Well with Thanksgiving less than 48 hours away, I figured I do the ceremonious what am I thankful for post. Where do I begin?
I am thankful for the people that are put in your life to strengthen you when you are weak, make goofy faces at you when you are sad, and simply to enrich the life you have. This year some people have left my life but so many people are still here and new people have come into my life as well. I am thankful for each one of those people whether they are still here now or have already left because I wouldn't be where I am today without each and every one of them.
I am thankful for family. I know that's something that everyone always says but some of the best, most fun times in my recent memory have been spent with my family. I am thankful for each and every one of my family members.
Lastly for the sake of closing this post and not writing a novel, I am thankful for Zumba. If you know me you know what Zumba is.
Zumba has ignited a spark within me that I never knew existed. It brings me such joy whether I am a student or a teacher. Zumba has brought me an amazing circle of friends, positive people who care and love me for me and an extended family like you wouldn't believe! Zumba is the inner peace that I know I was meant to have and for that I am extremely grateful.
And on final note, none of this would be possible without the supporting efforts of my health, all my limbs working, my hearing, my sight, ya know, all that good stuff.
What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Cheating Hubby feels family's fury
By JAN RANSOM & CHRISTINE OLLEY
Philadelphia Daily News
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A young, cheating husband may have come close to understanding the meaning of "till death do us part" this week after, Bensalem police said, his wife caught him red-handed and called her dad and brothers, who beat him to a pulp.
Naseem Abu-dayya, 22, left his home Wednesday afternoon and checked into the Mall Motel on Old Lincoln Highway in Langhorne, where he was later joined by a female friend, police said.
Relatives said that friend was Abu-dayya's mistress, whom they identified as Imane Jellouli. Abu-dayya told police that he and his wife of five years were separated.
Fatima Awad, 22, who has a 3-year-old and a 7-month-old with Abu-dayya, then received a call from someone telling her that her husband was sleeping with another woman, one of Awad's sisters told the Daily News last night.
"Fatima would tell me, 'My husband sleeps away from home, every three days,' " the sister said.
Police said an angry Awad then showed up at her husband's motel room and began screaming and slapping him in the face.
She snatched his car keys and jumped into the back seat of the car, but he retrieved the keys and began to drive toward the police station with his mistress, while his scorned wife assaulted him from the back seat, police said.
All hell broke loose after Awad apparently called her brothers for backup, police said.
When Abu-dayya stopped the car on Galloway Road after his wife grabbed the steering wheel, Awad's father and three brothers pulled into the parking lot.
Bensalem police said Awad's brother, Saoud Awad, 22, opened the car door and pointed a black handgun at Abu-dayya, struck him repeatedly in the head and threatened to kill him.
Another brother, Mohammad Awad, 38, and their father Jamal Awad, 53, walked over to the car and the three pulled Abu-dayya out and pummeled him with their feet, police said.
A bloodied Abu-dayya tried to call 9-1-1 but police said his phone was snatched by the Awad family, who also took the keys from the ignition before fleeing.
Abu-dayya was taken to Aria Torresdale Hospital with lacerations, bruising and a possible fractured eye socket, police said.
Each of the Awads, including Joseph Awad, 20, whose role was unclear, was charged with robbery, criminal conspiracy, simple assault, rioting and terroristic threats.
All of the Awads remained in Bucks County Prison.
In November 2005, Saoud Awad pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and harassment and was sentenced to probation and domestic-violence classes.
Two of Fatima's sisters, and Abu-dayya's sister, disputed Abu-dayya's account last night at the family's home on Brookwood Drive near Hulmeville Road in Bensalem.
Fatima's sister said Fatima told her lawyer that when Fatima arrived at the motel, Abu-dayya started beating Fatima and said he was going to get her whole family jailed.
The sisters said Abu-dayya is from Israel and that he only married Fatima because he wanted a green card to stay in the country.
"She brought him to America and he told her that he only wanted to marry her for a green card," said the sister. "We used to love him so much but he tricked my sister."
Philadelphia Daily News
ransomj@phillynews.com 215-854-5218
Read more: http://www.philly.com/dailynews/top_story/20101113_Cheating_hubby_feels_family_s_fury__After_wife_confronts_him_at_a_Langhorne_motel__police_say__he_is_bloodied___she__her_father___3_brothers_face_assault_and_other_charges.html#ixzz15J9huQfR
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A young, cheating husband may have come close to understanding the meaning of "till death do us part" this week after, Bensalem police said, his wife caught him red-handed and called her dad and brothers, who beat him to a pulp.
Naseem Abu-dayya, 22, left his home Wednesday afternoon and checked into the Mall Motel on Old Lincoln Highway in Langhorne, where he was later joined by a female friend, police said.
Relatives said that friend was Abu-dayya's mistress, whom they identified as Imane Jellouli. Abu-dayya told police that he and his wife of five years were separated.
Fatima Awad, 22, who has a 3-year-old and a 7-month-old with Abu-dayya, then received a call from someone telling her that her husband was sleeping with another woman, one of Awad's sisters told the Daily News last night.
"Fatima would tell me, 'My husband sleeps away from home, every three days,' " the sister said.
Police said an angry Awad then showed up at her husband's motel room and began screaming and slapping him in the face.
She snatched his car keys and jumped into the back seat of the car, but he retrieved the keys and began to drive toward the police station with his mistress, while his scorned wife assaulted him from the back seat, police said.
All hell broke loose after Awad apparently called her brothers for backup, police said.
When Abu-dayya stopped the car on Galloway Road after his wife grabbed the steering wheel, Awad's father and three brothers pulled into the parking lot.
Bensalem police said Awad's brother, Saoud Awad, 22, opened the car door and pointed a black handgun at Abu-dayya, struck him repeatedly in the head and threatened to kill him.
Another brother, Mohammad Awad, 38, and their father Jamal Awad, 53, walked over to the car and the three pulled Abu-dayya out and pummeled him with their feet, police said.
A bloodied Abu-dayya tried to call 9-1-1 but police said his phone was snatched by the Awad family, who also took the keys from the ignition before fleeing.
Abu-dayya was taken to Aria Torresdale Hospital with lacerations, bruising and a possible fractured eye socket, police said.
Each of the Awads, including Joseph Awad, 20, whose role was unclear, was charged with robbery, criminal conspiracy, simple assault, rioting and terroristic threats.
All of the Awads remained in Bucks County Prison.
In November 2005, Saoud Awad pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and harassment and was sentenced to probation and domestic-violence classes.
Two of Fatima's sisters, and Abu-dayya's sister, disputed Abu-dayya's account last night at the family's home on Brookwood Drive near Hulmeville Road in Bensalem.
Fatima's sister said Fatima told her lawyer that when Fatima arrived at the motel, Abu-dayya started beating Fatima and said he was going to get her whole family jailed.
The sisters said Abu-dayya is from Israel and that he only married Fatima because he wanted a green card to stay in the country.
"She brought him to America and he told her that he only wanted to marry her for a green card," said the sister. "We used to love him so much but he tricked my sister."
Thursday, November 11, 2010
10 Things the show Friends taught me about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
I love things that I can relate to, don't you? An iconic TV show, Friends made us laugh, laugh harder, and laugh so hard we cried.
But here's ten things it taught me too.
10. Beef sauteed with peas and onions does not under any circumstances go in an English trifle. Only lady fingers, jam, custard, bananas, and some whipped cream.
9. Condoms are only 97% effective
8. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Other people just wreck stuff.
7. How to make "jam crackers" and "peanut butter fingers"
6. In a silent auction, you don't guess you buy
5. Don't count Mississippily when getting a spray tan
4. When attempting to eat a lot, you have to warm up your stomach first. Eating chips is like stretching.
3. Don't use a green marker to fill in your eyebrows, instead use a combination of ice, aloe vera, and a friend's gentle self loathing touch.
2. The camera adds ten pounds
1. And the number one thing that Friends taught me about life is that we were on a break is never a valid excuse to sleep with someone else.
But here's ten things it taught me too.
10. Beef sauteed with peas and onions does not under any circumstances go in an English trifle. Only lady fingers, jam, custard, bananas, and some whipped cream.
9. Condoms are only 97% effective
8. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Other people just wreck stuff.
7. How to make "jam crackers" and "peanut butter fingers"
6. In a silent auction, you don't guess you buy
5. Don't count Mississippily when getting a spray tan
4. When attempting to eat a lot, you have to warm up your stomach first. Eating chips is like stretching.
3. Don't use a green marker to fill in your eyebrows, instead use a combination of ice, aloe vera, and a friend's gentle self loathing touch.
2. The camera adds ten pounds
1. And the number one thing that Friends taught me about life is that we were on a break is never a valid excuse to sleep with someone else.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Former Friends
My first thought is disdain for my former friends. Disdain for how they've done me wrong, disdain for mistakes I may have made, disdain for the fact that they aren't current friends.
But upon further consideration, I would have to say, it's complicated.
No seriously, upon further consideration, having had to have just ended some toxic friendships, there's no feelings of disdain, it's something that I'm grateful for.
A friend would always remind me of the old saying that I'm sure I'll screw up but that basically the message was everyone comes into your life for a reason and that some people only get to stay for a season.
Every relationship I've had has taught me something and the recent friends I had to let go were no different. I'm grateful for them because without them I wouldn't be the person I am today. Sure I've struggled and made mistakes along the way, dealt with heartbreak, etc.
However, I know how cheesy this is going to sound even with every attempt to make it not cheesy but I love who I am today, talents and faults and all, and without former friends, I wouldn't be that person I love so much.
So, hug your current friends and send a positive wish out through the universe to your former ones because you wouldn't be where you are today without them.
But upon further consideration, I would have to say, it's complicated.
No seriously, upon further consideration, having had to have just ended some toxic friendships, there's no feelings of disdain, it's something that I'm grateful for.
A friend would always remind me of the old saying that I'm sure I'll screw up but that basically the message was everyone comes into your life for a reason and that some people only get to stay for a season.
Every relationship I've had has taught me something and the recent friends I had to let go were no different. I'm grateful for them because without them I wouldn't be the person I am today. Sure I've struggled and made mistakes along the way, dealt with heartbreak, etc.
However, I know how cheesy this is going to sound even with every attempt to make it not cheesy but I love who I am today, talents and faults and all, and without former friends, I wouldn't be that person I love so much.
So, hug your current friends and send a positive wish out through the universe to your former ones because you wouldn't be where you are today without them.
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