tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post1904168679988444989..comments2024-03-27T11:32:14.453+00:00Comments on Penniless Parenting: Getting Air Conditioners and Making a Cardboard PlayhousePenniless Parentinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-82313257145443184152017-04-27T05:58:33.935+00:002017-04-27T05:58:33.935+00:00Gosh that sounds nice, being able to live without ...Gosh that sounds nice, being able to live without AC. Down here, 90-something is a pretty cool day. During spring and fall, we can open windows at night and blow air in, and keep it... less-hot during the day... but there's no hope for summer. Alabama is hot and muggy :( <br /><br />And this year, we just kind of skipped spring and went straight to summer...<br /><br />Again.<br /><br />Jenetikittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741912678367285939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-31344653322616373122017-04-27T04:10:05.607+00:002017-04-27T04:10:05.607+00:00Happy to hear you'll be able to cool off this ...Happy to hear you'll be able to cool off this summer. I'm in America which you know almost every house built 1980's and beyond has central heat & air. So we turn the air on only when it gets too muggy. I bought my home because it's in a very shaded spot. Tree's all around but not close to the house, just old trees, very tall, lots of shade. One cooler summer we only Ms. Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14969832156963697235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-85465827814622640922017-04-25T06:00:55.495+00:002017-04-25T06:00:55.495+00:00really happy you got ac. we also didnt have for ma...really happy you got ac. we also didnt have for many years, but we moved to an extremely hot area, so needed.might sound weird, but to keep price down, try to use fans in the summer,.maybe u can invest in ceiling fans. they also work well and moves around the air. at least you know on those really uncomfortable days, you will have some relief. rochelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500239033148201774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-35857195958213650162017-04-24T16:16:33.284+00:002017-04-24T16:16:33.284+00:00My kids love cardboard boxes, but we haven't h...My kids love cardboard boxes, but we haven't had a good big one in a while!<br /><br />We live in Pennsylvania and don't have air conditioning at home. I wrote this post about <a href="https://articles.earthlingshandbook.org/2012/06/06/survive-without-air-conditioning/" rel="nofollow">how we survive</a>, and my brother, who is a home energy auditor in Kansas, added some helpful info in Becca @ The Earthling's Handbookhttp://articles.earthlingshandbook.orgnoreply@blogger.com