Chilly 1st swim!

The air is hot but our pool water is COLD but clear and blue! Yeah!  This has been one of the best pool openings we have EVER had.  When the pool guys were here, they thought part of the filter had gone bad but after taking it apart- they got it working!  I was nervous but so far it is working fine!

The kids were dying to get in and I think we should call it the "Polar Plunge" because the water is just freezing!!!  My girls didn't mind a bit...they just kept swimming.  My son's "dip" was quick and short but he got in for a few minutes!

It was our first dip...first time spraying sun tan lotion and our first time eating dinner in the backyard! 

 I guess summer has started and it has just crept up so fast and here we are! We have some warm days coming this week so hopefully our water will warm up a bit.

I was at a friend's house last week and she made the best "ice tea".  She said that no one has ever commented on her ice tea but it was so good{or I was so thirsty}.  She takes three family size tea bags by Luzianna and a gallon of boiling water...steep it...then pour it over ice!  It is so good and I love the taste of it!  I don't sweeten it but you could if you needed too! I think I will be making a few "gallons" this summer!

Spring mornings...

6:30a.m. this morning, I was out and planting flowers around my mailbox!  I love warm, Spring summer mornings. The dew is still on the ground and all is quiet but my neighbors pulling out to go to work.  I can get so much done during this time.  My kids are sleeping and my neighbors are all gone...there is no one left on the street after 7:00a.m..

Slowly, we are getting things planted and weeds pulled.  By the time, we get around the entire house, the place where we began will need attention again! Mr. Sandy Toes has been in West Palm Beach the whole week so when he comes home, I hope he will be able to tell a difference! The moment we pull a section, I spray weed killer but I just don't think it works so well! It seems that the weed finds a spot that was not sprayed and it pushes it's way thru the dirt!

Today, is a BIG day because our pool opens!  It's always a little bittersweet to me because I love the pool but the initial work can be daunting!  But, after it's all fixed up and the water begins to warm up...I love it just as much as the kids!  The day it opens...I am just hoping that nothing "BIG" happens like the pump broke over the winter or a slit occurred in the liner. I love that moment when the workers give

me the "thumbs up" that all is good and ready to go! Having "no" green water is always a bonus too!When the dark, winter cover and tubes come off, it's like the whole back yard just brightens and screams out "SUMMER!"

Hopefully, it will go from this...

to this...

Kefir or moonshine?

I have a dear friend who is always encouraging me with her healthy and "whole" eating.  She is always whipping up some yummy thing with some flour I have never heard of or some grain that sounds like a "different" language. 

About a month ago, I thought she was drinking some crystal light but instead she had just started making "kefir" water.  Kefir water is similar to Kefir milk but the bacteria doesn't grow on milk but water and sugar.  The kefir water is an amazing probiotic beverage made from kefir grains. 

{Kefir grains}

I tried making Kefir water this past week.  I think I asked a million questions because I was so scared I would "mix" up something wrong.  If you don't follow directions carefully or add fruit at certain points of the process, you could end up with a "Budweiser" than "kefir water".    I didn't want to be pulled over for waving over the line with my kefir water when I really brewed up some type of "adult" drink.  

I am still a little apprehensive with feeding to my kids even though it's perfectly safe.  I am just scared that I may have done something wrong--sometimes I can screw up on a pot of boiled noodles...let alone making a mistake and brewing up "moonshine".....ahhh! It is easy and pretty quick to make and provides probiotics for healthy living. Here is a great post from a blogger on Kefir water...she explains it great! Another great website about water kefir...go here!

 

{Kefir water after the process} 

So after the process is all done, I mix the Kefir water with fruit juice and water.  I am trying to see what is the least amount of juice I need to drink it with and enjoy it!  It really is good b/c it has a "nice" fizz to it!  It's rather tasty!