i'm gonna love you good and strong while our love is good and young....

ok the indigo girls show on monday at the turning stone was awesome. it was very mellow this year compared to last. but that was ok because trisha, jim and i were relaxing in style in our own private booth. missy higgins opened up and played with them for a bit. i highly recommend checking her out if you don't know who she is. her voice is amazing and she is very talented. i really hope they play there again next year. it is an awesome place to see a show. trisha, jim and part of my finger
a little ambiance

blurry and out of focus - amy and emily i am waiting for the return of billy, any minute, from atlanta. he has been gone since monday. and a cool thing, monday at 12:09 in the afternoon i was just getting on the thruway and looked up to see a plane take off. i had this feeling that it was billy's plane, and i found out later that it was. it was a cool little moment.

so today is his birthday. he isn't big on birthdays, what i mean is he doesnt get all excited (like i would). plus, he has EVERYTHING. i got him a little something that i know he will appreciate. and i made him a big pot of homemade chicken soup, one of his favorites. cant wait for him to get home....

luckily i had the office premiere to help the time pass. it was hilarious!!! i am so excited it is back!!

everything is getting bigger, bitterness won't last forever....

yeah! tonight i will be attending the indigo girls concert at the turning stone with jim, trisha and stacy. the three of us girls saw them there last year and it was amazing. i had seen them before almost 10? years ago in a gymnasium at st lawrence university. the venue at the turning stone is cool because it is a lounge with tables. this time we got our own booth. and it is an extremely small theater. i cannot wait!! i remember hearing the indigo girls for the first time on one of the few trips i took to vermont with aunt kitty to visit patsy and the family. i was maybe 13? and of course trying to tag along and annoy liz and janna, i discovered the swamp opheilia album that janna was playing. and i have been listening to the indigo girls ever since. i will try to take pics with the iphone, which should be easy.....

this is for jill....just something i thought was cute...

the people in this car probably thought i was crazy or paparazzi, but the plate said ASA. so i thought jill would like it. you can hardly read. billy said he could get closer but i didn't want to freak her out since i was taking pictures of her car.

bells will ring, the sun will shine, i'll be his and he'll be mine....

saturday's bridal shower for nicky was a success. it was a nice gathering of family and some friends. grandpa's glads were there for the party... some yummy goodies....mom's awesome pepper jelly
my fall inspired cupcakes for the fall wedding...

and let's not forget the vodka punch...cheryl aka martha stewart karpel.....

the girls scrapbooking...we all made a page for nicky and doug to start a "family album"

conversations.....
and the pile of loot for the new couple....

you're my cuppycake, gumdrop, snoogums-boogums, you're the apple of my eye......

i was in cupcake heaven tonight. i made them for nicky's shower saturday. i had to test a few. i think they passed.

the trouble with the maples (and they're quite convinced they're right) they say the oaks are just too lofty and they grab up all the light....

yesterday i had the day off. billy calls me from work.
"go on the front porch and look across the street" he says
"what am i suppossed to be looking at" as i get out there
"um.. the house across the street!!"
the tree fell sunday night and we just noticed it tuesday. no wonder i thought our house was going to cave in. i must have heard their house do just that. it still sits there as i type this.