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There's an Echo in this Blog!

Yoohoo... is anyone there? I feel like a kid in an empty classroom, wondering where everyone else has gone. Should I be in the auditorium?

If I'm the only one on this blog, does that mean that it belongs to me and only me?

Where is everybody?

Marlene

The French Fry Payoff!

Good news! Today the insurance company sent a 3-person cleaning crew to clean EVERYTHING in the kitchen, including ceiling, walls, floor, appliances, glasses, dishes, toothpicks... EVERYTHING! They emptied the cupboards one by one and washed every single thing. They even rewashed the dishes I washed just that morning. I'm wondering if they'll clean the cat's food... Maybe they could give Felix a good scrub... he doesn't shower often enough, in my opinion. And every container or food item that's open, they will inventory for the insurance company to replace.

They will also do my bedroom/office top to bottom (now's the time to recycle all those piles of paper - or else they'll be clean but I won't find them again) and a quick dusting in Justin's bedroom and the library/playroom/junk repository. They're coming tomorrow and maybe Saturday with 3 or 4 more people to finish it off.

Afterwards, they will repaint the kitchen because the soot doesn't come out with the cleaning. I've been meaning to put a little colour on the walls, so sometimes french fries can really pay off!
Thanks, Carmela, for offering to help clean - you're a sweetheart. Instead, now that it's as clean as it never would have been (I'm not the housecleaning type - I can't find the energy for it), I'd prefer to have you over to relax, not to work. HMMM, maybe now's the time to plan another get-together. Carmela, if I had to do this myself, I would be eating melted plastic stove knob soot for a long time, you can be sure.

The moral of this story is... if you want a thorough spring cleaning, make a bigger batch of french fries on the stove!

I hope I didn't bore anyone with my story, I just needed to share this insane moment in my life.

My French Fry Fate

Okay, people, remember a while back I had told you about how my father didn't want me to make french fries on the stove because it's messy and dangerous? Well, last Friday it was once more a steak and fries evening in my kitchen. The kids and I looooove french fries and so I started deep-frying a batch. But this time, I put a little more vegetable oil than usual into the kettle and set it on high. As soon as the oil was ready, I slipped in those sliced potatoes and hurried into the living room to pick up after my kids because someone was coming over to my house for a presentation an hour later and I wanted to be ready.

I was gone for only a minute... that's what they all say, but it's true. When I came back in the kitchen, there was a foot of thick black smoke billowing around on the ceiling. As I entered the kitchen, a flame caught my eye as it shot out of the top of the stove.

I quickly and calmly hurried over to the stove to try and put the fire out to no avail. The oil was boiling over onto the element and had caught fire. The kettle was almost totally surrounded by a ring of fire and flames were shooting out from between the control board on top and the stovetop.

"Justin, call 911... HURRY!", I yelled out to my 14-year-old wonder boy with the deepening voice. "NOW!!!" He proceeded to call on the cordless phone and told whoever answered that we had a fire. Meanwhile, I grabbed two potholders and proceeded to carefully pull on the handle that was not being licked by flames and gently slide the kettle onto the opposite element. This was no easy task as the oil was really bubbling up and out of the kettle. Luckily, the fire hadn't made its way into the kettle itself.

Then I went to turn off the heat but the knob was melting into the flames, feeding the fire, as was the neighbouring knob. Now what? I gently but surely pulled the stove away from the fridge and unplugged the scalding devil. Then I reached for the wok cover in the back of the kitchen cabinet, sending pots and pans clanging onto the floor. Quickly I tried to snuff the ever-increasing flames out but the cover was too wide and wouldn't cut the oxygen off. By now the flames were already out of control, shooting out from beneath the stove top. I left it there anyway.

Then I noticed that the flames were quickly reaching for the wall with their orange tongues, so I placed a metal pizza plate on top but that didn't really do anything, so I pulled on the stove once more to ease the flaming wonder away from potential disaster. Then the smoke alarm went off! Lucky for me I didn't wait for that to get into action. Actually, Félix, my 13-year-old loveable monster, is deathly scared of anything related to fires, such as smoke alarms. Being handicapped, he knows that his lack of mobility could make him a victim. Unfortunately, our smoke alarm always goes off when I fry steaks or produce even the smallest amount of smoke in the kitchen. In order to avoid a panic reaction in my son every time I make a meal, I took the alarm down from the ceiling and put it on top of the microwave. As I found out, it's pretty much useless in that position, especially since smoke swirls first to the ceiling and then makes its way down into the room, looking to suffocate whoever is in its way.

I opened the windows and doors, trying to air things out. By then the building alarms went off and out spilled my neighbour Maria and her visitor. When the firemen arrived, it had only been about 2 minutes since the initial call. Very quick! Well, Maria is a nutcase Aquarian like me, so when she saw those 4 firemen rushing into my appartment, she was getting ready for action. On and on she went about how gorgeous those 4 firemen were and how she thinks she might set a fire next week so that they can come and save her. She even took a picture of them and literally blinded one of them with her flash. Crazy girl!

Finally, with a shot of foam here and another shot there, our heroes put the fire out. They also took the windows off their frames and put my french fries outside to cool off. They threw the wok cover and the pizza plate onto the grass like two charred frisbees.

By then all hell had broken loose. There were 4 firemen in full gear with axes at the ready, thumping in with their big rubber boots, papering my freshly washed floors with wet autumn leaves. And then crazy Maria was running up and down the stairs, swooning over the firemen, coming in to my appartment to tell me that Felix was outside in the rain where Justin carried him and did I have a sweater for him? I crossed paths with our cat Venus, who looked like she was trying to figure out why we were having a party all of a sudden and where could she go to get away from it all.

The captain told me that I had done everything right... except maybe to be making fries in a kettle. Each fireman had his own suggestion as to how I could have fries, without making them on the stove. One suggested a deep fryer, the other one said he prefers to pick some up at his favorite restaurant, another one told me how he hates to clean the deep fryer, on and on. Oh, and I remembered to call the woman who was coming over in 30 minutes and whose partner was already driving down my street to cancel. Really, it's a little because of her that this whole fire started. When she called him to cancel he said he'd check if there really was a fire. He had to back out of the street.

The alarms were still screeching in the building entrance and Felix was shaking and crying. I asked the firemen to please shut those things up and told them about Felix's fire phobia. He had even gotten a fireman computer game the day before. After shutting off the alarms, the firemen asked him to come by the fire station the following week and they would let him ride in the fire truck and see how they deploy the ladder. They said he could bring his camera (but not Maria)Those guys are great!

Oh, and about the cat... when Felix was in the living room and we were waiting for the firemen to arrive, he was kneeling on the floor, crying. The cat, who had dived under a piece of furniture when the commotion started, came out and went over to Felix, put a paw on his leg and started to lick him. She could have saved her skin, all the doors and windows were open, but she chose to take care of the weakest member of the family. I think she knows he's handicapped. She slept on his bed through the whole night. She always prefers his bed to ours.

Okay, so the moral of this very long story is... don't buy frozen french fries, they don't taste the same.

But that's not what my father wants to hear, so... if you make french fries, don't put too much oil on high heat.

Well, the firemen wouldn't be satisfied with that, so... if you have a craving for french fries, go for sushi.

Okay, I think I got that right.

Ciao, my little honeys, I have to go consult my insurance policy and see if it covers cleaning the soot off the cat food.

Marlene

Christiana Sands

From: christiana [mailto:sbcsab@yahoo.it]
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 3:49 PM
To: tom@kearns.net
Subject: Our Lady of the Angelus School Reunion: Our Lady of the Angelus

christiana has sent you a link to a weblog:

i'm christiana sands , class 1955 now i live in italy but i'd like to recieve informations about my class mates.. glen carol horosci and so on .. expecialy about josaphine arias. can you help me ?

Blog: Our Lady of the Angelus School Reunion
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Gallery Opening

anna kostro and her sister elizabeth k. hirsch will have a gallery opening of art - evolution in greenville, ny - starting this week whenever the library is open - dates are 9/5 to 9/30 - to get there take the thurway to exit 20 and then route 32 to greenville - the number of the library is 518-966-205 - on september 10 there is a reception from 2-4 for that you do need an invitation please contact anna or elizabeth re: card. hope everyone can make it at some point.

Recently Retired, Father Frazzitta Dies in California

A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Bartholomew “Barry” W. Frazzitta, retired parochial vicar of St. Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights, will be celebrated Aug. 9 at SS. Peter and Paul Church, Alta Loma, California. He died July 30 in California, where he had been living in retirement. He was 75.

Born in Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral College and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1959. He served at St. Margaret’s, Middle Village, 1959-61; St. Frances de Chantal, Borough Park, 1961-66; St. Martin of Tours, Bushwick, 1966-67; Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, 1967-69; and St. Blaise, Brooklyn, 1969-72.From 1975 to 1996, he served in Catholic Charities’ Pastoral Care for the Sick. Since 1996, he ministered at Our Lady of Grace, Gravesend; Our Lady of Solace, Coney Island; and St. Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights.

He retired earlier this year. He also was a moderator for local scouting troops in the diocese. Father Emilio Salerno, pastor emeritus at St. Francis of Assisi, Astoria, said, “Father Barry was a very happy go lucky person who loved people, who loved to laugh, and who would come into a room singing.

“He was a person who liked people to an extent that he would listen to everyone about any problem they were facing. He was very compassionate. His compassion is indicated in that he spent 19 years as chaplain at Brooklyn Hospital, all of it in between his assignments as parochial vicar in different parishes.”

A memorial Mass will be scheduled in the diocese at a future date.

The Tablet | Diocese of Brooklyn

The Tablet | Diocese of Brooklyn

Charles Vallone

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Reneé has a new email address

Tom,

Here's my new e-mail address at home:
ercasali@bellsouth.net

Reneé

Our Lady of the Angelus

Our Lady of the Angelus

Saturday

John is right - those who were unable to make the barbarcue missed a great dinner, conversation, laughes etc and also the memorabalia. I believe that everyone who was able to come can attest to the great evening, and that includes my husband, son and daughter. Pierangela - Thank you again.

Pierangela's barbecue blast and OLA memorabalia

yes, folks, this is your chance to view what is probably the finest collection of OLA memorabalia available today at Pierangela's house and enjoy the barbecue and good times. For all of you who live near Queens this is the perfect opportunity to touch base with your old pals from Sister Regina Rose's graduating class, Miss Marus would not have it any other way, hope to see you there, and for anyone that is interested, we will have complimentary copies of the one and only graduation film of the greatest class of all 1969 on DVD, yes its true. Your kids will be tickled pink at seeing you as you really were 37 years ago, that scrawny little kid on the left, they won't believe their eyes. So let's round up the usual local suspects, that means Zeida, Josephine, Richard, Manuela as well as the others. I look forward to seeing you there, please rsvp Pierangela at pierangelas@aol.com. It starts around 7PM at her place:
3228 147pl
Flushing Ny 11374
you can also call Pierangela at 718-359-8223

And remember it is not just a former hair club client that is asking you to come, but a former class President. Oh, what a world what a world what a world...

Leo

Leo

pierangela's barbarque - be there or be squared

OK Guys....please pass the word so the more the better....!!!!

Saturday August 5 it is !!!

Raul confirmed...he would like to hold it in the evening so it's not too hot..like 7:00 PM or so but you can come earlier and relax ...just let me know.

Also, if someone(s) will stay over night.

Address: 32-28 147 Place
Flushing (Queens) NY 11354
TEl. 718-359-8223

Mapquest is the best but if not using it and want simple directions:

If anyone crosses the lincoln tunnel...right on 42nd, left on third and right on 59 to take the 59 Street bridge from Manhattan into Northern Boulevard, turn left on 149 Street and left again on 33rd Ave. to 147 Place (NOT ROAD OR STREET)..to your right, is the small house..only one with two trees in the front.

Coming from the South, (if you're not doing mapquest...this may be longer but simpler) exit towards Whitestone Bridge and exit for Bell Blvd., go left and under the underpass and left on Bell to 33rd. Ave. Right on 33rd to 147 Place. The house will be on the right.

From the Hutchingson, cross the Whitestone Bridge and get off (I think second exit) at 20th, turn left over the overpass and then turn right on Parsons until 33rd. Turn left on 33rd Ave. until 147 Place. The house will be on your left.

Vigi Cadunz

i received an email last night from an old friend- Edvige aka Vigi Cadunz - she had such a good time reading some of the stories that apparently she called her sister to read them to her. i hope she joins the list of contributors and hopefully some who have disappeared will come back. i know there are millions of stories in the naked city as they show was introduced in the 60's

Tea at OLA

OLA has a new principal Ms. Armstrong - for anyone who had friends, children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren who went to Ascension School in Elmhurst she had the heartbreaking task of closing that school for the disocese last year as Principal there. She is a wonderful person who has millions of ideas to keep OLA vital. She is hoping that the next get together is larger and anyone who has ideas, please email at joan7_armstrong@yahoo.com or sent a note to the school directly. I suggested sending a message to classmates.com since there are so many ola'ers there. Last weekend they had the carnival - made a suggestion that next year - tea and then rides would be fun since family as well can enjoy themselves - let get the blog moving.

Comments made in the year 1955 (from Anna Kostro)

For many of us this was "our" year....so hope you enjoy. Anna




"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20."

"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one."

"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous."

"Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?"

"If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store."

"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."

"Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls."



"I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either "hell" or "damn" in it.

"I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."

"Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president."

"I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now."



"It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."

"It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work."

"Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat."

"I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."



"Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to government.

"The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."

"There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."

"No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."

Know friends who would get a kick out of these? Pass it on!

tea at ola

tea at ola on april 29 - 2:30 to 5 and mass if you wish at 5:30 donations accepted to defray the cost - come one and come all spread the word to all that you may keep in contact with

Hello OLA' ers,

I'm Roberto Blain, and I was at OLA back in the late 60's along with my brother Renato Blain and my cousins Ricardo Jerez, Eddie Jerez, and Elsa Jerez. (Not sure if my little cousine Ernie ever got there - they eventually moved to Puerto Rico, though everyone's back and living in different places.. Renato in Chile and Peru, married to a Peruvian diplomat, Ricky in Oklahoma, a minister, Eddie in Ft. Lauderdale area (in hotel sales) and Elsie living in Georgia, a teacher. Until recently, Ernie was in Puerto Rico, but I believe he's staying with his bro in Oklahoma, since their father just died a few weeks ago. I myself opted for Hollywood, making movies at Disney Animation for that years until recently, when I left, started a yoga studio, and took a job as head of staffing for USC, while I pursue a PhD in what I really love, which is organizational development and human transformation work. Anyway, my email is robertoblain@aol.com and I welcome any OLA'ers to touch base! If anyone visits sunny southern california, please get in touch. I'd love to come to a reunion some day, especially if my own classmates attend. I was one year behind Rick and Renato, not even sure what years that was. All the best,

Roberto Blain
robertoblain@aol.com

hello marlene

First please resend your email - since i got "riffed" from my job i did not have your email address at home but work. Second glad to hear that your treament is completed for now. If you know anyone from Dominican Republic - there is a liquid that i have been told it tastes horrible, but assists in taking away that taste from the chemo and also the nausea feeling. My aunt will be going back at the last quarter of 2006 and will not return until 2007, i will ask her when she goes - also and i know i will not spell it correctly - i believe its alkchol - its from mass. all natural and their advertisement states that if you have bad taste or sores from chemo to use it as a mouth gragle stuff. (also great for colds and sniffles too) vacation - we love to get in the car and go - the last time i was in wildwood was the year i found out i was pregnant with my son in 1983 labor day weekend - that and cape may - loved it. one vacation we took we drove up to canada and literally around the great lakes with stops in between that was a lot of fun

there are so many beautiful places to go - i think where ever you decide will be great and yes i undersatnd about the we do not want to go on vacation with the old folks anymore that to will pass.

stay healthly and great to hear that the treatments are over.