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Interview Series ~ Mom

Posted in A Friend Lost too soon, Chihuahua, Interviews, Isabella, Movies, Music, Nostalgic, Relationships, Religion, Travel, Vatican City, tagged 102 years old, 2 legged, 2 legs, 4 legged, 4 legs, airplane, Ben Hur, BenHur, best friend, children, christ, Christmas, Christmas Dinner, Christmas Mass, Christmas music, cook, couch, Dad, daisies, daisy, Drumstick, Dutchess, Dutchess County, Europe, favorite holiday, Favorite song, favorite subject, Flowers, fly, get to heaven, get to know, gladiolas, gladioli, glads, grandchildren, grandkids, Greece, Happily married, happy children, heart, Heaven, hell, Hero, Heroes, Holy Cow, How Great Thou Art, Ice cream, interesting place, interview, Interview Series, Italy, jesus, Jesus Christ, man's heart, man's heart is through his stomach, married, Math, meet, meeting, Mom, mother, name after, name me after, New York, numbers, NY, PA, Patsy, pennsylvania, peoney, Peonies, puzzles, Red Hook, red hook NY, remembered names, Rome, Rome Italy, Rose, roses, series, Sistine Chapel, spoil, sudoku, super power, swimming, swimming in the brook, Takin' it easy, The Sistine Chapel, The Vatican, through his stomach, Vatican, Vatican City, visit, visit Greece, visited on July 8, 2010| 11 Comments »

My Mom

While brainstorming about what to write blogs about, I wanted to find a way for my readers to get to know some of the awesome people who I know. The best way I could come up with was an interview series.

Meet my Mom. We met at my birth. (obviously!) She’s one of the most kind-hearted people I know. Always willing to lend a helping hand. So… without further ado – here is my Mom.

Name: Mom

Age: 69

Location: My house –> Dutchess County, NY

Hails from: Pennsylvania

Me, Mom & Dad with my Aunt Rita in the front. She's my God-Mother.

Relationship Status: Happily Married for 49 years

Children: 4 – 3 sons & 1 daughter

Occupation: Takin’ it easy & lovin’ it! spoiling my Grandkids – both 2 & 4 legged

What is the most challenging part of your job? Finding the nearest couch

If you could spend an evening with anyone from history, who would it be? Jesus Christ

What do you miss most about your childhood? Walking to the brook and swimming with the neighborhood kids.

What’s a goal in life you have yet to accomplish? Getting to heaven

What 5 things in life could you not live without? My husband and 4 kids

What’s your favorite snack? Drumstick Ice Cream Cones (not the chicken variety)

What super power do you wish you had? I’d love to be able to fly without stepping foot on an airplane.

What is your favorite movie? Ben Hur

How did you meet Dad? By remembering that the quickest way to get to a man’s heart is through his stomach!

What are your favorite flowers? I like roses, daisies, peonies, and gladiolas.
Author’s Note: Thank goodness she didn’t name me after any of the other 3!!!

Who was your best friend growing up? Patsy

What was your favorite subject in high school? Math – I still enjoy puzzles with numbers like Sudoku.

Who’s your favorite grandchild? Elizabeth, Anne, Katie, Sofia, Jacob, Frank & Bella. (Bella’s my 4 legged grandchild)

Where would you like to visit that you’ve never been? Greece

The Sistine Chapel

Where was the most interesting place you’ve ever visited? The Sistine Chapel

What is your favorite holiday and why? Christmas – for a few reasons. I love to see happy children, I like Christmas music, our Christmas mass is always nice, and Rose usually cooks Christmas dinner.

Mom & her Mother (My Grandmother)

Who’s your hero? My Mother was. She had 9 children (I was the youngest), 30 grandchildren, 50+ great-grandchildren, and a number of great-great grandchildren before she passed away at 102 years old. (And she remembered ALL of their names!!)

What is your favorite song? How Great Thou Art

Where do you go for your favorite ice cream? Holy Cow

Mom & her sister Rita (my God-mother)

What would you like to know about my Mom?

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The Weeklies ~ Week 22

Posted in A Friend Lost too soon, blogging, Charities, Crocheting, Facebook, Hobbies, Motorcycles, No Destination, Social Networking, Tea, The Weeklies, Twitter, tagged 11 years, 1999, Abigail Faith, Albany TweetUp, arizona pizza, autism, autistic, bonesless buffalo wings, brands, Brian Feliciano, Brianna Chase, Catherine Ruggiero, Cathy Ruggiero, Charity, Chase for a cure, chicken florentine, crochet, crocheting, Deborah Temple, donate, donations, Dutchess, eclipse, happy birthday, Helen Vasilakos, helping others, hobbies, hobby, HVasilakos, jaymarzian, kokopelli, Lee, lee MA, lend a helping hand, look for motorcycles, loud pipes, MA, making friends, manatee, manatees, Marcus Molinaro, Melissa Brown, Melissa Leone, motorcycle awareness, Motorcycles, ndkelly29, no ears, Paula Broadwater, phil campbell, pomegranite raspberry tea, Roberta Smith, Rootbeer, save lives, Sex in the City, speak, The Stroll for Epilepsy, Twitter, Ulster, vocal chords, walk now for autism speaks, watch for motorcycles, wedding anniversary on May 28, 2010| 2 Comments »

The Weekly Re-cap: We talked about what would have been my 11 year wedding anniversary, and brands we like. I begged you to look once, twice and again for motorcycles. (Keep praying for my friend Brian’s recovery) We talked about lending a helping hand when we can, and hobbies we have. We talked about making new friends on meetup.com and it being 10 years since my good friend Cathy passed away.

The Weekly Beverage: Kokopelli Rootbeer from Arizona Pizza in Lee, MA.

The Weekly Tea: I made some pomegranite raspberry iced green tea and I liked it, but Michael didn’t care for it too much.

The Weekly Food: Penne Chicken Florentine and Boneless Buffalo Wings from Arizona Pizza in Lee, MA

Manatee

The Weekly Amazing Fact: Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the abilitiy to speak like humans, but don’t do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.

Happy Birthday!!!

The Weekly Birthdays: Brian Feliciano, Dorena Frank, Deborah Tiberio Temple, Erin Geistfeld, Matt Posusta, Heather Feller Marin, Roberta Curtis-Smith, Tobyjean Marzahl, Melissa Leone Brown, Elizabeth Kenny, Cami Hennekens, Paula Broadwater, Tara Zacharzuk-Marciano, Jonny Verderber, Phil Campbell, Alex Kalpaxis, Priscilla Cillessen, John Ham, and Peggy Sue Sherman. I hope you all had wonderful birthdays. Did you do anything special for your birthday??

The Weekly Craft: Working on crocheting another scarf.

The Weekly Activity: Helping others.

The Weekly new people I’ve found on Twitter: HVasilakos (my good friend Helen), and ndkelly29 & JayMarzian who I met at the May Albany Tweetup.

The Weekly Charity I’m Pimping: Walk Now For Autism Speaks my friend Phil Campbell and his family will be walking for his son Ryan. At the time I’m writing this, the walk as a whole has $357,919 in pledges. Another charity I’m pimping this week is The Stroll for Epilepsy – Dutchess to Ulster County. My Friend Marcus Molinaro and his wife Christy will be walking for their daughter Abigail Faith. Please donate if you can.

Sex and the City 2

The Weekly Countdowns: Sex In The City 2 is now in theaters & The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (June 30, 2010) 33 more days.

Weekly Grand Totals: Percentage of YES RSVP’s that actually attended Brianna’s Chase for a Cure Fundraiser – 6.25%
We’re going to discuss this in more depth in the future.

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