Summer cocktails

Lemon & Raspberry Vodka

Let sit in a cool place for about 2 weeks.

Then serve over ice with a splash of soda.

Store in the freezer.

Cool and refreshing!

Play dough and a new friend

We mixed up several batches of Koolaid play dough

yesterday. Fruit punch, orange, lime and grape.

Super easy and they smell good too!

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While looking for my cookie cutters,

we found a little friend stuck in one of

my tupperware - not sure how he got in there?

We only plan to keep him for a day or so,

then we will set him free.

(Tiny, lost Gecko)

Koolaid Play dough

1 cup flour
1/4 cup salt
2 Tbl. vegetable oil
1 small pkg. koolaid
1 Tbl. cream of tarter
1/2 cup hot water
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Mix flour, salt, oil, and cream of tartar in a
mixing bowl. Next add the kool-aid and mix together.
Add hot water and stir with a spoon until dough forms.
Kneed dough with hands. If dough is too sticky
add a little more flour to make it smooth.
Then....have fun!

A sweet thank you

It's official - our solar panels are up

and producing power to run our home - yahoo!

I made a few batches of cookies and some brownies

for D to take into the office today. Just a

small thank you to the guys for all

their hard work. They had to go up in the

incredibly HOT attic (a few times..)

before the job was done - yikes!

I cannot wait for that first small electric

bill - I will enjoy writing out that check.

Since it's sooo hot, and we have to run the

a/c all the time to stay cool, we may not

see a small bill for awhile - but it will

definitely be less and this is good!

Record breaking

heat

again today...

We will try to stay cool.

Happy Hour

Typically I do not care for Rose

wine - but this was affordable and

looked very refreshing.

116 today - ugh!

Time to cool off with a glass of wine

and an evening swim.

Dinner last night

Delicious Turkey Burgers

1 1/2 lb. ground turkey

1/2 C. grated Gruyere

4 sliced scallions

1/4 C. breadcrumbs

1/4 C. Dijon mustard

1 clove garlic, minced

Salt & pepper

4-5 buns

Gently mix all of the ingred. together.

Form mixture into 4-5 patties and grill.

Very good!

Getting silly

Self portraits found on Chloe's camera.

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I think they were a little bored this

day - but it looks like they kept

themselves amused.

Slide Rock

We took a weekend trip up north to Flagstaff.

Stopped at Slide Rock on the way up.

We enjoyed a picnic and the cool creek.

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We got a few bruises on our booties, but
overall it was fun.