Sorry Gina, now when you get here we can have a party, I could make cake lol.

Mike, you might see me sooner than next year. I finally got a letter from Calvary Cemetery. Looks like I will actually have to come there to give them the original deed, pay the bill and pick a stone. I will let you know when that will be. Probably in August sometime. Can't do it now with the moving and all.

Oh Ok I can't wait. I will help you, and we can have lunch and everything else! Should be fun.

Gina501 wrote:

Ok ya'll......please don't beat me up anymore. I won't mention the word fat again. I was just being myself, just joking around. When you all meet me in New York next year, you will realize that I have NO self esteem problem, and I swear I am not down on myself. No reason to be..... I know exactly how I got to be fat (OOPS excuse me - voluptuous!) I have certainly ENJOYED every morsel of pasta that has crossed my lips!!!

Good Gina. We love you and will not allow anyone to put you down - not even you. Something tells me you will be a lot of fun in New York!

Oh Cathy don't forget New Yorkers just want to have fun! And we do everytime.

Cathy, I am just DYING to talk to you! Forget about meeting you. I just ordered my new computer. Next weekend it will be my first project. Then we'll talk on skype. I can't wait!

YES WE GET THERE AND WE WILL HAVE FUN
I CAN'T WAIT TO APPLY FOR MY NEW ITALIAN PASSPORT

WHOO HOO!!! I can't wait!

Cathy wrote:

Maybe 2009 we all meet in Napoli!

Or perhaps the other Napoli, the one in Florida. A great destination when it's snowing and cold up north. Naples is about 45 minutes south of me. As empty nesters, we could host 4 people fairly comfortably. With a winter climate pretty similar to the Mezzogiorno and some of the greatest beaches anywhere, southwest Florida is a great place to visit in the winter. And you'd all get to meet my daughter Lea, her husband, and soon to be granddaughter Isabella.

Biff

Biff83 wrote:

Cathy wrote: Maybe 2009 we all meet in Napoli! Or perhaps the other Napoli, the one in Florida. A great destination when it's snowing and cold up north. Naples is about 45 minutes south of me. As empty nesters, we could host 4 people fairly comfortably. With a winter climate pretty similar to the Mezzogiorno and some of the greatest beaches anywhere, southwest Florida is a great place to visit in the winter. And you'd all get to meet my daughter Lea, her husband, and soon to be granddaughter Isabella. Biff

Do we have to go through the alligators to get there???

Biff83 wrote:

Cathy wrote: Maybe 2009 we all meet in Napoli! Or perhaps the other Napoli, the one in Florida. A great destination when it's snowing and cold up north. Naples is about 45 minutes south of me. As empty nesters, we could host 4 people fairly comfortably. With a winter climate pretty similar to the Mezzogiorno and some of the greatest beaches anywhere, southwest Florida is a great place to visit in the winter. And you'd all get to meet my daughter Lea, her husband, and soon to be granddaughter Isabella. Biff

AH...Naples...home of my heart! Had Mom & Dad not gotten ill, I would have been moving there this fall. Naples truly is one of the most beautiful places in Florida.





This is the first year I have not been there in many years. If I can get my dad to do the right thing, perhaps I will see you this winter Biff!

Cathy wrote:

.....perhaps I will see you this winter Biff!

Cathy,
That would be really wonderful.

Nuccia,
You could fly into Fort Myers and avoid the trip across Alligator Alley.

Biff

Biff83 wrote:

Cathy wrote: .....perhaps I will see you this winter Biff! Cathy, That would be really wonderful. Nuccia, You could fly into Fort Myers and avoid the trip across Alligator Alley. Biff

My parents have a house in Fort Myers the just bought two years ago, they are down there on and off during the winter. I've been a couple times, and also to Bonita Springs, Naples, Sanibel... beautiful area!

No alligators. But lots of birds. The whole town of Naples is a bird sanctuary. It's amazing. There are at least 20 different types of seabirds there. Egrets, ibis, roseate spoonbills - I have seen Eagles and hawks, parrots - every kind of bird in every color you can think of. And the shopping!!! I have gotten some excellent deals there. They even have a Chicago based Italian resturant there. It's beautiful. Oh, how I miss it there! I'm thinking about early December. I prefer January but my daughter will be in school and she would never forgive me if I went without her. New Year's is nice - they do a fabulous fireworks display over the ocean by Naples Pier (in the pictures above).

I didn't know what there pits another Naples! Very beautiful also that American!