Thankfully we have only had about 2 weeks of temps near 100 and heat index well over 100. God has been good for sure.
One thing I did to help with the summer heat was put construction paper on the window. It sure was pretty but I'm not sure how well it helped. Probably more than I realized. Each morning when we got up we would close the window and put the curtains down.
I also added some aluminum foil to the top windows, but I think it added to the heat, plus opening and closing the window it came off pretty quickly.
each evening after the sun went down we would open the window and put the fan in. Sometimes pulling the cooler air in, other times blowing the hot air out. By the time we actually went to bed it wasn't too bad. Still on the warm side, but hubby and I each had a fan blowing across us so we made it.
In the evening we would also put the moving blanket down (the door stayed open) to keep the heat from the rest of the building out and the cooler air in.
We did add a small window AC in the boy's room and had a fan blowing into our room but it didn't do much good, well it wasn't cold like we expected it to be. It probably helped more than we realized it did.
This past week it cooled off down into the 80's PTL! and we took the AC out of the window. So far we have been quite comfortable. I'd like it to be cooler, but then again we don't have as much trouble going out in the heat since we keep a rather warm "house".
How have you done this summer?