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kathydwells

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
Dec 20, 2004
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This is one of the funniest things I have ever read..it cracks me up everytime (well except the part about the cat). Anyway I hope you enjoy it, and I hope SJ gets a good belly laugh from it. Have a great Saturday everyone!!!!

Arizona Diary


May 30th: Now this is a state that knows how to live! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. Mountains and deserts blended together. What a place! Watched the sunset from a park lying on a blanket. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

June 14th: Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a real sun worshipper.

June 30th: Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.

July 10th: The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least it's a dry heat. Getting used to it is taking longer than I expected.

July 15th: Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed two days of work; what a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though: got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

July 20th: I missed Tabby (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning. By the time I got out to the hot car to go for lunch, Tabby had swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and exploded all over $2,000 worth of leather upholstery. I told the kids she ran away. The car now smells like Kibbles and kitty litter. No more pets in this heat!

July 25th: Dry heat, my ass. Hot is hot! The home air-conditioner is on the fritz and the A/C repairman charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he needed to order parts.

July 30th: Been sleeping outside by the pool for three nights now. $1,600 in damn house payments and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?

August 4th: 115 degrees! Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets the temperature down to about 90. I hate this [expletive deleted] state.

August 8th: If another wise ass cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to tear his [expletive deleted] throat out. Damn heat. By the time I get to work the radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like roasted Garfield!

August 10th: The weather report might as well be a damn recording: Hot and Sunny. It's been too hot to sleep for two damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this barren damn desert? Water rationing has been in effect all summer, so $1,700 worth of cactus just dried up and blew into the [expletive deleted] pool. Even a cactus can't live in this heat.

August 14th: Welcome to Hell! Temperature got to 123 today. Forgot to crack the window and blew the [expletive deleted] windshield out of the Lincoln. The installer came to fix it and said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $1,600 house payment to bail me out of jail.

August 30th: Worst day of the damn summer. I'm not leaving the house. The [expletive deleted] monsoon rains finally came and all they did is to make it muggier than hell. The Lincoln is now floating somewhere in Mexico with its new $500 windshield. That does it, we're moving to New York for some peace and quiet.
 
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Mike B.

Beach Lover
Jan 13, 2005
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I used to live in Tucson. That is an accurate description of the summer. :clap_1:
 

DBOldford

Beach Fanatic
Jan 25, 2005
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Napa Valley, CA
Lived in Scottsdale, AZ for four years...like living in a huge box of kitty litter! No thanks, and it ISN"T a dry heat...95% humidity with 115 degrees is like Manila.
 

Miss Kitty

Meow
Jun 10, 2005
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Wow...puts heat in perspective for the rest of us! Donna...sorry I missed you early this am...Molly and I slept IN until 5:15 am today!
 
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