As the Bridge RC, I get the privildge to work with Miss Sarah MacAlister and we have quite a rediculous time for the most part, but the craziness has already ensued and the students haven't even arrived. We were making decorations for the hall! It's going to be a good summer.
Dizzy Mummy
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For Upward Bound this year, I planned the Res-Life orientation in coordinace to games from Minute-To-Win-It. While setting up the game Amanda worked on her door decs and Katie worked on a scraf. Basically it was an amazing night, I should have taken some more photos, but I just got these couple of Amanda doing "Dizzy Mummy" as we tried to figure out the rules, regardless, I think they are pretty amazing.
Bear Brew Amigos
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After work yesterday a bunch of full-time went out to the Bear Brew to just decompress a bit before the week of staff training. For those of you who don't know, I work at a program called Upward Bound that works with low-income, first-generation high school students prepping for college. I was in the program myself as a youngster and now I will be gearing up for my 7th summer as a staff member. It's a terrific program, and takes a great deal of energy, so we just sat on the deck and had some good company.
The Chair
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Lori, at work, got a new chair that helps her with her back problems, and yesterday afternoon we decided to have a Friday test-run of the greatness of said chair. I have to say it was more terrifying than a roller-coaster, and equally as unpleasant. Going back in this thing was about as...
P-Town, P-Funk
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P-Town, P-Funk involves a random excursion down to the Portland area with a story wrapped in 90s flashback boat parties, rich islands, sketchy bathrooms, geocaching, George Clinton, aliens, and flatbread!
Under the Bogwalk
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Yesterday, Beth and I went to the Orono / Bangor bogwalk. It was the first time I had been (a few weeks prior Nikita and I tried going, but it was closed). It was a pretty nice walk and got some nice photos of the area! Overall, impressed!
Memorial Day 2011
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Memorial Day 2011 was a fantastic day in the sun. We had gone to Ellsworth for other purposes, but they were closed, so we thought we'd make the best of it, bought some bathing suits (that's where the mannequin was), and headed to Bah Bahbah! We spent the day in the sun, swimming, snacking, and loving life! It was a pretty phenomenal day!
Les Deux Masques
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Not a whole lot to say about this one. Caitlin and I were in AC Moore and we decided to try on some lovely masks. They reminded me of the masquerade scene in Labyrinth!
Kelsi’s Trial
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So, finally, yesterday, we made a great exchange : I would try beat cake and she would try a poptart. I hate vegetables, so mixing cake and beets together seemed like the original sin. Kelsi did NOT want to try a poptart (it's too manufactured for her!) We did this at FA because some of the students on the VT trip were there. End result : she didn't hate it, and I didn't hate the beet cake! All in all, success?
Nikita’s Graduation
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Yesterday my very wonderful friend Nikita graduated! Woohoo! Later in the day there was a party at the waterfront in Lincoln, ME, and all gathered to celebrate with friends, family, and cake (even a red velvet one because I was graduated as well!). It was a pretty great time overall and got some nice photos!
The Bear’s Den
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Today, we had an awesome lunch at the Bear’s Den. They have the best toasted bagel, chicken salad sandwich of all time! (I also had a brownie that I paid 3.50 for only because I wondered why it was 3.50 …… i’m still wondering). Had a nice lunch with a bunch of friends, then Mara and I chatted for a good hour and a half, then Rick rejoined us and I made a few stop motion movies and took a few...
Rick’s Happy B...
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Rick had a pretty fun get together for his birthday (complete with two cakes!). The one he is holding was a whoopie pie cake, and the other was just a magnificent marble cake from Frank’s Bakery. There was tons of food and good conversation! Overall, successful...