glh's Journal: Update..

Didn't get a chance to post pics of the house this weekend. Got side tracked with Mother's day. We had a pretty good one- got to go out to a good Lebanese place. Had some mixed kabab and decent hummus. I still like "the Beruit"- kafta and hummus is better there. Anyway, it was good and we had fun. The waiter remembered my wife (who used to go a lot a few years ago) and brought out flowers for all the moms before we left.

Anyway, I got some pretty sad news yesterday. My 2nd cousin (cousin on my dad's side) passed away. He was only 48 years old and died of a heart attack (second one)- a year ago he had his first heart attack and it was so bad they had to put a shunt in. The sad thing is he was laid off and had 3 kids- the family probably doesn't have much money. He was a really good guy and fortunately, he was also a strong Christian. So I believe he is at home w/ the Lord and in a better place. Was kind of tough for me because we connected pretty well. I didn't get to spend a lot of time with him but really enjoyed what time we did have. We are going to be going to the funeral later this week and spending some time afterward in Columbus visiting my parents.

In other news, got to play some Halo 2 last night with NeeNee and a few other friends from my clan. It was hysterical. We played a game against a group that we matched up with two times in a row.. They were actually pretty good (and beat us both times). The second time around, they started going after NeeNee and were making a game out of it. At one point, they started teasing a kid on their team (probably someone who joined up with them to fill up the team) and said "I bet NeeNee is that one kid's mom". I about lost it for some reason.

I now have tickets for the 12:10 am showing for star wars opening morning. Going to go with a group of friends (same ones I went with for the other episodes, and LOTR series).

Back to the house.. I went out yesterday and the siding is about 99% - they put the rest of the siding up and put one of the two vinyl caps above the garage. It looks pretty good. The garage window seems a little high but it's not bad. They were supposed to install the water meter and turn it on today- I'm going to go check that out and make sure it isn't leaking anywhere. This week they are going to start painting as well. Oh, our second builder (Larry) was "let go" much to our surprise. So we are now back to working with the manager, who is pretty cool. It seems odd that they are going through so much turnover. Not sure what happened with Larry- he was really cool and actually CALLED US. Took care of a lot of the details and we were happy with him. Even with the turnover things are going well and they are getting the job done. The manager (Jack) is estimating that we will be in there by the end of June, which would be great for us. I hope it doesn't go beyond that...

Hey

[NeeNee3]

It was funny that those guys were hunting me last night in the game. It actually started in the first game. I couldn't believe it when we met up immediately with them again. Of course, I couldn't get any kills since they were all ganging up on me...but what else is new. ;-) At least they all got my name right. I didn't hear one of them call me knee-knee...so, I have to give them extra points for that.

I didn't even realize they were saying that about me being that kid's mom. I remember hearing something abo

Once again...

[blazin]

I am sorry to have missed out on the fun. What time are you guys playing?

Re:Once again...

[glh]

Mostly have been playing around 9-11 pm EST. I plan on getting some gaming in this weekend, hopefully!

Re:Once again...

[blazin]

I must be missing you since I am usually on after 11pm mountain time which I guess would be about 1am your time.

Of course when I do get on I see neenee and currentshunts, but they run away and won't play with me.

Sorry to hear about your second cousin

[Degrees]

Prayers for comfort enroute.