Back to School... Back to Blogging!

Hello my blogger friends. I have not posted in several days. Enjoyed the last weekend of summer doing a "last hoorah" at the beach and a New England amusement park; www.canobielake.com
A glorious day only a bit chilly for the last of those water rides!!! Labor Day was spent at a family cookout.

School started yesterday and was a morning full of jitters and excitement. My Miss Preppy/Sporty Tween started middle school, rode a school bus for the first time, and wore her first Converse pair of sneakers!!! Big day for her. She came home smiling and talking non-stop about her new locker, schedule, lunch and the latest with each of her friends. Non stop until bed-time. I loved every minute of it!!!

My little baseball guy was excited to walk with his friends, get a routine back in his life and start school. Boys need so much STRUCTURE! He, too, came home smiling but was ready to play baseball in the yard with his friends before I got any scoop. I had to wait until dinner time!

I miss them. I like hanging out with them. I like being spontaneous and deciding at breakfast what we wanted to do that summer day. I liked their crazy hectic sport schedule. I liked playing basktball in the driveway. I liked playing baseball in the backyard. Going to the beach meeting up with friends was fun. Bikeriding around town together and on Cape Cod was always an adventure. Our day trips into Boston were always nice. Family visits up to New Hampshire was always fun. Summer swimming in the pool, lake and ocean was a blast! Our Maine vacation was terrific. Most important, having downtime and fun together as a family and with friends was the best!

R. Williams Preppy Backpacks

Head back to school or work with one of these preppy looking backpacks!

I just love the classic designs and colors of these backpacks by rsowilliams.com.

You must check it out and it's a great story originating from New England!

How stylish and sophisticated to tote around campus, or commute to work, or even for Mom to bring to the park! Why, I think this is one backpack even Dad might not mind carrying on those family day trips! The interior even holds a pocket wide enough for a laptop. How convenient for the library or coffee shop! Seems like a great holiday gift for the graduating high school senior as well! What do you think?

Lake swimming!

A mad rush to blog before I get everything together and relax for the evening for my fav; Mad Men!

A fun time in NH visiting family this past week with golf and swimming as our source of fun! Here is a picture of Lake Horace in New Hampshire. This is a small little lake not far north in NH at all. A great little lake for boating, kayaking, swimming and fishing. We live on the coast and swim in the ocean and pools so lake water is a refreshing experience.

Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend!

Penabscot Bay

Just downloaded some of my pictures and so far very pleased! Remember how I said I wasn't too savvy with pictures and blogging? I just need to learn how to post picture with copy underneath! I'll get there bloggers, I will!

We took a boat out in the Bay around the many little islands in the region, some with very, very, very, private and expensive resort homes, as well those home to moose only!!!!!! It was a beautiful day and lovely scenery! Above is Breakwater Lighthouse that we could walk to everyday from the resort. I was happy to get this view in the water from the other side! And this is Owl's Head Lighthouse on Owl's Head Island. The kids enjoyed climbing this one.

I'm off to New Hampshire for a few days visiting and may not be posting. I hope to add more pictures later. Enjoy the week!

Samoset Golf Resort, Maine

This is where we stayed. Samoset Resort is located on the water in the Penobscot Bay region which is located in the Camden-Rockport area of Maine.

Although we didn't experience the usual late summer, balmy, upper New England weather, it was still a fabulously hot, hot, hot, week. Temperature and humidity not seen in the area in years! Well, how lucky for us as we enjoyed swimming in this pool and the poolside service offering us frozen drinks while listening to some very "fab" music, and taking in this gorgeous view! Relaxing, indeed, is all one can do when you have a view like that from your lounge chair!

Our room had beautiful views with a large deck overlooking the golf course as well. Mr. Boston did his golf time and we also went out as a family late in the day a few times. This place is truly a golfer's paradise. The deep blue color against the greens was breathtaking! Ok, so I didn't golf as well as I would have liked. I'll just blame it on being distracted from my surroundings! (hah!) My little baseball guy was driving farther than me on a few holes! What?!!!! I just couldn't pay attention!

This well-known resort dates back to the late 18oo's and was sold to the Poland Spring owners. It soon became the premiere coastal resort in Maine. Fact: it was renamed "Samoset" after the Native Indian; Pemaquid Chief, one of the first to greet the first Pilgrims off the Mayflower. Over the years, ownership passed frquently and in time the "grand" became old and unkept. It was destroyed in a fire in 1970 only to be rebuilt later and in time with an 18 hole championship golf course. The lobby of the hotel displayed beautiful old photographs of vacationers from the 1800's. Women in long skirts with big straw hats and men in suits paraded the grounds, played croquet and enjoyed the same breathtaking views as we did last week! That gave me the goosebumps!

We truly enjoyed our time at this resort. More to come about our adventures in the area.

Vera Bradley on Rue LaLa!

Starts tomorrow at ruelala.

Back from vacation and facing a day of laundry, the remains of unpacking, children's dentist appointments and grocery shopping! Augh!

We had a wonderful time and I need to get my pictures downloaded for a post this week.

I also am thinking about a "New England" giveaway when I reach 100 followers. I'm almost there, so join in following Preppyinnewengland if you haven't done so yet!!

Having a great time in Maine!

This is a quick post! I'll download my pictures next week when I return, but in the meantime, you can get a peek of what we are enjoying up here from other photos I just saved!

Yes, weather has been sooo hot, unusual this far up in Maine, but no complaints here!!!!

Everything has been just perfect!