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Maine Trip Diary: Acadia National Park

August 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Vacation Planning · Maine · Reviews · Life In General · travel · Family

Maine Trip Diary: Day 2…Let’s hit the lake!

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Camping · Maine · Life In General · travel · Family

Our Maine Trip: Back to the Diary!

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Maine · Vacation Planning · Life In General · travel

Summer Recipe Du Jour

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Maine · How To: · Recipes

Maine Trip Diary-On the Road!

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Maine · Vacation Planning · Life In General · travel · Family

Maine Trip Diary

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Maine · Vacation Planning · travel

Woot! Our Family Vacation is HERE!

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Maine · Vacation Planning · Blogging · travel · Family

Preparing For Maine, part III

July 5th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Maine · Camping · Vacation Planning · Blogging · travel · Life In General · Family

Yard Sales make me happy.

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Maine · Blogging · Life In General · Family

Our Family Trip: Ellsworth Maine Part II

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Today was, and is, my meal planning day. I don’t really plan each day out down the line, but rather, I figure out a general plan for the week and gather the ingredients that I’ll need.
On vacations like these where I don’t have access to my own kitchen, I like to try to overlap as […]

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Tags: Maine · Camping · Vacation Planning · travel · Vegetarian/Vegan · Family