Decaffeinated

Okay, so my blog has nothing to do with coffee, it's just the first word that came to my head!

Several things:
Thursday night James and I had our Anniversary trip to Saratoga springs, it was only like ten hours that we spent away, but neither one of us had to work and we saw a great concert..
We went to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to see Rogue Wave, Ray LaMontagne and Guster..it was greatness!
I'm starting to really like the 'Wave" and Ray was absolutely incredible (you'd be hard pressed to find someone who rights music as beautiful as his)...Guster was great too...altogether an outstanding concert!

so P.S.- if you don't have Ray's album, you need to! I can't go a day without listening to it!
also i'm really liking this guy named Mat Kearney right now... if you get chance ...check him out too!

Next subject:
James and I are moving again!!!!!!!!!!! sorry, not back to the Lone Start State.....yet....
we found a place to rent IN Cooperstown! It's like 2 blocks from the Hall and right around the corner from where I work..It's two bedroom, two story, its' just the cutest house and I can't wait to get into that house...it's just going to be so much better not having to drive!

as soon as i can get a strong enough signal to post some pics...i will

i need to go home...
so, until next time
carry on......

much ado about nothing

Musically: if there's one song that I would recommend listening to when you're down...it's Motion City Soundtrack's "Everything is Allright" its' a sugary sweet song but it's a good one... Also , I know it's weird, but I am loving "Teenage Wasteland" right now. I know that James is the guru of music, but here's are my absolute must have's right now:

Will Hoge-Blackbird on a Lonely Wire (it's greatness)
Ringside-self titled album
Spoon- can't remember the name of the album, but i listen to it almost everyday
oh, and maybe one of my all-time favorite bands:
Jump Little Children- they have three albums, the last two are my favorite, the one's with'Vertigo,' 'Rains in Asia' and 'Mexico'
Keane-Under the Iron Sea

anyway, we're going to see Guster and Ray LaMontagne (if you don't already have their stuff, you should get it) a week from tomorrow!!!!! I can't freaking wait! it's gonna be a great concert! Oh and we just found out that Rogue Wave is opening for them.

It's 55 degress right now, this is the kind of weather I can get on board with, however its' only a matter of time before i'm too cold to speak...

carry on my music loving friends...
and the rest of you...

the simple life

Several things:
Number zero- pic of Otsego Lake near our house


Number one- i'm sorry that i haven't been blogging much lately...the boys had a field day with our internet router, so the only place I can blog is after work (which is what I'm doing now)

Number two-Aaron and Allison found out last Thursday that they are having a little boy, although despite my efforts, they have chosen to keep the name a secret until he is born! Congrats to them!!! i love you guys, and miss you so much!

Number three- I am now employed!!!!!! i work at a coffee shop, the only good coffee shop in Cooperstown! If nothing else, i've managed to drum up at least three photography jobs so far! Right now it's pretty crazy just because all of the crazy tourists are still here! ( Man i am ready for tourist season to be over) It's fun, the people are great, and i'm now making money...

and finally...
my thoughts for the day...and the title of my blog...

by no means would i consider my self a simple person...In fact if you asked most of the people who know me, 'simple' may not ever cross their lips. I'm strange, possibly the weirdest person you'll ever meet, my taste in books is different, my taste in movies complicated, the things i find interestingly and challenging are things that most people wouldn't..however, it is in some of the most simple things that i find a sense of tranquility...for example, there is something about the smell of wood-burning on a cool morning that will suddenly give me a sense of peace...my heart skips a small beat when Monarch butterfly lands on the tip of Angus' nose and he can't figure out what in the world to do...I laughed for almost a half an hour yesterday when i took the boys out for their 3pm outing and Gunther and Angus both chased butterflies and dragonflies until they almost couldn't run any longer... Angus, the scottie, will trap them under his paws, like a cat, then lift his paws to see if it's still there...If it is....he'll jam his nose on to the ground on top of his prey and then look at me as though to say..."look mommy...look what i did." It's seriously one of the cutest things, and when all other emotions are flooding my head, i can watch my two puppies chasing butterflies and all else seems to float away on their wings...it's the little things in this life that i am determined not to miss...so many people just let life take ahold of them..and they miss so many wonderful things...Well...if it means being one step behind to see all of these things...i don't mind


okay, so on a more cynical note:
so working at a coffee shop...has it's ups and downs...its' always a good thing when someone walks in and orders straight off the menu...
it's when the guy comes and in and says "let me have a double tall, half caf., easy hazelnut, no foam with whip, extra hot, skinny soy latte'"...that i feel like replying "you'd better say 'one regular coffee' or i'll punch you in the face..."
this is teaching me patience ..p.s. if you were wondering yes, I can make that, and yes someone really does order that..

well it's getting hot and i need to go home!!!
things are good...
missing everyone....
love you...

carry on, friends