9/11 2001

I thought I would do a little thing for 9/11 today since it is 9/11. A day like today makes you appreciate life and the loved ones you have. I was listening to Michael Smerconish this morning and he said something that really made me think. He was talking about the day and night before 9/11 and how no one remembers what they did that day. As he ate dinner with his family last night he said he was thinking about how thousands of people did the same in 2001 not knowing it was going to be be their last. It makes you think that you should cherish everything you have and the loved ones in your life, and don't take things for granted. I try not to go to be angry at someone because you just never know. All the rescue workers went into those buildings with no thought of their own lives, the only thing they were thinking about was getting people out alive. Thinking about it, I don't know if I could do that. Knowing those buildings were death traps, I know I couldn't do it. That is what makes these men true heroes!!!!! Keith Olbermann said that playing videos of that day is disrespecting the the families of the victims of that day. Well I could not disagree more. I think it is a great tribute to all of the people who gave their lives or had their life taken. I don't think we should ever forget this day in 2001 which has been the biggest incident of my short life. I work with a couple of men who were Verizon techs in NYC on 9/11 and later transferred to our garage who were there that close by that day and helped in recovery efforts. These guys also helped get communications back up in NYC and they will tell you to always remember.

My family and I took a trip to NYC that winter and saw ground zero. The thing I think I most about that trip to New York was the wall with all of the pictures of the missing people posted by loved ones and friends. Me along with all the other people at the wall found ourselves looking at all the pictures and reading the messages along with those pictures. The more I think about it the more sad and upset I get.

I just thought it was appropriate to post something about 9/11 today so I did. I hope to get out to the memorial in Pennsylvania sometime hopefully sooner than later

Donna is crazy!!!!!!!!

Donna and the bride of the wedding she crashed
the bride dancing
Tom and his girlfriend Pam at the beef and beer
Chuck and Pam coming downstairs after also crashing the wedding

I just want to say to Leslie in Eastampton, Stop stalking Howard Stern!!!! Haha!!!


Last night was the beef and beer for the 3 day breast cancer walk. It was held at Indian Springs Country Club. We had a good time with our friends Which was 2 couples and Chuck cousin. Everyone drank a lot and had a good time. Donna won three things at the Chinese Auction. She won a case of wine of all things, a sushi package which included chop sticks, food mats, 2 sushi books on how to prepare it, and a gift certificate to a sushi restaurant. She also won an autograph picture of some sixers player. After everyone had been drinking for awhile Donna had the great idea of crashing the wedding upstairs. Thats what happend next and Donna got her picture taken with the bride after dancing with her. Donna is one crazy girl!!! Thats it for tonight talk to all of you soon.

VERY BUSY!!!!!!

Brandon getting barley cereal for the first time. He seemed to like it as much as the oatmeal.
His favorite thing is to grab his feet
Paul, me, Chris, and Ron on the field during batting practice at the Phillies game.
Another picture of Brandon eating
All the boxes in the back room some full, some not. Getting ready to move out of the Boro!!!!


This month is and already has been a crazy month!!!! As some of you know donna and I are moving out of the Boro, Thank God!!! We are moving to Eastampton which is about 15-20 minutes away. Travel time to work will be another 10 minutes for me and probably an extra 5-10 minutes for Donna. We have been packing and trying to fix some things around the house to get ready to move.

Donna has also been busy planning a beef and beer for a friend who has Pancreatic cancer. The beef and beer is in the begining of October but takes a lot of planning. Also We had to do a few wedding things and also get info and plan for Brandons baptism and the party that follows.

Today I had off because I have to work Saturday, which is supposed to be shitty because of the tropical storm. They say it will be right off the Jersey coast on Saturday and will produce winds up to 40 mph and heavy rains. That kind of weather is no fun when you work outside and on telephone poles. Enough about that. Today Donna and I went out all day and looked for new day cares, as the one Brandon goes to now will be well out of the way for the both of us. We did have some success as we found 2 that we liked and will be easy to get to for the both of us.

This Friday we are going to a friends beef and beer for breast cancer at Indian Springs Country Club in Evesham. It should be a good time for a good cause. In 2 Thursdays from now we will be going to a rehearsal dinner for my friend Chris who is getting married. The wedding will be that following Saturday in Philadelphia. I am really happy for him he is a good guy and deserves to be happy. Chris and His future wife Denise will both be at Donna and my wedding. Good times!!!
The Sunday after his wedding we will be packing up the pod we rented and getting ready to get out on the following weekend. We founfd the pod to be alot cheaper than getting movers. It will be more work but also more fun with friends drinking a couple of beers, it should be interesting.

Talk to you all later

Sorry

We have been so busy lately we just haven't had time to post. I had been sick for 3 weeks and the doctor had no idea what was wrong.I had all kinds of blood tests and chest x-rays done and all came back negative. I am feeling better now thank God!!! Donna sold her house so we have been going crazy trying to find a place but I think we have it narrowed down to two houses. One in Delran and one in Eastampton.

So I know what everyone is waiting for? Pictures of Brandon So here they are.

Brandon trying to crawl On the beach for the first time in Ocean City Soaking up the shade on the beach

Eating from the spoon for the first time
Loves his saucer!!!!!!!!!

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY WE HAVE BEEN BUSY

Hey everybody, sorry we suck at putting up regular blogs. I guess it the low on the pole of priorities. I will work on it, i promise.

So what is going on you ask??? Well, i went back to work and HATED putting Brandon in day care for 10 hours a day (who right now is watching sponge Bob and blowing raspberries at the TV) so i had my hours changed, YAY, now i carry a blackberry so i can answers emails 24/7 and i still do things from home. So that will the norm for the next year.

I am planning a million things starting with our wedding in Jamaica, Brandon's baptism, a Beef and Beer Fund raiser for work, a Blood Drive, a pancreatic cancer walk and somewhere i want to find the time to go to SC so Brandon can meet his God mother...

Keith has been sick, not sure what is going on there, but he is going to the dr tomorrow or Tuesday. I hope he starts to feel better, i hate seeing him yucky feeling, it makes me sad.

Well, i just wanted to put something up with new pics of the prince for you all do see.

long time

Sorry it has been so long. Donna and I have been very busy the past couple of weeks. Every time I say I am going to post something I end up falling asleep. I am going to leave some pictures on this post and later this week I will make a longer post. I think my next post will be crazy stories.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

I was reading Barack Obamas tax plan if he gets elected. Do people realize that his proposal will be a mistake!! He wants to remove the cap from social security for people earning more then $250,000 a year. Second he wants to eliminate the "Bush tax cuts" which would raise the federal income tax rate to 39.6%. To put this in perspective the Yankees have a payroll of $208 million. The 24 players would be hit with a federal tax increase of about $22 million. The owners would owe another $7.5 million in federal taxes. What I am getting at is ticket prices would need to rise by $65 million so the owners and players could have the same after-tax income as before. This would be an increase of about $16 dollars per ticket. It is going to be an expensive nite at the ballpark.

Self-employed people the federal tax rate would increase about 39% for those earning over $250,000. It would also take the top marginal tax rate which is the federal and state taxes combined to over 57% on self-employment income. Think about this. What do you think businesses will do?

* They will raise prices to recoup all the extra cost.

* Businesses will entertain more carefully the option of moving out of country.

The employee will be paying a combined 53% in taxes. If you thought money was tight now just wait to Obama is in office. Does this sound like a way to help the economy? I don't think so!!!

I had a little help with this one from some newspapers and news programs.

Has anyone heard about the woman who is representing the detainees in Abu Gharaib. Her name is Susan Burke, As far as I'm Concerned not an American. The lawsuit says that U.S. defense contractors tortured some detainees while locked up. O and I almost forgot violated their rights. How about the rights of the people they blew up in a bomb or were planing to blow up. These people are terrorists all of the sudden they care about what is right and what is wrong. This is a joke!! We are in a war and these people are the enemy and as far as I am concerned should be killed. How come it seems to be OK to be-head someone but not to water torture people. I am done before I get overly fired up.

HI

mommy and son
first night in crib. notice the Phillie Phanatic mobile

at the St. Charles carnivale
My dad got a fathers Day picture with him
Can you please move this lamb
Zoey and Brandon sleeping
Looks like Sluggo from the Nancy comic

I know it has been a while since our last post, but we have been very busy. The shed is finally all down and I managed to haul away all of it. I have also been bringing boxes home from work so when we move that will be one less expense that we have. While I have been at work Donna has been going through the attic and basement trying to get rid of all the junk we have accumulated. I have also found some time to finally get to a Mason meeting, my first in a really long time. I really should get to more of them. Donna has been able to get out a little bit more which is good for her. I also like it because I can spend some alone time with Brandon which I don't get much of. Donna and I went to a Phillies game and had great seats, first row on the field on the third base side of the field. Donna like it because right in front of our seats is where the Phillie Phanatic does his 5th inning skit. We would have had pictures but the battery died when Donna took 5,000 pictures of Shane Victorino. I don't understand it because he SUCKS, but whatever. Paul, Chris, and I won a silent auction at the Phillies game a couple of weeks ago. The prize is we get VIP treatment, which is vip parking seats in the Hall Of Fame section and we get to go down on the field during the Phillies batting practice and meet all the phillies. that should be a fun night and I will definitely make sure my camera is charged for that game. We didn't get to do any road trips this year, so next year we defimitely want to get some in. Maybe Chicago, an if they play Boston again in Boston.

I am sure everyone is reading this to hear about Brandon so I will tell you he is GREAT!!! He sleeps through the night most nights and never cries. The only time he fusses is when he is hungary or he wants his diper changed. We couldn't have asked for a better baby. It kind of makes us want to stop at 1, but we won't because we think he should have a brother or sister. That won't be for a couple of years though. We are preparing for his first overnite trip to the beach. This weekend we have a bbq in Wildwood so we are spending he night at a friends house Saturday. I can't wait to walk the boardwalk play some game and take pictures. It should bee alot of fun. I also can't wait to eat shore pizza. There is just something different about pizza at the shore. Mory's pier had a big fire on it earlier this summer so it will be interesting to see what is closed on the pier and what isn't. Wildwoods boardwalk is so big it won't be a problem, but that is he best pier with the best rides.

i just want to say no one took any pictures of me and Brandon together for my first Fathers Day. I think that is messed up!!! Memories lost forever!!! HAHA

DAMN IT'S HOT!!!!!!

Brandon sleeping
Donna and I had front row seats third base side
What a great outfit
same outfit

Man was it hot this week!!! It was 100 degrees on Monday and Tuesday And last Saturday and Sunday it was around 98 degrees. On all 4 days the humidity was like 100%. I had to work outside all day on all of those days and it SUCKED!!! On Tuesday when I left for work around 7 the news said it was already 89 degrees.

A little side note, I hate Tom Gordon, he just gave up a grand slam to lose the game.

Sunday will be my first Fathers day and I must say it is pretty exciting. Jared, tell the Bean to hurry and it can be yours as well.

I am tired so I am going to bed, I will write more later this week.

MY TOP TEN MOVIES

I decided to steal the idea of a top ten list from Jared.

My top ten movies will start from 10 down to 1. So here we go

10) Braveheart

I don't care if you like Mel Gibson or not this was his best movie. Breaveheart had alot of great action and he was a face painter in it.

9)Harlem Nights

This movie has Eddie Murphy and Ricard Pryor in it and is one funny movie. This movie is about black mobsters set in Harlem in the 1910's . Oh yea I almost forgot that Redd Foxx is also in this movie. three comical geniuses in this movie. Definitely a must see.

8)A Walk To Remember

Go ahead and get the gay jokes out of the way!! I really like this movie though. It has Mandy Moore who is hot and shane west in it. I will come out and say i shed a tear during this movie. This is a good movie to watch with your wife or girlfriend.

7)Scarface

Al Pacino did a good job in this movie. once again alot of good action in this gangster movie.

6)RollBounce

great movie about rollerskating. movie was set in the 1970's in Chicago. The soundtrack is just as good as the movie. Brings back memories of back in the day at Holiday skating rink.

5)Boondock Saints

This movie is set in south Boston. t is about 2 Irish brothers who kill the lowlifes of gangsters who try to reak havok in their neighborhood.

4)Saturday Night Fever

No need to say anything. Great music and great Acting.

3)Major League

Great baseball movie. Some of the best oneliners in a movie."Forget the curveball Ricky give em the heater" I can watch this movie 1 million times.

2) The Godfather

Don't have to explain everyone knows this movie.


1) Coming to America

The funniest movie of ALL time. I know every line in this movieand have watched this 1 million times.

YEA AIR!!!!!!

Today I have off because I have to work Saturday so I have some time to write a post. Today we had our new air put in which couldn't have come at a better time because stating Friday it is supposed to be in the 90's to at least the middle of next week. I wish my parents would hurry and open the pool!!!! Brandon needs a place to go to cool off when it gets really hot.

Last weekend was a busy one for us. On Friday Donna and I went to Collingswood to a little byob called Nunzios which was great. The atmosphere was awesome and the service was very good. the food was good but not great but definitely worth going back to eat just for the atmosphere alone. After we went to the old RMacs for a drink on the huge deck they have. We called my friend Tommy to come because he lives down the street from the place, but he couldn't because he was watching all the kids. His girlfriend and her friends and his sister all went to see Sex And The City. Because it was such a nice night the place was packed so we only stayed for one drink and watched the end of the Phillies game. We came home to nanny and Brandon laying on the couch watching tv, it was soooo cute.

Saturday we had a picnic to go to at my friend Jasons down in Sicklerville. Most of the day was crappy with thunderstorms but by the time the party started at 3 it had become nice. This was the first time a couple of my friends that were at the party have got to see Brandon . The party was fun and Jasons wife Kathy did a great job with the food and drinks. The ribs were some of the best i have had. After the party Donna and Brandon headed home and I went off to the Phillies game. The Phillies ended up losing and Cole Hammels didn't pitch very well, but that is ok because the Phillies are still in 1st place.

Sunday I got called into work for overtime which ends up being double time on sundays, so it would have been hard to turn down the money. Donna and Brandon went to church and she said he was very good. We took him the previous Sunday for his first church visit. We would like to get back to going every week again so hopefully we will be able to. Later we were invited to my parents for a bbq that i ended up meeting Donna there. My dad did the grilling and it ended up being good. he mad beef and chicken kabobs. There was also corn greenbean salad and a pasta salad, it was all very good and fun.

Here are some new pics, so enjoy!!!!!!

Don't Know What To Write

It has been a while since our last post. Since the last time I wrote something I took down the shed and our air conditioner broke and we need a new one. Not really motivated to write anything because we are just so tired. Here are some new pictures of Brandon for all to see.