I am not ready for my flowers to start to fade.  I am not ready to see my vegetable plants dying.  I’m harvesting apples from my apple trees, which I like but means that Fall is almost here.  I do like Fall, but, I’m just not ready…

This weekend, cleaning my house, then if it is nice outside, I will work in the yard.  A catch up weekend, so I can enjoy the rest of the nice weather. 

Still not smoking.  Probably be divorced because I’m so bitchy….God bless Cabernet

I feel like I should do a highlight tape to match, but that might be a bad idea to have it on video…Thursdays at the Square were off the hook this year.  Rained once and I went anyway and got soaked…in more ways than one…Starry Night in theGarden…truly magical.  An amazing night of talent!  Friday happy hours at Rane.  I’ve made more friends this year than ever in my life.  Taste of Buffalo.  I was a judge this year and think it was my best performance ever!  Eating food was tough work!  Allentown Art fest with my statue of David plant pot.  Taste of Buffalo, with the single best hot peppers from Molinaro’s, they are wrapped in pizza dough after they stuff them with cheese and sausage, then deep fry them.  That would be my last meal if I had to have one.  Then there was the Harborfront concerts, the cruise on the Miss Buffalo…The Italian Fest and this week the Erie county Fair.  Not too mention the weddings and all the parties….I noticed on my Facebook page that there are very few pictures in my profile without wine in my hand.  Thats not a bad thing is it?

I’m freaking out that its gonna be August this weekend!  I need more time.  I need more tan.  I need more….summer.  I know I should just enjoy it and not over think it.  But, thats what I do.  I did get to Niagara On The Lake over the weekend.  Hung at Hillebrand and Peller estate.  My lunch was off the hook even if I had to sell an ovary to pay for it.  I still have a lot I need to do.  I need to go to the beach.  I need to go to the fair.  I need to not work and just enjoy the weather.  Maybe thats just what I will do.  Although I’m not looking forward to my electric bill. 

Still trying to lose the 10 pounds I gained when I quit smoking 5 months and 8 days ago.  Sucks.

Garden is doing well.  No big tomatos yet, but lots of cherry tomatos,  hot peppers, beans and a few zucchini….Basil looks great.  Cilantro, not so much….

Okay Mike and Ike placed an advertising schedule on Star 102.5.   They then sent cases of the candy.  I am out of control!  I cannot stop eating them.  Between me quitting smoking and PMS I will weigh 300 pounds. 

So the garden is great!  I got cucumbers, beans, some cherry tomatoes, hot peppers and zucchini’s already.  I’ve also had rasberries and blueberries.  Soo will be Blackberries and hopefully big tomatoes.  Those aren’t looking so great! 

Family in town visiting this weekend!  Can’t wait to show them Buffalo in Summer.  The last time they were here was becasue they were stranded the year we got 79 inches of snow in one day.  They should be pleasantly surprised.

Wow, still trying to catch up from  my vacation last week.  Did the whole ‘Staycation’ thing.  I’ve never done it before and it was awesome!  Just me and the hubby. 

I was a food judge at the Taste of Buffalo Saturday.  OMG I loved it!  I had food from 7 different restaurants and then waddled home.   Great food!  Great fun!

Now, I have to go mentally prepare myself to go to the dentist.  I have to get a filling.  When they told me, I ran out of the office and it took me two months to reschedule.  Pathetic.

Jk jk….Tomorrow is Starry Night in the Garden!  I love this event…Finding a cute dress….doing my hair!  Everyone looks so nice and summery and has such a great time! 

Thursday night from 8-10pm I am your host at Sunset Bay for the Wang Chung concert!  That should be a blast! 

Friday night is Rane party bar and this weekend is the summer festival of the arts in Ellicottville…then its back north for Vinnie and Mary’s annual July 4th blow out!  Somewhere in between all that I have to go to the dentist, do my normal job, pack for Ellicottville and make a dish for the July 4th party.  thank god for Xanax right?  jk jk…

I hope you have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones.  I am on vaca the following week.  me and the hubby gonna chill at home!

I actually felt the earthquake!  It was cool.  It was my first! 

Is your basement as damp as mine?  I have a dehumidifier and two fans going…not wet just damp-yuck!

My garden is awesome so far.  I had fresh green beans for dinner from my garden last night!

A busy week next week, then its off to Ellicottville and a week off with the hubby!

Thursday at the square tonight!  See you at the wine tent!

So Father’s day is this Sunday.  Tough time for me, as I lost my father to Lymphoma.  God I miss him.  But, I will celebrate through my husband and stepson.  I bought my husband a new outfit and some summertime tank tops.  Hopefully we can fire up the grill and spend some time together.  Ceelebrate with the ones you love while you can. 

So my garden is off the hook!  lookin awesome!  actually had some rasberries right off the bush yesterday!  yum! 

Thursday at the Square with Ingrid Michaelson was fun and packed!  Next week Martin Sexton.  Tonight is Rane party bar with me….we’ll be partying on the patio! 

Have a great summer weekend!

Fianlly after what seems like forever…True Blood season premiere was last night.  Two words.  Eric Naked.  I can now die.

So Friday night I worked at Rane Party Bar and I struck up a conversation with the DJ Brian about how there is something to do every single day in the summer in Buffalo!  In winter I’m bored to death- in summer I can’t keep up.  First there are the concerts at Darien Lake  everything from the Goos to KISS!  Now there is a concert series at the Hard Rock, can’t wait to see Ryan Star with Tonic.  Then there is the Thursday at the Square concerts and the Buffalo Rocks the Harbor series.  Not to mention, the Allentown Art Fest, Taste of Buffalo, Italian Fest, Erie County Fair, Summer Festival of the Arts and the Helenic Festival.  Then there are the one-offs like Starry Night in the Garden, Wine and Wags, Mash Bash, Wines in the Wild, and the Garden Walk.  Not to mention personal stuff like weddings, parties my friends are having and  taking care of my lawn….Crazy.  And I wouldn’t have it any other way!  I love it!

Saw this incredible band http://www.caribbeanextravaganza.com/    they were awesome and  one of the performers did a limbo perfomrance that left al of us with our mouths hanging open….The girls name is Shemika and she is 17 and going  for the world record.  She’s great!

Had a wonderful Memorial holiday with my friends!  I even got a lot of chores done too!  More to go, but then again there always are more chores to do….

I can hardly stand the wait!  I want to relax, party with my friends, clean my car, finish laying my mulch in my yard….I just want to get it started….Can’t believe its only Thursday.  Ugh! 

So I have about 3 parties to go to.  Here is my go to recipe.  Everyone asks for the recipe after they eat it!

Soooo excited to get out and play in the dirt…gonna mow tonight….Then if it rains Saturday, do my inside chores…then Sunday woo hoo!  Plant in the ground.  My color theme for my gardens this year is purples…lovin it!

Tried to think yesterday of what my favorite flower is….I am stumped.  I love the smell of lilacs and hyacinths…the stunning beauty of Oriental Poppies…Then there are all the annuals!  I can’t do it.  That would be like picking just one wine…not gonna happen!

Excited to hear next Thursday-who is coming to Thursdays at the Square!  Summertime in Western New York!

Everything is greening up!  I love spring!  I love Azaleas, tulips, hyacinths, forsythia!  Time to get outside and play in the dirt! 

Still jogging and doing Pilates.  Haven’t lost a single pound.  but I still haven’t smoked either~  woo hoo!

Went to see my mama in Ohio over the weekend….Had an awesome time and really enjoyed my family’s company!    Cleaned out her pond and helped her get rid of a few clothes…..that was not easy!

Back to work and back to my normal routine.  Amen

Here we go!  Monday again!  Had an awesome weekend of playing in the dirt and acutally getting my house cleaned.  Attended a benefit for Austin Bonafede on Saturday night that hopefully raised a lot of money for he and his family!  Had an awsome dinner at the Chophouse last night and  then slept like a baby!

This week brings me back to my workouts, tan then off for a run tonight!  I have been runnning for about a month now,  Its getting easier the more I do it.  I just thought I would lose weight and I haven’t.   Of course I did quit smoking so that adds to it!  Day 73 today.