Find Your Maine Oasis

Um...refrigerator magnets??? (Unstoppable Woman? - Day 6)   I was checking out my area newspaper, the Kennebec Journal, online just now, (http://www.kjonline.com) trying to catch up with the local news.  Among the news updates of a local man pleading guilty for murdering his mother, a school bus ...

It's National Eat Outside Day!  (Unstoppable Woman? - Day 5) What a great idea to celebrate the last day of summer!  Here in Maine the weather is beautiful today...good thing, too, if I am going to celebrate this National Day.  Since I am stuck working at home today (car is in the garage) I plan ...

Bedbugs!?!?...Unstoppable Woman? - Day 4 "Don't let the bedbugs bite."  When was the last time you heard that?  My grandparents used to say it as a joke to my brother and me when we were little.  Bedbugs were mythical things to us, something that people WAY BACK WHEN had to worry about.  Yuck.  I...

Ayuh, ayuh...(Unstoppable Woman? - Day 3) ♪ ♫...maine, maine, maine, the way life should be, ayuh, ayuh...♫ ♪ When I was in my early twenties my parents owned a restaurant in Readfield (Maine) and would hire a live band every weekend.  One of the local bands at the time (I can't remember the name...

On Building Great Tables...Or, Unstoppable Woman? - Day 2   Last night at my daughter's soccer game I observed a "difference of opinion" between some parents and the soccer coach.  It was obvious from my vantage point that the mother and father were having very little success getting their point ...

So...my friend Kristin sent me an email today about getting involved in a 30 Day Blogging Challenge...actually challenging me, I think?  She included this note at the bottom of the email: "I think this will be fun."  A bit of history:  Kristin is a techie-type and I'm an artsy-type and she and I ...

  Gorgeous custom ranch 77 Dan Luce Lane Winthrop, ME 04364   • 3 car, heated garage • Master suite • Walk-in closets • Center insland in kitchen • 4 season sunroom • 3 bedrooms • 2.5 bathrooms • Full basement • Fully landscaped • Stocked pond $299,000 Gorgeous custom ranch, beautifully landscap...

According to the today's (August 24, 2010) press release issued by MREIS, the end of home buyer tax credit did have the anticipated impact on real estate - sales in Maine in July were down 30.07% over last July.  The good news is that MSP is up 4.23% in the same period.  Maine's MSP is better tha...

Did you know that more serious accidents occur at home than at work?  That accidents at home cause employers more financial loss than work related accidents, due to employees' missed work days, lower productivity, and higher medical insurance costs?  Things like a child's accidental poisoning, a...