"Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night"

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This Blog will be closed for the Holidays....

Wishing you all a

"Merry Christmas" and a "Safe, Healthy and a Happy New Year"

Leave comments for any family or friends that

you may not seen or spoken to in a while..

That's what the Holidays are all about.

Enjoy!

and lets all wish Johnpaul a Happy 25th Birthday

on Christmas Day. He is spending Christmas with Angela and Brian

in the Sunshine State..Have a Great Day Johnpaul.

Luv ya Unc

"December 20th..Happy Birthday Kristy"

Thursday is Kristy Farrell's 21st Birthday

"Happy Birthday Kristy"

Wishing you a most Special Day

Enjoy..Uncle Don

December 21st...Happy Birthday Joey"

Kelly's son Joey will be celebrating his 18th Birthday on Friday the 21st.

"Happy Birthday Joey"

and have a fantastic day...

and just to keep things in prospective..

I have stuff in my fridge older then that....

Enjoy...Uncle Don

"Snow Place Like Home"

(Click on this site)

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Living in Florida, where the sun is always shining and the tropical breezes blow, with constant blue skies and green lush surroundings..

there is one thing we all miss, "A Good Old Fashion Snowball fight".

So we are forced to live vicariously through our imaginations.

This is what we often dream about,

but thank god we wake up....

Angela, Brian, Ron, Lynda and Don

"Mohel of my Dreams I love you"

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this is for our Jewish Family and Friends...

"Greetings from Michigan"

Steven, Melissa, Andrew and James

Received these great pictures with their Christmas card.

Great looking family and Andrew and James have really grown since the Family Reunion in July 2006. I have to advise James that my Jacksonville home is smaller than the Boca House. At the reunion he told me he liked my house but is was very small...I laugh every time I think of that.

Wishing you all Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year

Luv Ya's

Uncle Don

"It's a Wondeful Life...in Ron's Mind"

This is Ron's version of It's a Wonderful Life...as you can see he is not well, be we try to humor him...so please click on the site below and then call the home and tell them I know where he is...

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"My Christmas Card to all of you"

Please click on site below and enjoy......Love Don

http://ecard.ashland.edu/2004admission/index.html

"My Favorite Christmas Song"

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"December 10th - Happy Birthday Mell"

December 10th is Mell Jr's.

Birthday.

Have a Wonderful Day

and save me a piece of cake.

"I'm Dreaming of a :Lite Chrustmas"

To be politically correct,I must give equal time to the Irish members of the family....I do not want to be accused of being pro Italian...In the spirit of the season I have posted an Irish Christmas tree...this is their version of being "GREEN" for ecology sake and another Pine Tree was spared.

Sign on the door - "Gone Decorating"

"Blog Closed for a few days while I decorate for Christmas"

I love Florida....went out to buy a tree this morning wearing shorts and flip flops.

See you next week with New Postings.

Have a great weekend

"The Conlon Sibs"

Only picture I have of Joe, Janet and Mike...not sure when

it was taken, but it was at an Elks Club, I think. If Janet or Michael remembers, let me know and I will adjust this copy.

Just want to share it with everyone.

(Janet left a comment that this was taken at her parents 50th Anniversary)

"Look what the tide brought in"

( Left to right - Tier One...Liz, Angela, Joey, Kate

Tier Two...Michael, Don

Tier Three...Janet and I hope she is not doing what I think she is doing)

This was taken on the beach in Port Washington, 1948.

My grandmother had a house about 2 blocks away. Everyone in the family would go to the beach on the weekends. Sometimes there was a caravan of cars filled with my aunts, uncles, cousins and friends... They would spend the entire day...cook on fire pits that were in a picnic area, with tables and benches, showers, restrooms and food concessions... It was a beautiful Private beach only 10 minutes from Sands Point, which was one of the most expensive areas on Long Island at the time. As a matter of fact, the singer, Perry Como had a home in Sands Point, and on the Sundays we went to church, he sang in the choir.I remember seeing him and his family many times. If you look over my mothers shoulder, the building you see was a sea plane hanger.They would fly people over the water and the Beach for a price. One Sunday my father and aunt Kate, after much daring, took a flight...Joey and I wanted to go, but were not allowed..We waved to them as they flew over and they were low enough that we could see them wave back...We were fortunate having all our family near us and spending quality time with them...although at the time no one realized that, it was just the way we lived....

"Grandmother Prudente"

This is the only known picture of my mothers and Aunt Kate's Mom...Margaret Neary Prudente...

Although it is very grainy, you still can see the family resemblance...I see my mom's, Angela's and Kelly's faces. She died in 1936, at age 42..so I imagine this picture was take in the late 1920's or early 1930's.

The dark hair you see, was bright red and funny no one in our family has red hair. I think, Meagan, Janet's granddaughter has or had reddish hair. Most of us came out blonde's. Joey, Angela and myself all had blond hair in our yut, (as Cousin Vinny says, from the movie by the same name)

I had platinum blond hair until I was about 4 or so, then it darkened and then fell out....Little by little you are seeing more of our family....I have many, many more pics to post. Hope you enjoy them.

"Now I find out"

After all these years I find out that my sister is older then me. Here is a picture of her holding me when I was 2 months old. It's great being the baby of the family.

Ok, if you are confused ( we must be related) this is my mother and I taken in April 1939 but again it looks like the clones or the body snatchers invaded Long Island City...and left my sister in my mothers place.

"Happy Birthday Angela"

Sunday, November 25th is my sister Angela's

Birthday...

Happy Birthday Sis, I will be a gentleman and not reveal your age.

Oh, by the way, the temperature this morning was

61

Enjoy !

"My Ode to Thanksgiving"

Twas the day after Thanksgiving and all through the kitchen, Mike was hidding, Liz was bitchin..

The trash bags were piled by the side door with care. In hopes the garbage men soon would be there.

The kids were all nestled in front of the Tube, while grandpa cursed and called Big Bird a boob.
Grandma in her afghan, the cat in her lap, just settled down for mid morning nap.

When out on the porch there arose such a clatter, it was Aunt Kate demanding her turkey platter. Away to the door, Liz flew like a flash, threw the dish at her, Oh what a crash.

The sun was melting the rest of the snow, giving way to the icey layers below.

When what to our bleary eyes should appear…hey its Uncle Mike, and he is drinking a beer.

From his boots, he scraped mud, flung opened the door, asked for a Bud or even a Coor, He smiled as said, "No macaroni for me ….just pass me a beer and some baloney" before anyone could say a thing, the cocktail hour was in full swing.
Food and snacks were piled high like a tower, as the sisters laughed, and Liz mixed another scotch sour and before anyone could get high as a kite, Lawrence Welk blew a bubble and said "To All A Good Night",,,,,

Wishing you a Great Thanksgiving,,,

"A favorite picture"

This is one of my favorite pictures of my mother, it was taken at Joey and Maryjane Conlon's engagement party in 1957. The party was held at Maryjane's mom and dad's house in Teaneck, NJ.....Everyone had a great time....my father was warned that he better behave because Maryjane's parents were very sophisticated...the best part was, they were really fun people and my father fit right in with them, there was nothing phony about them and they loved my dad...the one funny thing I remember was the invitation....In the slot for the time of the party was printed,

"From Four till Sick"....

I thought that was hilarious.

and yes, that is Angela in the background, or as my mother called her..."Mini- Me".....only kidding but I had to say that...

"Liz and Mike were cut ups"

A silhouette is a form of artwork. It is most commonly a human portrait in profile, in black. They do not show any facial expression. Silhouettes are most often made by a skilled silhouette artist by looking at a subject's profile, whether in person or from a photograph, and simply cutting out their likeness freehand.[citation needed]
Two hundred years ago, long before the camera was invented, someone wishing to have an inexpensive portrait created of their loved ones would have visited a silhouette artist. Within minutes and using only a pair of scissors and a skillful eye, he would have produced a little image with a remarkable resemblance to his subject.[citation needed]
This silhouette of my mother and father was done at Coney Island Circa 1940's. For you young'uns, I posted the above definition of a silhouette, copied from online. I did not go with them to Coney Island, but I remember being shown this the next morning. When they explained to me how it was done, I was amazed what a piece of paper and a pair of scissors could do.

November 15th Birthdays

November 15th

is

Alisa and Kelly's

16th Birthday

Wishing you both a very Happy, Happy Birthday

and please save me a piece of cake

Luv ya's

"Smile and say Cheese"

Kate, Fanny and Rose Circa 1954

A new character appears..that is Fanny. She was my mother and aunts first cousin. Her father Jimmy, was my grandfather Benny's brother. I am only explaining all this to fill in for the people who never met her. She was a real fun person to be with.She laughed and joked all the time.

If you look at the shadow on the floor, you will see that my mother took this picture. I can tell it is her and also that is how I happen to have this picture. This picture was taken on Broadway in Astoria, down the street from Kneers Ballroom (a catering house). They were going to Fanny's brothers wedding. His name was Jamesy. I do have a funny story to tell about Aunt Kate and Fanny, but I will save that for later.....I will give you a hint...it involves a pleated skirt, two sailors and an ice cold shower....I know that got your attention....until the next time.

(Click on this and all picture to enlarge)

"Look what the tide brought in"

I really can't believe this. How could Janet and my Sister be in a picture that is over 70 years old. This is like a Stephen King/Margaret Mitchell novel...."Clone with the Wind"....

I do not know who the boys are, but if they were hanging with this bunch there must have been slim pickings in L.I.City that summer.

( the usual left to right explanation)

Nancy, Rose, Kay and Liz.....

The sad part is, poor Nancy could not even wear a bathing suit, due to her deformed leg....

Looking at those bathing suits, they were a bit revealing for that time....even the guys suit covers more...actually it looks like a line up outside a Tijuana speakeasy....with two token gringo's.....

"Rent-a-Cousin Poster Children"

Here we have Michael, Kelly and Ron,

Floral Park September 1966

I think Ron is trying to show he has inherited my dirty knees.

Kelly is looking for some ronies and

Michael seems to be pondering, "Someday I will create a program and call it Doors"

"We Wish the same for our Daughters"

Circa 1929....(Left to right) Kate, Nancy, Rose and (seated) Liz

These four beauties seem to be dressed for the beach. I tried enlarging the photo to see what those things in the background are, but I can't quite figure them out. They look like oil tanks ?...pontoons ?...I am really not sure.

But..it is amazing how after 76 years Angela and Janet have not aged that much. Those Prudente girls have some genes,

but their taste in clothes leave something to be desired. All kidding aside, it is amazing how much Janet and Angela look like their mothers. I Guess Michael and I have lots to be grateful for....

"Email Story from Kelly November 10th"

Here's a story for you ....Yesterday Trinity School for Children (Kasey's school,, she's in the 7th grade) had Honor our Hero's Day ... in which the students were asked to bring a "VET" to school for the day. So Dad went and he spoke to a 2nd grade class....they were all so impressed with his stories that they asked him for his autograph ... they each stood in line and he signed an autograph for all of them. Then he spoke to an 8th grade class in which the comments were (to Kasey) "your grandpa has the whitest teeth I've ever seen" .... Thanks to Steve's great work!!Then he march in a small school parade and had a "VET" cake in thanks.Too cute!Anyway, I miss ya .. thanks for the great stories and the amazing photos !!! Keep them coming!!

"Do we get Wine and Cheese with that Cracker? "

Those were the days...(left to right) My cousin "Big Donnie", Janet and "Little Donnie"...

(Click on picture to enlarge)

Janet and I went to St Mary's grammar school and Big D went to public school. That is why we are wearing different outfits. I think Janet and I were very religious at that time...look at our knees, those are "Kneel down on hard wood floors and Pray" scabs...I bet Janet was praying for a guy like Mell,she is already puckering up for a kiss or was she still chewing on the wafer. Which one is it Janet ?... Big D is the only one smiling, I guess wearing long pants gives you a sense of maturity...I have to buy myself a pair of long pants.....

"Larry, Moe and Curley"

This picture is almost faded completely. I touched it up as well as I could. In case you can't make it out..( left to right) it is me, Joey and Janet. I would say it is about 1941. This was a little park near Borden Avenue, our parents would take us for a walk there and most times they even brought us home. I guess they had perverts in playgrounds even then....look at the man's shadow standing behind us.....Note: Click on pictures for largers versions...

"Two Bonnies in search of a Clyde"

I can only take a guess at the age of this picture. I would say the sisters look to be in their very late teens or early twenties.

I enlarged the picture and do not see any wedding bands..maybe it is just the wrong hands that I am looking at,,..so I think this was taken about 1934 or 35. I could be way off on this call.

It seems this may be Easter Sunday, due to the hats they are wearing....Those sisters did love strange hats. This is a picture the viewer can attribute any story to it they wish...Just wanted to share this with you all....

"Happy Birthday Mike"

November 4th

Today is Michael Conlon's Birthday...

The Big guy is 66 years old....

All you loving relatives, lets wish him a "Happy, Happy Birthday"....but when the 3rd "6" shows up...watch out.

Happy Birthday Mike...

Luv Ya...

"The Founder"

I think it is time to meet one of the people that started all this.....

This is my mothers father. His name is Bernardo Prudente, called Benny.....He was born in March 1890 and died in October 1950.

He was not your typical Italian grandfather from that era. He was always smiling and joking. He loved kids and aways carried candy in his pocket to give out to them. He loved a funny joke and took a joke with a broad grin. He was a tailor by trade and he was doing just that when he passed away. He was at work, stitching a ladies coat on a sewing machine. He stood up, and had a heart attack and that was it. His brother Jimmy, was working right next to him and was with him at the end. His wife, my grandmother, Margaret died very young, she was 42 and died January 14th shortly before my mothers wedding in September 1936.(Which also happens to be Janets birthday - 1939). That is where we get out Irish heritage. Her maiden name was Neary. She had red hair and freckles and looked like my mom...also I have a picture ( I will post later) and she looks just like Kelly. We heard she also had a great personality and loved a good time. It is a shame we never knew her. Getting back to grandpa, he did remarry but that is another story entirely. I will tell it one day. It's nothing bad, it has a cast of characters that will amuse you, reminiscent of the Soprano's.

So now you have met a few more of your family members with lots more to come.....

"Two Mikes at the Fair"

This picture was taken at the 1939-1940 Worlds Fair in the summer of 1940. The Fair was held in Flushing Meadow Park, in Flushing, NY....
Joey was four and I was one and a half. Making Our fathers 25 and 35 (Let me know if I am wrong I think Uncle Mike (Conlon)... was 10 years older then Aunt Kate)
My father and Aunt Kate were both born in 1915, and my Mom in 1917...Joey was born in August of 1936 and I was born in January 1939...Just supplying this info for you young'ens, who have no idea about any of this ancient history.
Joey was either camera shy or just bored. Probably a little of both. Dig those suspenders on our dads..I bet they both could have a used a belt, just about then and not the kind to hold their pants up either...
I think I have other photos of the Fair, I will post them when I come across them.
It's great seeing our dads so young....

"Ron and Group"

Ron formed a Music Group at work..( Merrill Lynch) playing at an open air Festival on the campus of Merrill Lynch....
for a charity drive benefiting
The American Cancer Society and The United Way.
Ron is on drums.
Enjoy this short clip.

http://www.4019edgelandtrail.com/test.html

"Halloween Prudente Style"

No, they are not dressed for Halloween and no, that is not a Trick or Treat bag on the floor. On this day in August 1967, one sister decided, if my sister can have a hat like that I want one too. The question still haunts us until today.., "What came first, the Dress or the Hat"?...That is one only a Sear Catalogue can answer. As you can see they were staying in 5 Star Motel...Based on the Lamp Shade Motif, I think it was the "Tilton Motel and Bait Shop". They must not have been feeling well that day, their meds are on the table, waiting to be taken....Oh wait, I just enlarged the picture and I see by my aunts wrist band that they were contestants on a new TV show."Extreme Make Overs",,,, can you imagine what they looked like before the show ?

There is one thing we have to say for them, they knew how to have a good time and they always did....

"The Clone Family plus two"

This is a picture of my Mom, (kneeling down) and left to right is Aunt Kate, Rose Rae and her sister, Nancy Bontempo.

What makes this pic so interesting, study Kate and Liz's faces and you see an exact replica of Janet and Angela. It's like they were clones of their mothers.

Nancy is the person mentioned in the shoe factory fire on the Stoopview Blog. Nancy and Rose were my mothers cousins in-law's. Rose was married to Bill Rae (Hoagie) as my father called him. Bill was from Scotland and some where along the line he was my mother and Kate's cousin. Due to the age of these pictures I must assume that Rose and Nancy were friends of the Prudente's and they introduced them to Bill Rae....if this is all confusing to you, don't feel bad..a little scotch can do that to you. I will guess-timate and say that my Mom was about 10 in this picture, making Aunt Kate about 12.....I am sure the reason they took the picture with my Mom kneeling down was to cover the fact that Nancy has a leg deformity and wore a metal brace that looked like a Peg Leg...Years later she had the leg removed and wore a prosthesis. So now you have a few more pieces of the puzzle...

"The Prudente Girls"

Paris and Nicole had nothing on them....

This picture was taken in Coney Island (you grand kids must look up Coney Island, come to think of it you will have to look up a lot of things that I mention...have Fun..) circa 1939-1940. The sisters were at the height of fashion, but why is aunt Kate looking at my mother and wondering, "Where did she dig up that dress"...notice the open toed shoes with the ankle straps...We know it had to be before Labor Day and after Memorial Day..due the fact they are both wearing White...( This one I will explain, growing up we were taught that no one wears white before or after the holidays I mentioned above..that was a cardinal rule...and the "Girls" aways adhered to it. )The reason they went to Coney Island was the subway fare was only a nickle and you could spend an entire day wearing your Sunday best. In a time when money was short and days were long, people made the most of a good situation, so our parents and your grandparents enjoyed life for a few pennies...try that today and let us know how you make out.....

"Brian Update"

Brian Perry had knee surgery last week and is doing great. He was able to drive to Publix (a Florida food chain) yesterday to stock up on some snacks, in the event of a hurricane or famine.

Glad you are doing so well Brian.

"Family News"

ANGELA AND BRIAN'S SON, JOHNPAUL BECAME ENGAGED TO MELISSA ROSSI ON AUGUST 27TH ON CATALINA ISLAND.

THE HAPPY COUPLE ARE PLANNING A 2008 WEDDING.

THEY LIVE IN SHERMAN OAKS, CALIFORNIA AND BOTH ARE EMPLOYED IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.

http://www.jpperry.net/index.html

MUCH LOVE AND HAPPINESS MELY AND JOHNPAUL

"Mummy Dearest"

This Story has "The JAFA Seal of Approval"

obtained prior to publication.

The cast of characters are, Joey Conlon 10,

Janet Conlon, 7 (aka JAFA) and me, 7.

Supporting cast includes Kate Conlon and Liz Cianciaruso.

One afternoon, the three of us went to the movies. The name of the movie house was "The 4th Street Dumps"...I honestly don't know what the real name of it was, we always called it "The "Dumps. It was a very small theatre, no balcony and in front of the theatre to the left of the screen was the candy counter. During the movie the man operating the candy counter would walk around with a tray held by a strap around his neck selling Ice cream cones, melting as he walked up and down the aisle.

There was a matron, and old woman ( we thought she was old, thinking back now see may have been about 40) dressed in a white dress and white shoes and her hair in a bun, her name was Mrs Sapienzza. She carried a flashlight and watched all the kids to make sure there was no fooling around. If you talked too loud, she would shine the light on you and give you a loud SHUSHHH.

If you were really being mischievous, she would walk into the row and warn you that she would tell your mother....so, by and large most kids were well behaved. Oh yes, the price of a ticket was ten cents and on Wednesday afternoons it was five cents. For that large amount of money ( and at the time it was) you saw, 2 full length films, 10 cartons, a serial feature ( a weekly movie that brought you back each week to see what happens ) and on Tuesday nights the adults got a free dish. I know a lot of families built their china collection with those plates, but I digress.

One of the two movies we saw that afternoon was "The Mummy" staring Boris Karloff. Although the movie was made in 1932, we saw it for the first time in 1946. I loved that movie, (I actually bought the DVD last year)...at that time it was very scary, but fun. Every time the Mummy appeared on screen, Janet would cover her face and moan a bit...Joey and I would laugh at her and pull her hands away from her face. Walking home after the movie, it had to be winter, it was already dark, we teased her and said the Mummy was going to come to her house and take her away, ( a scene in the movie, where he took the girl and hid her in a cave)...she cried almost all the way home.

At that time my mother's clothes line ran her our kitchen window to my aunt Kate's kitchen window, and my mother had sheets hanging on the line. Being winter it took many, many hours, sometimes days for large things to dry. That night Janet looked out the window and seeing the sheets flapping in the wind, in her mind, the Mummy was coming to get her. She became hysterical and screamed, he's coming, he's coming....when they finally got her calmed down, she told my aunt that we told her the Mummy would come and take her away......so needless to say that night Joey got a beating and the next day when my aunt told my mother, I got mine. When Joey and I were finally allowed to go outside to play, we laughed like hell...it was worth every whack we got. and till today, Janet gets nervous just making a bed....

"Is anyone there ? "

I enjoy posting these bits of family history....but I am surprised that no one leaves a comment, opinion or at least a dirty word
Hope some family member out there is reading these, if not I can really get nasty and tell all the good ( Or bad) stuff about you all....only kidding...but would appreciate some feedback...
The Blog Master...Don

"2nd and 3rd Generations take Heed"

I have enjoyed posting all the "growing up stories" but at this time I would like to get serious about our families medical history. This if for all the Conlon's, Farrell's and Cianciaruso's. Knowing some of them do not have access to this blog, I hope someone will forward it to them. in telling this I hope that you all will benefit from this information. I only wish that someone had told me about this years ago.

While my cousins and myself were growing up, we were young and "KNEW" we would live forever. At that time we ate what we were given and also what we liked best. To be fair, our parents did not know that some of the food we consumed was starting at a very early age to potentially kill us. I will try to relate some of these yummy delights and let you know how wrong they were.

I remember going to my aunt Kate's house to hang out with my cousins...when lunch time rolled around, Joey would make lunch for us. It was Delicious, mayonnaise sandwiches on white bread with Devil Dogs as dessert and soda to wash it all down. Knowing what I know now, we started to clog our arteries at the early age of 8, 9 and 10.

When I was allowed to have dinner at their house, it was a feast of fried something, no vegetables, boiled potatoes with lots of butter, bread and butter and a healthy portion of Devil Dogs, creamy gushy cake or some other exotic dessert followed by some potato chips and more Devil Dogs...yum yum.... That was a real treat for me because my mom cooked a little different then her sister. We had a lot of pasta, veggies, fish and no dessert. I am not praising my mom, but my father was use to that type of food so that is what we had... that is why I loved eating at my cousins house.

No one went out for fast food at that time, mainly because it did not exist. The fast food was served at home.

Please know that I am not putting anyone down or praising others..this is what life was at that time...

Now looking back at how we ate, several things come to mind..

Joey died of a heart attack at a young age, even though he passed every medical exam that he had to take every year while working at Western Electric. I had a massive heart attack, even though I thought I was soooooo careful with the foods I ate...Michael had some heart issues which are now under control...

I am not saying that any of these problems were caused by our eating habits but I truly believe that they did not help....

All I am trying to get across to the 2nd and 3rd generations of our clan is....eat healthy, exercise and live a long, long life....and one day write a blog or what ever it is called at that time, advising your families to be smart, eat wise and enjoy life to the fullest...

Sorry is this all sounds like preaching but hey, that is what old men are allowed to do..

October 11th Update"

My son Michael is celebrating his

47th Birthday today

Happy Birthday Son

Love You

Dad

"Conlon Take Out Food"

This is a story about Michael at about age 10.

We were living is Astoria at the time. Michael was at my house for Sunday dinner. Being Sunday dinner it was, what else?, macaroni and meatballs.

Michael ate his fill of the ronnies (as he called them) and meatballs as he usually did....

My mother made extra to send home to Joey as he also loved my mom's sauce and meatballs. There mom did not cook macaroni as their dad did not like it at all....

So when it came time for Michael to go home, my mother gave him a large container with Joey's portion of the loot.

Days later, my mom was talking to her sister ( aunt Kate) and asked her if Joe enjoyed the macaroni...when my aunt asked him, he said, what macaroni ?.....
Upon a complete Columbo type investigation, it was discovered that on the way home, Michael ate the entire container of macaroni and meatballs....but in his defense, it was a long walk..6 big blocks and he had not eaten in over 1 hour....

So that was the first and last time anyone trusted Michael with a take out order..so be warned kids, don't sent papa for take out...

October Special Dates

October 3rd

Today is Stevens 40th Birthday

Wishing you a great day Steve

October 4th

Today is Janet and Mell's

49th Wedding Anniversary

Have a most special day

"Third Generation Updates"

Kasey has invited Papa to "Bring a Veteran to School Day"

He is attending and will be talking to the Trinity School 7th graders about being in the Air Force.

www.Trinityschoolforchildren.org

Kasey will be sending pictures to be posted.

Joey, is a senior this year and will be competing at the state DECA competition in Clearwater on October 27th. DECA is an international association of high school and college students studying marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality and marketing sales and service.

www.deca.org

Good Luck Joey

John, a sophomore at Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. has been offered an internship at the RNC ( Republican National Committee)

Johnny will be working for the committee throughout the fall term.

www.cua.edu

Good Luck Johnny

and thank you Kelly for sending these updates

about your family

"Out of the frying pan into the fire"

It was a very, very hot day in August in Astoria, N.Y. My Irish cousins lived in a house under the El ( elevated subway).....I lived about 6 blocks away, so as I did often, I walked there to hang out with them.
Michael and Joey were home when I got there...I was about 10 at the time, making Michael 8 and Joey 13... at one point we were sitting on the stoop ( yes, they had a stoop too)...I said to Joey, I bet it is hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk...we laughed and I said lets try it..
He send Michael into the house to get an egg...Joey was to be the chef of the day, so he broke the egg onto the sidewalk and we all stood there along with a few more kids that were passing by, staring at the egg...It actually started to cook, that is how hot it was..it did not fry completely but it did cook a bit around the edges....
I left and walked home and later when my aunt came home, Michael told her of our gourmet attempt..
She was not at all amused and called my mother telling that I was the instigator and made them do it...so I got into trouble and was not allowed to go there for a few days....guess the motto of the story is " When you hatch an Idea, don't use your aunts eggs"....

"Bulletin Board September 28th

Today is Mell's 70th Birthday...

Happy Birthday Mell

and many many more

"The Bulletin Board"

I have decided to start a "Bulletin Board"....I will list any info you may want to share, any questions you may have or just a comment....just send me an email giving me your items and I will post them...

Remember this is not my blog, it is "OUR" blog

so lets make it successful and enjoy it....

1. My granddaughter Lauren, Michael's daughter, has been elected Secretary of the class of 2010 at St Joseph College in CT....

"Way to go Lauren"...

2. I need the following email addresses to send this Blog to....

Mell, Trish,Patrick, Billy

Kristy and Gregory

If you have them please send.

3. As I get more proficient at this, I will be adding old photos

and other family stuff...if you have

anything you want to share, email me.

4. Your comments are always welcome.