Merry Christmas and the Donatelli's are looking forward to a Happy NEW Year!

Hello everyone, we hope you all had a great Christmas like we did! Andrew's big gift was a new iMac Computer to make life in college a little easier; Maddi got her cell phone which has been non-stop texting since Friday morning; Dana is finally getting to see U2 in concert in July and I got a bunch of new clothes for my skinny ass. Most importantly we all got to be together to celebrate the Holiday!

Some of you may know that March 30th is our 25th Anniversary (I know, it's hard to believe Dana put up with me for that long). Since I could not go down to Florida this past summer, I used my credits and ended up booking a cheap flight for both of us to fly in and out of West Palm Beach for an 11 day gettawayand much needed vacation! The trip will include a 5 night cruise out of Miami to Cozumel and Grand Cayman Islands, then 2 nights in Key West, 1 night in Marathon Key and then 3 nights with Dana's parents in West Palm Beach. I originally was going to book it over our anniversary dates but quite frankly, couldn't wait that long and it's pretty damn cold outside right now so we're going in January!

We also got to see Dana's Sister "Bucky" and the little "Fra-Fra", Sammi in the big city the Friday before Christmas. It was the usual "fun" ride into and through Manhatten (remind me to take the bus next time). Next, we took a few calm minutes to decide on which restaraunt to eat lunch at and the decision was Bubba Gumps after heavy lobbying by Andrew. We had a really nice lunch and then we were going to go to Madam Tussaud's Wax museum until we got there and found it would cost a small fortune for us all to enter! Soooo, we walked to Bryant Park and saw the skating rink and tree there; then to Rockefeller Center and saw the "real" tree with stops at Central Park, F.A.O. Schwartz and we can't forget the request by Maddi to stop at Saks 5th Avenue because she wanted to buy a pair of shoes. Needless to say, after she saw an average price tag of $950 for a pair, she said she would wait till we got home and would go to Payless. A stop at Starbuck's for some much needed hot coffee/chocolate topped off the bitter cold day before our walk back to Times Square to pick up our car which thankfully was there.


Well we haven't quite determined what exactly we're doing for New Year's yet and traditionally it has always been low key but as Dana & I discussed, this is the first year we really want to celebrate by saying "adios" to 2009 and welcome the new year! That being said...


Happy New Year to all our family and friends