Here we are in Sunny California Well, Well, Well, Here we are into the first part of August. Everyone seems to be dying (literally) from the heat. I got my electric bill yesterday, It was only a mere $248, sooo I am sitting here with the whole house fan on and enjoying the nice breeze it generates through the slightly open window. Feels like a balmy breeze blowing off a rice field. (that's not too cool) I wonder how many days I can cut back on using the air conditioner? Maybe 3? It is starting to cool off in the east, so that means it it going to get hotter here. I had to make 2 batches of plum jam today and all that steam was killing me, but I held out. Tonight my husband says, "It's not that bad", sure easy for him to say, sitting there in his recliner watching some damn show twice as loud as it should be, While I have to vacumn, fold clothes, make jam, fix the diinner, wash the dishes, and then he say's, " Do you want to make me a milkshake?" Well, of course I do you darling litlle man, as soon as I finish stirring the jam for four minutes without stopping, and putting it in it's little jars! I wonder if the heat makes people go crazy or just makes them so irritable that they want to kill that man in the recliner. After he goes to bed, I think I will turn on the air and cool off. Dianne