Freezer's Filling Up! & First Camping of the Season

The "Copycat Starbucks Passion Tea Lemonade" would be wonderful but for one thing - we picked up "Lite" Lemonade (diet=blecchh! and aspartame=NASTY!) at the store.I will definitely make it on a regular basis, but use the good stuff instead!

Saturday, 6/7/14 - Tuesday, 6/10/14: Camping with Dad & Erica at Deer Creek State Park. One of the best campgrounds! Many of the sites are "secluded", with vegetation growing up between them. There are several that are also built into openings in the woods, and most of the sites have wonderful shade. The showerhouse we used (#2) was just ok - no bench in the shower stall - it was outside the stall. Also, #2 is not handi-accessible, but it appeared that another one might have been. Beautiful weather Saturday, rained off-and-on Sunday afternoon (Erica said it was fine in the a.m., while we were at church), Monday was cool with a couple of sprinkles, and it rained all of Tuesday morning while we were packing up. Took a drive to the beach on Sunday afternoon, but it was too cold and windy to swim. Took a walk on a "Lake Access Path" on Monday - beautiful views.

Wednesday, 6/11/14: Raining most of the day. 

* Backed up 2 years' worth of photos to DVD and removed them from laptop to external drive.

* Hung a load of clothes out to dry for about 1-1/2 hours until the rain started again. Finished them in the dryer.

* Made Passion Tea the Sun Tea way.

* Had 2 mangoes in the fridge that needed to be used, but I forgot why I bought them, so I cut them up and froze them. 2 mangoes will fit on the broiler pan top

* Had bananas left over from camping, so I cut them up and froze them. 5 bananas will fit on the broiler pan.

* Family has not been eating apples lately, so I cut up 4-3/4 Honeycrisps (had used 1/4 in a smoothie this a.m.) and 2 Granny Smiths. The gingerbread man tray holds 3/4 Honeycrisp and 2 Granny Smiths. Then I realized that used pizza boxes would make great flash-freezing trays. Each box will hold 2 Honeycrisps (2 boxes).

* Froze the grapes (red & green) leftover from camping. Neither bag had been opened, about 2 lbs. each. Filled snack baggies (2-1/2 handfuls each), then placed 6-7 baggies inside a gallon baggie to freeze flat.

* Scooped the leftover ice out of the cooler (there was still quite a bit, since it wasn't hot) and into baggies to put in the freezer. I had used 3 of the jugs I had frozen earlier, and the ice from these was still intact (though the plastic wasn't). Put these blocks in baggies as well.