OK guys, here's 5 more votes!!!

So we finally did it, We registered to vote. I know, I know, We should have been registered all along. To tell you the truth, I never felt like I knew enough about the candidates and what exactly they were going to do for us. This year we've all been following the campaign and really are trying to understand it all. A couple of weeks ago, Rocco came home from school and said he wanted to register to vote, so me, Frank, Anthony and Norma said we did too. The only problem was it was about 7 pm! I made a phone call and found out the place to register was in Mineola and would be open until 12 midnight that night because it was the deadline to register. So about 9:30 pm will all got in the van (Barry too, even though he is already a voter) and went to register! I feel good about it, I think this is a very important race and we all need to vote.

Our cards just came in the mail today, so it's now official!!

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Anthony went into the orthodontist the other day, wearing his Bentley Shirt that he got from there when he worked for them last year. The orthodontist saw it and asked him if he worked for them, Anthony told him that he did last year, and Dr. V said he had one (a 2008) and asked him if he could do an oil change on his being he just doesn't have the time to go and get it done. Anthony said he would, so Dr. V gave him his charge card and told him to get what he needs plus he wanted the "statue" and holder for the front hood. The bill came out to $1500.00!! Anyway Anthony bought everything he needed and then Dr. V said to go to his house get the keys from his wife, and take the car home, and do what he needed to do. When Anthony got to his house he rang the bell, Dr. V's wife came to the door asked if she could help him, he told her that Dr. V wanted him to do an oil change on his car, she asked "which one"? He said "the Bentley" and she got him the keys!! How crazy is that? She just handed him the keys! As you can see he drove it here, did the oil change and drove it back. So the price of this 2008 Bentley?

$236,000.00!! Well it does have a few extras to make it worth that much... the doors, hood and trunk, close by themselves, you only have to close them lightly and they pull in the rest of the way themselves, the ignition is push button, 2 TV'S in the back of the front head rests with a REMOTE! I have video of all these I'll show them soon!

Saturday 10/18/08 was Dominic's Birthday!!

Dominic turned 17 on Saturday! We waited until Sunday to celebrate being he was at Russell's on Saturday. (We did have cupcakes when they all got home that night though) We did the same thing we did last week for Franky. The four boys, Marc, Matt, Luke and Russell came home with us in between church services, we had chips and vegetable dip, and manicotti, meatballs, sausages, and salad, then cake and ice cream. We always have a great time when "the boys" come over.

Marc and Sergio hit it off right away!

I love these kids!!

Sunday was Franky's birthday 10/12/08!!

We had a great day on Sunday for Franky's birthday.

As you can see by the hero he turned 16! (Dominic is also 16 until this Saturday 10/18) He only wanted a hero, with potato and macaroni salads and cole slaw, and for me to make pasta and broccoli, and his favorite hot chili dip. He invited 4 boys from church, so we had a nice small enjoyable day in between church services.

What a great group of kids!

Frank and I got this camera and a video game for Franky.

Still going....

Pictured here are tomatoes, salsa, chipotle,vinegar peppers, hot pepper jelly, apple sauce, and pickled cauliflower. I also have about 7 bags of apple pie filling which is in the freezer and about 6 Tupperwares of hot peppers and tomatoes that I fry up together which makes a great side to sandwiches and cheese and crackers, also in the freezer. I still have another case of tomatoes, and 4 more bags of apples...WHEW!!!

Let the canning begin.....

This makes such a great sauce!

Apple sauce

Vinegar peppers, and hot pepper jelly

The Best Of The Best.....

Just click on this link, Long Islands Best Restaurants for the best in Restaurants, Fast food, Pizza, etc. on Long Island. (Can you guess I'm bored without my camera?)

Something new.....

I found a feed to the lowest gas prices on Long Island, so I now have it as a side bar on my blog. It updates daily, I hope it helps.

Here are TEN fuel saving tips:

1 Avoid High Speeds As your speed increases, your aerodynamic drag increases in an exponential fashion. Driving 62 mph (100 km/h) vs 75 mph (120 km/h) will reduce fuel consumption by about 15%.
2 Do Not Accelerate or Brake Hard By anticipating the traffic and applying slow steady acceleration and braking, fuel economy may increase by as much as 20%.
3 Keep Tires Properly Inflated Keep tire air pressure at the level recommended by your vehicle manufacturer. A single tire under inflated by 2 PSI, increases fuel consumption by 1%.
4 Use A/C Sparingly When the air conditioner is on it puts extra load on the engine forcing more fuel to be used (by about 20%). The defrost position on most vehicles also uses the air conditioner.
5 Keep Windows Closed Windows open, especially at highway speeds, increase drag and result in decreased fuel economy of up to 10%.
6 Service Vehicle Regularly Proper maintenance avoids poor fuel economy related to dirty air filters, old spark plugs or low fluid levels.
7 Use Cruise Control Maintaining a constant speed over long distances often saves gas.
8 Avoid Heavy Loads Remove the sand bags from your trunk in the spring and pack lightly for long trips.
9 Avoid Long Idles If you anticipate being stopped for more than 1 minute, shut off the car. Restarting the car uses less fuel than letting it idle for this time.
10 Purchase a Fuel Efficient Vehicle Purchase a Fuel Efficient Vehicle (DUH)
Long Island Fuel Saving tips