Monday, August 11, 2008

My boys are back....

Angelo and Mario were upstate so long I almost forgot how much noise the two of them make!! I'm only kidding, I'm so glad they are back, and now I got rid of Dominic and Franky for a couple of weeks!!! Now, IT WILL be quieter, and neater too...
I'll still miss them.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Happy Anniversary........TO US !!!!

That's right, Today is our 26th wedding anniversary! I just can't believe it's been that long already. Everyone always says how fast the years go by , but I'm telling you, the years really are flying by. Today we went to the Victorian Tea Room in Farmingdale. It was so nice. Then tonight we went to Ciao Baby for dinner. We always wanted to go there, since it's only about 10 minutes from our house, plus we always hear such good things about it. What they say was true!! The food was really great and the portions were....Let me just say we took home more then what we ate! It was a great day.


Norma bought me this giant tea cup about a month ago, but I made her wait to give it to me until today, isn't it beautiful?



This is the plant I got as a wedding gift 26 years ago from one of my nail customers. It just amazes me how this plant is so healthy, and still going strong after so many years. Frank always said the plant responded to how our marriage was doing, sometimes it didn't always look so healthy :(
But, today, it's doing fine :)

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

We left home in plenty of time......

So, we usually leave the house at about 6:15pm to get to church on time on Wednesday nights. This Wednesday night, we left at 5:45pm because we needed to stop in Holbrook to pick something up for Rocco before church. Big mistake. Here we are minding our own business, when a women decides to make a left turn out of a gas station. She needed to go through the long line of cars that were waiting for the light to change, being she couldn't see if there was any oncoming traffic coming, she relied on a car to look for her and when he said go, she went. But we were coming up along side of him in the left lane. Why he didn't see a big silver van is beyond me. Well, that's when we met Lucy. The worst part is, that guy that waved her on, left, he didn't even stay to offer any help. As you can see, we didn't get much damage, a broken light, some fender dents, a dented hubcap, and the alignment is all messed up, but all in all, not too bad. Her car is another story. It could have been so much worse being we both swerved into the oncoming traffic lanes. Thank God no body was coming at the time, it would've been a very multiple vehicle accident!! What makes matters worse for us though, is that she took her boyfriends car, and he doesn't have any insurance!! If he's not willing to pay for the damage, then our insurance company has to pay for the whole thing, and that won't be good. She couldn't get in touch with him, so we don't know what will happen yet. I'm just glad that no one was hurt, and even though it WAS her fault, she was really nice and did admit it.



Her car didn't do as well as ours.


Her bumper and license plate in the middle of the road.
UPDATE: Frank took the van for an estimate this morning, and would you believe...$3400.00!!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Some more pictures....

Anthony loves working on cars!! It doesn't matter if they are big or small. I think since he has had this gas powered car, he has fixed it twice as many times as he has "driven" it.


My tomatoes are FINALLY turning some color!! It seems like it is taking forever this year. I also can pick some peppers too. My cucumbers maybe will be ready for Christmas, if I'm lucky!!!

Monday, August 4, 2008

Some catching up pictures....

Going to The City.





Anthony,Dominic, and Franky bargaining with the watch guy.



This is what the street lights look like in the Diamond district, cool.







Dominic getting "punched out" by Rocky Balboa at Planet Hollywood.





Even in the show case, the velociraptor from Jurassic park, still scares me.




The Jones Beach Pencil.










Everyone doing their part on a Sunny afternoon.