Ted and I try to be environmental. When we don't remember to bring our own bags to the grocery store, we reuse and recycle the plastic ones. Plus I am a master at shoving anything that will fit into one bag so often we get a full trip's groceries into two or three bags.
We also use organic cleaning and personal hygiene products, and we buy organic food when possible.
We work near home, so we rarely drive. Etc. etc. etc.
We also do not air-condition our house. Except when it gets really really really hot. We wait as long into the summer as we possibly can, letting two or three heat waves go by in sweltering sweatiness before breaking.
But when we do (or I should say when Ted does) lug the window unit up from the basement, it's cause for celebration. We put it in our bedroom window, then shut the doors to the kitchen and dining room leaving an air-conditioned swath that includes the bedroom, bathroom and office. The kitchen, pantry, dining room and living room might as well not exist during those days.
We call it the hotel. It is very decadent. And this year, Ted bought a fifty foot cable and installed our TV in our bedroom. TV in bedroom! Just like a hotel- see?
Anyway, we've been living at the hotel for the past three days, but today it's lovely and cool, dry and clear. I hate it. I miss the hotel.
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