Happy 4th dear. I just read your book and I can see you are going through a lot of what I do.

I'm from Ky. so I know about the humidity being so high. What's so funny this year, they aren't getting the rain and the humidity that we are.

Two days ago the humidity had to be up in the 80's here. The newspeople were talking about how unusual it is to see it so high here.

Like you, I have fans in every room and a ceiling fan in my kitchen. What is so crazy though, when they wired my place they wired it to where you have to leave the kitchen light on to run the fan. In my bathroom, I have to leave my light on to use my hair curling items. Whoever did the wiring here sure was no electrician.

Az. is a lot like here but they do get a lot hotter there, just no humidity. Man when they get it in the 100's though, I don't think I could handle that part. They run from their air conditioned house to the air conditioned car to the airconditioned job back to the air conditioned car back to the house. I got that from a friend of mine down there.

I can honestly say we have always had the most perfect weather here. That's what made me fall in love with the place along with the mountains. It's just changed here so much weather wise and everyone is trying to figure out why.

Someone mentioned a humidifier to me the other day. I sleep with a fan on me at night and my nose is drying out I believe. I tried sleeping with the swamp cooler on last night but it got too cold in here. I can't win for losing here.

I have to go over to the kids house now. I actually like it better out there because I am more use to the cooling system in my place there.

I am hoping we will get to work on this place here soon. I am having so much trouble finding a handy man. None of them want to work.

I want to take up all of my carpets and put down tile and paint all the way through and I have a new door to put on in the front. I have had it for 2 months. I have called 3 handy men and they never come to give me an estimate.

As far as sheets, I have a blanket on me at night, and I have my RSD leg under it, the other one out, my arms under because of the RSD. Sounds crazy that we have to sleep under fans but be covered up too. I also have those throws on my couch and chair for me to cover up with and my youngest grandson covers up also. He's a lot like me.

It's funny that you thought that the humidity was up only when it was raining. Living in Ky. it was up rain or shine and I know down your way is even worse. We spent a week in Florida and left before our vacation was up.
I don't see how anyone lives there. I know it's a beautiful place but I couldnt do it.

I remember going to Weatherford Texas when my daughter got married the first time. We spent a month down there and I swear I had never been in such a hot, humid place in all of my life. I thought I would die before we left there.

The winters here are different also, Jose. They seem to be getting worse. A lot of older people here say they are getting back to how they were when they were kids but we have been here 35 years and I never saw bad ones like we have been having the past few years.

It's funny to drive up in the mountains and only see the roof of a house. Here we don't get near the snow that the mountains and Denver gets. I am dreading the winter though. Last winter was the worse on me I had ever had up here. I hurt so bad I was going nuts from the pain.

Today it's hot but the humidity isn't up as bad. I love the summers here when it's not up. My sister will be here Aug. 4th and I am so hoping it won't be so hot that we can't do anything. It gets that way here even without the humidity.

I hope all of you have a great 4th.

Ada