Tag: parents

Wells Harborfest: Straight Lace

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

This past Saturday was the annual Wells Harborfest at (you guessed it!) the Wells Harbor. There was a chicken barbeque by the Wells Rotary. This year it was extremely well attended. More than once during the time that my daughter and I were in line they thought they were sold out. We were lucky enough … Continue reading Wells Harborfest: Straight Lace

Children’s theater

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

Consider taking a break from the movies this weekend. There are shows this summer at the Ogunquit Playhouse for kids of all ages. If you have some free time this weekend, head over to the Playhouse to see this week's show: Jack and the Beanstalk. The show times are Saturday August 7th at 10AM and … Continue reading Children’s theater

Despicable Me, the movie

by Karen, posted in family, tweens

I took my daughter to see "Despicable me"  this past weekend and we both loved it. It's no "Toy Story 3", but definitely is worth the price of admission (so to speak).  The main character, Gru, is played by Steve Carell, and he becomes a dad after he adopts 3 orphaned girls for bad-deed-doing purposes. … Continue reading Despicable Me, the movie

New baby gift

by Karen, posted in books, family

Maybe you have a lot of new babies to buy for this year.  After a long time with the arrival of no babies within my personal sphere of (gift-buying) influence, I find that having just finished putting together a gift for one new baby girl, I have two more baby girls in the picture. One … Continue reading New baby gift

Late Summer Wish List

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

Now that summer is underway, I realized that I forgot some of our "must do" activities, not to mention several that usually make the list but don't get done (after all, summer is only a few short weeks and getting shorter every year, with kids having to go back to school sometimes in August (what … Continue reading Late Summer Wish List

grieving my dead relatives, part 2

by Karen, posted in good grief

march 15 was the anniversary of the day my father died and joined my mother.  had he not been addicted to cigarettes, alcohol, and gambling in his 20's,  he'd have been 72 years old. instead, he's been in that great rehab in the sky (i hope...) for 12 long years. as i have often done since he died, … Continue reading grieving my dead relatives, part 2

grieving my dead relatives, part 1

by Karen, posted in good grief

necco wafers, tootsie rolls, pepper and egg sandwiches, chipped beef on toast, coffee jello, split pea soup, hermit cookies... what do these foods have in common?  well, for  one thing, they are all foods that i don't like much. also, they were some of my mother favorites  (i'm sure there is something very freudian in that admission). Her birthday was … Continue reading grieving my dead relatives, part 1