The Shop is Open!!

That's right! My shop is finally open. I've only been able to post 4 different pair of earrings, so far. But it's a start! You can check it out here. Hope everyone is enjoying their week so far!

morning in the big city

I had to be in Portland this morning at 8am. This means that I had to leave the house no later than 7am. I wasn't entirely sure what traffic would be like so early, so I left a little early. This gave me plenty of time to snap a few photos of the big city just as it was waking for the day. To my surprise, Monument square was turning into a farmers market. Everything was so beautiful, and looked so yummy! I was limited on time so I wasn't able to get any more than one photo of the market. Maybe I'll give myself more time on my next trip.









You'll notice that all of the photos have been altered except for the market photo. I've recently discovered Picnik.com and I am LOVING it. Check it out, but make sure you have time to play ... it's addicting!

What a long day

As the title suggests, I had quite the day today. For some reason, I was running about five minutes late this morning. I was supposed to make a couple appointments for Phil this morning before I left but I ran out of time and so had to do on my way to work. So I got to work late, was there for two hours, and then had to travel up to our mother-ship store in Boothbay Harbor to drop off orders and "shop" their inventory for our store in Freeport.

The Boothbay store is THREE floors. The Boothbay store has NO air conditioner! Can you guess what floor inventory is on?? That's right ... the third floor. It was so hot up there. I spent about three hours going through product and selecting things for restocking. Needless to say, I left there with an enormous headache.

I did take a few minutes to go down by the water and was able to snap these photos:







It really was beautiful there and I wish I'd had more time to explore. Maybe I'll go back for a visit on my own time instead of company time. Although I started the day rushed, and am ending the day with a headache, I'm definitely glad I took the time to enjoy some of the beauty of the day. I hope everyone had a good day. Take time to enjoy the week!

Tumbledown

Phil & I took Alyson and Kelby to Tumbledown yesterday. We had a great time, although you wouldn't know it by this picture:



We made a few pit-stops along the way up:



And Kelby practiced his rock-climbing skills:



It was such a beautiful day, we were able to get these pictures at the top:







After the long, hard climb it was nice to sit by the lake at the top and enjoy lunch.





Our lunch was ended quickly by some torrential down pours that lasted all the way down the mountain. By the time we reached the car, we were all soaked through, underwear included! Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of this as we didn't want to get the cameras wet. But take my word for it, wet doesn't even begin to describe it! I'll leave you with this tikki man we saw along the trail. Enjoy your week!

I know, I know!

It's been forever! I'm sorry. Things have been crazy around here since Phil got back from his trip on the Comfort. It seems like we have been going non-stop yet I'm not sure what we've done. Weird, I know.

Let's get you back up to speed! I had to work the 4th but Phil was able to visit his family up in Farmington. Here you'll see a few pictures of Fred's blueberry bushes and a picture of our nephew, Jonathan.







I joined up with the crew for fireworks in Augusta. And then back to Chris and Wendy's for some fun with Mason and the rest.





I'll post a little later about our hike up Tumbledown. For now, Phil needs the computer. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!