Healthy Living

fuzzy_dogs_mom

They've been talking about some front coming up from Mexico that was supposed to bring heat and humidity,

Interesting...perhaps I should watch the news occasionally. It hasn't been like unbearably humid, but definitely noticeable. When I can't stop sweating, I know it's more humid than normal. I was laughing the other day because I looked up the weather both here and in Annapolis, MD, and they were exactly the same. Something like 85 degrees and 70% humidity. I was like, wait, why do I live here again?? And then the next day it was 90 and 85% humidity there, and 75 and 50% humidity here, and I remembered.. LOL.

But the sun is hotter here, no getting around that, so I still have to stay inside from like 10 am to 4 pm if I don't want to be drenched in sweat and beet red.

I was talking to my DS #2 about our lack of humidity compared to the east coast and he was actually interested enough in finding out why to check it out.  Apparently these giant wind currents circle clockwise in the southern hemisphere and counter clockwise for us.  Picture a map of the continental 48 and wind circling it counterclockwise.  Those winds are coming up from the equator where it's hot and humid when  they hit the east coast, but by the time they circle around and get to us, they're coming down from Alaska and Canada.  That's also the reason the Atlantic is so much warmer than the Pacific.  Now aren't we the lucky ones?

Joyce

willowchow

One thing I really want to try to do is cut down on the number of plastic bottles I use.

 yea this year we went to aluminum bottles

and I have like 6 canvas shopping totes that I use.  The stores around here are really good about it and seem to encourage it

We recycle everything. The only problem is the county has failed in their attempt. Now, my little town is going to try it and hopefully succeed, so that we can get rid of a few bags of stuff waiting to be recycled. We cash in soda cans.

I eat low fat and non-fat stuff now and have lost about 30 lbs because of that.

I traded in my old truck with its (at best) 19 mpg for a new Vibe that gets 33 mpg. I try to arrange trips for maximum efficiency mainly because I don't want to spend more for gas than I have to spend.

My one downfall is that I, like my dog, am part Husky. I must have it cool in the house to sleep. So, at night, I get it down to 70 F. And I pay an averaged electric bill to cover that. What it means is that I pay around 200 dollars a month all year around but it avoids super high bills in July and August, when we get temps of 100 + F. My old ac will knock down 30 degrees.

DW will even recycle zip lock baggies if they only had dry stuff in them.

We have two composters for vegetable and fruit scraps. So, we can create our own fertilizer for the flower beds.

I use old newspapers as a firestarter in my charcoal lighter can. You put the newspaper under the bottom and briquets in the top and light the newspaper. The used charcoal and smoking wood go in the open air composter with twigs and leaves. The vegetables go in the closed composter.

We also recycle plastic shopping bags. Either turning them in at the store or keeping them in a hanging keeper MIL made for us to be used as something to carry things in.

You can also recycle your coffee grounds and filters in the compost.

alieliza

Please share your ideas on living a healthy lifestyle!

No AC or dishwasher here.I signed up for a program with my utility company 10 years ago that charges very low rates for kilowatt hours used durring off peak hours.I buy almost all my clothes from rummage sales or resale shops.

Tena