Tuesday Things.
1. My goal in life is to have nantucket-level hydrangeas all around our house and have them bloom successfully every year. Perhaps I need to move to the ocean.
2. This thai red curry looks absolutely amazing.
3. Eddie and I fight over the AC constantly. I want it below 70, he likes to be sweltering. Where do you stand?
4. I love this: common life assumptions that you don’t agree with.
5. TV Things!! Okay two things on my list: White Lotus on HBO and the movie Promising Young Woman. Have you watched either?!
6. I want to love packing cubes but I just don’t Maybe I’m using them wrong. I’ve tried for years and I find that I can successfully pack MORE in fewer bags without the cubes.
7. 17 habits that will change your life.
8. Pumpkin flavored things in the grocery store right now make my head explode.
9. How to have a great summer if you hate summer.
16 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
Thermostat at 67 here! Â haha. Â Honestly if you’re making babies and pushing them out…you win with the thermostat postpartum for at least a year.
74 maybe 73 at night if I’m feeling generous but I won’t go below that,  76 during the day…Promising Young Woman was very very good but I didn’t expect it to end like it did……Â
Regarding your feelings about AC…I would urge you to raise the temperature gradually, one degree at a time, from your “below 70 degrees” preferred temp to somewhere above 72 degrees. We keep ours set at 74 degrees during the day and drop it at night for better sleep conditions. Remember that utilizing less AC is not only good for your electric bill, but it’s also better for the planet!
Ah, yes the AC battle!  We used to keep ours at 68-69 but the bill was outrageous.  So last year we tried setting it to 73-74 when we first turned it on in May.  We acclimated to that at the beginning of the summer and found it comfortable most of the time… and when I get the bill, my head doesn’t explode!!  On super hot days we turn it to 72-73 and it’s just enough.
Hydrangeas are my favorite flowers! Please post a pic of your entire bush. I don’t think anyone grows them like Nantucket! I too hot in the valley of California, but I keep trying!
I’m with you on the packing cubes. I can get stuff packed way more efficiently without the cubes than with them.
I LOVE my packing cubes. I’ve been using them for years. I’m a crazy person though, and use a spread sheet to pack. I list out the day and activity, and then pack by outfit. (I don’t necessarily have to wear the outfit I packed for that day, but I know that I have one once I get there.) I have separate cubes for under things and workout things, for pajamas and extra pieces that I bring just in case. I find when I’m going on a trip it makes unpacking – or not unpacking, depending on the space – so much easier. Also, there’s something so satisfying about opening my suit case and seeing neatly packed cubes versus clothes that have been jostled during travel.Â
Definitely watch White Lotus! I am loving it. Plus Connie Britton/Tammy Taylor, I mean you can’t go wrong.
My AC is set between 76-78 degrees but I am used to hot summers in L.A.
I am cold at 60 degrees so having the AC in the low 60’s would send my running for my coat!
You are not using packing cubes incorrectly. They are the dumbest. Re-gift and walk away to a better life.
White Lotus is interesting, funny in a unique way, and kind of cringey. I’m only one episode in but I’m here for it so far.
72 during the day, 68 at night.
Wife works from home. She cranks it up to 75 during the day. Sometimes she forgets to move it back to something more reasonable and those first few hours are just miserable. (Tolerable is defined as 68-72. I know she won’t do 68 and 72 is pushing it for me, so we tend to keep it at 70 overnight.)
On rare occasion, like if a storm rolled through, I won’t notice the A/C is still set at 75. On those nights, I notice I wake up at least once an hour miserable.
Team cold all the way. Well… until winter…
I want to plant some hydrangeas again, the ones I had were blue, but love the purple blue ones more. We leave our A/C on 72/73 and usually leave it alone, maybe turn on a fan for a little extra air circulation, I am not ready for fall stuff yet, I have seen some Halloween stuff already and I do not like seeing it this early, it makes me feel like summer is already over and its still July!!
My biggest preference with the temp is to have it cool at night. If it’s not going to cool off to below ~58 at night then I want the AC set to 68-70, but if it’s going to cool off (commonly it does since I live in the desert near mountains), then I open all the windows and let the house freeze haha. Truly even in the winter I leave windows open at night and I LOVE curling up under a blanket with hot coffee/tea and a warm sweater on while the house is chilly. My husband is cold if it’s below 72 so that’s another story. He usually wins the warm temps in the day and I get my cool temps at night… compromise!
On the other end of the state from you, I recommend using Holly-tone on hydrangeas ~early to mid-March for beautiful hydrangeas (and azaleas!). The key in our zone is also having a cover (can even be a tarp) for any late season frosts in April. You can do it!
It must be 68 degrees or lower or else I’m a sweaty upset mess and no one is happy. :)
We only have A/C window units that we keep off during the day, but when we sleep, I put it very low. I like a cold bedroom!