Month: June 2010

  • Hard to breathe

    Does anyone else have a hard time breathing in Air Conditioning? I have a hard time breathing and get chest pain in Air conditioning.

    I was wondering if anyone else it like that.

    I have had this problem for 3 years now. I have done a lot of research online and came across some interesting facts like did you know it is estimated that a typical ceiling fan uses 1/30th the energy that a standard window air conditioner uses. Therefore you could have 30 fans throughout your house blowing on your every position for the cost of running one window air conditioner in a room that you probably only occupy for a small portion of the day.

    I will admit I find it interesting how many people when they find out that I have breathing problems in Air Conditioning tell me that they would not be able to survive with out A/C. There are many many people all over the world surviving with out it and everyone did back before it was invented.

    Here are some tips to surviving without A/C

    Turn off (and maybe even unplug) your appliances: Your computer, your tv, your chargers -- all give off heat, as do your dishwasher and your clothes dryer. Try drying your dishes and clothes the old fashioned way (air drying and line drying). You'll save energy and keep the house cooler.

    Soak your feet in a bucket of cold water.

    Cover Up: Covering up may actually keep your cooler, especially if the heat is low in humidity. In the scorching temperatures of the Middle Eastern deserts, traditional cultures wear clothing covering from head to toe. By protecting your skin from the sun beating down, you'll also shade your skin. Be sure your clothing is natural fabrics, and loose.

    Use light-colored roofing. If you have the choice, choose a lighter roof or roof coating. It will reflect sunlight rather than absorbing it.

    Plant trees. Trees can shade your home or yard and keep things considerably cooler. Deciduous trees, those that lose their leaves in winter, will let sunlight through in winter when it's desired and create shade in summer.

    Sitting outside, as older folks do here in the hotter months, isn't just comfortable, it's sociable.

    Humidity makes room air feel warmer, so reduce indoor humidity. Minimize mid-day washing and drying of clothes, showering, and cooking. When you must do these things, turn on ventilating fans to help extract warm, moist air, but be sure to turn them off when you're finished so they don't extract cooled air from the house.

    Eat less. Smaller meals with less protein will reduce metabolic heat. Whatever you do eat should be cool and not require heat to be prepared (e.g. salads, sandwiches, etc.)

    Anyone else like us out there not use Air conditioners? Anyone else have a hard time breathing in A/C? If so what do you do when you go to stores and places with A/C? Do breathing masks help?

  • School Play

    Friday morning my son's class had a few short plays. My husband video taped them. Here they are......

    The Holdup

    The Popsicle Boy

    The Stolen Jewels

    The Three Little Elephants

    Rafunzel

  • Go welcome my friend

    My friend Amanda just started a Xanga. GO welcome her please

  • He thinks my car is his

    There is a guy that believes that my car belongs to him. He will chase away any like him that come near it. He spends tons of time looking at himself in my mirrors and sitting on my car and all that. He thinks that it is his car.

    Here are a few pictures of the guy

    You might want to keep a lookout for him....He might be after your car next!

  • ירושלים

    קליפ של מתתיהו - ירושלים
    Matityahu's clip - Jerusalem

  • updated with pictures: Car went into my uncles house

    A car went into my uncle's house Sunday. He lives right next door to us.

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    The red car there is the one that hit the one that went into the house

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    Picture of the car in the house

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    another of the car in the house

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    Back end of the car in the house

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    The cops standing at the car in the house

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    The path that the car took from the road to the house.

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    some of the emergency crew

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    Where she took off some grass on her way in

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    Some parts that the car lost on it's path to the house

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    the whole

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    the car that went in the house on the wrecker

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    the firemen at the whole

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    the hole from the inside

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    the hole from the inside. you can see part of the 1970 Dodge Charger that was parked in there

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    The poor Charger. It has 3 broken windows and the antenna ripped off and the thing is all scratched up :(

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  • Ouchy that my husband got at work

    Look at the ouchy my husband got at work......
    He even cut the nail.....
    It's pretty deep

    It look gross...

    this is your last warning........

    Pictures below.......

  • Peace Aggressors on the High Seas

    Peace aggressors stage an ambush for Israeli commandos. Israel warns the 6 ships not to sail to Gaza and attempt to break the internationally recognized blockade on Hamas in Gaza. 5 ships are taken peacefully to be inspected for weapons, but the Marmara ship proves to be a carefully planned PR scheme by the IHH an organization accused of sponsoring terror under the guise of humanitarian aide. Armed with video cameras, stun grenades, swords and slingshots, these self proclaimed "peace activists" prove to be trained fighters.