Keep Your Cool
• Wear light clothing. Your body perspires to keep cool — so help it out.• Slow down and relax; enjoy summer. Winter will be back all too soon.
• Don't do housework in mid-day. Save it for the cooler morning or evening.
• Have a mid-day nap — The siesta solution! At night try sleeping in your coolest room — perhaps the basement recreation room.
• Keep cold drinks on hand (returnable pop bottles please).
• Don't do a lot of cooking. Turn to salads and cold cuts. They'll go down more easily.
• Find a shady spot in the backyard or on the balcony. Relax with a tall cool one.
• Have a shower or a swim. You'll feel great. Even a child's wading pool or back-yard hose is refreshing. While you're at it, shower the house down. That cools it, just the way perspiring does for us.
May 19, 2012