Lighthouses and Lobstah

I’m back!! I know it’s been awhile since I posted last so here’s the quick and short of the last week. Worked a lot, drank a lot, burned a lot, played  a lot. Ok now the stories. Most of you know that I work for ACS and a few of you know that I write policy and procedure manuals for them. Well over the last two months or so there have been some changes so the work we have done is somewhat on hold and headed a different direction. Not a bad thing and actually I really like the people I am working with. Just a learning time for me. SIPOC? What is that?! Spreadsheets oh boy. I enjoy the challenge and will be writing again soon I hope.

Crystal came down from NY this weekend which was a ton of fun. It has been 10 years in September since the first time I met her at Western. Blue hair no more but still the same up for anything personality I loved back then. Friday was a night of drinking at, where else, Rosie’s. I guess we did manage to find our way to RiRa’s and somehow ended up alongside a bachelor party. Oh Russell! (Facebook me, poke me, whatever haha)

Saturday we stocked up on water, beach towels, and a beach umbrella (thank you Walgreens) and headed out to the beach. Emily, Crystal and I all enjoyed playing in the water, collecting shells and sparkle rocks and getting a little burnt.

Ok, some (me) a lot burnt but well worth it! Took my first real dip into the Atlantic Ocean and let me tell you, no it was not warm!

After all the sun we were starving a little dinner and dessert was enough to knock us out.

Today was another great day. We decided to take an hour and a half day lighthouse cruise around Casco bay. Lots of fun, even our local Mainard friend Tyler joined us. 

After the cruise us girls decided to grab a bite at J’s Oysters. Now this was fun for a couple of reasons. The first, one of my favorite shows (Anthony Bourdaine’s No Reservation’s) filmed here when they visited Maine, second I love seafood, third it was Emily’s first real seafood adventure, and fourth…did I say I LOVE seafood?? It may not be the nicest place in town but the food was delish! The placemats even tell you how to eat a lobster…or lobstah as me and Emily so lovingly refer to it now!

I had a platter of fresh scallops, shrimp, crab, lobster and oysters. Can you say yum!? Emily was very brave and gave them a try. I was pretty proud considering a newbie was eating it raw with me and she didn’t gag once 🙂 Ya Em, we’ll get you some cooked scallops I’m sure you’ll like them better.

I’m loving the lobstah but I think king crab is still my favorite. One day Alaska I will be back! Or maybe I just need to eat more of it….I’ll try the later and let you know. Next week is Hannah’s first birthday party and I can’t wait for that! More posts and pics to come. Until then. XOXO

Ice Cream and Grape Graveyards

What a wonderful weekend! Like most weekends I try to do something with family or friends and hopefully that also involves some nice outdoor weather. I was lucky enough to have both. On Saturday Emily and I made our way out to Pat and Sarah’s to spend the day playing with Hannah, chatting about plans, and making some homemade ice cream. I love watching Hannah play in her little pool.  She could care less that at times there may be a few leaves in her water or that she plans on getting you as wet as she is. All she cares about is having a good time. Fill it up with a couple of toys and off she goes.

The final event to our evening was making some homemade ice cream. After some deliberation about what ingredients are in the house we decided on a simple vanilla with Heath bar mixed in. It was anything but simple! The whole family enjoyed watching Pat make his first batch of homemade ice cream. I’m sure, no, I know there will be much more to come. But what was even better is the whole family enjoyed eating some of Pat’s ice cream!

Sunday was another beautiful day and another trip out to Gorham. We got there early and walked over to Sebago Brewing for brunch. The food was great, unfortunately it was their last brunch ever. Not sure why. Maybe not enough business. Who wouldn’t want to go to a brewpub at 9 AM?! Wake up Maine!

After a big breakfast and a power nap for Hannah we made our way over to Crescent Beach State Park down in Cape Elizabeth. It seems everyone had the same idea we did. The beach was flooded with people but it seems everyone was having a good time. We popped our beach hut and sat out in chairs. Chatting over grapes and popcorn, enjoying the view. Dipped our feet in the cold Atlantic Ocean and scooped up a couple cool rocks to take home. After a few hours it was time to go and say goodbye to the beach and Hannah’s grape graveyard. You know, the half-eaten grapes covered in sand… probably only edible to Hannah and the seagulls.

Loaded up, and headed out. Another successful weekend. A little burnt but well worth the fun.