20250518

20250518 - Up and L ran to Home Depot to get some flowers. Hazel and I headed outside to get things rolling. Got the flashing on the upstairs bathroom dormer screwed down and siliconed.  Headed to the front and nailed down the front dormer flashings down and then painted them. Headed back and painted the back dormer flashing after the caulk dried. Worked on cleaning up the garage a bit. Grabbed Riley from next door and he painted the trim on the shed and installed new shutters up top. L played on the playset with Joanna while we worked. I then replaced some trim on the shed and painted the lower half and installed new shutters. L ran and got Chinese for dinner. We sat on the porch and ate and then in to the garage to clean it some more. In and cleaned up and watching American Idol. 

20250517

20250517 + Up in the am and L went to G’s baseball

Game. I stayed home and got to work on projects out back. I got the slabs cut up for the picnic table. L&G home. G helped me glue up the picnic table top and get it strapped down. We then headed to the backyard and I turned him loose with the chainsaw and we got the rest of the logs cut up. L mowed and cleaned things up in the front yard. L, Hazel and I ran to pick up pizza and had dinner on the porch. In cleaned up, G went to Cole White’s to swim. 

20250516

20250516 - Up in the am and L&I headed to OSU Eye place. Met with one Dr at 10 and she wanted to get the whole in my retina lasered so we hung around and met with another Dr and she took me into a room and zapped my eye with a laser! Home by 2pm. My vision was blurry and my eye a bit irritated so I took a nap. Up and L&I pit to the baseball field for G’s Sr Night. D&J showed up and walked out with L&I to meet G at home plate. Gma&paB were there and Hannah, Marlene and Steph came too. The start of the game was good, we were down and G scored and put us ahead. Them the wheels flew off the bus. I ran the sound and watched the beating. After the game Gma&paB, D and Hanna, and L&I went to Rusty Bucket for dinner, and then Gma&paB came back and spent the night. 

20250515

20250515 - Up in the am and trying to get an appointment with an ophthalmologist. Only thing I could line up was tomorrow at 10 or Monday at 10. Did get an appointment with my local optometrist and she gave my eye a work over with more picks and diagnosed a posterior virtuous detachment. No relation to the hole in my retina, but not good. She also found a hemorrhage and said I needed to get the ophthalmologist first thing in the morning. Finished that appointment and ran to my primary care Dr for an after hospital check in. Home for a min and then I ran and got a hair cut. Home and L ran out to G’s baseball game and Penn stopped and picked me up while I was working on the picnic table. We went to Nostalga to have a beer with Evan Tremante on his 21st bday and his dad and gpa. It was nice to catch up. Home and L&I called Marko it is his 65th bday. It was great to talk to him and he retired and loving life.

20250514

20250514 - Up in the am and my giant floater is still there. To the desk getting things done. Hazel and I took a walk and for the second day in a row left the house with a nice day and got rained on while on our walk... Back to the desk to finish the day. L home and we headed to Grove City. Noticed bubbles, thousands of bubbles floating around in my eye now… texted with Terrill and he said get ur ass to an ophthalmologist tomorrow! G didn’t play, we stayed and watched. After the game we went to a Long John Silvers. It was a train wreck and took forever but the fish was amazing. Home late. 

20250513 - 1st Point on New Field!

20250513 - Up in the am and to the desk getting things done. Today’s new thing is a new giant squid like floater in my eye! Tried to take Hazel on a walk and we got stuck out in a thunderstorm and got SOAKED! Back to the desk had a meeting and wrapped a bunch of things up. L home and we went out to G’s baseball game. it was the first game ever on the new turf field! They haven’t even had the chance to practice on it. The boys did good, G got walked and got himself around to be the first person EVER to score on the new field! They WON! First win in 3 weeks! Home and hanging out on the porch trying to get things lined up in my head that need done in the next 10 days. 

20250512

20250512 - Up in the am and dropped L off at school and then headed to the PC store to pick up a couple laptops for work. Swung through McDs and got a sausage McMuffin. Noticed yellow flashes of light in my far left peripheral vision, strange. Got to work and ran to the storage unit to pick up some stuff that sold on eBay and then back to the desk and got things going. No CB this am so Cory and I went to Old Bag on our own and got lunch. We had a 401k meeting, CB showed up and we synced up on stuff and then I headed home to ship the big boxes. Got them shipped and delivered and back home. It was raining pretty good and G’s game was cancelled. L&I hanging out

20250511 - Busy Mother's Day

20250511 - Up in the am and L&I to church. We skipped bfast this week and swung through the Home Depot so I could get a saw blade and get to work. Home and D over, had trouble getting G out of bed... Eventually we got rolling on sealing the driveway and it went really fast. We got our driveway done and Doc's in record time. L warmed up the pork and we had a nice mothers day late lunch. J showed up and ate too. Boys left and I headed out and put a second coat on the driveways. Then I got eh saws out and worked on one of the benches. I really like the raw edge. Finished late. In, cleaned up, watched some American Idol with L and to bed.

20250510 - Slabs

20250510 - Up in the am and went to pick up groceries with L. She waited int eh car and I went in and got meat and beer. Home and unloaded stuff and I got a 10lb pork butt in the smoker. Pretty soon Vinnie and Penn and Gary showed up, D and Hank too and we headed back and got the chainsaw mill fired up. I spent most of the day slabbing logs, J stopped by and Gary stayed the longest. Riley helped me carry the slabs up. L trimmed the bushed and did a bunch of work out front. I then got on my hands and knees and started patching the driveway. Done late and the pork was done and it was really good after a long day. In and cleaned up.

20250509

20250509 - Up late and to the desk getting things done. L home and we ran to the school to see G's senior capstone project. He did his on yoga and baseball. The other kids did things like learning how to cook, painting fancy nails, research on growing plants, what job they would like... Grant's was good, we're not sure how, as we never saw him working on it... But his was one of the better ones, so that was good. After exploring the kids projects I ran L to CVS and then took my E550 through the car wash. Home and back to the desk to wrap up the day. Then headed outside and cleaned the driveway off.

20250508 - Slabs R Cool!

20250508 - Up in the am and dropped L off at school and got to drive my E550 to work for the first time since I got her back. OMG the ride is so smooth and the power is amazing, so happy to have her back! Got to the desk and got things done, had a couple meetings, pizza with the team, took the trash out and headed home. Hannah and Hank were here when I got home, so was the chainsaw and ripping chain I ordered. I got the chainsaw put together with the ripping chain on it and fired it up, ran great. I then got the chainsaw mounted to the chainsaw mill. D showed up and L cooked dinner for us. Then D helped me get the first cut rails set up on a log and the pully system set up and we gave it a try. CUT LIKE BUTTER!!! we flattened the top of the log off and then cut one perfect plank. IT WAS AMAZING! One of the coolest things I have ever done! Got things cleaned up and headed in for the night. Casey got a hold of me today and let me know he bought the car we went and looked at the day before I went to the hospital.

20250505

20250505 - Up and took L to work in G's car and G has L's car. I went to work and took it pretty easy. Left a bit early to go to Evan's Automotive and see if my car was done. Done enough so I dropped off G's car and got to bring my baby home.