Today is blazing hot...yesterday was blazing hot...tomorrow promises to be blazing hot! I am not into blazing hot!
For several weeks, we have been "making do" without our heating and air conditioning unit because the freon leaked out. After having several repairmen come out and provide installation quotes, we decided to wait and save up the money, instead of buying a new unit on credit. This decision was made in light of the fact that we are trying to make wiser decisions about our money, about how we spend it and who actually provides it in the first place. However, we have been tested to the limit this week with several days of 99+ temperatures.
After making this decision to postpone our purchase, we rearranged our home and moved two twin beds in the back office area where the window unit is located. The remainder of the house is left unattended much of the day, except for meals and for bathroom stops. So far, it has worked out and I've actually come to enjoy the quaintness of the smaller living area. The living room has become our hang out, and nighttime movies have become our time of relaxation (I am referring you to an earlier blog where we turned in our cable boxes; so we have no television other than DVDs) prior to going to bed and reading.
Last night we decided to work outside for just an hour, and when we stopped due to the last bit of light slipping below the trees, I thought how good that window unit would feel once inside. It was at that moment that I realized how our perception shifts to fit our surroundings. Where once I thought that cable, AC throughout the house, and other conveniences were an absolute necessity to life, I have now realized that I can actually make it on much less and be even more happy and contented.
Never mind about the blazing hot temperatures...
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How brave of you! I leave my air on all the time! I want to make sure that when I came in from feeding the animals that I can get cool really fast! Like you said, it's hot!!
Your lifestyle adjustment is an inspiration. Our "air man" told us a year ago that we needed a new unit. It was working at the time so I decided to wait until it died. It's still working and we are still knocking on wood. I'm sure we'll have plenty of money later on for a new unit. :-)
You are so right about us adjusting to what we have and being happy with it. We are so spoiled with all these modern conviences that we often forget the pleasures found in the "simple things in life".
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