Greetings from Maine!
I got here Saturday morning after a fairly uneventful trip. I did walk into the airport and see a sea of non-English speaking kids in Space Camp t-shirts, all standing in line at Delta, and all WILD. I feared they’d be on my flight to Detroit, but they weren’t.
(Alabama to Detroit to Portland is such an odd route.)
Debbie picked me up at the airport, and we went to lunch at The Olive Garden (why yes, I flew to Maine and immediately went to a chain restaurant. What’s your point?), then did a little shopping before we went to her house and hung out for a little while. Brian and his girlfriend Emily The Adorable showed up a while later, and we headed over to my parents’ house.
The visit has been fun – there’s been plenty of eating, believe me, between the ham Italians from The Kitty Korner, the whoopie pies, the cookout on the 4th of July (strawberry shortcake!) and today Liz picked us up and we went out for lobster rolls at The Sea Basket.
“We” being the spud and I – the spud drove up from Rhode Island this morning, arriving in three hours and 20 minutes, and she’s staying ’til Friday.
There’ll be more shopping and eating this week – that’s what vacations are all about, after all! My oldest nephew and his girlfriend and their son will be up later this week. We’re not sure yet whether his visit will overlap with the spud’s visit or not, hopefully it will.
Expect posting to be somewhat spotty this week. I have lobster and whoopie pies to eat, y’know. I’ll be home again next Monday. I’ve taken only a few pictures so far, but I’ll hopefully stop slackin’ and start snappin’. 🙂
Dude needs to put on a shirt. Seriously.
The sign Of random capitalization, At Friendly’s.
My brother’s house. This picture doesn’t do justice to just how cute it is.
If you’re in the market for a falling-down house on a teeny piece of land where you might be able to see the water if you lean to the side and squint a little for the low low LOW price of $74,000, do let me know. On the up side, my brother lives right next door, and he’s a very good neighbor.
Benji in the sun.
The day I took Sheila and the other Rescuees to the adoption center, I vacuumed first. Sheila did not appreciate this turn of events.
Unfortunately (I blame the holiday weekend), none of the Rescuees were adopted Friday or Saturday. Reports, however, are that they were perfectly fine and snuggly and talkative, so I have high hopes that they’ll be adopted like crazy this week.
Corbett and Reacher. I’m sorry – have you EVER SEEN ANYTHING CUTER?
Bolitar and Reacher (and in the back, Franco).
Miz Poo would like you to know that behind you! There’s a serial killer! Or maybe just a cereal killer! Or possibly nothing at all! Same diff!
Previously
2009: No entry.
2008: No entry.
2007: I like me a crisp pickle.
2006: One more year, and we get to move out to the country where we will hopefully be acres and acres from the nearest neighbors, and children will not treat our yard as their very own. One more year, one more year, one more year…
2005: I’m all about the quick and easy, wink-wink-nudge-nudge-har-har.
2004: If you set off fireworks for three hours straight, starting at 7:30, you are not only an asshole, you live near me.
2003: No entry.
2002: A bunch of links that are probably no longer good.
2001: Pictures from Maine.
2000: Unfortunately, I forgot that when I say things like “Let’s go skinny-dipping and watch the fireworks”, what I actually mean is “Let’s go skinny-dipping and watch the fireworks”, but he hears “Let’s go swimming naked and get frisky in the pool under the fireworks.”
Benji reminds me of that dog in the Pedigree commercial.
Have a wonderful week!
Have a great vacation!
Ok, when you get back, I want a profile pic of Miz Poo. She has no chin, I am convinced! 🙂 Have a great trip! :0)
Eat a lobster roll for me too! Enjoy
I am beyond pissed that no one told me to eat a lobster roll the only time I was in Maine eighteen years ago! Hope you have a fabulous time with your family and friends this week!
The well kept exterior of your brother’s house shows pride of ownership. Unfortunately, can’t say same about his neighbor. Sorry your brother and his family have *that* view.
Enjoy visiting with The Spud and your family.
Seriously…. I don’t think that dude needs to put on a shirt….. I’m just sayin’….. and now I want a lobster roll!
Oddly enough, what I thought was a rag that SYMETRY guy was cleaning the windshield wipers with looks like it IS a shirt; if I didn’t know it was too ridiculous to be possible, I’d say it looks like he’s trying to sew a button on while his hatted passenger (wife? almost certainly) rolls her eyes in exasperation. I can’t see her eyes, mind, but that pose just SCREAMS “I am rolling my eyes at you.” Which is kind of a waste of eyes, because niiiiiiiice arms.
$74K doesn’t actually seem too unreasonable to me, even though the house is obviously a dump – for comparison’s sake, what’s your brother’s property worth, or some similar house/lot in the area? Maine looks nice. Lots of trees. *sigh*
Hopefully the weather up here will improve (I don’t know about you, but I don’t like heat and/or soupy humidity one bit).
One good thing about living on the coast: SEA BREEZE. It’s not always there, but when it is, ahhhhhhh … !
Have fun and relax this week, and eat lobster, don’t get a sunburn that makes you look like one 😉
When you’re on vacation, you can do what you want. That said, I am VERY relieved you didn’t fly into Maine and immediately go out to Captain D’s or Long John Silver’s. Ha. Have a great time!
Um…I don’t think Dude needs to put his shirt on, EVER, thank you very much.
I was reading the archives for this date, and came across the picture of “quintessential Fred, lumbering around like a dork, trying to catch a chicken so he can hold it and pet it and love it and squeeze it.” I laughed so hard I snorted.
Dude needs to put on a shirt or he’ll get a sunburn. He obviously does a lot of push-ups, but really should do more sit-ups and lay off the cheeseburgers. I prefer my men to be thin, though.
Your brother’s house is cute! And the one next door has a lot of potential for an ambitious sort of person. Still seems overpriced for that condition (?).
Good Heavens, those kitties are cute. I love tabbies. No, I can’t take them. 🙁
Enjoy your vaycay and give the Spud a hug!
Glad to hear your vacation is going good. Update us on the Spud when you get a chance! Btw, have you heard from Nance? She hasn’t posted in forever and I try her website every day to see if she has updated and today I couldn’t even pull the site up. Hope all is well her way! I have faithfully read your’s, Nance’s and Jane’s blog for years now.
I was going to tell Nance to at least get rid of the table picture, but like you said, Monica, I couldn’t get the site to pull up either.
Her website is back up today (although still no new posts). So maybe something was just wrong with her server.
Ahem, he can leave his shirt off..
Your brothers house is gorgeous and obviously very well kept. His neighbors house must drive him mad.
Have a blast and eat some lobster for me! And we wanna see the Spud!