A few dry days

A few dry days

Well, 2 or 3 major storm systems converged on New England earlier this week so we've seen more than our fair share of heavy wind & rains lately. One of these storms was the tail end of Wilma, working her way up the coast. It's actually been a very wet ...

blogger's block

blogger's block

I have to admit I haven't been too inspired to blog lately. We had a wonderful visit with Mom & Dad and I think mom may blog about it. I will soon, don't worry. I'm bummed about not having our digital camera. We're using my parents old 35 mm. I ...

The first week of Fall

The first week of Fall

It's been a great first week of fall here. In some respects it's been a hard as we're making the transition to Damien's new job. The hardest part of this has been all the visa paperwork that has to come together in a complete and timely manner. Immigration processes are ...

Salsa & Starbucks & a long update

Salsa & Starbucks & a long update

So, life has been going well here. We're slowly getting into a fall schedule. The weather has been more fall like this past week so I think our beach days are finally over. This past week's projects have been pickling and canning produce and transplanting in my flower garden. After ...

The start of school... the end of summer??

The start of school... the end of summer??

Today the kids & I joined our local homeschool group for the annual "school year" kick off at Range (pronounced Rang) Pond. Range Pond is a local State Park. This particular pond (lots of decent sized lakes in Maine are called ponds) is a small lake with a private campground, ...

Back to life... back to reality

Back to life... back to reality

It's been a fun two weeks of vacation. The first week we went to the Laurentians, 1 hour north of Montreal, and met my whole family there - my parents & my brother, his wife and 2 gorgeous baby boys. We had a WONDERFUL time. I won't go into all ...

Celebrating our 9th on the 10th

Celebrating our 9th on the 10th

Yesterday was our 9 year anniversary. To celebrate we took the kids (yes, we chose to spend our anniversary with our kids! When we go interesting places we like having the kids with us because we know they enjoy it. Our friend offered to babysit them overnight, she was camping ...