20250930

20250930 - Up in the am and ran to LabCorp for bloodwork for next week's appointment. Home and on the PC getting things done.

20250929

 20250929 - Up in the am and to the sign shop to pick up the prints for my special project, they look AWESOME! Headed to the Worthington office and got the day rolling. CB showed up and Cory & I joined him for lunch at Old Bag. After lunch I walked to a couple stores looking for anniversary gifts for L. Back to the desk and got a bunch done. Headed home at the end of the day and then L&I got the trash out of the house and I got an old mattress wrapped in plastic to set out for trash. L cooked up the rest of the shrimp with some mushrooms, pasta and white sauce, yummy! We watched the news, went up and put the closet door back on in the room over the garage, and the playroom cleaned up a bit. I then loaded up the car and headed to drop stuff off at Goodwill on the way to Bible Bangers. Had a small crowd tonight but good discussion. Home with fries for L and Hazel and watched some football and threw the ball until bed time. 

20250919

20250919 - Woke up at 3am and was up until L's alarm went off... Up and to the desk working and getting weekend lined up. Heard a chainsaw running and didn't think much of it, but it kept going and going... So I walked out to see what was going on. The sound was coming from the backyard so I walked back and OMG! there was a Columbus Tree Service bucket truck cutting down our cherry tree behind the shed! I signaled to the guy in the truck to stop and he came down and I asked what he was doing? He couldn't speak English so the supervisor came over and asked if i wanted to talk to the home owner, I said YES! Bob walks over and I said 'Bob, what is going on?' he said 'I'm trimming the tree, it was hanging over on my side so I trimmed it.' Me = you didn't trim it you are cutting it down. Bob = They are stopping there. Me = Why didn't you talk to me about this? Bob = I knew you were going to act this way. Me = YES, You are cutting down MY TREE! Bob = well it shaded my apple tree and I had to take it out and all your other trees you had growing here killed the back of my arborvitae. Me = That doesn't matter. You don't just cut my tree down without talking to me. What do I do now. Bob = I don't care, I trimmed what was hanging over, and he walked away. Clearly he had a bucket truck hanging over the fence and cut 95% of the tree down. Not knowing what to do I called the City and tried to get ahold of the folks I know from the Landscape board and left several messages. I then called neighbors and other friends for direction and eventually the police. The police came out, they were not clear on the rules either so they started calling around. Turn out is is trespassing a M4 criminal offense, not really sure what that means. I have to now get my yard surveyed to prove who's tree it was, get an estimate on the value of the tree and take him to court. The police went and talked to Jodi and then to Bob. When the officer came back he said well your neighbor asked me if I was accusing him of anything and I told him yes, trespassing and he said ok and went inside, doesn't even care... Jodi called me back and she doesn't deal with him... L home from lunch with Gma&paB and Nicole and Lena shopping for a homecoming dress, and we surveyed the tree together. Can't believe how some people are... Gahanna Police report # 25-23637

20250918

20250918 + Up in the am and to the Worthington office for the day. We had a small crowd in today but got my stuff done. Had a weird text from Brooke, a girl that worked at DataField when I first started and then she called me. She had started a new job and was talking to one of the guys there and he said to her 'Do you know Matt Winger?' :-o It was Cory, his son played baseball with G for a couple years and they were a great family. So they called me and we chatted for a while, it was a nice surprise! Finished the day and headed home. L&I sat in the sun for a bit and then ate, watched the news, took Hazel on a walk, went to CVS and then watched TV the rest of the night.

20250917

20250917 - Up and feeling almost normal and to the desk. got things in line and got them done. L home, not feeling well... Hazel and I took a walk. Called J to see how things were going, they are getting the lay of the land the next couple days. Back to the desk to finish the day and then sat in the yard in the sun with L and threw the ball a bit. Took a walk to Signature's for bingo and ran in to a dad of a boy J's age that was in my Cub Scout Pack and caught up a bit. To our table and had 11 guests tonight for a fun evening. Did a bit of karaoke and not home too late. Watched some Ancient Aliens in bed.

20250916

20250916 - Up in the am and feeling better, to the desk work on a lot of things to catch up for yesterdays miss. Took a break and took a walk with L and Hazel. Back to the desk, out for dinner around 6. Threw the ball to Hazel and bit and watched some shows with L and then called and checked on J. They made it and like their Airbnb they chose as their home base. They are getting settled in the town they are in and coming up with a game plan for their trips. To bed and watched a little TV.

20250915

20250915 - Up at 3:55pm! Slept almost the entire day. Got myself around and did a couple small things, took a short walk with L and Hazel. Relaxed and watched some TV. Back to bed early.

20250914

20250914 - Up and not feeling great. Medicated myself and ran to the grocery to get some ribs for J's sendoff party. Home and got 4 racks of ribs prepped and in the smoker. Did some little jobs in the garage, touched up some spots on the floor where the coating was pealing up and worked on the Schlitz ball a bit. Watched football on the porch and kept an eye on the ribs. L making all sorts of sides and desserts. Pulled the ribs and got them on the grill to glaze them and finish them off and put in a big aluminum pan and to the oven to hold them for J's friends. J and JGF7 showed up and then J left her to pick up Justin and Charlie that he is going to Japan with. J's other friends showed up, about 10 of them. When J got back we got the food out and they kids had a feast. Nice group of friends he has. L and JGF7 got a little weepy together... Everyone left and J started packing for the trip... Up at 4:45am and I ran the boys to the airport and off they went. Feeling like I have been run over by a bus by now...

20250913

20250913 - Up in the am and doing thins around the house. L&I got ready and headed downtown and got a pretty descent parking place and walked to the Horseshoe. We got there too late for the skull session so just waited outside the rotunda for the team to walk in. We found a couple friends walking around and they stood with us, we have never been this close before and the players came by and hit our hands as they walked in, they are HUGE men! we then made our way to our seats, which were not together, one row apart and 4 seats off. We waited for everyone to show up and asked if people didn't mind scooting down and they did so at lease I was right behind L. We watched the band come in and all the procession of the pre-game and then settled in a for a nice win! We stayed long after the game was over and both OU and the OSU bands performed and it was really good. We thought the extra time would make getting out of the parking garage easier, but we sat in the car for almost and hour before we got out of the garage. Home safe after a lovely day.

20250912

20250912 - Up in the am and to the desk. J home, didn't work again today, says his head hurts. We managed to get him and all his cash to the bank and deposited. We also applied for a credit card for him, although he won't have it before he leaves, if he is approved he'd have a digital one on his phone. Home and finished my work day and L&I went out to eat with the Mallonns at Firebird a new steak place on N Hamilton. It was really good. L&I stopped at Target and Home depot on the way home to pick up some things. Home and hung out the rest of the evening.

20250911

20250911 - 24th anniversary of 9/11 attack. Up in the am and to the Worthington office. Had a full day there. Home and L made us a nice dinner, J here and ate with us. Riley from next door called me over and we tried to get his mower running again with no luck. I grabbed BobB from his walk and he told us what parts we need to get next. Home and L&I watched some TV before bed.

20250910

20250910 - Up in the am and headed to Dr. Gemma for an ablation follow up, all good and get to drop 2 medications! Home and to the desk getting things done. L home for lunch, Lonie stopped by on his way home from the office to look at the TV I was working on last night to see if he had any ideas for a work around. Hazel and I took a walk. Back to the desk to finish the day. Mid afternoon I received an alert that Charlie Kirk was shot. Stunned at the news I went looking for information. The first thing that came up was a video from a distance that showed the event. I searched more and found a close up video of the exact moment he was shot and I wished now that I hadn't. Absolutely horrific to see this. My immediate thought was there is no way he could survive that. I got news channels on and listened to reports come in and eventually President Trump announced that he had died. What a horrible thing to happen to this man, his family and our country. Things are so completely out of control... L home, we watched the news, then got ourselves together and went to bingo. We had a small crowd, only L&I, Tom & Chaff. It was a good time, L and Chaff got in to a political discussion... L walked home and I stayed to sing a bit.