Comments on: The good, the bad, and the sweaty … https://www.jenniferestep.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-sweaty/ New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:14:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Chasity https://www.jenniferestep.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-sweaty/#comment-6719 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:14:36 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=481#comment-6719 If gas prices get much higher (just went to $3.99 here) I won’t be leaving my house for any reason except to buy groceries. I’ll have to order all my books from Amazon or get ebooks. My tank only holds 10.5 gallons. I drive a stick with a 4 cylinder, so I get decent mileage. But really, who can afford $20 in gas for a trip across town? It’s a bit ridiculous.

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-sweaty/#comment-6693 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:38:26 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=481#comment-6693 I hear you. I didn’t have AC until I moved when I was 18, just ceiling fans and an attic fan. I spent most of my summers in the basement reading in a hammock we had down there.

I know what you mean about prices going up. I spent over $30 to fill my car up with gas this week — and I’d only used about half a tank. 🙁

]]> By: Chasity https://www.jenniferestep.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-sweaty/#comment-6684 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:20:19 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=481#comment-6684 I feel you on the air conditioning. Before we moved we had central air and heat. I got used to having my whole house a cooling 68 degrees. When we moved to the house we live in now (my childhood home left empty from divorce) we have to make do with AC window units. The bedrooms stay cool since we have units in each of the windows. But the downstairs is roasting. Except for the computer room, which is unusually cold.

I’m thinking another window unit in the kitchen will help the rest of the downstairs be a bit cooler. But I could be wrong.

I really don’t know how I made it as a child here. Guess I spent a lot of time at Gran’s in the AC.

As for this winter. I dread it. We still have an oil furnace. With heating oil being $4.29/gallon, and a 275 gallon barrell that will only last for part of the winter, I’ll be broke.

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