Summer~ Swimming~ Saving~

Still partying it up at all of our beautiful lakes and the Truckee River here. We floated the river the other day, the weather was almost 90 degrees and it took us almost 4 hours over a 3 mile stretch. (Yes, the water was moving V-e-R-y slow). At the end, we had neglected to organize cars and our return drive home, and a complete stranger offered us his truck on the river bank to drive all the floaties up the hill to our home. We took him up on it and left his car parked in front of his house. I will be baking this week as a thank-you to him. Talk about trust in a small mountain town. GOTTA LOVE IT!
We are spending lots of time at the pool also, now that Addy is a swimmer, that is pretty much all she wants to do. We did spend a day at Fallen Leaf Lake (Janelle's favorite place in Tahoe) and the boys all caught crawdads (crayfish) and spent hours in chilly alpine lake water. I am so ready to go back to our spot there.
Our (or my LOL) goal this summer is to have our family be a bit more "green" . So far, I have hung over half of my laundry to dry, upped the recycling efforts and have only bought one case of disposable water bottles in 2 months. I make our own "detergent free" laundry soap and am starting to cut back on the chemical cleaners around our home. Who knew that vinegar could do so many things. I am really trying to lower our carbon footprint one step at a time. I am also planning meals better and cooking extra and doubling some of it so we have freezer meals for those nights we just don't feel like cooking. I have also started major couponing and will share about that next week. Talk about a high when you save over 50% on your grocery bill on stuff that you use regularly. (I'll stop at that our this post will become a novel and get boring).
Happy summer , we love you all.
Love the Burrow Family.