Refreshing

Two Refreshing "Must-Dos" For Yours and Mine:

1.Make homemade lemonade before the summer's over:

It's so easy...and less work and money than you might think...or might not think, considering 10-year-olds and younger routinely pull off this delicious treat whilst making the big $$$ on your neighborhood street corner.  Anyway, Lili helped me make it.  Here's how you should too:

-4 Lemons

-1/2c Sugar

-4-5c Water

Cut 3 lemons in half and squeeze juice into pitcher (you SERIOUSLY do NOT need a juicer thingy...just use your strong thumbs). Using a slotted spoon or small strainer, remove seeds from juice in pitcher.  In a separate glass measuring cup, or bowl, microwave about a cup of water for about 1min and 30sec.  Add 1/2c sugar to the hot water and stir until the water is clear (this is often known as "simple syrup" in the cooking world).  Add your simple syrup to your strained lemon juice and pour about 4c of cold water into your pitcher.  Taste and add more sugar or lemon juice to taste.  Finally, slice thin slices of your last lemon and add to your pitcher because it's BEAUTIFUL to do this and because it will keep your lemonade tasting lemonade-y.

2. Swim in a pool with kids.  Inflatable pools count.

Seriously.  Our inflatable pool has WAY earned back its meager investment.  Nothing like cooling off with your kiddos, or your brothers' or sisters' kiddos, or your friends' kiddos or, I dunno, even yourself in your own backyard.  Throw some hotdogs on the grill while you swim and it just might be your favorite evening of the week.

Ahhhh.  So refreshing.  I love you summer.

Up next: Alisa goes surfing. And doesn't die. :)