We got into Maine and had a place booked in Kennebunk. We used Airbnb to book a place. It was called Songbird Suite, so if you go there, check out Ann’s place. The room was nice and not too far from the main area of Kennebunk. A much, much better experience than our last Airbnb.

Kennebunkport is a cute town.

Of course, it’s very touristy, but when it’s not crowded it’s fun. It was breezy and cloudy while we were here.

We visited the ocean, of course. It was low tide when we got there and there was a little surf.

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Did you know you can take a selfie with a Rebel? I hadn’t ever tried it before, but it worked, other than being super awkward holding it.

My head looks huge. It seems whomever takes the selfie has the biggest head in pictures LOL!

I was taking pictures of John at the water’s edge. He stood on a rock thinking it was far enough from the waves. It wasn’t and this was John looking down at his feet after the wave washed over them.

Oops. Good thing his shoes were waterproof!

There were 2 things that were a must for me on this trip. One was a trip back to Congdon’s donuts. The best donuts ever!

I couldn’t care less about how many calories are in these. They are soooo good!

We did some walking in Ogunquit and then headed out to see the Nubble lighthouse:

It still shows a light:

I wonder if it looks like the Eye of Sauron from the front. :0

It was time to head home and we stopped at Beach Plum for a later lunch (donuts were filling!). This was the 2nd thing I wanted this trip. A lobster roll:

I love these. Beach Plum does a good job with them, too. Very little dressing to let the lobster flavor come out. This is a 6 ounce roll. Still $18, though!  These things are expensive, which is probably good because I would eat more of them LOL.

It was nice to get away, but far too short a trip.

John and I took a quick trip this weekend over to Maine for a little getaway. It was nice to get out of town. Not that I mind working on our house on the weekends because I like to, but that means I don’t always relax since I can always find something to do.

Of course, part of the fun of a trip is stopping along the way in interesting places. Well, this was a tiny bit out of the way, but totally worth it.  King Arthur Flour campus in Norwich, Vermont.

We have been here before and that’s why we came back! It’s a school and retail shop all in one.

There are viewing areas to see what they are making that day.  In this one, the back person is doing pizzas and the front ones are panning bread:

In another window we saw this:

At first we thought it was some kind of pastry dough, but the we realized that is butter!  They make their own croissant/puff pastry dough and they feed flats of butter into a big folder with sheets of dough.

Here is a worker smoothing the butter into a mold.

Then they end up on those trays to be chilled. That’s a lot of butter!

There is the retail shop were you can buy every single mix that they have, plus all kinds of kitchen gadgets and dough enrichments to make the best bread you can at home.

These tins were pretty cool:

There is also the cafe area. They serve breakfast and lunch, plus pastries! Everything is fun looking, too.

We grabbed a couple treats to go and man oh man were these good! Cinnamon puffs:

It was like a coffee cake, but light and melts in your mouth. Yum!

We headed for our next stop, which was Portsmouth. We were really hungry for lunch by this time and stopped at our favorite place whenever going through Portsmouth.

My lunch was cayenne cheddar toast topped with chipotle sweet potatoes, veggie sausage and 2 eggs.

I have to figure out how to recreate this at home.

John got the Greek yogurt pancakes:

These were really good. Infused with orange. Yes, that looks like a lot and it was. John couldn’t finish them.

These meals actually ended up being lunch and dinner since we ate later than usual and these were pretty filling.

Portsmouth is really a great town.

Bridge over to Maine!

I don’t want to overload you with pictures, so I’ll continue with another post.

Back in regular mode today!  Yesterday was a long travel day.  We had a flight that left at noon (and of course you need to be at the airport early), which ended up being delayed.  We took the same plane from Denver to Baltimore, which went on to Albany, so there was no real meal all day long.  Just some snacks and a protein bar I brought with.  When we finally arrived in Albany at around 8, we had a really snowy drive home.  Yuck!  A few white knuckle moments, but we made it home around 9:30 pm.  I can’t believe how a whole day can be spent traveling!

While we thoroughly enjoyed the trip, it is nice to be back in our own routines.  The family was nice enough to get some oats and fresh ground peanut butter for us to have for breakfast, so I ate a lot of oats while there LOL!  We did eat out a lot, and John and I shared some entrees.   We also ran 2 days and went to the rec center one day so I could do a little lifting.  I was totally shocked that I was able to run at altitude without needing to walk.  We ran approximately 3.5 miles when we went out.   Took it a little slower knowing we were at altitude, plus just being a little tired from lack of sleep).

So today I woke up and needed to shovel for exercise!  I ended up getting the whole driveway done myself, and I was happy to let John sleep in since he drove home last night.  That was most of my exercise for today.  Then I came in to see what could be scrounged up for breakfast.  It’s pantry and freezer staple day as we are desperate for groceries!

I had pumpkin cream of wheat (no egg whites, though) topped with some almonds, cranberry sauce and some honey.

I found this honey at Celestial Seasonings – and you all know there was no way I would pass it up!

Love! It tastes like eggnog that has honey in it – yay!

Hit the ground running with work today.  It’s like I never left…

Scrounged the freezer for lunch – fish cake and roasted broccoli with applesauce.

Gotta have the hot sauce!

Ms. Pixie is now glad to have us home.  My mom took good care of her while we were away.

She seemed a little pissed at us last night, though.  She didn’t want a lap or anything last night.  This morning, she was at the bedroom door and squawking loudly wanting her food and to be held.

Now she seems happy to be beside me while I work, looking pretty festive, too!

John made lattes in the afternoon, which I had with some unpictured dark chocolate mint cups.

Made with Caribou Coffee, which we picked up while in CO.  I miss Caribou!  I feel tired today.  Funny how trips can really wear you out, you know?

Scrounging again for dinner.  I did have the forethought to pull out some ground pork last night, so at least we had some meat for dinner.  I was snacking on chips while cooking, too.  I know it is supposed to be a myth that you can stretch out your stomach, but I feel like I did the past few days.

I made an open-faced BBQ pork sandwich with laughing cow on a pita.

Plus a bowl of pears.  I have decided that I only like fresh pears.  Processed pears have a funny texture to me.

I am so lame that I am excited to grocery shop tonight LOL!  I want strawberries and pears!  So it is off to market now.

The reverb.10 thought for today:

Appreciate: What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it? (Author: Victoria Klein)