The Active Family

Seven short weeks. That is all that is standing between me and summertime. The heat, the sweat, the pools, the beach.
Oh yeah…forgot to mention the kids. The summer starts for them soon too. Darn it.
My parents will be going to Maine again this year, for 3 weeks. Somehow they thought going the week the kids [...]

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My dad and Cousin Billy were chomping at the bit to go fishing, and they view fishing as an aaaallllll day event, so mom, DH and I decided to take the kids to Acadia National park for the day.
I have some serious memories at that park. Most of the memories of my childhood trips center [...]

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Our second day (first full day) began with me waking before anyone else. Anyone who knows me can tell you that is a miracle in itself, as I am soooo not a morning person.
I french pressed myself a mug of yummy Kopalani coffee (sniff…all gone now!) and quietly made my way down to the shore [...]

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Since I am now completely recovered from my illness, I can get back to business.
When I left off, I was describing our cabins. Lakeside Cedar cabins are located right on Graham Lake in Ellsworth, ME. There are 9 cabins, two of which were occupied by my family and my parents. Each cabin has 2 small [...]

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Today I am sending along a recipe I used in Maine. We had a big lobstah dinnah of course!
In my humble opinion, the best way to eat lobster is boiled. I’m soooo not into the fancy dinner presentation, with the lobster neatly halved and served on a bed of lettuce. No sir, we Yanks love [...]

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The beginning of the trip was smooth and uneventful. We had everything packed up the night before, and only needed to rearrange a few things between the truck and my SUV before we got on the road. We stopped for a fill up at the station down the street ($4.05…what a bargain!) and hit the [...]

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Okay, so the title is a tad off. We haven’t even left our house yet, but since MY vacation officially started at 12:32 am this morning (when I punched out at work) I’m jotting it all down.
This morning started rough, not going to lie. My husband suffered a diabetic low blood sugar and slept through [...]

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The anticipation has been killing me. I haven’t been this excited for a vacation since our Disney trip last August.
Er.
Actually, that WAS our last vacation!
This week has flown by, with me cleaning the house like a mad lady, doing mountains of laundry, and packing bag after bag. I think we did well though, as I [...]

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WooHooo!! Now that the 4th is over our Maine trip is closer than ever. I’ve started washing all the linens we are bringing, and tossing random items we’ll need into a box.
That’s actually one of my favorite vacation packing tips. Set aside a designated box for vacation items. As you are going through the house [...]

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There is nothing more that I love to do than take a Saturday morning by myself, grab a cup of tea from Starbucks, and hit the local yard sales. I haven’t had many opportunities this spring, but when I did go, I got some crazy deals.
For instance, I last went to a multi-street yard sale, [...]

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