Home & Living

With a significant amount of rain that had fallen up and down the East Coast, it looked as if our hopes for a white Christmas would not happen this year here in Maine. We had received so much rain in fact, that there were several flood warnings for our area. The rain had started falling […]

Last weekend turned out to be quite eventful. What we thought would be just like any other normal weekend, turned out to be anything but. They were calling for rain, heavy snowfall, and a lot of wind. On Saturday morning we had light rainfall that eventually turned into heavy snowfall and then came the wind. […]

You never know exactly where the day will take you. A couple of Sundays ago, we needed to run down to Reny’s in Farmington. I had placed a special order for canned pumpkin and I had been notified that my order was in. If you are wondering why one would have to order canned pumpkin, […]

Here we go again… another forty-eight hours without power. We are no strangers to power outages here in Maine. Without a doubt and with no exaggeration, the power goes out here at least once a week. I know this for a fact because I’m the one who resets the blinking clock over the stove on […]

Here in Maine, we are no strangers to cold weather or the numerous snowstorms we receive throughout the year. So why would Thanksgiving Day be any different? Well, since moving here, we have experienced a few minor snowstorms during the month of November and sometimes as early as October. By the end of November, there […]

If you remember, a couple of weeks ago, I had written about our friend Ian’s backyard winter camping experience. One of Ian’s goals was to test out his camping equipment locally and in a safe environment so that he’d thrive in a more uncontrolled situation in the wilderness. Another one of his goals was and […]