Gone on a little trip

Every so often my husband has a class he does for his computer work.  I went with him last time when he went in January.  This time around we decided to bring Nathan along.  We left a little after 4 am on Sunday morning.  The Hotel is pretty descent.  Not sure if we would stay in this one again.

When we got in on Sunday we got soaked going to a little sandwich shop called Jimmy John's.  I can't say that it was the best one that I have been to but it was good.  For supper, we decided to order pizza.  We ordered Domino's online and it was all great until the Manager called us to see if we wanted to cancel our order because it was going to be a three-hour wait.  YES!!  Three-hour wait.  WOWSERS.  We canceled that of course.  We ordered Papa John's and that was about an hour and a half.

Yesterday Nathan an I took a walk down to The Gallery.  It's a three almost four-story mall.  I say almost because they are still working on the fourth floor.  They had the typical stores you would find in Maine.  It was pretty inside.

I had to show that they have a Starbucks here too.:)

This was a neat display that they had as you walk into the mall.

When Mike got done with his class last night we went and got some things we needed from Walmart.  One thing about being in a city is when you go shopping expect it to be crowded and the shelves to be empty in places.  That was quite annoying.  We chose to eat out some but most of the meals I will be making here in the hotel room.  Mike and Nathan really wanted a steak.   So last night in the Pampered Chef Quick Cooker we made steak.  Mike used the sear button and added a little olive oil to the bottom.  The Quick Cooker is a new product that Pampered Chef just came out with and so far I love it.  We had steak with Mac and cheese (Nathan picked this out from the frozen section).  I have to say that it was pretty good.

Today we haven't done too much.  Nathan did school and I have been lazy.  Well, I did do a cooking video but I Mike is going to help me edit it.  I don't have clue what that will involve.  Mike and I have a social event to go to meet his teachers and classmates tonight.  Tomorrow Nathan and I plan on going to Ripley's Believe or Not.  That's about it.  I will leave you with what I made for lunch today.  I made Pork Carnitas.  I used the Pampered Chef recipe and it was really good.

 Have a great day everyone.

Been a very long time

Wow, its been years since I last posted anything on my blog.  A lot has happened in the past few years.  Since my last post, we have moved to the Western Foothills of Maine.  We live in a very old farmhouse that we have slowly been repainting and doing some major repair of.  Where we live its beautiful but, to be honest, I am ready to move to someplace warmer.  It gets really cold where we are and you can imagine what is like in an old farmhouse.  When the wind blows you can hear it through the cracks.  I do love our little house.

Since moving our Daughter has gotten married and has had two beautiful children.  Having grandbabies is so much fun.  The best part is spoiling and then sending them home.  We can't begin to imagine what life was like without them.  They make life so much fun.  Our oldest son is busy with work and substituting.  Our other daughter is working hard.  We are down to one in the house.  Our youngest son.  He is busy with school (still homeschooling), football and wrestling.  My life is so different now then what it was.  I am having a harder time then I thought I would with our children slowly starting to leave the nest.  I miss them.  The house is quiet and sometimes I feel like I am missing something.   It's all that I have known.

Since I seem to have more time on my hands I have started looking for things that I could be doing. I do sew some.  But I wanted to start making some money from home since Nathan is still home.  I thought long and hard and decided to become a consultant with Pampered Chef.    I love their products and have been using some of their stuff since my kids were little.  It's a slow start but I am having faith it will pick up and I can start helping others.

So that's it in a nutshell.