Crystal Light Review 2: Favorite Ways to Unwind

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What are your favorite ways to unwind in the summertime?

When you move into a newly constructed part of the neighborhood, it's unlikely that you or any of your neighbors are going to have a decent yard. For the first year, your yard is a prime spot for mud-wrestling and dirt pies. That's about it. So, when you start out the summer like this, and you haven't even finished your patio yet, you come up with new ways to unwind in the summer heat.

Sangria night in the driveways! Did you know that if you google "sangria AND crystal light" you get about 7,104 search results that all sound equally delicious and refreshing? I'm going to start trying them one after another, after another, after another. . .

Here's one to start you off, from George Stella of Food Network.

There is nothing better than surrounding yourself with good friends and neighbors in a ring of lawn chairs. Kids entertain themselves when outside and adults can relax and catch-up.

My other favorite way to unwind when I'm lucky enough to be ocean side? Take one low beach chair, one good book, a cool breeze coming off the water, and the perfect location sea-side where the foamy waves lap at your toes. Ahh, imagine that. . .

Here, you don't have to. . .

Now, picture a cool water bottle stuck in the sand as your bottle-holder, a packet of Crystal Light's Raspberry Green Tea, and that's a little slice of heaven right there.

I also spend much of my summer completely consumed with a good book (or 12). I try to keep summer reading light and fun. Next on my list: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, followed by The Host. Who says English teachers have to read great works of art all the time?

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