Even though our weather is abysmal and dreary right now, we are about to head into the most glorious of seasons in Western Washington– the summer.  Soon we will have some hot weather coming our way and you will want to be prepared.  And I mean more than just rolling out the lemonade.  I’m talking about air conditioning.  We’ll discuss it more as the warm weather starts to arrive, but for the moment I wanted to pass on a fact I found interesting.  So many people in our area have the perception that air conditioning is rare in homes, but the U.S. Energy Administration reports that in reality, the percentage of homes with central air-conditioning has more than doubled since 1980, with nearly 60% of homes having a central system.  Some food for thought as you are pondering “To A.C. or not to A.C.”  (I know, sometimes I make really lame jokes.  Wait, you didn’t think it was funny?  It was, I promise).