It has been crazy hot/humid here.  Or maybe I'm a wuss and just not used to it yet.  It just seems so uncomfortable.  Our electricty bill jumped from 120 or so to nearly 300.  I signed up for average billing which will help.  The electric co rep I talked to said I picked a good time, since August is usually the biggest bill of the year.  I really don't think we waste electricity but me and the kids are home all day most days, so I guess that doesn't help.

Adrian and I have talked about being more active as a family.  Our middle child is a little on the heavy side (he is muscular built but still a little doughy) and Adrian and I have both put on weight.  Adrian is back at PT and is pretty much back where he needs to be but I am still heavy.  Not to mention, it's healthy for me to be physically active. 

I'd love to take family walks, but it just seems so hot and miserable.  We really should be more sporty, but we are such an "inside" family.  We don't naturally seek out sporty things to do.  In fact, when it's hot, I HATE being outside. 

When it cools down a little bit, we will be doing more outside.  At least having family walks. 

It has been stormy here lately and last weekend it was cool enough to go to the park.  There is a really great park not too far from our house (it's a drive, but not a long drive) and it is deserted pretty often because it's just too hot outside to play for any length of time.

Last weekend the park was filled with kids and parents, and it was great.  We got to stay a lot longer than usual because it was a lot more comfortable.  It was still humid, which eventually did us in, but it really made me look forward to fall.

I can't wait to put up fall decorations and do fall activities and feel like actually being outside sometimes.  I look at trees and picture them with the leaves changing.  Beautiful.