20250428

20250428 - Up in the am and dropped L off at work on the way to the Worthington office. Got to work and to the desk getting things done.

20250427

20250427 - Up in the am and L&I to church and then Bob Evans for bfast. We then made a quick trip through Home Depot to get supplies needed to finish up some more jobs around the house. Home and L left and her and Nicole went over to see GpaB's choir concert. I got G up and D and Hank came over. We strung a cable from a tree to corner of the porch and then hung light on them. G left for work and D&I ran back to get more lights to finish the job. Home and finished stringing the lights. D and hank left and Gma&paW stopped by for a short visit after seeing a musical downtown. I then painted some of the horse out back and the dog proofing fence section along with any other little job I found to do along the way. L home and likes the lights. I was outside till late, the lights look great!

20250426

20250426 + Up late and L&I created a comprehensive list of things we still had to do before G's grad party. I headed out back to continue putting things back together, L ran to the Home Depot and got some things. L home and I hung the lights L bought around the porch. We did a bunch of other little jobs and then Hazel and I took a hike along the baseball fields behind the house and dug up some maple saplings and one pretty good size tree to transplant in to row of maples I am trying to get growing in the back yard. Worked outside until late and then got hungry. So hazel and I jumped in the car and ran up to get food from Arby's, KFC and Taco Bell. home and we had a feast!

20250425

20250425 + Up late and to the desk getting things done. L home and we headed to Grove City to watch G play baseball in the rain, not fun being cold and wet. After the beating L&I stopped at Memories, a little pub, and had dinner, it was just ok. Home and to bed and watched a couple shows.

20250424

20250424 - Up late and worked from home today. Got more stuff done. D, Hanna and Hank over and helped me get the TVs hung out back. Things are starting to look really good out back.

20250423

20250423 + Up in the am and to the desk getting things done. Sid's Stucco's crew showed up around 1pm and started working on the trim painting and installing the new shutters. Hazel and I went out and trimmed the grape vines, got them restrung and then painted the arbor posts. L home and the guys were finishing up. We checked everything out and it looks GREAT! I got cleaned up quick and L&I headed to G's baseball game. G did great, nice hit and some great plays at short. They lost vs Grove City, they know we can't defend the bunt... Swung through McD's on the way home and picked up dinner. Home and ate and headed to bed.

20250422

20250422 - Up in the am and to the desk. Worked all morning, Hazel and I took a walk. Back to the desk for a bit and Sid's Stucco showed up around 2:30 and the guys started taping things off. I made a deal with Sid for some extra cash for his guys if they would spray the porch ceiling for us, he took the deal. So the porch ceiling got painted first, Sid did have to run to Home Depot to get more paint. L home for a bit and went to G's game in Chillicothe and I stayed back to make sure the guys had everything they needed. Then Jesse the paint spraying wizard started on the west side and sprayed everything all the way around the back and the east side in no time at all, This would have taken us weeks! While the guys were painting I reseeded the yards again and then cut down two big hanging limbs that were stretching over in to the neighbor's yard. The guys finished up for the night and I got the sprinklers going and then started trying to retrieve the well pipe with the collapsible grappling hook I got off amazon.  Well I got the hook stuck in the well and had to drop a length of metal pipe in to break the hook free. It worked and got the hook out and then the piece of pipe I used to get the hook lose actually caught the well pipe and brought it up. L home and I finished up about 10pm. in and exhausted.

20250421

20250421 - Up in the am and dropped L at work on my way to the Worthington office. CB, Cory, Lonie and I to Old Bag for lunch and then we headed to the City of Columbus 911 HQ to meet with them to see if we can help them with their staffing. Joe Dixon works there now and was part of the meeting. Great to see him! I headed home after the meeting as Sid's Stucco showed up to pressure wash the house. L was home and helped get bushes trimmed up off the walls and the TV's off the back porch and stuff prepped for painting. I got home and they were wrapping up and L had to pick a paint color and fast. We went to Sherwin-Williams and got some samples. Home and L painted the samples on the wall quick and then headed to G's game, all the colors look the same to me... I stayed home and worked on paint prepping. I got the back porch and the rest of the house ready for painting tomorrow. 

20250420

20250420 - Up in the am and L drove Hazel and I to Gma&paB's for Easter. DJG, Hanna and Hank showed up not much later. The Cole's were there and we had a proper feast for lunch. Hazel and I took a big walk looking for maple trees but didn't find any this trip. Hung out a bit and then we headed home. Home too late to do any work outside so hung out the rest of the night and watched American Idol 

20250419

20250419 - Up in the am and worked on the patch on the porch ceiling. Worked on the trees I cut down, L helped a bit and we got them all cleaned up. In and I got cleaned up and L&I headed to the Expo Center for the Oddities and Curiosities Expo. WOW! What an interesting group! After our odd experience we headed to the Short North and the Goody Boy Diner for dinner. It was good and we got to hang out a bit before heading to the Garden theater to see 'A Cous Line'. It was an AMAZING show!!! Home late and exhausted, to bed.  

20250418

20250418 - Up in the am and to the desk. Got a bunch done and late in the afternoon I was working on the down trees a bit and then Gm&paW down for a visit. I headed in and got cleaned up and bit and we all headed to G's baseball game. It was a good game but they lost. Home and hung out and watched some TV with L.

20250417

20250417 - Up in the am and dropped L off at work and then home for a bit. Got some things done at the desk and then G home and we went to the Dr. He has strep throat... G&I stopped at Gary's depot on the way home to pick up some auction wins. Home and unpacked and back to the desk. Late in the afternoon I tried out the new Ryobi 18v chainsaw. I took down all the scrub trees along the SW fence line so the couple maples I have back there can grow.