RECORD HEAT!

While most of my friends and families are freezing back home with snow, ice, and extreme wind chill, Christchurch experienced a huge heat wave yesterday...with the temperature reaching nearly 95 degrees!  I was lucky to be nannying in a house with several heat pumps shooting out cold air.  I drew all the curtains and sat comfortably in the dark while the baby was napping!

Most homes here do not have insulation, and also, no air conditioning or central heating.  Many homes have heat pumps, but they are only in some rooms (we only have one in the main room).  So it gets hot fast.  The couple of hot days made for a sticky and uncomfortable flat, with the outside temperature as the sun started to go down often being much cooler than indoors!  However, as much as I miss winter, I am not going to complain about the heat...typical to NZ weather, it will probably be cold and rainy any day now!