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Tag Archives: weather
Central Air: A Luxury or a Necessity?
This summer’s unusually hot weather has me constantly complaining about: the heat and humidity, my lack of central air conditioning, the noise and inefficiency of the window air conditioning units, and let’s not forget my frizzy hair. [And, uh, no. I feel no need to post a photo of said frizzy hair!]
All this complaining brings up the question: is Air Conditioning a necessity or is it a luxury?
My mother, who grew up in the city, describes sitting out on the sidewalk under a streetlamp playing cards until 10:00 in the evening, because it was just too hot to be inside. Air conditioning only started to become common in office buildings, stores, and public buildings in the 1960s. [...] Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Random
Tagged air conditioning, central air, family time, gratitude, happiness, history, luxury, necessity, storytelling, weather
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Weekend Happiness
The whole point of this blog is to focus on things that make me happy, that move me, or make me smile. I hope you find that it helps you to smile, too!
Usually when I write about things that make me happy, I tend to focus on the people I love. Which is wonderful. The people I love do, indeed, make me happy. But today, I’m going to write about a few things that are not specifically related to friends or family.
These are some things that made me smile this weekend, all on my own [...] Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Happiness Project, Observations, Uncluttering
Tagged de-cluttering, gratitude, happiness, television, tired, TV, uncluttering, weather
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Happy List
Today I’m happy because:
- The weather is beautiful, a perfect day for the lake.
- We have plans to spend the afternoon at the lake, with a bunch of friends. (Note aforementioned weather.)
- Pumpkin is having an excellent time in Spain. At least, I assume he is, since I’ve barely heard from him. Not that I’m trying to guilt him into writing me, or anything like that…
Posted in Happiness Project, Kids, Observations
Tagged cookout, friends, gratitude, guests, happiness, lake, moving, Spain, storytelling, top 10, top10, visitors, weather
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A bit of baking
I just love this photo of Monkey, with her face covered with the after-effects of baking and that huge smile. She was quite pleased with the results of our baking experiments. You see, it’s been miserably hot and humid here forever … well, … Continue reading
Swimming. It sure makes a hot day more fun!
Monkey and I had planned to go to a water park yesterday, but unfortunately I just wasn’t feeling up to it. I hope we’ll find another day this summer to go instead. Do all kids love water parks as much … Continue reading
It was almost 100 degrees today!
It’s soooo hot! Unbearably hot. Hot hot hot. I mean, it’s hotter than H – E – double toothpicks ! Um, did I mention that it’s hot?! I’m back from San Diego. It makes me sad to think that I … Continue reading
