Twister!

We had a tornado last Thursday.

I think if I lived in Kansas or Iowa, this might not be very interesting. However, I live in a borough of New York City. Whether or not it was an actual tornado remains to be seen but that's what the news keeps saying. And well, take a look at the pictures and judge for yourself. By the grace of God, only one person died as a result of that evening but, still, what a shame nonetheless. In Queens, the areas hit the most would probably be Forest Hills, Middle Village and Flushing. Although I stay in Forest Hills, where Jonathan lives, I had been in Woodside that evening, for my brother Michael's 19th birthday. Thank God I left early in the afternoon and not later that evening because around 5:20pm, it hit. In Woodside, heavy rain and flickering lights were the extent of it. But when I got back to Forest Hills after work...oh boy...

Back of Jonathan's deck/yard.

Amazingly enough, these wind chimes didn't move from it's spot!

So the wind chimes don't move but this flies across the yard from deck to the ground?! (In this position, too!)

Screw Leukemia

On Saturday, September 11, not only did we, as a whole, mourn the events that happened 9 years ago, but we also mourned & celebrated the life of Jenn Esposito. Kim and the family orchestrated a benefit at CJ Sullivan's. Kim & co. worked their butts off for this and with a turn out of 193 (!!), I'd say it was a major success! They also raised $5,442! Amazing, isn't it? On top of an entrance donation, there were prizes to win via a raffle later that night. The prizes (all donations, by the way) were top notch! Yankees, Mets, Giants, Six Flags tickets to name a few, a "tourist for the day" package including tickets to see Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, a Starbucks gift basket (and no I did not win that, much to everyone's surprise haha) and SO much more.

This isn't the end of Jenn's teams' efforts to well, screw Leukemia. On October 14, we are walking in Jenn's memory. For more information, please check out Jenn's team page: http://pages.lightthenight.org/nyc/Manhattn10/JennsTeam

Yankee tickets! Six Flags tickets!

The Esposito girls :-)

I won the prize that I wanted! And threw most of the my raffle tickets in LOL.

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend came and went, much like the summer did. But surprisingly, I am okay with this because I am ready for fall! The pumpkin spice, the Halloween activities, the crunch of the leaves, and then soon, Christmas (too early to type that?) and all it's trimmings. Yes, I am okay with this :)

But first, summer ended with a BBQ. Very appropriate if you ask me. Jonathan and I, along with his parents, headed to the Mauros' Saturday evening. I'll let the pictures speak for itself.

Sam loved seeing if the frog would "disappear". (When he wasn't looking, one of us would hide it somewhere for him to find.)