How to Keep Cool This Summer

The fan, the air conditioner and the swamp cooler are the most common ways to deal with the high summer temperatures...

The picture on the right is our new portable swamp cooler. We got it on Amazon. It's great! It has wheels on the bottom that make it easy to move to another room if needed and has an alarm when it runs out of water. One con to this option is that it only cools the room its in.


Here are some not so common ways to keep cool this summer:

 Open the windows that can be opened and have screens on them. Once we opened the windows in all the rooms, it wasn't stuffy or as hot.

Try to watch tv less and keep other electronics off during the summer. They put off a lot of heat and contribute to the high temperatures within your house.

Use a crockpot to cook instead of the oven. The oven heats up the house and its very difficult to cool it back down afterwards. A lot of recipes that you bake in the oven can be cooked in a crock pot.

Keep the lights off as much as you can during the day and have the blinds open to let the light in. Lights put off a lot of heat. If possible switch all light bulbs out to energy savers, they put off a lot less heat and keep your utilities lower.

If you have your washer and dryer in a laundry room, keep the door closed while the dryer is going. It puts off a tremendous amount of heat.