It's HOT...

The temperature in my home right now is 86 degrees. No, our AC is not broken, well at least not that I know of. Yes, I am hot.

I could turn on the air, but that would be admitting to my husband that I couldn't make it as long as he could without turning on the AC. And, you know me, I am way too stubborn to do that! Most of our friends have been running their ACs for weeks, but we are holding out. Yes, we are insane.

A few years ago, Farrel and I started playing a game to see how long we could go before turning on the AC for the summer. You know, once you turn it on, you can't turn it back off because you become so quickly acclimated to the cool air. Last year, the goal was to see how low our electric bill would be if we could wait until June 1 to turn on the air. Our bill was $70! We laughed when we saw the bill--mission completed--and promptly turned on the air and reveled in the fact that we could move around without sweating.

So, you are thinking to yourselves, "Boy, those Ritchies are hard up for entertainment!" I agree...we should leave this hot house and go to a movie or something, but it would just require too much effort in this heat.