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Lago Vista Life
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HOW TO
Make the new
school year
EXCITING!
BIGFOOT
Beat

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Contents
Lago Spotlight The Lago Vista Library....................................................... 3
The Bigfoot Beat & Other Lago Creatures .............................................. 5
How To: Make the New School Year Exciting!......................................... 7
Exercise of the Month Move Your Body! ................................................. 9
Recipe of the Month Lemonade Iced Tea .............................................. 11
Top 10 Ways to Beat the August Heat................................................... 13
Product Review....................................................................................... 14
Natural Remedies – Magic Elixir............................................................. 15
Spare Money: Turn Your Hobby into Money.......................................... 17
Make a Difference The Emergency Fund................................................ 19
Word Puzzle Lago Vista Life.................................................................... 21
Ask Erin................................................................................................... 23

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Lago Spotlight
The Lago Vista Library
The Lago Vista Library, and its website,
http://lagovista.lib.tx.us, far surpass any
small town library I have ever visited.
Where other libraries attempt to get
programs, activities, and clubs going, we
are fortunate to have our library be so
successful.
There are several and activities already
going:
 Summer reading program
 Story Time program for children
 “Let’s talk SCIENCE” for children
and adults
 North Shore Writer’s Group
The Lago library is also looking for
interested readers to start a Mystery
Book Club. (You can call 267-3868 to
register.)
When you go to their website, you will
find a vast amount of information that is
available to you.
 Ebooks for Texans
 Monthly newsletter
 TexShare (which has
Learning Express
Library and Job &
Career Accelerator)
 Mango Languages
 TexShare Databases
 ResumeMaker
 Resume Builder
And all of that stated above
isn’t even mentioning the
regular “pages” that cover
everything and just about
anything needed for:
 Kids & Teens
 Espanol
 How To
 eReference
 Workforce Resources
Website
 And more…
Hat’s off to the Lago Vista
Library. They offer great
resources and it’s all for free!

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The Bigfoot Beat
& Other Lago Creatures
big·foot /ˈ ig foot/ From Google.com
Noun: A large apelike creature resembling a yeti,
supposedly found in northwestern America.
Synonyms: snowman - yeti
While Google’s definition of
“Bigfoot” limits its ha itat to
northwestern America, sightings
have happened all over the nation.
The great state of Texas has had a
whopping 197 sightings of Bigfoot,
with the last reported sighting
being in May of this year.
Montgomery County, about 200
miles east of Lago Vista, has had
the highest amount of sightings in
the state coming in at 12 reported
Bigfoot sightings. Most of those
were around Sam Houston
National Park and the encounters
even gain coverage in their local
newspapers.
Travis County, on the other hand,
has one reported sighting back in
September of 1980. The report
says, “Two men see unknown,
bipedal animal run across road
near Pedernales River.”
While you may be thinking that the
Pedernales River is far enough away
that we don’t have anything to
worry about, think again.
Many sightings go unreported, and
it is known that just about all
Bigfoot sightings happen in
unpopulated areas, where deer
live, there are an abundance of
trees, and there is a water source.
Um. That sounds like Lago Vista.
The next time you are driving down
one our arren roads, don’t e so
quick to write off something that
you see from the corner of your
eye.
A source, who wishes to remain
anonymous, has reason to believe
they spotted a Bigfoot in the woods
ehind the post office…
What have you seen – Bigfoot or
otherwise?

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How To:
Make the New School Year
Exciting!
It’s that time of year again when your kids or grandkids are getting ready to
plunge back into school again. While you know that everything will proceed
nicely for them, you also know that the looming first day back at school can
cause anxiety in the kids you love.
There are some easy steps you can take that will not only alleviate their fears
and apprehensions; but can also bring some excitement to this time of year.
One of the biggest things that will encourage excitement in your kids is to help
them realize their old friends will still be their friends in the coming school
year. Throw a back-to-school bash and get all the kids together before the
first day! Try to focus the party activities around school related fun. You can:
 Decorate brown paper bags for book covers.
 Get school calendars marked and ready.
 Have a smorgasbord of different, healthy foods to pack for lunches.
 Design a few bookmarks.
 Have a fashion show with every ody’s new school clothes.
 See who can find an educational fact the quickest – by whatever
means available.
While you are alone with your child or grandchild, ask them if there is
anything they wished they would have done this summer, and if they have
unfilled summer dreams, see what you can do to make them a reality.
Chances are they will be fulfilled with spending time with you, enjoying
some ice cream, and then heading to the lake.
Above all, if you remain positive and excited for the upcoming school year,
chances are the kids you love will feel the same way as well.
"I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught."
~Winston Churchill

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Make it FUN!
Are you concerned you
won’t get enough
activity? Set up a
challenge with your
spouse, child, or friend
to see who exercises
the most!
The winner gets to
choose a chore for the
less fortunate (ahem…
the loser) to do, like
cutting the grass for a
month!
Have fun with this and
it just might take the
place of outdoor
walking in a few
months when the cold
wind is whipping
through your bones.
Exercise of the
Month
Move Your Body!
We’ve all heard it efore – walk to get
healthy. And that is definitely not new
news for Lago Visa-ians! We are always
out walking these hills! As the months
get hotter though, we are out there
walking earlier and earlier.
The hottest day of the year is August 5th
,
and the high temperature averages 97
degrees that day. That is simply too hot
to be outside! And, as we all know, it
doesn’t cool down much at night, so the
morning temps are pretty nasty as well.
Which brings us to the exercise of the
month…
Move your body inside your home! Pick
every opportunity to move! Do side-steps
while doing dishes, march during
commercials, walk your hallway for 5
minutes, DANCE, walk on your tippy-toes,
do leg lifts and pushups while watching
TV, etc.!
The point is to simply find ways to stay
physically active, in your home,
throughout the day. You will get more
exercise than you realize if you set a timer
to go off every 60 minutes. When it goes
off, set it for another 5-10 minutes and …
MOVE YOUR BODY!

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Recipe of the Month
Lemonade Iced Tea
Received5outof5starsonmyrecipes.com!
AnOUTSTANDIGrating!Originallyfrom“SouthernLiving2009)
Do you enjoy on ol’ Arnold
Palmer? If so, you will really
dig this refreshing summer
beverage. Turn it into a
cocktail when you add some
bourbon or spiced dark rum!
Ingredients Makes 9 cups.
3 cups water
2 family-size tea bags
1 (1-oz.) package fresh mint leaves (about 1 cup
loosely packed)
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups cold water
1 (6-oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
Garnish: fresh citrus slices
Preparation
1. Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan.
Remove from heat, add tea bags, and stir in fresh
mint. Cover and steep 10 minutes.
2. Remove and discard tea bags and mint. Stir in sugar
until dissolved.
3. Pour tea into a 3-qt. container, and stir in 4 cups
cold water and lemonade concentrate. Serve over ice.
Garnish, if desired.
Bourbon-Lemonade Iced Tea: Prepare recipe as
directed, and stir in 1 cup bourbon. Makes 9 cups.
Spiced Dark Rum-Lemonade Iced Tea: Prepare recipe
as directed, and stir in 1 cup spiced dark rum.

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Top 10
Ways to Beat the August Heat
1. Go to the Lago Vista Library!
Thursday: 6 - 7:45 p.m. NORTH
SHORE WRITERS GROUP
Thursday: 10 - 11:30 a.m. BOOK CLUB
(every 3rd Thursday)
Friday: 2 - 4 p.m. ART and CRAFT
Group (2nd and 4th Friday)
Saturday: 1 - 2 SCIENCE with David
(every 3rd Saturday)
2. Go to the gym to workout, go
swimming, or set up an obstacle
course in your house!
3. Take up an indoor hobby – hand
quilting, make a rug, model cars…
4. Check out the two consignment
stores in Lago! One is in Sun’s
Hardware and the other one is right
across Lohman Ford.
5. Summer Cleaning. Don’t do it in the
fall – the weather is too beautiful!
6. Start a lifetime goal. There is no time
like the present!
7. Get outdoor work done early in the
morning and watch movies in your
living room in the heat of the day.
8. Get some coloring books and crayons
– It’s therapeutic!
9. Have an indoor picnic by yourself or
with your friends.
10. Throw a summer
dessert party and
assign your friends to
bring a yummy treat to
make at your house
(like gelato,
smoothies, sundaes,
and Italian ice) and
have a tasting party!
August is so
hot; you
can fry an
egg on an
ice cube!

14. Product Review
ATTENTION ADVERTISERS!
I am looking for products to be reviewed. If you are
interested, please email me at:
erinjchavez@gmail.com for the mailing address to
send your product.
I will do a pro’s and con’s list for the product, along
with a bit of information about why I liked the
product.
If the product does not work, or isn’t up to par, I will
not publish that information anywhere.
This can be a service, physical, or digital product.
Thank you,
Erin Chavez
Lago Vista Life

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Natural Remedies–
Magic Elixir
If you Google “honey, apple cider vinegar, garlic, and cayenne
pepper”, you will find a ton of information on this wonderful
concoction that I call my “Magic Elixir”. Since I started taking one
tablespoon, two times a day, I no longer feel my pulse in my head,
my cholesterol has dropped, and illnesses/colds are in my rearview
mirror.
While I cannot suggest that everybody take this elixir, I can tell you
that I hope you would consider it and let your doctors know you are
taking it. It works so well in our bodies that if you are on prescription
medication, you should be monitored so you can reduce your dosage
of the RX.
Here is the lowdown:
8 oz. apple cider vinegar (with “The Mother” in it)
8 cloves garlic (peeled)
8 ounces raw honey
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
(this adds to the quickness of the elixir working!)
Put it all in a blender, and make sure the garlic gets all ground up –
you don’t want to e surprised with a garlic chunk! (Yuck!)
Put the elixir in a glass jar and allow it to sit in your fridge for 5 days
before consuming. Give it a shake every now and then to help it
along in its maturation.
Feel free to make larger batches – just use the same ratio!

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Spare Money:
Turn Your Hobby into Money
What could be better than doing something that you love to do AND getting
paid for it? Ideally, this is how we all would go through life. Honestly, what
other way would you prefer?
Some people think that they simply have a ho y and that’s it – it could not
possi ly go any further. However, if you are good at it (you’ll know ecause
people will comment on what you’ve done), there is no reason why you
shouldn’t or couldn’t be reaping monetary benefits from your skills.
What ho ies do you have? Don’t limit your thinking to what people
typically see as a “ho y”. A ho y is something you do for fun in your
spare time. Write that down:
___________________________________________________________
If you were to pay somebody to do or make whatever your hobby is, how
much would you expect to pay? Write that down:
___________________________________________________________
What kind of people are looking for the end result of your hobby? For
example, if you create stained glass pieces, who would typically be in the
market for stained glass? Think about who wants what you know how to do,
and write that down:
___________________________________________________________
There you have it – you have your product (or service), your price point, and
the type of people you will approach. Simplistic? Yes. But no matter, you
now have a starting point. Get out there and make some spare money!
Find more detailed books (for only $2.99!) on this subject at
ErinHugar.com & click on “ ooks”.

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Make a Difference
The Emergency Fund
YOU can help change a survivor’s life y giving
them the ability to “make it” on their own after
leaving their abusive relationship.
About
The Emergency Fund For Survivors Of Domestic Abuse will support
payments to counselors specializing in post-abuse therapy and the
cost of living expenses for up to 6 months after leaving a Domestic
Violence situation.
Company Overview
Founded by DV survivor Kellie Jo Holly, who turned her experiences
in an abusive marriage into a blog, "Verbal Abuse Journals." The blogs
were later published in Kellie's book, "My Abusive Marriage...And
What I'm Doing In It."
Along with Kellie, all board members are survivors of domestic
violence and verbally abusive relationships and know how difficult
and frightening it can be to exist without financial help-- even if that
help comes in the form of an abusive partner.
The Emergency Fund For Survivors Of Domestic Abuse (The
Emergency Fund) will support payments to counselors specializing in
post-abuse therapy so that the victim has a better chance of not
staying in the victim mindset and can survive... and then thrive.
The Emergency Fund will also assist in living expenses for up to 6
months after leaving an abusive situation.
To support this cause, search for “The Emergency Fund” on face ook,
or directly email the founder, Kellie Jo Holly, at
verbalabusejournals@gmail.com.

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Word PuzzleLago Vista Life
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Ask Erin
Dear Erin,
I have a problem I have a husband and three teenagers. Excuse, me two
teenagers and one young adult. A stupid dog that climbs the fence. One of
my real problems is, that I have so much to do and there are so many things
in my head and sometimes they come out in different ways, It's like I'm 43
years old and I haven't done the things that I really want to do. I don't want
to be like everyone else, boring! It might seem a little crazy but it is the
truth. CRAZY, YES But then I can say this is one more thing that I have done
in my life that I really wanted to do.
~Patrice J.
Dear Patrice,
It reads as if you are at a pivotal point in your life. One of new beginnings.
One of a new way of life. A kind of "screw it - I'm here and I'm gonna live!"
You are feeling like the typical responsibilities of being a Mom are drawing
to a close and it's time to focus on YOU for a change. Possibly a tad bit
irritated by how much you still need to "mother" your husband too?
You said, "I haven't done things that I really want to do..." This is imperative
in the way you are feeling. When you look back, I am sure that you will see
that you have, in fact, done what you wanted to do. You just have been
doing the things you wanted to do based on motherhood, and different
phases in your life.
You are now about to totally enter a different time in your life when you can
invite the real Patrice back out to play. Don't allow yourself to say that you
haven't done things that you've wanted to do. Instead, acknowledge that
you haven't done ALL of the things that you want to do; but now, the time is
upon you to cut loose and be the true woman/spirit you are destined to be!
Ask Erin is a segment where you can write in and Erin will pinpoint specific
words that you are saying to yourself that are holding you back from
reaching a goal, or being the person you want to be. Email
erinjchavez@gmail.com with “Ask Erin” in the subject line.

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