The Winner of our GIVE A SOLDIER A CHRISTMAS Contest Is…
Zaharoula (Za) Viennas
of Ellicott City, MD!!!
CONGRATULATIONS ZA!! Drop Leslie a line at lkellyauthormail@gmail.com to choose the store for your $100 gift card.
We Plotmonkeys are SO appreciative of everyone’s wonderful, gracious and generous support of this effort. Just between our entrants and we Monkeys, we probably provided Christmas gift boxes to at least 35 soldiers! And we are so incredibly proud of that.
Thanks again and Happy Holidays everyone!
:elf: :santawhat: :santahat: :snowmanhead: 
mastree: :wreath: :cold: :menorah: :happychanuk: :candycane:
Congrat Za, you and everyone else who send packages to help our troops are really appreciated. It is tough being away from your fam for the holidays especially as military personnel stationed far away from home.
Thank you
for this great contest. You guys are awesome as usual…talk to you all soon.
Peace and love,
Paula R.
Comment by Paula R. — December 9, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
Warm congrats, Zaharoula. Good karma invites, well, good karma.
Btw, are you Greek? Or Albanian? We had a friend named Zaharoula in Athens. And it’s one of our favorite pet names, like dear or honey, because of its relationship to sugar.
Happy Holidays!
Lori & Tony :> ;>
Comment by Lori & Tony — December 9, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Comment by Jodie — December 9, 2007 @ 1:09 pm
Congratulations Za!
I am having a sad day but it made me realize how much it means
when folks like yourself give of yourselves.
Anyway my home was nbroken into last night.
Zoey was in her crate and thankfully not harmed.
They took pretty much all my jewelry and Don’s too.
A rather large coin collection. Don’s sony camera too.
They took my pillow case to carry the stuff in.
What a rotten feeling and I didn’t sleep much last night either.
Well it was only stuff I guess.
Comment by jeannie and zoey — December 9, 2007 @ 5:12 pm
Congrats, all you winners! And a big thank you again, to you four, Carly, Julie, Janelle, and Leslie!!
Comment by Fedora — December 9, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
Thank you so much everyone! Lori and Tony, I am Greek (my family comes from the Kalamata region of the Peloponnisos). Also, having just read yesterday’s blog, I need to say that you guys are warm, funny and all around good authors! I enjoy your books and you should just keep on doing what you like best.
Thanks again Leslie, Julie, Janelle and Carly.
Happy Chanukah and Merry Christmas everyone.
Za
Comment by Zaharoula (Za) — December 9, 2007 @ 5:26 pm
:santahat: Thanks Zaharoula & everyone that contributed to Christmas for our military. Congratulations Zaharoula for winning the Plotmonkeys contest! Yea! :wreath:
Comment by Donna M — December 9, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
Oh Jeannie, I am so so so so sorry to hear this! Thank God you are okay…hopefully your insurance will cover the physical loss, but I know nothing can really replace your peace of mind!
Big big hugs.
Comment by Leslie — December 9, 2007 @ 8:25 pm
Oh, Jeannie.
I’m so glad you are all okay, but how awful for you.
Comment by Carly — December 9, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
And a big, huge, THANK YOU to everyone else who donated money or gift boxes to the troops!!! :snowmanhead:
Jeannie — Having your house broken into and your things stolen is SUCH a violation! I’m so sorry you went through that — THANK GOD they didn’t touch or take Zoey!!!! Big Hugs!
Comment by Janelle — December 9, 2007 @ 10:11 pm
congrats and what a truly wonderful thing.. i know first hand from hubby that these things are so much appreciated and loved.. especially at christmas.. he will be there next christmas so hopefully these wonderful organizations will still be helping them..
Comment by Jolene — December 10, 2007 @ 9:15 am
Jeannie, I am sorry to hear about your house being broken into…I know it feels like a violation, especially around the holidays…I hope they catch whoever did this to you…Thank God that neither or any members of your family, including Zoey was hurt…keep your head up…I will be thinking of you and yours during this time…
Peace and love,
Paula R.
Comment by Paula R. — December 10, 2007 @ 9:21 am
Oh Jeannie, so sorry to hear that. How awful before the holidays. At least no one was hurt - that’s something to be thankful for. Hugs to you, sweetie.
Za, congrats on the troop donations! It is one of the causes I support throughout the year, and especially now. Big hugs to you too.
Comment by Stacy ~ — December 10, 2007 @ 11:17 am
Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts.
I am truly blessed that they did not hurt Zoey and no one was at home.
My husband said the first thing I said to him was, “Why did they take my
pillow case and not yours.” He went out and bought me a frilly pillow case
today while he was out buying things to secure the house.
Next time someone comes in our back yard the house is gonna light up
like the fourth of july.
Hugs to all! jeannie
Comment by Jeannie and zoey — December 11, 2007 @ 6:53 pm