Mike is playing a late night game with his new indoor soccer team. He hasn't played in several months, so he's excited to be back in the game. Meanwhile I'm sipping cabernet in the adjoining bar and playing with my new Livejoumal app for the iPhone. I finally know how to send photos from my phone to my blog! This could get dangerous. Posted via LiveJournal.app .

On a regrettable whim, I bought Janie this hideous cat bed at Ikea. I must have been too seduced by the glittering rows of low-priced Scandinavian goods to think straight. I put the bed in my basement... Because I'm a sucker for my cat, I'm keeping the bed. She's so cute when she's happy. Oh well, it's not the stupidest thing I've ever done for my animals. What stupid thing have you done for yours

This is Idgi, my friend Betty's best buddy. Betty has been out of town for three weeks, and Idgi has been our houseguest while she's been gone. I guess I'm the closest thing she has had to Betty during... Even our cat, Janie, gets along with Idgi, which is totally bizarre to me. I can't wait to see Idgi's reaction when Betty picks her up tonight. There's nothing like a happy dog to make me smile

Apples are ready at the Lyman's Orchards Middlefield, CT September 2008

Vonzell Solomon San Francisco August 2008 After posting my point-and-shoot photos of us with American Idol singers, I realized that I never posted the great photos that Mike took during their concert...looked gorgeous on stage, and Mike's camera liked her. OK, I think Mike liked her. ;-) Here she was describing her ex-boyfriend.

Mike and me with some of our photographer friends Mike, Keith Maull, baby Lyric, Teddi Maull, me, Sarah Walters, baby Isaac, Brad Walters Summer 2008 I finally got around to downloading the last few...pub. Many years later, Mike and I had our rehearsal dinner there, too. Fun with English signage. You can take the girl out of junior high, but you can't take the junior high out of the girl.

Janie September, 2008 The other day, Mike was cleaning out his closet and finding clothes to give to charity, when he turned around found Janie curled up in his shirts. The Salvation Army must have found some cat hair in our donation bag, but we couldn't ask our adorable kitty to leave her comfy bed!

Amanda Tipton, me, and Debi Tipton August 19, 2008 Last night I was photographing a rehearsal dinner, when I encountered a photographer who was shooting another party on the other side of the building...it turned out that her daughter and photo partner had the same cover, too! So we had a passerby take a picture of the three of us. Meet my new friends with fabulous taste, Debi and Amanda Tipton

Mike and me The Bishop's Palace Wells, Somerset, England September 8, 2008 Hello from lovely Somerset! As many of you already know, my husband Mike is British, and he grew up in a Somerset village near...modern cafes and stylish shops. It's a lovely place to wander around on a late summer day. Vicar's Close. These houses were built in the 1200s and probably looked pretty much the same them.

Mike und Charlotte im schönen Deutschland! Römerplatz, Frankfurt, Germany September 4, 2008 We went to Germany this week! It was thrilling for me to be there, because I lived in Frankfurt when I was...eating, the Beer Bike went by. Awesome. Mike grinned while watching the Beer Bike, then he announced that Germany is a country that has its priorities exactly right. What a great trip it was!