06 May 08 Summertime Is Coming
Even in the last few days here, it’s gotten noticeably warmer. The current 10-day forecast shows no day’s maximum temperature under 80 degrees, and the lowest nightime minimum at 58F.
Only a couple of weeks ago, we woke up to a few early morning temperatures only just hovering above freezing point.
I think that it won’t be many more days before I have to look at switching on the air-conditioning. I always leave it as long as possible, because usually once it’s switched on, it stays on for the rest of the season, and the electricity bills go up in August to about 2.5 times what they are in the early months of the year.
Recently, we had a new roof installed, and ridge vents were added, which was supposed to make it cooler especially upstairs, but it’s actually made no discernible difference at all – not that we didn’t need new roofs though!
Still, I love the summer myself, and I’m glad there is almost never any snow in these parts!
Tags: air conditioning, day forecast, discernible difference, electricity bills, few days, freezing point, maximum temperature, months of the year, morning temperatures, nightime, ridge vents, roofs
08 Nov 07 That Time Again
It’s 1.15 am in Fortress Eyebee. It’s that time again when I shall wend my merry way to the land of nod. Well to the bedroom for a read, or perhaps one or two of the audiobooks I’ve recently downloaded. Talking of which, I think I’ll have to bite the bullet and get an MP3 player.
I don’t need any of this expensive iPod stuff. No Siree. I was thinking of the Sandisk Sansa m240. It’s got a 1GB of memory, which will be fine for listening to audiobooks on. That’s about all I’ll use it for really. I dunno. I almost clicked BUY at Amazon, but I’ll sleep on it. I always do that. NOT an impulse buyer me. Shoot, I’ll debate over a pair of socks for a week. Well not quite, but you get my drift. Actually socks last me for ever, as I’m in sandals ten months of the year, and we don’t wear socks with sandals do we? No we don’t. Well old Mr Smith down the street might, but I don’t. What you think I am, an old fart?
Tags: amazon, audiobooks, bite the bullet, drift, fortress, i dunno, impulse buyer, ipod, land of nod, merry way, months of the year, mp3 player, old fart, pair of socks, sandals, sandisk sansa m240
