Growing Up Italian...

Growing up Italian, I can really relate to this video.. My Grandfather was born in Italy and spoke very little English. Frank's parents were born in Italy also, and even though they are a little more "Americanized" then my Grandfather was, my kids can also relate to this as well...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG3Cw8Hw054

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2009......

Well 2009 is gone, I won't say it was all that bad or good, but it sure was busy.. Starting in January, the 12th to be exact, Anthony had his surgery...

Before...

And after, and Cooler!!

Of coarse, I'm happy he had such a successful surgery in regard to his health, but he looks so good too!!

Then I had mine, On February 2, Ground Hog's Day! I've had a running joke with Norma since she was a little girl, I would say Happy Ground Hog's day to her and she would get so mad she would cry... Well I never forgot and throughout the years I have said it to her, never missing once. Well Last year I didn't tell anyone about the surgery, but I knew she would find out that day when she woke up and saw Frank and me weren't home. I had it all planned to say Happy Ground Hog's day when she saw me after the surgery... Well here she comes into the recovery room, mad as anything,( remember I didn't tell her about the surgery)When I saw her I tried not to laugh too much ( I was in pain!)( and drugged ) But I did remember to say it!!

No before pictures for me!!

Well March gave us a few Birthday's, Norma turned 40, wow she's catching up !! Rocco turned 22 and Anthony 19, I think I'm getting really old!!

Dominic got accepted into Five towns college and Anthony decided to go for 4 years instead of 2 at Farmingdale State College....

Dominic Passes His Road Test!! Oh Boy did I really ask for all this??? Then he buys his own car...All kidding aside I'm so proud of him!!

Dominic again?? Yes Dominic Graduates High school, Well not just one graduation but 2!!#1...Check out his National Technology Honor Society Sash : and #2

After school ended we went upstate, but then started getting ready for our Cruise, with only about 38 of our closest family and friends!! What a great time we all had!!

Anthony meets Jessica,There's not much for me to say except.. Love at first, second, third, well you get the point, sight!! He was and still is very much in love!

Then it was time for our Annual Capo picnic... It's so nice to see everybody all together, we always have a great time!

Then school starts, and everything kinda goes back to normal for awhile, Birthday's....Oh yea that reminds me I turned, dare I say it....50..... Oh Boy :( And yes... it was my 50's party!! I had said since I can remember that when I turned 50 I wanted to have a 50's party, well I always remembered and I did it!! I couldn't have done it on my own, Norma did such a great job I think she missed her calling and should have been a party planner! I had a great time and by the looks of everything everybody there also had a great time, The whole party was a 50's theme, from the decorations to the music to old movies playing on the TV, to even the food, snacks, ice cream soda's and the favors, Everything was perfect!! Oh Yea even the costumes, we had your typical poodle skirts, scarfs and jeans, T-shirts and sunglasses, but we also had Elvis, Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe and yes me the Prom Queen!! I will never forget that night!!

Christmas was huge again, even though I said like always that it wouldn't be!! Then new year's eve, and Rocco and Sharon mark their 1 year anniversary!

There was of coarse, a lot of other things that went on throughout the year, but we don't really need to include every detail!! I just wanted to highlight some of the fun stuff :)

Hope 2010 is a good one!!!

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9/11/01..... Frank's story - Repeated from 2 year's ago.

I wrote the story below, 2 years ago. It tells it all, so I thought I would just republish it again this year.

9/11/01..... Frank's story

It's hard to believe something can feel like it happened a life time ago and just yesterday, at the same time. So many of us can recall the exact events we were engaged in when this tragedy happened. I remember thinking " how awful a plane crashed into the World Trade Center," then when the second one hit I thought " the smoke must be so thick the second plane didn't see the building!" I never thought it was done on purpose. My friend Terri who lives here with us immediately said "Osama Bin Laden did this" I asked her, "who's that?" I had no clue. Then the phone calls started. Everyone knew that Frank worked in the city on a daily basis, plus, worked many times at the Twin Towers. To be exact, he worked for Morgan Stanley and Cantor Fitzgerald, the only company to lose all their employees. I still have his ID cards showing he was there 2 months before this. As all the calls came in, I told each one, " Nope, Franks not there today, he's on the other side of Manhattan " I even called the union hall just to make sure, and was told " all of our men have been accounted for " Unfortunately, that wasn't true, 3 electricians went to the roof and didn't make it home that day. So finally at 12 noon, Frank calls. I said " did you hear what happened? " He said " hear? I'm in it!! " He was working down there, but in a building attached to the Millennium Hotel right next to the Twin Towers. He said when the first plane hit the lights went out but came right back on, the men heard what happened and started their way down in the elevator to get out of there. When the second plane hit they lost power again, and was stuck in the elevator for maybe 15 minutes or so. When Frank got outside he couldn't believe what he saw, and heard. He said he saw people running and screaming all over the place. When he saw the buildings burning on all four sides he knew they were coming down. He knew he had to get out of there fast, but before he knew it they started to fall. He began to run away from them and just turned off of Church st. when that now infamous cloud of smoke and debris that you see over and over on TV, came towards him. He pulled his t-shirt over his mouth and nose pointed himself straight and started walking away from it, knowing he would be engulfed at any moment. He was! He tried to feel for unlocked cars to hide in, but they were all locked. He knew he would need to stay calm, and just try to get out of that mess. As he was walking,
( he was afraid to run being he knew that would make him breath too hard and fill his lungs with all that garbage faster.) He felt someone grab his arm and pull him to the side. It was a women police officer, she was standing on the side of the road and could see people in the cloud of smoke, and was " plucking " them out to cleaner air. He walked to a fountain and washed out his eyes and started walking, right across Manhattan. He walked to the Mid-Town Tunnel! He was going to walk through the tunnel, but a police officer saw an airport van that was waiting his turn to go in, being they were only letting one car in at a time, was empty, and told him to fill it up and then to go through, So Frank got a ride. He finally got to a train station in Flushing and got home around 4pm. He was covered with that dust "from head to toe." He needed to go on antibiotics because of all the dust he breathed in. Our school put teachers on all the buses and brought the kids to their houses instead of the stops, because they didn't know what they would find when they got home. The teacher on our bus happened to be Dominic's teacher from the year before. That class went on a trip to the towers and Frank met them there, so she knew he had worked there. When she looked at her clip board of students names, the first four were the Capobianco's. She said a panic came over her. Frank had just gotten home and was sitting on the front porch when the bus pulled up. When the teacher saw him, she jumped off the bus, crying and hugged me. She said she was so scared of what could have been some very bad news. Frank stayed home the rest of the week. When he went back the following Monday, the area was already fenced off and he needed to be let in and escorted by security to his job site. Here are some pictures from what he came back to.
You can see how close he was.
Just click on the pictures to enlarge them.

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