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Glad to see y'all like it, but I knew you would! I didn't realize you had posted this on the Dallas forum CC. I've seen it before and like you, it came in via an email and I think it's funny every time I see it. It's a lot easier to read it and laugh about it while sitting in an air conditioned room than when you actually getting your a** burned off on a hot, hot, hot car seat, which I know has happened to us all, along with several of the other items listed here. I have driven many times while barely touching the steering wheel, just giving it short pats you might say because it was too hot to touch! Ouch! Just like opening a door to a furnace! I know I should sit there for a few minutes until it cools off enough to touch, but you just want to get going, roll the windows down and let some air blow through and hope the A/C kicks in quickly.
Like the other poster said, there is one similar to this one except it is relating to the north and the ice and snow. I remember reading it and laughing like crazy because it was so funny, although I know if I were up there in the dead of winter, out shoveling snow, frozen to the bone, I wouldn't be laughing at the time, BUT later on when sitting in a nice warm room and reading it, I would be doing the same as we are down here, LMAO!
I got to tell you Cathy I am more than ready for winter. That or a trip down south to some very cold springs and get in them and stay in them. We had it nice around here for about a week, rain (which I was beginning to wonder if we were ever going to see it again, and much cooler temperatures! But, you know Texas, that's all gone now! BTW, I heard on the news where some of this rain came in from NM. Thanks!
As far as this Texas heat, I guess we might as well grin and bear it, it's not going away anytime soon!
I got to tell you Cathy I am more than ready for winter. That or a trip down south to some very cold springs and get in them and stay in them. We had it nice around here for about a week, rain (which I was beginning to wonder if we were ever going to see it again, and much cooler temperatures! But, you know Texas, that's all gone now! BTW, I heard on the news where some of this rain came in from NM. Thanks!
As far as this Texas heat, I guess we might as well grin and bear it, it's not going away anytime soon!
I don't know what it is about north and central Texas that they aren't getting much rain, especially the Austin area. It's just terrible there!
The country looked good all the way from Cloudcroft to Artesia/Hobbs to West Texas...my parents' place got another inch and a half day before yesterday or so. It's not burned up dry like some places are, and that's unusual for WT! I came back via El Paso, and that stretch of I-10 looked good, too.
We had a very nice thunderstorm Monday in Alamogordo, and I hope that we get some more this week.
Relief is a long way off, at the end of October or so for TX, maybe the end of Sept to mid-October for us.
I wish summer would go AWAY in both Texas and NM.....
So how's the research going on for Idaho? I had done some myself (Boise, etc.), but after looking at the humidity levels, I decided to pass and stay somewhere in the southwest.
I'm still looking. I have a state travel guide right next to me. I know Boise can get hot in the summer, but it doesn't last like it does here nor does it get scorching. Isn't the humidity relatively low in Boise? I know a family that lives there and I have an ex-brother-in-law that lives in Hayden, near Coeur 'd Alene (visited there in 1978). That's a bit too far north for me. Boise is a bit too high desert and dry. The people on the Idaho forum told me if I want the real beauty, I need to go further north.
It seems like Idaho would be so great. I have a friend in Washington state and she wants me to come see her. I'm going to convince her for us to take a side trip to Idaho and I can check it out. I've looked at the Salmon area (central Idaho and on the web) and it seems to have wonderful weather and not too much snow. The housing looks reasonable too, comparable to central Texas and the property taxes are 4x lower. Of course, HO insurance will be lower since Texas has the very highest in the nation.
I have to wait for the weather to be cooler for my dogs. I won't leave them outside in the scorching heat. I can have a guy come over and feed them while in the yard, but he'd have to come too many times during the day to let them in and out of the house in the summer. Too bad because it surely would be nice to get the heck out of Texas in the summer. I keep thinking I could find a job and move before retirement, but it's probably better to wait until I retire until I move, if I move. I may be too old to care by then, but this heat is really the pits.
The humidity in Boise isn't bad, but there are other areas in the state where it is, depending on where you go. What surprised me was that the elevations, as a whole, aren't that high. If you have friends in the vicinity, do take advantage of that!
I still have northern NM, CO and WY--with maybe a look again at UT--on my list, but I'm not going anywhere for the near term.
Sis just got back from a week in Seattle. There were heat advisories all week, and they got to 102-105, when it was 95 here. UGGGHH!!!!
The humidity in Boise isn't bad, but there are other areas in the state where it is, depending on where you go. What surprised me was that the elevations, as a whole, aren't that high. If you have friends in the vicinity, do take advantage of that!
I still have northern NM, CO and WY--with maybe a look again at UT--on my list, but I'm not going anywhere for the near term.
Sis just got back from a week in Seattle. There were heat advisories all week, and they got to 102-105, when it was 95 here. UGGGHH!!!!
Northern NM, CO and WY all sound good too. I just have to go where home prices are comparable to here although I can downsize since it's just me.
My friend who lives in WA said it was hotter than blazes there, but she also commented that the humidity wasn't high. It does make a difference. She isn't too far from Portland, OR. Of course, this is a rarity and it was very short-lived. That I can stand. When I lived in southern CA, we didn't have A/C and it did get hot once in a while, but as well, it didn't last long. The nights always cooled off. At about 4:00 p.m. every day, one could actually feel the air getting cooler but here, that's not even the hottest part of the day. Even though we were in the San Fernando Valley, my mom used to say it was the breeze off the Pacific.
Another thing about Boise and the surrounding areas which I found out on the forum was something about an inversion layer and bad air quality. That's another thing I'm considering for a potential move. I want to make sure the air is clean so before even considering a town, I check out the air quality, crime, climate, ethnicity, and property taxes. That helps to narrow out places for a potential move.
I hope to use the friends and ex-brother-in-law as people who can give me some information but then again, we kind of relied on my sister and brother-in-law for information when we moved to Texas. Obviously, the information was not so accurate. Sometimes I think young people just don't pay attention as to what surrounds them and therefore, they aren't the best to ask. I'm not placing the blame on them; it was my fault as a young person not to do my own research. What was I thinking? I have kicked myself every day for the past ten years for ever leaving southern CA.
The nights in West Texas used to always cool off (including my hometown as well as Midland), but they don't so much now.
Alamogordo hasn't been particularly cool at night lately, but I was home recently for a couple of weeks, and it was in the 100s--one day was 105--while there was one day here of 102 (looking at the monthly calendar) during that time, with days mostly in the mid-90s.
But it will cool off here a month earlier, and temps start getting bearable (in my 2 years here) again at the end of September.
As far as leaving southern CA--you could always go back...no? Too expensive?
The nights in West Texas used to always cool off (including my hometown as well as Midland), but they don't so much now.
Alamogordo hasn't been particularly cool at night lately, but I was home recently for a couple of weeks, and it was in the 100s--one day was 105--while there was one day here of 102 (looking at the monthly calendar) during that time, with days mostly in the mid-90s.
But it will cool off here a month earlier, and temps start getting bearable (in my 2 years here) again at the end of September.
As far as leaving southern CA--you could always go back...no? Too expensive?
No, I can't. The houses out there are out of sight in $$$. My modest little home is selling for $750,000. I goofed financially, but oh well. There's more to life than $$$. I just need to stop beating myself up about it.
No, I can't. The houses out there are out of sight in $$$. My modest little home is selling for $750,000. I goofed financially, but oh well. There's more to life than $$$. I just need to stop beating myself up about it.
Yes, you do. It serves no purpose other than to make you down on yourself.
BUT...I know it's easier said than done to stop doing it!
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