things, we sold that house to someone who worked in HVAC, who could've done all that work so cheaply.
In our first house, we were too poor to do anything but use portable fans.
I am trying to relax about the not/work thing. The hardest part is that no one is in charge right now, so no one is engaged or remotely worried about me and my issues. I'm down in the noise.
We lived without AC for fifteen years. What saved me was one of those crappy portable units that we put in our bedroom window so that ONE room was bearable and I could sleep at night.
I remember how hot it was at your house when we came up for lunch that day.
Maybe it's menopause that makes me more intolerant of heat. Or the thyroid thing. Or just getting cranky in old age? *shakes cane, threatens small children re: lawn*
We had that kind of AC arrangement growing up in Michigan - one window unit in my parent's room. Now there's a terrible summer climate for ya. I pretty much grew up in the basement. A veritable troglodyte.
The menopause is part of it. My internal temp is always near simmer these days. The heat kills me. I'm sure you all thought I was a total slug in Cape May, but the combo of heat and humidity and I'm a goner. I. HATE. IT. I would rather live in a cold climate than a hot one (says the woman who's lived in California all her life).
Learning to let it go is a true challenge. Don't let it go entirely, just put it on vacation. It needs to be done and they will find money for it. They always seem to find money when they need to.
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In our last house we did have ducts, and eventually AC, although the ducts proved to be too small for AC and so we had to replace them all. And in the way of things, we sold that house to someone who worked in HVAC, who could've done all that work so cheaply.
In our first house, we were too poor to do anything but use portable fans.
I am trying to relax about the not/work thing. The hardest part is that no one is in charge right now, so no one is engaged or remotely worried about me and my issues. I'm down in the noise.
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Maybe it's menopause that makes me more intolerant of heat. Or the thyroid thing. Or just getting cranky in old age? *shakes cane, threatens small children re: lawn*
We had that kind of AC arrangement growing up in Michigan - one window unit in my parent's room. Now there's a terrible summer climate for ya. I pretty much grew up in the basement. A veritable troglodyte.
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