Greetings, Everyone! Hope everyone had a nice three day weekend, and a great Thanksgiving for all of my Canadian friends.

The other night, while watching TV, I kept hearing this funny scratching sound in our living room wall, where the fireplace is located. But everytime I got up to look what was making the noise, there didn't seem to be anything around that could be the cause of the noise. Well, a few minutes later, I heard the same noise, only this time it was right behind the couch I was sitting on! I didn't even have time to look behind the couch because about two seconds later, A SQUIRREL CAME RUNNING OUT FROM BEHIND THERE!!!! I nearly had a heart attack! At first I though maybe it was just a big mouse, but then I saw it's bushy tail. Plus, it jumped up on some shelves and was climbing up them. I managed to get two pics in, although they're not very well defined.

Apparently, it got in the house from the chimmeny and fireplace. Fortunately, while it was scampering on the shelves, it jumped on to one of my cousin's toys and the toy and squirrel both toppled on to the floor, where it ran back to the place where it got in. There apparently was a small opening on the side of the fireplace where it got in, so my parents fixed it. Not only that, but once we were all sure that the late night visitor had gone out of the chimmey, and back to where it belongs, we lit up the fireplace to ensure nothing else got any ideas about coming in.

Moving on to less scary topics, yesterday, because of the lovely weather outside, I decided to take my brother and sister to the Stone Church. For those of you who don't know, the Stone Church is a cave-like formation complete with a waterfall. To get there you hike through this huge field, on winding and sometimes rocky paths, across a little bridge and past streams and mini waterfalls. It's the highlight of my boring town, and definitely a beautiful and fun place to go.

BTW: Inside the Stone Church itself is a ladder, made of logs, that if you climb up you can see this huge waterfall. EVERYBODY climbs the ladder, although before yesterday I never had. However, I conquered my fear of heights, and climbed away! It was amazing!!! My brother even climbed it after me.

Before leaving we all stopped and had some snacks and water while resting on a big rock by a pond.

After our hike, I brought my brother and sister to the school playground nearby, where they also had a great time.

It's interesting to see the differences from last year's Stone Church blog and this one. However the fun of going there is always the same.

Hope everyone enjoyed the blog! Later!

Greetings, Everyone! Hope everyone's weekend was relaxing. I plan on keeping this a short and sweet blog entry, but a pretty neat one nonetheless. First, I thought I'd share some pics of when my church decided to put on a Tri-Parish Picnic a few weeks ago. Usually they only put on an annual picnic for themselvels, but this year one of the parishoners here decided to ask my church's preist to invite Archbishop Dolan to the festivites. When he promptly accepted, it was decided to share the good fortune with the surrounding areas. Below are some pics, plus a few links to the news articles about the day. I had an amazing and relaxing time.

For security reasons, the picnic was held at San Sliverio Shrine, which is a very lovely place.

A nice fountain out in front.

Throughout the whole event Italian music, rock and roll music, and Irish music was played! Which was awesome, since I love all those kinds of music.

A pic of the Archbishop of NY!

My favorite pic of the whole day!!!!!!! Not only getting to shake his hand, but to get a pic with him too was awesome.

ARTICLE

Wow.... I've been away so long that I've almost forgot how to format my links. Scary.... Anyways, there's a neat article with some pics and a vid to go with it. Just click on the link.

Before I go, I had a few requests for some pics of my new cousin. Well, here they are. Cell phone cam quality must suffice for the time being I'm afraid.

My pal Joey.

A Yankees AND and Eagles fan.

Hope everyone enjoyed reading!!! And thanks for all your lovely well wishes for my great aunt in my previous blog. Later!

Greetings, Everyone. Well, it seems I've returned from a LONG hiatus from this site. The reasons for my absence are plentiful, some good, others bad. Mainly I've been away due to the need to spend time with my family, especially my great-aunt, who suffered a stroke about 2 weeks ago. To me it seems like an eternity ago. She's alright, but it will be a while before she's back to normal. For me, it's been pretty rough, since she's lived with my family for my whole life, and she is probably my best friend in the whole world. Oh well, what can you do...

I must say though, there have been some good moments too in the past few weeks. As of yesterday, Sept. 15, 2009, my total number of cousins increased to 5. The newest member of my family, Joseph Michael, was born yesterday. Some other noteworthy things are: I met the Archbishop of NY at a tri-parish picnic, 4 people in my families celebrated birthdays, and I read an awesome book, called, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

I'll share pics of the parties and picnic in a future blog. Until then, have a nice week.

Greetings, Everyone! Well, today is my 2-year TV.com anniversary! I really can't believe it's been that long.... In that time I made so many wonderful friends, learned the fine art of blogging(with pics and links included!), and became editor of a ton of show and person guides.

In my first year here, I managed to ge to level 13, and have a total of 1 person guide. It should be known that I never started submitting until 5 months after I joined. I met amazingly kind folks that really helped me out here, and soon became great friends to me.

Now, on to my second year.... Currently, I'm at level 41, with 8 show and 6 person editorships under my belt. Oh and two Trusted User statuses for shows. Still have to try and get a Trusted status for a person guide though. But, overall, I'd say it's been a very good year here. Thank you to all my friends here who helped me along the way.

Have a great week, Everyone!

Greetings, Everyone. I hope everyone is having a lovely, relaxing, restful weekend so far. Well, I seem to be back to 95% of my normal health, after being completely and utterly wiped out by my allergies. I haven't been around TV.com as much since the big level glitch was going on, and also since I was sick. But, I think I'm just about over my submission slump, since I managed to FINALLY get to level 37.

Another incentive for me to visit TV.com was the really cool chat with NCIS stars Pauley Perrette and Cote De Pablo this past Tuesday. It was really cool, and while I didn't get any of my numerous questions picked to be answered (believe me, it wasn't for lack of trying:lol it was still quite enjoyable. Hopefully, there will be more kinds of chats like that. If you happened to participate in that chat, please visit HERE, and post that you participated in the chat to get a cool new emblem. Wanna see what the emblem looks like? Well then, take a LOOK at this person's emblems. Hopefully, this new emblem won't go MIA like that American Idol poll one...

Seeing as how nothing too noteworthy has happened to me that's worth blogging about, I'd thought I'd share some more nice pics, plus a This Or That Quiz. Hope you enjoy.

THIS OR THAT

Be recognized for saving 500 people's lives or be voted the no. 1 sexiest person in your country?

Save 500 people's lives.
Have an alarm clock that wakes you by slowly making your bed ice cold or an alarm clock that wakes you by shaking your bed violently?

Hmmm, well, seeing as how I'd rather not have any bodily damage come to me, I'll opt for the cold bed.
Run into a wall or fall down the stairs?

Run into the wall. I run into so many walls, it doesn't even faze me anymore.
Be a pirate or be a ninja?

A ninja, because Ninjas > Pirates. Oh, and I have some martial arts training, so it would suit me.
Be the #1 entertainer for 4 years or be president of the U.S?
I'd rather be an entertainer. Being President at this time in history just seems like too stressful a job.

Walk on the ocean floor or jump to the moon with moonboots?

The ocean floor seems like a safer choice.Be a superhero or be a super villan?

Superhero.
Be really creative or be really intelligent?

Intelligent!
Be able to fly or be able to turn invisible?

I'd have to choose invisibility, since flying kinda freaks me out. Be super famous on YouTube or win 1 thousand dollars?

I'll take the 1,000 bucks over the risk of becoming the next Internet meme.
Have cookies and milk or juice and crackers?

Mmmm.... milk and cookies (especially chocolate chip!)
Go without watching TV for 2 weeks or without a computer for 2 weeks?

Without TV. Besides, with the summer upon us, there's really not too many shows that I watch on. Have to wait 'till Fall and Winter for them.Have a million friends that secretly hate you or have 1 best friend?

One best friend of course.Live in hot weather for the rest of your life or cold weather for the rest of your life?

Cold, I guess.
Take over the Playboy Mansion when Hugh Heffner dies or Win the Lottery?

Lottery, please. There's nothing at the Playboy Mansion that interests me.
Be a good singer or be a good dancer?

Good singer.

Be a famous singer or be a famous actor/actress?

Singer (a good one).
Sleep with a celebrity of your choice or not have to work for 5 years?

Not work for five years of course.Win 5 million dollars or find true love?

Hmmm... true love I guess, although the cash is tempting. Live in a house on the water or live in a castle?

A castle, since I can't swim, and what if there was some kind of horrible tidal wave or excessive flooding.
Be Jonny Depp's girlfriend or have Johnny Depp's salary?

Salary!
Be the same age forever or live to 100?

Well, I don't want to live to 100, but do I really want to be 20 years old forever???
Become famous for having a meltdown on YouTube or never become famous?

Again, still don't want to become the next Internet meme, so I'll stick with my obscurity.

Have lived in the 8th century or be born in the year 3000? (If the world still exists then)

The year 3000... after all, was there really any advantages of living in the 8th century? Be a mad scientist or a private investigator?

Gabriella PI! I like the sound of that!
Have rain for a year non-stop or have nothing but sunshine for a year non-stop?

Sunshine, since without it I get sorta sad.
Kill your own meal (meat) or become a vegetarian?

I can handle killing my own meal. Get stuck in an elevator for 34 hours or gain 15 pounds?

Hmmm.... as long as I wasn't in any real danger, I guess I could tackle the elevator crisis.
Be too hot with all your clothes off or too cold with a winter coat on?

Too cold.
Be allergic to your favorite food or never find true love?

Be allergic to my favorite food, since I have many favorites.

Be a dinosaur or be a penguin?

Dinosaur! Like, a T-Rex. That'd be so cool.Be trapped in a haunted house alone or alone on a deserted island?

Haunted house. It'd be quite a memorable experience. Have love but no money or have money but no love?

Well, I guess I'll stick with the love.Do Elmo workout videos or be obese?

Elmo workout videos. What's so bad about them REALLY.

Live in Paris as a bum for a year or live in Kansas and be rich?

Live in Kansas and be rich, then travel to Paris with my riches once the year was up.
Get hit by a car going 8 miles per hour or fall down 2 flights of steps?

Getting hit by a car going 8 miles per hour.
Give up alcohol or give up your favorite food?

Well, seeing as how I'm not old enough to drink, I guess I'll give up my non-existant alchohol.
Own a MAC or own a PC?

PC.

Never use MySpace again or never use Facebook again?

Never use MySpace again. I only use it about once a month compared to my everyday Facebook use.

Only eat chicken for the rest of your life or only eat beef for the rest of your life?

Chicken. Especially tasty, crispy chicken strips.

Date the wrong people until you meet the right one or stay single til you meet the right one?

Date the wrong people. The staying single thing hasn't really led me to finding the right guy. Have muscular abs or have muscular arms?

Muscular abs I guess.

Go to federal prison for 3 months or go through 4 years of high school all over again?

Sing Sing, here I come!
Have a bird that curses or a dog that humps things?

The bird, 'cause inappropriate language is better tolerated than sexual pervasion!
Be rich and lose it all or never become rich?
Be rich and lose it all.

Whew... ok, well, here are those pics. Hope you liked reading.

It's a snake. Yes, it's hard to see, but I really couldn't get too close.

My Mom's tulips.

More of them...

I took this the other night at RCIA. Pretty cool, huh?

Have a great rest of the weekend, Everyone!