The Active Family

I am in the process of planning our next Disney vacation! I have a few tips to save money, and have a wonderful time. We haven’t been since 2007, so we are really looking forward to this vacation!
We are planning on going for 10 days in August 2010. People look at me like I’m crazy [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

I had the oddest idea this morning. I decided out of the blue that I REALLY want to see the Inauguration of Barack Obama in person. I also decided that I wanted my children to be a part of that historical day as well.
I know we could all watch it on tv, but I am [...]

[Read more →]

Okay, metal detectors I’m fine with.
Xray machines and agents pawing through all my luggage, not thrilled, but I deal.
Walking through nasty germy floors with stocking feet….Eww.
Being pulled aside “randomly” for a pat down? Only if you buy me dinner first.
Now the latest invasion…er…I mean security faction is a FULL BODY SCAN.
I wouldn’t have ANY problem [...]

[Read more →]

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. [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]