Summertime

There's nothing quite like Summer, but in Illinois, it's a little more special. In just twenty-one seconds, does this video capture it best?

The favorite summertime treat while sitting around the camp fire are S'mores, but sometimes it's too hot for a fire or even too rainy. Well you can make these S'mores anytime of the year!

My favorite thing about summer is just sitting in the sun, whether at the pool or at home on the patio, and reading. I got a chance to do that over the weekend. Loving John Grisham's "Testament" right now. Of course maybe I'm biased as he is one of my favorite authors. (By the way his books are way better than the movies.) If you're finding yourself in need of something  good to read, ch

This weekend was the perfect weekend. Not too hot not too cold, but just right! Perfect summertime days means it's Sun Tea time! So break out that Sun Tea Jar (or if your like me a gallon pickle jar) and get to brewing. All it takes is 4 to 6 Family sized Tea bags a gallon jar filled with cold water and set it in the sun for 3 to 5 hours...

Summertime. I well remember days as a kid drinking cherry Kool-Aid on the porch with my sister's after playing in yard all day. One of my favorite treats was when our Mom would make Kool-Aid Popsicles from those old Tupperware molds. Remember those? Yesterday, I posted 23 Flavors for adult popsicles so in fairness to our kids I found a couple of cool Kool-Aid treats to make for the kiddos at Food.