It's too hot... any tips?

[Flan]

How do all you lovelies keep cool in this horrible weather? I'm stuck in an office with air con at the mo, and have air con in the car, but it's going to be hot and sticky tonight, and any tips on keeping cool would be very much appreciated.

The best I can come up with is a water sprayer by the bed and a big floor fan on full blast on me all night...

[coffee_freak]

i keep a cool cloth,wipe down often, wear tank top and shorts,hair up and sit in front of a fan...drink lots of cold water..

good luck and sorry you'll be so hot.

[Busy_B]

One thing that can help is to have a cold cloth on the back of your neck.

[nettie]

drink plenty of cool drinks have a fun nearby and if it has a swivel head use it to move the air around more! Other than that windows open wide curtains not drawn so the breeze can get in and don't sleep under the duvet!

[Kute Kitty]

Keep as many windows open as you can as much as you can (but remember to close any on the front of your house while you're out - don't want burglars taking advantage!), invest in a quiet fan to have by your bed (we can't use ours because it cools us down but is so noisy it also keeps us up) and remember to throw the duvet onto your partner at the earliest opportunity after they're asleep

[RosemaryH]

Do not have the floor fan facing you directly or you will ache tomorrow. Cold cloth on the back of the neck and forehead, putting your wrists under cold water tap and feet in a bowl of cold water brings your body temperature down quite quickly. Medium heat showers work much better than cold showers (read the reason once but have forgotten). Put a sheet or towel between your legs or where you rest your arm so that there is no skin on skin contact. Wipe yourself down regularly with a damp towel. Hair off back of neck.

Rosemary

[wendywombat]

Sympathy!
It's hot & humid here in France too! I've got a fan on 'oscillate' so's not to get one cold spot on me! Can't add much to the above but I like Kute Kitty's advice about the duvet!!

and remember to throw the duvet onto your partner at the earliest opportunity after they're asleep

Good advice KK!

[*barb*]

send it to me, i want the heat. I hate the winter, it's been around 17 c all day and I am frezzing..wooly jumper, thick skirt, long woolen coat, boots ect type weather.

Although, I must admit I get more sewing done in winter than summer.

[agi]

I was so afraid of the hot but we haven'thad much of it yet. It's been rainy here for weeks now, which is not good because often I cannot go on my exercise walks

Also, it is not really cold, but very humid, sometimes we are suffocating... I would prefer 30 degrees but dry.

[Pengwenn]

I jump in my swimming pool as soon as I get home from work. And then I jump in again just before I go to bed. In between I have the fans on and eat fudgesicles. They're not good for my waste line, but they taste oh so good. I leave in Arizona where the high yesterday was 112. That's pretty normal and eventually you get use to it. What I can't get used to is when it's 85 degrees at 6 o'clock in the morning.

If you can't swim, take a long bath just before going to bed and don't towel off completely. Stay a little damp and then get into bed with the fan on. They fan will help to cool the water still on you and that will keep you cooler until the water evaporates.

[kell]

I have a cool shower with the bathroom window open, rub down regularly with a wet washcloth and suck icecubes (kinder to the waitline than fudgesicles!).

[Jilly]

Standing in the bath with ankle deep cold water is great.. Make you go rather at first though, cools you down all over if you stick it out for a while

[kell]

Ooh yes - when I was preggers last summer and really feeling the heat, I had a cool foot bath in the evenings with a mixture of peppermint and lavender oils in it - smelled gorgeous, freshened up my tired feet and made them feel marvellous, as well as cooling me down overall.

[kerbear879]

It's been getting really hot here too and I hate turning on the air conditioner at home because then the electric bill is outrageous. Luckily we have no humidity here so we stay downstairs until the sun goes down and then go upstairs and turn on the window fans and the box fan and it's been working so far at keeping it cool. We are looking into getting one of those portable pools for my miniature back yard. I was figuring that would at least make the weekends bearable! It's supposed to be in the 90's here all week.

[Sarah Gixxer]

I have a small desk fan on the table next to my bed and I leave it running all night - lovely cool breeze on your face. I also leave the windows open. When I'm stitching I have a larger fan in the living room.

Pengwenn, you have a swimming pool??? Isn't there a green eyed monster smiley? Would you like a house guest? Hehehehe.

I used to have friends in Orlando who had a pool - it was amazing going to stay with them. I used to sit on the steps in the pool, up to the neck in water, sipping tequila and pineapple juice. HEAVEN! Unfortunately they've sold up and moved to Cape Cod now.

[kerbear879]

I jump in my swimming pool as soon as I get home from work. And then I jump in again just before I go to bed. In between I have the fans on and eat fudgesicles. They're not good for my waste line, but they taste oh so good. I leave in Arizona where the high yesterday was 112. That's pretty normal and eventually you get use to it. What I can't get used to is when it's 85 degrees at 6 o'clock in the morning.

If you can't swim, take a long bath just before going to bed and don't towel off completely. Stay a little damp and then get into bed with the fan on. They fan will help to cool the water still on you and that will keep you cooler until the water evaporates.

That reminds me of when I lived in Southern California and the highs were always in the 100's and it was hot and miserable all the time. Thank goodness it wasn't humid but still...I moved to Colorado and luckily it's only really hot about 2 to 3 months out of the year and even then it's rare if we get 100 degree weather. Usually it hovers around the 90's and then drops to the high 50's at night. We've been getting thunderstorms every afternoon pretty much since the beginning of june which has helped keeping it cooler than normal.

[crafterglen]

Listen up guys, especially you of a certain age, if you are not there yet, well you will get there eventually! For all - try this - hot in bed? No problem, get a hot water bottle, no I haven't lost it! Fill it with cold water, you remain comfortable all night long, and if you are too hot during the day, just put your feet on it, well we don't all have pools unfortunately, you are sooooo lucky, me, I will keep filling my hot water bottle, it works, honest!
Happy Stitching

[mauveme]

I take a shower and go to bed wet with a spray bottle at the ready and my fan on. Helps for a while, atleast I get some sleep until the hot flashes hit.

[Serinde]

send it to me, i want the heat. I hate the winter, it's been around 17 c all day and I am frezzing..wooly jumper, thick skirt, long woolen coat, boots ect type weather.

Although, I must admit I get more sewing done in winter than summer.

17C? Freezing? Sounds like a normal summer's day to me up here in the Frozen North! It is currently 16C (66F) and the high is meant to be 25C (77F): perfect for stitching outside.

[helbel]

Curtains closed during the day to stop the heat getting in, open all the windows at night to let the cooler air in.

I always have a few bottle of water in the fridge so there's always a cold drink, especially to take to bed.

Remember if your feet are cold the rest of you will follow, so cooling foot baths (or that fabulous crackling foot spray) are a good idea.