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Thanksgiving Dinner 2009 - Home

My simple yet elegant Thanksgiving Dinner - 2009. I cooked turkey cutlets that I baked in apple cider with onions & sea salt & tri-colored ground peppercorns.

It was just my husband & myself & our two dogs. It was a very nice day. We were going to drive to his sisters house but she lives so far away. My husband has been working nights now so he needed to rest.


I'm glad we stood home!!

December 1965

Peter, Tommy & Myself

These are old pictures that I have of my ex-husband & I. Peter & I were back together when God took him home on September 11th 2001.

Peter raised my son Thomas J. Ruggiero since he was four years old. It is always sad around the holidays when our loved ones are no longer here with us.

Peter left this note before he went into the South Tower. He borrowed another firemans gear & left his wallet with this note inside. He wrote "I am in Ladder 42 Peter Bielfeld hold my stuff - tell my family I love them Mom Dad Patti & Brit Roger & Barbara. It is so sad & this time of year I get into a funk. I have to keep my head up & just know that there is a plan....something that we are all a part of.....something bigger than life itself.

Siempre en mi corazon y tu mi alma. In English that means, Forever in My heart & my soul. XXXXXOOOOOO

Peter, Tommy & Myself - 1986 in front of my Mothers old house on Bronxwood Avenue, Bronx NY

Museum of Natural History - 2007

A Saturday afternoon visit to the Museum of Natural History with hubby.

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Profile Picture - November 18th 2009

I'm due for a haircut!!

If I do say so myself, I still look good, thank you God for everyday & for my health. Continue to bless my loved ones with good health.

1963 - 1965

These are really old old pictures of me from when I was a little girl....I will be turning 50 years old in March, God willing! It's amazing how fast my life has moved on.....

My Two Babies, Duke & Darla

Summer 1974 - Carpenter Avenue, Bronx NY - Where I grew up as a teenager

This is a picture that my Mother took way back in the Summer of 1974. My brother Michael was on a leave from the US Navy. I'm sitting next to him wearing my floral colored dress. My older sister Catherine (Cathy) is sitting next to my brother. My younger sister Lucille (LuLu) is sitting next to Cathy.

My Mother raised four children on her own. My stepdad provided financial support but nothing else. He lived his life with his new wife. He was a real sport...as long as times were good.....I guess he lost his backbone after my Mother got sick. 

Oh well, I turned out pretty good. I love my floral print dress & my dark olive skin tone. My birth order is the middle child.  Middle children usually feel left out when there are two parents raising a family.  Not being part of my family seemed to work for me.  Oh well, my older sister & my younger sister were always the favorites.  My brother & myself...well, we weren't.  Whaw whaw....not me, life is what you make it.

27th World Series - The Worlds Best Baseball Team!!

City Hall - Yankee Parade - Friday November 6th 2009

What an amazing day to be part of the NY Yankees 27th World Series Championship celebration in City Hall Park!!!

I have been a Yankee fan since I was a little girl. I had seats inside the park right behind the assigned seating for the Yankee family members....priceless!!

Bed & Breakfast in Red Oak Mills

What an absolutely

beautiful sight to see!

This lovely Bed & Breakfast

is about 2.5 miles from

my house.

I am so truly

blessed to live in

the greatest State

in the World!!

New York State

New York City

ROCKS!!

We have so

much here

to see.

I'm exploring new

sites everyday.

Thank you God

for all of the

blessings you have

bestowed upon me.

Womens Business Luncheon - Rockerfeller Center - May 2009