Dog days of summer. . . .

(1) What is the usual summer high temperature where you live?
Too damn hot!  Easily 100 and hotter for the most part of the summer.

(2) How do you keep cool? Do you have central air?
Funny story.  3 years ago my bishop asked me to speak in church.  I did not want to.  But, I convinced myself of all the wonderful blessings I would receive.  So as I'm preparing my talk I'm thinking "self, it is warm in this house".  My a/c had blown up.  After several repairs it still was not fixed and I was told it needed to be replaced (thanks for telling me that $1000 ago).  Here I am 3 summers later and I still can't afford to replace it so I have 3 window units trying to keep it cool and it sucks.  They are noisy but at least I can sleep at night.

(3) Do you swim? If you get in the water do you get your hair and make-up wet?
I do swim.  There is a lovely pool in the condominium complex where I live and I enjoy taking my nephews who don't yet know how to swim but LOVE jumping in.  I've never understood people who go swimming expecting to not get their hair wet.  Ridiculous.

(4) What is your favorite summer look? As far as outfit , shoe choice and hairstyle? (Pics are rad or just describe it.) Do you wear less make-up in the summer?
Anything but jeans.  It is so dang hot here I can't stand to wear any kind of heavy material.  Flip flops are standard everyday.  I wear very little make up.  Make up and 100 weather just do not go together.

(5) What is your favorite summer meal to make or eat, either way? (Score extra cool points for a recipe.)
I love chicken salad sandwiches and cold salads during the summer.  I keep my chicken salad very basic.  Chicken, pecans, green onion, mayo.  I don't like the fancy stuff with grapes or apple chunks.