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Sometimes that can make for good motivation.  But in this case, it was an eBay auction, and you really should know when to stop clicking that button! Thankfully, I’m not big on eBay, so I seldom try to win auctions.  Nathan was saving him money for a new portable game player (Nintendo DSi).  That device… Continue reading »

I think in the not too distant future, School Loan is going to take on a whole new meaning! While we were in the Brunswick area, we had to get Nathans school shopping done (started, and done).  The school supply isles at all the stores looked like a sale gone bad at Mardens or Reny’s. … Continue reading »

In the flesh. OK, the reenactment flesh.  Let me explain.  Nathan has been wanting to go down to Brunswick all summer to visit the JLC museum. Jess had heard about it at some point and we were in the area earlier this summer, but didn’t want to spend the time inside on the nice day… Continue reading »

In 2007 Jess bought her Mac with Tiger on it.  Within a short month, we had Leopard installed on it.  Two years later, Apple has updated their OS once again and have named this smaller upgrade Snow Leopard. You can argue whether it’s really an “Upgrade” or just an update; but for $30, it’s cheap… Continue reading »

A friend asked me if I wanted to join him on a ride to NH this week.  He was headed for an overnight ride to Mt. Washington, staying in Bethel for the night.  It was about a 300 mile jaunt over and back, so I was fine with doing it in one day, but the… Continue reading »

So the hurricane is coming through tomorrow and we decided to load up a couple of vans and head to the coast for a wave viewing.  It was premature for the really good waves, but we were entertained just the same. We packed a lunch and stopped at the Seawall for a picnic and some… Continue reading »

…the super dry submarine. On our way out of Portsmouth, we stopped by the USS Albacore.  Al was tipped off about this stop from a co-worker.  The submarine was used as a research vessel in determining hull shapes for more efficient subs.  It was a hot and muggy walk through the very tight quarters of… Continue reading »

Another out of state trip.  This one wasn’t quite as far and it was to our neighboring state, NH.  Deb and Al had been down to this living history site in the past but up for another trip.  Strawberry Banke was an old fishing village in Portsmouth, NH.  They’ve since filled in the “cove” the… Continue reading »

The Senior Little League World Series that is.  It’s pretty neat to have a series like this played “locally”.  We enjoyed a couple of these games last year when Nathan started getting into baseball, so this year we made sure we attended at least one. It was a entertaining game.  A lot of great talent. … Continue reading »

So we arrived home last night from Quebec City at around 11PM… to wake this AM and drive to Bar Harbor for some Bay Fishing.  So we drove from the St. Lawrence Seaway (FRI) to the Atlantic Ocean (SAT), all within 24 hours. I’d been wanting to take Nathan “real” fishing for some time.  We… Continue reading »