The weather is heating up a little here in Mazatlán, and we have started turning on the ceiling fans. I just love how much cooler you can feel with just a little air movement.

Our house has great flow-through ventilation, and there always seems to be a breeze that will whip from the front gate through the house.

Last September and October – our first here in Maz – we did pretty well in the heat and humidity. We found that if we stayed out of air conditioning we felt the heat less than if we went back and forth. Although some days we would go into the bedroom and turn on the air conditioning for a half hour and would feel refreshed.

Anyway, this year we are going to see how we do only heading into the bedrooms (our only rooms with air conditioners) to sleep. Most of the city does it, so why can’t we? We’ll let you know how it went come November.