The Active Family

I’ve been writing an awful lot about vacations this summer, at a time when a lot of people are trying to make their next mortgage bill. Trust me, we aren’t well off by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, our finances are pretty tight right now.
Although, to be honest, they are tight on purpose. […]

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In a prior post, I wrote about our dilemma deciding where to go for a adults only getaway. We already have a short 4 day trip planned to Disney to attend the Food and Wine Festival at Epcot this year, but we wanted to do something special for our anniversary next year.
I think we’ve decided […]

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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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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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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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I am so excited! I just paid down the final balance of our cruise! My husband and I are joining my cyber buddies from Sunshine Rewards for a weekend Disney Cruise in October.
We are soooo looking forward to this trip. It will be our first trip alone since our honeymoon years ago. So people […]

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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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