Category: family

What Moms want

by Karen, posted in family

The headline this week in The Portland Phoenix is "What Women Want"...which of course echoes the famous Freudian question. This got me thinking...isn't the real question, which heretofore has failed to be asked, this: What do Moms want? Anyone? Anyone? Well, I'm here with the answer to this never-before-asked question. Mom's want (what my friend … Continue reading What Moms want

Homework

by Karen, posted in education, family, Someone's gotta say it, tweens

Well, after only the first month of school we've already had 4 homework assignments...for the parents. The first day of school brings the myriad of (redundant) forms that we have to fill out for each child every year, regardless of whether the information has changed even one iota from last year, regardless of whether it is … Continue reading Homework

Girls’ Night

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, books, family, friends, local fun, restaurants, tweens

On the (rare) days when the male members of the family are off at work, but the females have the day off, we have a Girls' Night. Today, Girls' Nights started early, at 7:24AM. The men were out for the day so the females were left to  our own pursuits. This is what my daughter … Continue reading Girls’ Night

These are a few of my fa-vor-ite B’s~revised

by Karen, posted in books, family, health

When you have to schedule a not-so-fun medical or dental procedure on your day off, it can be hard not to look at the day as a total loss. If I can schedule it for earlier in the day rather than later, that helps some; at least I don't spend the whole day with a … Continue reading These are a few of my fa-vor-ite B’s~revised

Heart Rocks

by Karen, posted in family, friends

I started collecting heart-shaped rocks a few years ago. I have them in all shapes and sizes; many I found at the beach myself, but some are gifts from friends who know of my collection. These gifts are actually the best ones that I have. This is my most recent addition: from my friend Susan. … Continue reading Heart Rocks

Quest for the best fried clams

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, family, local fun, restaurants, tweens

  Tom's Fried ClamsWe recently read an article in the York Independent newspaper rating local restaurants by how good their fried clams were. One of the restaurants mentioned was Tom's Fried Clams, located on Rt. 1 in York, Maine. We'd never been there, so off we went. We had a coupon to receive $4 off a clam … Continue reading Quest for the best fried clams

(Chicken) Food for Thought

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, family, raising chickens

  To all my gardener friends and friends of friends local to Wells:  Want to do a good deed for your feathered fowl friends? Give us your tired, wretched masses...of produce! Reasons to bring your inedible, unappetizing, or otherwise unappealing garden food items to my house: Drive by and drop off! You don't even have to get out of … Continue reading (Chicken) Food for Thought

It’s all good

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, family, health, italian, local fun, restaurants, tweens

I was annoyed the other night, thinking that even though I was lucky to have had an extra day off from work this week, it had been all used up with medical appointments. Deciding to make them, scheduling them, dealing with insurance company in advance to try to make sure they didn't weasel out of paying … Continue reading It’s all good

A child’s “firsts”

by Karen, posted in family, good grief

I had my first child when I was 29 years old. I started back to school and back to work when he was 8 weeks old. As a full-time student and working mother, I missed a lot of my child's "firsts". Certainly, I knew it was going to be a trade-off; get better educated to get better … Continue reading A child’s “firsts”

Hey, we’re not ALL tourists!

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, family, restaurants, tweens

Here in southern Maine, our population multiplies exponentially in the summer. Some of the more popular restaurants are overrun, especially the good ones, so I usually am very forgiving. On Sunday morning, my daughter and I went out for doughnuts to our favorite donut-making restaurant, which I typically would avoid doing on a weekend morning in the … Continue reading Hey, we’re not ALL tourists!