Saturday, July 24, 2010




My husband and Son attended Star Wars in concert this week. Not me, not my thing, but I did enjoy the energy from their excitement. Before the show there is a small display of original movie props and characters to pose with. All night while I sat home my husband kept texting me these random pictures of my son at the concert.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Deluxe Accommodations


This past spring we took the plunge and got some baby chicks. While they grew under their heat lamps, my husband and son set of on a "father/son" project building the coup. Well its nearly finished and the chickens are all moved in and my son who somehow thinks he is the "chicken whisperer" says "They LOVE it!". It is beautiful, my sister jokes and calls it the chicken mansion. It looks more like a little potting shed or cottage, but its just perfect. Its still minus a few details, we are scouring flea markets this summer looking for the perfect vintage light to hang above the door, and the fence is still not up, (although when left out on their own the chickens don't roam far from the safety of the coup). Anyhow we are loving raising our chickens and expect them to be mature enough by the end of summer to start giving us eggs!! Looking forward to future breakfasts in our little home.

Monday, July 5, 2010




I'm here, just been busy! So much to do and so much going on this summer. I suppose being busy is a blessing. We unfortunately will not be traveling far this summer related to appointments and commitments that have to keep us close to home. That being said, it has been great finding adventure in our own back yard. This weekend, totally unplanned, my husband and I both ended up with the same day off. We vowed not to spend our day surrendering to home improvements or running around doing errands getting nowhere fast. It was to be just a day for our small little family of three. We debated all week what to do. We are in the midst of a heat wave so whatever it was would have to be cool. The obvious choice was the beach, but this morning we woke up and decided that's where everyone would be! We tossed around a few ideas not finding any that stick, then my husband through out "how about lobstering". I thought he was crazy dreaming and my response was a sarcastic "yes, lets get on our imaginary boat and go Lobstering". Trust me he said and he was off to the computer with phone in hand. A few calls later and he was hollering "pack up and get ready we're going lobstering". So a day trip it was, we piled into "big red" (that's my husbands truck) and off we went to beautiful Boothbay Harbor Maine. We boarded the lobster boat "the sea swallow" and went out as they pulled in their catch, participating and learning a little about the lobster business.