Vote For Us Please

Matt and I have entered a contest to win a $100,000 wedding and we need your help. Please follow this link:
Crate & Barrel Ultimate Wedding Contest - Zaina & Matt

Once you are there, vote for our entry. It will ask for your email address and then ask you to create a password. Then, it will send a link to that email address just to validate the vote. You can only vote for us once per email address so please, enlist the help of your family and friends to vote for us as well. The process takes about a minute and you would truly be making a huge difference. Every little vote counts, I hope we can count on yours!!!!

So...

It's already February.
There is already so much that has happened and so much that is going to happen this year. Please, just keep it happy.
I'm going to pray every day for that happiness.
I'll be back soon.

Z

A New Plan

So, in 2006 and 2008, I co-ran a contest called Harwick's Biggest Loser. A group of us at work shared stories and weighed-in together and helped each other lose weight. I was going to do it again this year, but alas, we all know that ain't happening!

So, I've got a new plan. I started an online forum, http://fitagainin2010.freeforums.org, and anyone, near or far, is welcome to join. We will have weekly weigh-ins, a place to share diet advice, tips, battles.

So, if you made a resolution to get in shape this year, please join us!!

http://fitagainin2010.freeforums.org

JW

JW is Matt's 12 year old son. Last night, 1/3/10, he was walking past a propane tank and somehow caught fire. He lives in WV and was rushed up to the burn unit at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He seems to be doing much better than he was when we originally arrived last night, even got in so air hockey today. He will need skin graft surgery but we won't know until tomorrow whether he will have surgery Wednesday or Thursday. Here's a photo:



Looks pretty bad, eh? He seems to be feeling well so thats a good thing so I'm hoping the grafting won't be too invasive.

So, 2010 is kinda off to a sucky start.
Not cool.

Birth & Death

On January 1, Jennifer Meade gave birth to a little girl, Alleen Stallings. This morning, the father, Allen Stallings, who'd been in a medically induced coma, passed away.

I know, there are questions in life that we shall never know the answer to. Situations that will never make sense. We shouldn't doubt You but I'm perplexed. If this is a sign of things to come, You have scared me.

I was hoping for happy. Please, please tell me there is still hope. Three days in and it's looking a bit shaky to me.

Happy 2nd Day of 2010

I did nothing of importance today except win some badges on Pogo. I also managed to complete the fourth season of Criminal Minds. Brandon was over for a day and opened all of his presents.

Really, there is nothing of great significance about today but I thought if I challenged myself to write more often, even if it's just a little bit, I'd be on the right path.

I'll be back soon.

I Don't Eat Pork and Saurkraut...

...but I hope that doesn't make 2010 unlucky.
2009 was painful in so many ways, some public, some private. There were days in 2009 that I wish had never happened, nights I thought I'd never make it, moments I could have easily given up. It's been a complete rollercoaster, very few happy hills, most of the ride hovered in a deep, dark valley that I wish I could forget.

It was bad, I just hope this year, it brings me a little bit of happiness.
Just a little...

I LOVE it

So, I never told you but...

I'm Getting Married!!!
Yes, I meant to write this beautiful, detailed post of our trip to Canada, the Proposal and and everything but time and procrastination has got the better of me and I haven't been able to.
But I will, just not right now. I have a ton of cleaning to get to but I thought it was about time I at least put something about it here.
So there, I'm getting married!

Speechless....

..oddly, Speechless is a song I love by Michael Jackson.
How can you measure this man? I don't think you can. Millions and millions of people are mourning the loss of a man who broke barriers, entertained and will live forever through an amazing musical talent that will never be duplicated.

Also, passing after a long battle with anal cancer, Farrah Fawcett. I wasn't a Charlie's Angel person, nor was I around when she first became famous, but many people are also mourning her passing.

This week also claimed the life of Ed McMahon. He was always the Star Search guy to me but to many, he was so much more, including the voice behind Johnny Carson and the Tonight Show.

Too often we take for granted life and all it has to offer. While we've experienced great losses, all of us, we sometimes forget how precious life is. Hug your loved ones a little tighter tonight.