1. Pull down the shades on all exterior windows in your house. This can keep the sun and heat out of rooms.
2. Turn on all ceiling fans or add portable fans to rooms that could use extra ventilation.
3. Dampen a kitchen towel and drape it around your neck or use cooling towels that are available from sporting goods stores.
4. You’ve heard the saying “cool as a cucumber.” Treat yourself to tall glasses of ice water or seltzer water filled with thin slices of cucumber as a refresher. Another option is to add fruit to your water.
5. If you have kids, be sure to keep a close eye on them to make sure they don’t become overheated, as children tend to be more vulnerable to hot conditions than adults.
6. Put off any household chores that require a lot of bending and lifting. Give the family a free pass to be a little lazy.
7. Avoid using your oven or stove to cook meals.
8. Limit use of your dishwasher and clothes washer to nighttime hours.
9. If you have upstairs bedrooms, consider sleeping in downstairs areas, which tend to stay cooler.
10. Strip your bed down to lightweight sheets only.
11. Crack open windows at night if the temperature outside isn’t significantly warmer than the air inside.
12. If you’re feeling crafty and ambitious, you can make your own temporary air conditioner out of an inexpensive ice chest. Money Talks News offers an instructional video you can follow on YouTube.

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