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7.13.2020

Creamy Summer Cucumbers

Ingredients
1-1/2 cups mayonnaise or Miracle Whip
1 cup white vinegar
3/4 cup sugar
2-3 cucumbers, peeled and sliced
1 small onion, sliced thin, white or red

Instructions
Whisk together mayonnaise, vinegar, and sugar. Pour over the cucumbers and onions, making sure to coat the vegetable well. Refrigerate overnight for best taste.

7.16.2014

Summer Sand Pudding

1 pkg vanilla wafers
3 or 4 Oreo cookies

8 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
2/3 cup powdered sugar
2 small packages French vanilla pudding mix
2 3/4 cups milk
12 oz Cool Whip

Crush Oreo cookies and vanilla wafers in a food processor until it is the consistency of sand. In a separate bowl, cream together softened 8 oz cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar. In another bowl, mix pudding with milk. Add to cream cheese mixture. Fold in cool whip. In small buckets, layer the the pudding and sand finishing with a layer of sand. Serve with a bucket shovel.

6.20.2014

Quite Possibly the Best Letter From Camp, Ever

via liesl

Liesl Testwuide

6.17.2014

Tuesday Tips & Tricks

Use a barrette to hold your little girls' too loose swim suit straps.

9.10.2013

Tuesday Tips & Tricks

Honeycomb Keeps You Cool

During the dog days of summer, when you have to do something physically taxing in a location that is not air-conditioned, chew a chunk of honeycomb (available at health-food stores). You can chew it like chewing gum. (It's also OK if you swallow some.) The honeycomb actually causes a drop in body temperature, keeping you from feeling the heat.

Caution: If you have asthma or a known or suspected sensitivity to bee products, do not chew honeycomb.

8.13.2013

Tuesday Tips & Tricks

Ceiling fans can really help ease your air conditioner's work load and save you a few bucks on cooling costs! For maximum effectiveness, choose a fan that's sized right for your room. Blade spans of less than 36 inches are for spaces smaller than 75 square feet, such as baths and breakfast nooks. Spans of 36 to 42 inches work in rooms up to 225 square feet, like a dining room. Larger living rooms and bedrooms can handle 50- to 54-inch blades.

6.21.2012

Summer Equinox

8.22.2011

Sigh

Bye-bye, lazy days of summer...

Hello, school days!!

6.07.2011

Playground Pointers

Summertime is playground time,
so make sure your next visit to the local
park is a safe one by following these tips:

Forget relaxing with a good book. Lack of supervision accounts for 40 percent of playground injuries, so keep a close eye on your child at all times to make sure he or she is using the equipment properly.

Check for unsafe equipment. Are the swings or slides damaged? Are the nets or ropes frayed? Does everything seem to be secured properly?

Keep your children in age-appropriate areas. Don’t let young children play on the older children’s equipment; there’s a good chance they will be knocked down or otherwise injured.

Dress your child for the occasion. Avoid jewelry, hoodies, and other loose clothing. Have your child wear a brightly colored shirt so you can easily pick him or her out of the crowd.

5.31.2011

Mosquitoes

The best way to get rid of mosquitoes is

Listerine, the original medicinal type,
or the Dollar Store type works, too.

Testimonials:

I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with Listerine, and the little demons disappeared.

I filled a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my seat whenever I saw mosquitoes, and voila, it worked!

It worked at a picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the children's swing area, and the standing water nearby.

I tried this on my deck and around all of my doors. It works - in fact, it killed them instantly.

I bought my bottle from Target and it cost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so it is not as expensive to use as the can of spray you buy that doesn't last 30 minutes. So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days.

Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray around the frame. Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house if you have one.

When the mosquitoes are out...
don't leave home without
the Listerine!!

6.12.2010

Summer Reading

Why not make sharing books

part of your family's summer fun?

Along with swimming, camping, sports, barbecuing, and parades, don't forget to include daily reading. Children of all ages need to read or be read to every day during the summer months. When parents and children enjoy summer reading and book discussions together, children develop a love of books and reading that lasts a lifetime.
And don't forget to set the example of reading yourself...

Some helpful links to to making summer reading more meaningful:

For Parents of Babies, Toddlers, and Young Children

For Parents of Kindergarten and First Grade Readers and Writers

Tackling School Reading Lists

Summer Literacy Sources

Reading by the numbers...

25
The percentage of Americans who did not read any books last year.

1440
The year John Gutenberg invented the printing press.

20,000,000
The number of Americans who are illiterate.

3,100,000,000
The number of books sold last year.

6.08.2010

Summer Festivals

The other day, our local newspaper listed all the different
Festivals happening in our county this summer:

Pony Express Days • Art City Days • Highland Games and Scottish Festival • Saratoga Splash • Orem Summerfest • Strawberry Days • Lehi Round-up • Family Festival • America's Freedom Festival • Colonial Days • Steel Days • Lavendar Harvest • Fiesta Days • Llama Fest • Orchard Days • Lindon Days • Highland Fling • Alpine Days • Timpanogos Storytelling Festival • Golden Onion Days

Something tells me our local activities won't be
anything like these unusual festivals...

Ostrich Festival
Chandler, Arizona