If an afternoon spent wandering through a beautiful landscape is your cup of tea, then you won’t want to miss the Coastal Botanical Gardens at 132 Botanical Gardens Drive in Boothbay. During winter months, try the holiday lights walk. It’s pretty awesome. Admission is charged. It’s reasonable. LODGING If you’re traveling to Boothbay from away,…
Come to Maine in August during the Great Falls Hot Air Balloon Festival! It’s a great time. I attend every year. I’ve been to the morning and evening launches when the balloons take off for flight. It’s so magical. The festival takes place in Lewiston and Auburn along the banks of the Androscoggin River. There…
Mmmmm, pizza! We eat pizza at least once a week in our house. There are four or five of us ordering pizza and usually we order three different types: one is ham, one is cheese, and two are Greek pizza with white sauce.
Check out the organizing / cleaning / decluttering challenges. Take a week, take a month, but get started! Some challenges will be simple while other challenges will be more difficult.
If you’re lucky enough to have a laundry room on the main floor of your home, I envy you! In my ranch-style home, the washer and dryer are in the basement on the opposite end of the house from the stairs. Why do I mention that? Our old washing machine used to go “off kilter”…
Guest Writer If you don’t have a steam cleaner yet, you need to get one! I recommend this one, which was recommended to me by my sister. It’s the Shark Professional Steam Pocket Mop Model S3601. I did some research in addition to my sister’s recommendation. Look at these two floor tiles: one was cleaned…
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Tile floors: Try a steam cleaner. I saw one used on a 1970s kitchen floor and it was amazing to see the dirt that came out of that floor. And the steam was gentle enough for that old floor! I researched the best floor steamers and spent quite a while on various product review sites….
Grouping Appliances We grouped all appliances together on an unused shelf unit so we could see how many appliances we own. We gathered them from the counter, closet and various cabinets. Then we rated them by how often they were used.
Creamy Butternut Squash Soup 3 Tbs. butter 1 large onion, diced 1 cup diced celery 1 cup shredded carrots (pre-cut) 1 Tbs. minced garlic 2 pounds frozen, cubed butternut squash (2 bags) 4 cups chicken broth, vegetable broth or seasoned water (add more as needed) salt and pepper, to taste 1 Tbs. honey 1 tsp….
