A walk at The Point

     I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY to be back in my old hometown, a lovely quintessential New England haven. Too far inland to be touristy, no ski slope on the doorstep, and no large city nearby. Its Town and Country! And the best part? Its walkable! For someone who doesn't drive, this is the best quality, because it gives me independence and freedom during the week to get out of the house and stretch my legs! Now that I am watching a 5 month old baby for 30-40 hours a week, I fully understand the term "stretch the legs! Come for today's walk with us!

The Gazebo!

                                   A nice place to sit and read when it rains!

 

 

   
    The little Nugget LOVES his walks! I like them too, not only for the fresh air, but f he is having one of his "crabbiness" days it gives me a break from his complaining!
    Hope you are enjoying the weather, wherever you are!

The hunt for Weeping Angels!

     It was a beautiful October day yesterday, and I was wondering how to spend it, since I was not busy watching the baby boy I take care of during the week. My good friend Katy came up with a GREAT idea! Lets go Weeping Angel Hunting! We are both HUGE Dr Who fans, though Katy takes it to a whole new level!


Photo By Katy Corbett, the State House

     We went to four different Graveyards in four different towns. Here in Maine we have some of the oldest graveyards in the country, most of the graves were over 100 years old! In the 1st Graveyard we didn't find any angels, but we found a Pensive Lady!

Photo By Katy Corbett

     She was quite impressive. It i surprising how hard it is to fine sculptures of anything other than urns, so we were happy to see her!

Photo By Katy Corbett

      DONT BLINK!!!
     But, sadly, no wings! So we had to keep looking. We went to another, smaller graveyard, no angels, so we picked up Katy's son from Preschool and took him along to another one. He had a LOT of fun, it was like going to a large park with a bunch of stones:)

Photo By Katy Corbett

     And its fun to kick leaves,,,,

Photo By Katy Corbett

     Still no angels!!! We did find a creepy cool huge fountain covered in,,, Goats??? Weird!!

     So, we headed to the last, biggest and COOLEST graveyard, it was built on a hill in the Capitol. Once you got to the top, you could see for miles!

Photo By Katy Corbett

    Getting to the top of the hill mountain was no small feat! Above is a lovely photo of me panting like a great big panty thing!

 Katy and Darien made it to the top first, but then, they are more in shape,,,,, and being four helps, why walk when you can run, right!?!?!
    Finally, after a whole afternoon of searching,,, we found one!

Photo By Katy Corbett

    She was a beauty! Not exactly "weeping" but at least she had wings! (well, one wing, her other wing was broken, poor thing! )

Photo By Katy Corbett

    She was small, but she was lovely!

Photo By Katy Corbett

    Goodbye sweet little angel, we were SOOOO glad to have found you! What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon! We are probably going to go hunting again some time, as this was so much fun!

Home improvement in the new apartment.

     As I may have said in last post, we moved into a new apartment in mid August. It is closer to my husbands work and shaves about 20 minuets off of his daily commute, and with gas prices the way they are, that is a big savings! We kind of rush moved into this place, as it was exactly the location we were wanting. It is right smack dab in the middle of the tiny downtown. A "townhouse" if such a grand word can be applied to an apartment in such a small Maine town! The building itself is over 100 years old, and it has a good old fashioned character to it, like lovely 9' ceilings in every room except the living room, and beautiful moldings around every door. The kitchen also has charming cabinets that do ALL the way up to the ceiling!
    But, as with a lot of old places, it has a few cons. Like the circa' 1975 baby poop "gold" range and fridge. I love vintage, but I am not that much of a fan of just plain old! It also came with painted plywood flooring in the large L shaped hall and the smaller bedroom that was IMPOSSIBLE to sweep cat hair and dust off of. Not to mention the whole place is painted in shades of white and baby powder blue, not my two favorite paint colors!
     So, we decided to try our hands at DIY for the first time! We got some peal and stick linoleum tiles from Lowe's and put them down in the large pantry/closet and the hallway.

     Here s the new floor all done, not perfect, but it looks MILES better, and it is removable! Painting the hallway is next on the agenda.

    Here is the smaller bedroom "before". It looks very cold, and the floor literally was like Velcro for cat hair, it could NOT be swept, my husband ended up using half a roll of tape to get it de-fuzzed after one of our cats spent the better part of a month in here after the move! The walls also had only one coat of paint, so it looked a bit "patchy".

    Here it is freshly painted and the new floor almost done! So much brighter and warmer, not to mention we really, really, REALLY love how the floor came out! We are wishing we had used it in the hallway now!
     We are very much enjoying the whole process, there is so much satisfaction at the end of a project! We still have a lot we want to do with the place, and I will keep you posted as we get each project done. Coming soon, "after" pictures for the hall!

We have moved!

by Kimberly Komers

     We have moved back to my home town in Winthrop Maine! I have missed this town! It is a walkable comunity, which is a wonderful thing for me, because I do not drive. I can now get out every day, and stretch my legs, and walk to my favorite place, "the point" (shown above) a little park by the lake. I go almost every day! I can go to the library, which means almost any book I want to read is right at my fingertips, for free! And I can skip across the street to the best little cafe', called The Flaky Tart, and have my favorite, a hot cup of spiced chai!
     It has been a hectic move, and the apartment we are now in was not in as good shape as the one we left, so we have been working on fixing it up and making it our own, which has involved putting down new flooring and painting walls, two things we have never done before, but have found enjoyable! NO MORE WHITE WALLS!!! I will post pictures soon, and hope to get back to some somewhat regular blogging, once I start crafting again. I also would like to get a new camera, as I never did replace the one I lost last year, and blogging is so much more fun when I can show you what I am up to!
     I hope you had had a lovely summer, and I am so excited its fall again! Time to start crafting and planning for Christmas, and time to cuddle up in the evenings by our fire with tea and homemade blankets! Talk to you again soon!
                                                                        Mrs Evans

This and That

  Well, hello! I have been absent for quite a while, I know. Life has been busy, and my laptop has been and still is sick:( I am hoping to get it back all repaired in a week or so. Right now I am using the laptop my kind neighbor has lent me, as he has two. I am very greatful, the internet is my window to the world durring the week, when I don't get out much!
   This year has been filled with improvements to our health and lifestyle. I have been dieting, on and off, but really we are just trying to get into a more natural way of eating. Farm stand season is upon us again though, and that makes it all the easier! We are doing our best to go grain free. After a LOT of research, it seems to be the way forward. I have about a hundred extra pounds on my frame that really need shedding, and conventional "low fat - low cal" diets do no good, as starving doesn't suit me:) At the moment though, I am losing weight, and it is coming off without too much effort on my part. I am also determined to eliminate sugar, corn syrup, "vegetable" oils, aspartame, soy, and all things processed. It is going to take a while, because you just have NO idea how much of the food in an average grocery store contains one or ALL of those things! We are also trying to up our intake of grass fed meats and wild caught seafood. We are lucky there, we have a farm down the road that sells their own beef, and we live in Maine, so seafood is easy to find!
     We are pretty excited that camping season is here again, and can't wait to break out the tents asap. We have also dusted off the bikes and pumped up the tires, ready for a weekend bike ride! All in all it looks like its going to be a fit and fun summer! I will be back again soon, once I get my own computer back, and post some pictures of what has been happening, until then, I hope you are enjoying your summer too!

Ahhhh, I love the weekends!

     Its been yet another long week, nothing huge happened, just life. But life CAN get exhausting, especially towards Friday! I have started one of my New Years resolutions early this year, and that is to get up every weekday morning and make tea and breakfast for my husband before he heads off to another day of work. He had made some hints, after a rare morning where I did get up and fix him breakfast, about how much easier the day was, and how much more cheerful it had made him. So I reluctantly eagerly agreed to get up every morning, from now on,,,, if it makes his day that much better! Though I did stipulate that he needed to remain cheerful, so that I would know that getting up while its still dark and cold and making him a hot meal with my eyes half closed is still making a difference, otherwise I might be tempted to just stay in the nice warm bed! (Have I mentioned I tend to be a wee bit selfish and lazy,,,,,, I try to overcome those personality traits, but lets face it, selfishness is nearly incurable!)
     So, its Saturday, YAY! And, the hubs has Monday of, YAY AGAIN! It is cold, and dreary, and doing that rainy/icy/slushy/snowy thing outside that is particularly dangerous to drive in, so we are going to just stay home today, in front of the fire, with a few candles lit and the kettle on,,,, ahhhhh!
     I will be working on these,

     I am making about a zillion of them, to be made into afghans and given as gifts this Christmas (yes, Christmas 2012, crafters need to start VERY early, and I slacked this last year, because once again I waited until November to start working on gifts, and so ran out out time, again,,,,) I have had a particular request by my niece, so I thought I better get cracking ASAP. Also, it will greatly reduce the two totes of all the odds and ends of yarn that I have, and if I ever want to convince the hubs to buy me more, I need to get RID of some of it! So, I just was handed a fresh cu of tea by my love, so I am going to sip it, and maybe watch some classic Dr Who's while granny squaring the day away, you have a wonderful weekend!
                                            ~God Bless!~

Christmas Preperations

   Hello my friends, I know, I know, I am a terrible blogger! I have been absent so much these last few months, but I HAVE been reading your blogs:) We are busy here, just like everyone else at this time of year. Today I have a couple of little Christmas pudding that I made in teacups, steaming away in my crock pot. I am working on a couple of gifts, knitting a pair of slippers for my younger sister, and a couple of rice "socks" for my father who has a lot of aches and pains that need soothing.

     Our kitties enjoyed helping us decorate our tree, as usual :) They are good girls as far as kitties go though, they have never broken an ornament, or tried climbing the tree. They do, however, have a taste for the tree "tea" that can be found in the tree stand, hehehe.
     This Christmas I have decided to make a gingerbread castle,,,, I have only ever made a gingerbread house once before, and it is a LOT of work, but oh so much fun. I was a little over ambitious though, and made the four sides a little large, and have nothing suitable for a base! Lucky my Poot is coming to the rescue, and bringing home some cardboard from work tonight. Hopefully construction will officially begin tomorrow! I'll try and post pictures when it is done, we plan on eating it Christmas day.
     We have managed to budget a little spending money for gifts this year, and both have gotten the other our main "want" plus a few little extra gifts. We actually ended up with a little extra money, and instead of getting more extra gifts we decided to get something we have wanted for over a year,

     a little electric woodstove. Now our fireplace is actually a fireplace, and it makes the living room so much more cozy. I absolutely LOVE it! We also got a lovely soft set of flannel sheets, which will be used for the first time on Christmas Eve,,,, ahhh, talk about pampered! 

     Well, I had better get back to work, I hope you have a lovely, relaxing Christmas!