my birthday at the Big E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uLI6BnVh6w









I just celebrated my (fill in the blank) birthday. We bought tickets to see Elle King at the Big E.
Elle king sings the song "Exs and Ohs". (see above youtube) 
She is one of the few singers both my husband and I like.
Matter-of-fact he bought me her CD for my birthday as well.
Her father is my number one fav comedians Rob Schneider (Deuce Bigelow).!
Seriously!!!!! I was hoping he would be attending her concerts so I could meet him! ha! A double bonus!
Anyways, the Big E is one big massive crowd of people. 
OMG the bathroom lines were at least 15 minutes long. 
We did get a glimpse at the farm animals but again, the crowds were overwhelming.
 I do have to say that the concert (we had reserved seats) was fantastic. 
It was a cool night which was great for singing and dancing.
This was an awesome thing to do for my birthday!

ovations

On September 4th the Greater Newburyport Ovarian Cancer Awareness foundation hosted their sixth annual lantern festival at the Bartlet Mall (frog pond). It is a local group that helps fund OvationsFortheCure.org for their promotion of knowledge of this insidious disease, support for those diagnosed and help finding a cure. The lady who ran this event Deb Green is an ovarian cancer survivor. She owns a stationary store in down town Newburyport.
As you know, my cousin had been recently diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. She is doing remarkably well, she is exercising normally and takes everything with a bit of humor.
As you can see (4 photos above)I had decorated a "special' lantern in her honor.
Complete with Alfred E Neuman's "what me worry?" "go away you stinkin' cancer!"
I only took a photo of the initial launching of lanterns because the other photos at night didn't come out but it was pretty impressive seeing thousand of floating lighted lanterns float along in the pond. Beautiful music and chimes echoed in the background making this a artist eyeful. I would've guessed at close to two thousand people showed up. That goes to show you how many people are affected by this disease in this district alone.
I had neglected to bring a sweater with me that night as it got a bit cold due to hurricane Hermione's wind coming from the east. My cousin had a blanket with her and gave it to me to ward off the chill.
As usual she was watching out for me.
This weekend this same organizer(GNOCA)  is hosting a comedy show with lady comedians at the firehouse theater. Both my husband and I will be attending it.
I was hoping my cousin would be able to attend it as well but unfortunately  she will be going in for round 3 of her chemo treatments.
I am at loss of word right now except for hopefully this round will knock the cancer down so her surgery will be a success.That's the plan.
We gotta keep OUR comedy team going!

back home

As much as I love going away for a vacation it is tough leaving the birds.
I miss them terribly but also they get mad at me for leaving them-especially the pigeons.
It just so happen the time we left all the birds were molting.
And I do mean molting.
The pet sitter does a great job but there is no way she can keep up with their mess. The place looked like there was a giant pillow fight.
OMG feathers everywhere!
I looked at my husband dead-panned and said, 'we're gonna need a bigger vacuum".
Trixstah is a handful too. He bites, has tantrums and refuses to be potty trained. (MY other pigeon is somewhat potty trained because she will only poop in a certain area)
Teddy the dove was so happy we were home. I gave him his bath and he was elated. Both the pigeons jumped in the sink while I was cleaning cages. They love their baths too. The cockatiels were happy to be back to their routine.
As I type it is now 4:00 and the pigeons are sitting on the couch awaiting "Judge Judy" so that means I have to end this blog and turn the TV on for them.
Life with birds!