Comments on: Staying Cool on Hot Summer Days http://www.diyfrugal.com/2010/07/staying-cool-on-hot-summer-days/ Saving Money by Doing It Yourself Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sarah http://www.diyfrugal.com/2010/07/staying-cool-on-hot-summer-days/comment-page-1/#comment-998 sarah Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:47:56 +0000 http://www.diyfrugal.com/?p=446#comment-998 Great ideas!! Thanks. Great ideas!! Thanks.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.diyfrugal.com/2010/07/staying-cool-on-hot-summer-days/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Lisa Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:28:25 +0000 http://www.diyfrugal.com/?p=446#comment-995 There are many ways to stay cool for cheap start with spending time in the library or a free/cheap museum. If you have good will-power not to over spend go to the mall. I like to go to the mall with a book and find a place to sit and read. I may buy a drink and /or popcorn from a eatery and sit and nibble while reading. Usually less than $2 and I can enjoy the air conditioning for a couple of hours. find a stream or river to relax next to again this is a time I like to bring a book along and stay a while At home sit with your feet in a cool tub of water. keep reusable bottles of water filled. I like to fill 3/4 of the way full then freeze stays cold longer and I get the needed water replacement from sweating it out. keep reusable cold packs in the freezer and place on the back of the neck or forehead when laying down. Layiing on your back instead of your stomach will allow your body to cool quicker. wet a towel or shirt and place over/ on you will help cool you breifly. choose no cook meals or cook in a crock pot or pressure cooker to reduce the heating from stove and oven. Block kitchen doors with curtains to keep heat from 'spreading' through the house so much. Insulated curtains work best but I have even used sheets in a pinch and seen a difference. Take care and keep cool ( and hydrated) Open doors to basements the cooler air that you would try to keep out in the winter will help a little. Wear clothes that "breath" some fabrics hold in heat more than others such as rayon. Take night time walks --- after dark the outside air often seems cooler than inside so get a little exercise and enjoy the 'quieter' time outside. There are many ways to stay cool for cheap start with spending time in the library or a free/cheap museum.
If you have good will-power not to over spend go to the mall. I like to go to the mall with a book and find a place to sit and read. I may buy a drink and /or popcorn from a eatery and sit and nibble while reading. Usually less than $2 and I can enjoy the air conditioning for a couple of hours.

find a stream or river to relax next to again this is a time I like to bring a book along and stay a while

At home sit with your feet in a cool tub of water. keep reusable bottles of water filled. I like to fill 3/4 of the way full then freeze stays cold longer and I get the needed water replacement from sweating it out. keep reusable cold packs in the freezer and place on the back of the neck or forehead when laying down. Layiing on your back instead of your stomach will allow your body to cool quicker.
wet a towel or shirt and place over/ on you will help cool you breifly.

choose no cook meals or cook in a crock pot or pressure cooker to reduce the heating from stove and oven.
Block kitchen doors with curtains to keep heat from ‘spreading’ through the house so much. Insulated curtains work best but I have even used sheets in a pinch and seen a difference.

Take care and keep cool ( and hydrated)
Open doors to basements the cooler air that you would try to keep out in the winter will help a little.
Wear clothes that “breath” some fabrics hold in heat more than others such as rayon.
Take night time walks — after dark the outside air often seems cooler than inside so get a little exercise and enjoy the ‘quieter’ time outside.

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