Anyway, when I opened up my email yesterday I had almost two dozen emails with donations towards Habitat For Humanity. I also had a couple emails from my mother about all the envelopes that had arrived at my house. After counting up the total, we're halfway to reaching my goal of $2,000!!! That said, we're only halfway. I hope those readers out there send a couple bucks in the mail. We wouldn't be anywhere close to the halfway mark if it wasn't for the small contributors as well as the big contributors.
I want to take a moment and apologize to my sister-in-law Kathy. I am the worst brother-in-law ever. Not only did I forget her birthday but I also posted my dog post on her birthday. Kathy is one of the biggest dog lovers in the world. Sorry, Kathy!...but all dogs go to heaven, right? That said, she got revenge on me: she taught Lilah how to crawl! How freaking cruel is that?! She couldn't wait one more week to start crawling. Thanks a lot, Lilah/Kathy.
(PICTURE: Rocky is pissed that he's now gonna have competition for scraps on the floor.)
(PICTURE: Crawling is tiring. Luckily Lilah's got a great pillow -- my dad.)
Finally, happy birthday Adam Lippman! Welcome to the now populated thirty club. Adam, is one of my oldest friends who recently got himself a great birthday present -- a fiance.
My favorite memory of Adam took place in my driveway about fifteen years ago. My friends and I were playing roller hockey and all of a sudden Lippman was in a fight with our friend Wishnia. Wishnia, mind you, is the biggest/toughest/strongest kid I have ever known. Somehow Lippman won the fight. After that Buster Douglas moment, I can't remember anyone ever fighting Lippman again.
(Adam and his fiance Erika.)
4 comments:
The Habitat house is a wonderful idea and I'm sure you will reach your goal of two thousand dollars soon. That said, building the Habitat house and then giving it to a Vietnamese war veteran and his family who are homeless would be a nice way to give hope to the very people we as Americans hurt the most. It's my understanding, and correct me if I'm wrong, that Vietnamese veterans from the war with the U.S. have had no Veterans Administration to help them cope with the effects of war. Many of them are plagued with the same problems and issues our veterans have suffered with but no support net as we have in our country. (America was twenty years or so late in recognizing their own veterans needs)
Just a thought Ben. Take care, LH in KY
LH! Great to hear from you. It's been a long time.
To be honest, I don't know exactly how Vietnamese war veterans are treated here. I have met a few veterans and I'm pretty sure they were getting a stipend from the government. I will try and do some research on this as I think it's a great idea. I'm not sure if Habitat lets you pick who you want to build a house for but it can't hurt to ask.
Glad you're still reading the blog.
I read it daily and have told many people about your blog including my daughters in Ohio, and South Korea. Several people I know read Ahoi Hanoi on a regular basis. That should give you some inspiration to continue posting. Hope all goes well on your trip back home. (BTW, Your anniversary video montage was good enough to put you in the "hoplessly romantic" category.) It was fluffy, but good. LH in KY
I'm happy you're recruiting for me, LH!
As far as fluffy goes, guilty as charged.
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