20051231 - Saturday, Up had some bfast, cleaned up and then to the barn. Loughman's over to play. Jack helped GpaW feed with the tractor. Howdy, Katie & Jake played in the hay. Everyone up to the house for more playing, lunch and playing. Good to see family and friends! Everyone rested and then off to the indoor waterpark to bring in the new year! Spent the evening in the pool and then playing UNO. LD Gma&paW & I are watching the ball drop in a hotel room. Jack didn't quite make it..... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
20051231 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 2006
20051231 - Saturday, Up had some bfast, cleaned up and then to the barn. Loughman's over to play. Jack helped GpaW feed with the tractor. Howdy, Katie & Jake played in the hay. Everyone up to the house for more playing, lunch and playing. Good to see family and friends! Everyone rested and then off to the indoor waterpark to bring in the new year! Spent the evening in the pool and then playing UNO. LD Gma&paW & I are watching the ball drop in a hotel room. Jack didn't quite make it..... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
20051230
20051230 - Videoed 1/2 the contents of the house, changed the smoke detector batteries and then headed up to the farm. Opened presents and then took J to see the Christmas lights at the fairgrounds. Set up flat screen for GpaW and stayed up late watching 'Sling Blade'.
20051229 +
20051229 + Thursday, Took the car into the shop to get serviced, Boys and I dropped things off at 'Got Stuff' to sell on e-bay. Had dinner then ran some errands: Target, Dicks, they employ the dumbest asses... Home frustrated...
20051228
20051228 - L & the boys to her friends to play. I took several calls and got my hair cut. To McDonalds playplace for dinner.
20051226
20051226 - Gma&paB stopped by for a visit. L & I finished cleaning out the house. We watched 'Polar Express'. I stayed up and got all my year end stuff done.
20051225 + Holiday Fun
20051225 + Sunday, Merry Christmas!! Boys up early: Jack only wanted to eat candy, Dylan tore into it... Pretty great Christmas, not excessive, everybody got something they liked. Jack, & now I, are sick and took a big Christmas nap. Worked out good, gave Lori time to build all the stuff so I didn't have too :-D
20051224 - Sick House
20051224 - Christmas eve day - J woke up sick today, I stayed with him while L&D went to Nicole's, and then met up with Gma&paW for church. D is singing tonight. We will all eat when they get home and then off to bed so Santa can stop by (pic is of sick Jack on Christmas eve).
20051223 +
20051223 + Fast day at work. Got all my PCs archived and synced today. D& I to see 'Narnia' in the afternoon, very good show. Home and all played. I stayed up late wrapping gifts.
20051222
20051222 - Thursday - Howdy on the couch all day. J was really bored... D perked up this evening and we watched some Christmas shows. Up late doing year end stuff.
20051221
20051221 + Judy Kidd stopped over for dinner. As we watched 'Blue collar comedy', D began to scream... He had gotten sick in bed. I was up with him until 05:30, he got sick all night.
20051220 - Last of the Christmas shopping
20051220 - Home - Jack and I out finishing up the Christmas shopping. We left the house at 6pm and got home at 9:30... we went to a couple of toy stores... We sang songs and looked at the lights. Work - Nice slow day. Wrapping up the year, winding down....20051219 +
20051219 + WORK - Slow day. Did some work, took some calls. Organizing the SUN stuff for work to be done by the end of the week. No real word on how the INOV8 discussions went. Little pissed that I am not more involved. Taking things slow, getting things organized to clean up last year and start a new one.
HOME - Good day. L took howdy and Jack to story time and then to see Santa. After work I played Dino attack with the boys, I put a t-rex puppet on my hand and chase them around, they love it. finished cleaning out the playroom, making room for Santa to visit in a couple of days. Put the electric blanket on. L not feeling to good. Talked to Max today, his sternum is becoming more stable, still can't watch shows that are too funny.
20051218 + Brunch
20051218 + Lo to church early. The boys and I hung out, reading the paper and watchin 'Little Bear'. When lo got home we packed up and went to Big Boy for brunch. When L was prego with Jack, Dylan and I went every Sunday for brunch. Now Jack is 2. It amazes me how fast time goes by and how fast these little people grow.Bird houses r painted, dinner is done. Decorating cookies and then to play bull rider... Oh my back....
20051217 + Making cookies
20051217 + D is helping L make Christmas cookies. Both D and J helped me make birdfeeders this morning... Ran errands tonight. Damn stressful. Too many assholes out holiday shopping and on the roads. D is on albuterol and he is all hyped up. So a pretty tense night. Home, L wrapping presents and I am supporting her by watching 'Daredevil'.
20051216 - Test of Mobloging
20051216 - So this is my first attempt to send a blog to the web from my phone. I have even included a pic. Let's see what happens....
20051216 - Figuring it out
20051216 - Fast couple of weeks. I still have no real idea how to use this thing. What I want to learn is how to write my stuff in here and like burn copies of it every year or export it to a word doc. Then i will abandon my paper journal and do everything digital... there is even a way to send things to this blog from my phone, that would make it really simple, i could do it from anywhere at anytime. That would be too cool...
Christmas is almost here, we have all of our shopping done.
Christmas is almost here, we have all of our shopping done.
20051208
20051208 - Up into the plant, fell like shit! Had Motorola meeting the want well, we have a plan... Took Arno and Ger to airport and brought sandwiches back for Jason, Scott and Eric. Worked on invoices with Luis A. Got lots cleaned up. To Logan's for dinner, bed by 10pm.
20051207 - Best and Biggest Friends
20051207 - Up early into the plan, meetings all day finalizing plans. Azhar and Vince got in to it. Very productive day. To dinner in McAllen Texas on this night with Ger S., Jason S. and some others. We were looking for a place to eat and one of the guys, I think Eric R. want to eat here but there was a long wait. There were only a couple of places to sit and Ger and Jason decided to share a little wicker love-seat. The rest of us watched as the two squeezed in and the furniture made unnatural noises expecting it to explode. It held up and as I recall it was one fantastic steak dinner and we returned to this location many times. Ger and Jason I consider to be two of my best and biggest friends that I have MANY memories with and we keep in touch throughout the years.
20051206
20051206 - Up early to Reynosa. Dug into the mclaims process. Shott's solution will help. I came up with a screen that will really help. To shop floor, AWESOME! Picked up the Innovate Team, Arno and Ger and downloaded the day with them. up till 2am.
20051205
20051205 - Up at 4am, fell on my ass on the front porch going to the taxi! BAD START! Good flights to Reynosa with Jason and Scott. Innovate team bought the wrong tickets - go figure. It was half day but got to see the plant and go to Pharr. Big dinner, bed in good time. Found a WHITE HAIR on my head!
20051204
20051204 - L&D to church, J&I hung out. Had a big lunch and then headed home. Got home and cleaning the garage. D fell and hit his head and bit through his tongue and scraped up his arms. He had to get 5 stitches. , got to see his skull. To bed early.
20051203
20051203 - Up and put on bird houses and then to Gma&paB's. The boys went to the Polar Express with L, Gma&paB. I went shopping and I got pants. Boys had a great time. Stayed up late talking and playing sodoku.
20051202
20051202 - Up in the am, crappy day, had some calls. Got pizza in the PM and Jim, Carey and Liz over. Jim and I finished the toy box, very nice. The kids played and had a good time. I got D from school today.
20051128
20051128 - D&I went downtown and got Judy Kidd and went to a video game store and got a pizza. Had a good time with Judy. Took her to get a rented car.
20051127 +
20051127 + Up and LD Gma&paB to church. Had some lunch and then they headed home. Hung out rest of day. Went to Sesame Street Live with the Ryan's
20051126
20051126 - Up in am and installed speakers in the basement. Gma&paB and Rich and Nicole over and we fried a turkey, watched movies and then went to the parade. Home watched more TV, to bed.
20051125 +
20051125 + L&I up and out early to go shopping and left the boys with Gma&paW. I bought some speakers and we made a list of Toys R Us stuff for the boys. Back to the farm and helped GmaW with the PC. Headed home. Love that place, don't know what will happen to it...
20051124
20051124 - Up and down to the farm, total chaos, but nice to see everyone. GGmaW did very well with the prayer, GGmaH was quiet. I sat by them. Didn't eat to much. LDJ, John C and I went sledding. L made me set up a PC for GpaB. GpaW & I up late with computers.
20051123 +
20051123 + Up in the am thigs packed and ready to go and out by 10#0. Got to the Farm and set up wireless network and it works great. Took some calls and did some work. D&I watched Roger and Brad put out pheasants, weather really bad. To the barn with the boys to play. FREEZING!
20051122
20051122 - L to church dinner, home very late. We worked with our laptops on the couch until late ordering Christmas stuff.
20051118 +
20051118 + Up in the am and a long day of flying... Landed and went straight to the Adkin's for a bday party. Exhausted...
20051117
20051117 - Gave a presentation to Palm that went well. Talked to max, he is doing good. Spoke at length with Arno about working for them, honored he thinks I can do it. Out to eat at the Fish Market, had an INCREDIBLE meal.
20051115
20051115 - Up and to Palm for a half day of good discussion and then out for a nice dinner.
20051114
20051114 - Up to California and spent the day on planes. had a nice dinner with Jason getting ready for tomorrow.
20051108
20051108 - Up, sucky day full of calls and little accomplished. Last call will be tonight at midnight. D in bad mood. I for a headache. L to church study with Nicole. D at karate, J&I playing break the ice. Signed up for benefits today and voted.
20051107
20051107 - Up, fast day of calls upon calls. Got 401k allocations and deductions nailed down and basically catching up on emails. Played outside a bit with the boys, then we went to RadioShack and a watch store. D was out of control. Home read Lemony Snicket with D. I did some more wok ad then some reading, DaVinci Code
20051106
20051106 - Up in the am, J&I to grocery and made a pork roast for dinner. DJ&I out for errands and ran into D's teacher at the library. Then to Blockbuster. Home had dinner and watched a movie. D&I watched the Road Warrior in the afternoon while L went to a park with J.
20051104 +
20051104 + Up early and everything still smooth... Tied up a bunch of loose ends and headed home through ORD. Hoe at 6:30, played with the boys. Felt good to be home. Bed at descent time.
What a horribly emotional and exhausting week. Herman stopped me and said 'You have changed hp's perception of CLS, for SITEL as well. Good job man'. Very nice ending.
20051103
20051103 - Up in the am with 1 hour of sleep! To the plant, gave the status update and BOOM! Went LIVE at 10am and it worked! Out for a big celebration! I was ordering 2 drinks at a time! Home late, read a bit and crashed.
20051102
20051102 - In to the plant early. Worked on bug changes all day. DHL was being a pain. We stayed until 4:30 AM! Got done, Mike from sales arrived by my request and helped divert the attention. LONG DAY! We are all stressed and tired.
20051031
20051031 - Met with SITEL first thing. Tasked Jason with getting a PO with them so we could go0live. Step 2 in the perception shift.
20051030
20051030 - Up late, took a bath. into Sitel for a con call. Jason arrived. I went and picked him up, good to have him here. To hotel and up late reading.
20051029
20051029 - Slept in this morning. Downtown Ottowa Canada with Cindy, saw the capital, some locks and the market. Met up with Arno, Gwen and Andre for dinner. Back to the hotel and read some of the Davinci Code.
20051028
20051028 - To the plant, got some very upsetting news about perceptions of me nad CLS. Very hard to take. Took immediate action though and was able to turn it around by the end of next week.
20051027 - Digital Start
20051027 - In Nepean Canada tonight. Here for the implementation of the Sitel call center for hp. It is proving to be quit a challenge. Here with me are Arno, Gwen, Andre and Cindy. Just got settled into the Hotel tonight and have been upgraded to a suite, SWEET! Just learned of a Google thing called Blogger and it may be a way for me to continue journaling without a paper journal. Starting it tonight...
20051026
20051026 - Boys and L made me a cake and gave me some presents, small magnets and a hat. I was glad to be home for my bday.
20051024
20051024 - Up in the am fast furious day of calls. Got in a fight with Vince, Azhar backing me up.
20051023
20051023 - Up in the am, L&D to church and J&I cleaning up the garage. L&D out shopping while J took a nap & I got some things in order. Gma&paW back down today and played w/ the boys. Later LDJ&I to a movie where J&I had to leave. Dinner at Arbys.
20051022
20051022 - Up in the am and everything all set up for our party, Had a descent turnout but less than expected. Still had a good time and Ohio State won! Couple new friends, Christina, Frank, thier boys, Patrick, who's D's friend. Gma&paW came. D lost his first tooth toady!
20051021 +
20051021 + UP in the am to the office and straight through the day full of problems. Spent most of the evening getting the garage set up for the football poker party. Watched Electra with D&J
20051019
20051019 - Spent an hour with Scott today to try and bring him around. Went to DHL today and set up a pc for SLS in Wilmington OH
20051018
20051018 - Up in the am, first day working for Innovate IT, too busy to get anything done Took D to karate for his black belt. GmaB, Gma&paW, Rich and Nicole, Tina and Connor Barnette and Ms. Burget, D's Kindergarten teacher all showed up. D did very good and is very prepared and stuck with karate. He broke his boards did his sparing and got his black belt and they said very nice things about him. Back to the house and had pizza. DJ and Connor played and played.
20251016
20251016 - Up at 11. Mowed the yard. Fam home and out to eat at a Chinese buffet where we the only people in the entire place and J slept through the entire meal.
20251015
20251015 - Up in the am and did some things around the house and then worked on the Motorola account to try and get Scott on track. Did some shopping at Meijer in the middle of the night. All ready for the party.
20251014
20251014 - LD&J to Gma&paB's in Newcomerstown. I worked al day and then got the garage set up. Max's heart looks good but still having heart surgery.
20251013
20251013 - Took D to karate, LJ&I to Blockbuster to get a movie. Got D, home and played rough.
20251010
20251010 - Up in am on con call with Max, he is having dye put through his heart and will need surgery in a while when they are going to crack his chest open, it makes me very nervous.
20051009
20051009 - Up to the barn, got the boys and headed home. D took a bucking bronco ride this am and played with kitties. J had fun too, afraid of the dark hay fort, but D helped him through it. To Jared's bday party, Home and cleaned out the playroom.
20051008
20051008 - Up at 11 and missed the boys pony rides! Dave and his kids here. I built a them a hay fort. Up to house, GpaW got us all lunch, The kids are playing very nice, J taking nap, rest of kids to the barn. Dinner w. Gma&paW. To Dave's to watch OSU lose. Back to the Farm at halftime. GpaW & I stayed up and watched Sin City & Simply Blond and talked about money and the Farm.
20051007
20051007 - Up and fast day. Vince has been cut off of all IT support today... I have done some escalations and have had it with Vince and the Reynosa team blaming me and my team for everything. Up to Farm w/ the boys. To the barn and found kitties. They discovered Dusty a pony GpaW got for the boys. Over to Dave's to watch a show. Up with J until 3:30, then D up at 6:30...
20051006
20051006 - Fast day on calls almost constantly. Max mentioned that on a Celestica call the board mentioned me as a contributor for the Motorola business. Took D to karate, ran errands with L&J, then all to CiCi's for dinner. Home and watched Survivor.
20051004
20051004 - Took D to karate w/ J in big boy pants! He did very good and kept dry. Home and L not feeling well, got everyone fed..I am on the edge tonight, stress, no help from work... too much to do...
20051003
20051003 - D&I finished reading ' Journey to the Center of the Earth' tonight. J day 1 without diapers! L stressed...
20051002 +
20051002 + Up and L&D to church. Hung out, set up the projector in the garage and watched 'Robots'. Worked on the furnace today and got all the burners working... Up late watching TV w/ L.
20051001
20051001 - L&I to Smokey Bones for anniversary. Had a nice meal and a good talk. Decided we would try for another baby... Did some shopping and then home. L a little bit sick. Got furnace lit but it is not quite right...
20050930 +
20050930 + Up in am, super fast day, tons of shit done and Motorola prioritization. Moved some $ around a bit but didn't hear anything on the refinance. Took D to karate.
20050929
20050929 - Holy shit what a day! Got a major process change in place on the live SLS Motorola shopfloor, took 5 hours... Applied for a HELOC. Last thing I want to start wrong is $. D going good at school. J is the star pupil at gymnastics. Got D's school pcs today, he's so big, L&J to Delaware. I took D to karate. Talked Eric Rodriguez into staying with Celestica today. Up late trying to figure out $ again & work util 2am.
20050928
20050928 - Deep in to Palm and Motorola shit today. Both accounts are a flipping mess. Watched 'True Romance' with L. Stayed up late trying to figure out our $. Somehow we are $9k in the hole! HOLY SHIT! UP till 4am.
20050927
20050927 - Up in the am and what a horrible day. D being very ugly to L, screaming and yelling at her. I told him that was unacceptable and he could apologize to his mom or move out. He instantly exploded in tears and I felt awful all day. Took D to karate w/ J. To Toys R Us to get 'Robots' movie. Home, ate dinner and watched 'Robots' with the boys. Up almost all night working.
20050926
20050926 - Up in the am and had an escalation on KL Chung. I gave Chris all the the right names and he sent an email to EVERYONE! About time! Nice afternoon. Walked to the school and played on the playground with the boys and L. Home, gave the boys a bath and read a lot to D. Stayed up late until 4am.
20050925 +
20050925 + Up in am and L&D to church. J&I watched TV. Had lunch, cleaned the house up a bit then to the outlet malls to get L some new clothes. Home I ate, cleaned up the boys and put them to bed and read 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' to D.
20050924
20050924 - Up in the am and ran a couple errands with D&J. Home and watched the OSU game and took a nap. Sort of a veg day.
20050919
20050919 - Up in the am on the damn phone all day, can't get anything else done! Had dinner with Nicole and fam. L&Nic to store and I played rough with the boys and some other games. Up late on Pcs for no real reason.
20050918
20050918 - Up in the am and to the barn with D. We were chasing cats and he fell in a tub of water and soaked his butt. Home, rested for 30min then to a baseball team party and Magic Mountain. Home, getting things lined up. To bed in descent time.
20050917
20050917 - Up in the am and down to the springhouse to help Roger and Dale Jr. make maple syrup for the heritage day. Lots of folks here, had a good time. Saw GGmaW, she is confused. Spent hours on the ph with Reynosa. The the xmas tree farm and then a hayride back at the Farm. Stayed up late reading.
20050916
20050916 - Up early and in to SITEL. Had final calls and wrap up presentations. To the airport with the Innovate team. Got out early to ORD then home at 5:30. To a bday party at Magic Mountain for D's friend. Home, packed up and hit the road for the Farm.. Stayed up late reading Harry Potter.
20050915
20050915 - Brought down the house with Eric resigning today and Palm and Motorola EXPLODING with Tom Mosier
20050911
20050911 - UP and went through paper with D. L&D to church. J&I made shish kabobs for lunch. Hung out and played catch in the backyard. TO the airport and to ORD and on to Canada. Met Tom Smith there for ride to hotel.
20050905 +
20050905 + Up late, J watching TV, L making brownies. To the Farm to get D. Had a nice lunch and hung out.
20050904
20050904 - Up and played with boys. To Kristy Winger's house for a party. D home with Gma&paW. LJ&I homw and lasker to the library. Home and played with J. Watched 'Alexandria' with L.
20050903
20050903 - UP and about with the boys. I wen to Meijer. Home, watched the OSU game. L&D to a Barker gathering in Zanesville. J&I to McD's and got movies. Home and played marbles. L&D home, everyone very tired. Watched 'Constantine' with L.
20050902
20050902 - Up on some calls getting caught up on mail and paperwork. D had a friend come over after school. TO Long John Silver's for dinner. Home and J getting pretty sick. I stayed up late watching Stargate and cut skin flaps off my butt. OUCH!!!
20050901
20050901 - Up, went to HTC and had a tour and discussion. To the airport and had a miserable time getting home. Got home@ 11pm. Stayed up reading Harry Potter.
20050831
20050831 - Up into hp for another day of so so gathering and a bunch of requirements 'NEW". Had dinner with Arno, Gwen, Kevin King. Joe and Tim. Found out we lost Palm bulk business.
20050830
20050830 - Good day at hp! Got some requirements nailed down. Out to eat with the group. Not excited about work AT ALL!
20050829
20050829 - Up in the am and took a couple of calls and watched D get on the bus. To the airport. Miserable trip to Houston. Ate with Arno and Gwen.
20050828 +
20050828 + Up and L&D to church. J&I cleaned up the yard and the garage. I made cod for lunch and we hung out. L&J took a nap. I finished up my book 'Angels and Daemons', VERY GOOD! Played with D's hover dish and the boys wrestle with each other. Headed inside and the boys played with all of D's new toys.
20050827
20050827 - Up in the am and put all the finishing touches on for the party. L dressed up as Princess Leia , D a storm trooper, J was Yoda and I was a Jedi. We had a good turnout and a great party. The boys were beat and to bed early. L&I cleaned up a bit, beat too.
20050826
20050826 - Up in the am @ 7. D is full go. He had a magic bday bag that refilled itself several times throughout the day, starting with a HUGE Transformer in the morning. D to kindergarten on his own for the first time ever! He just climbed right on the bus and off he went. L&I did stuff to get ready for the party. We watched D on the playground, he is a big kid now. Next were coloring books in his bag. D home and told us all bout school. We went to CiCi's for his bday dinner and the Dollar Store. Home and played, his bag had another Transformer in it! D&J up late playing very nice together.
20050825
20050825 - Took Do to karate tonight. He got his red belt with the black stripe tonight. He wahtced me the whole time to make sure I was watching him.
20050824
20050824 - Up for 's first day of school. We took his picture by the mailbox and we all waited for the bus... it never came... L walked D to school, J stayed with me. L&D came home and did fine.
20050821
20050821 - Up and L&D to church. J&I to Toys R Us to get D's bday present. Home and had a fast lunch. I did some mulching and trimming of trees. D&I to Kroger. Home and had dinner and we all played soccer and football and ended off with some grass up the nose
20050820
20050820 - Up in the am and our and about with the boys. We went geocaching, had lunch at 'Howdy's', a visit to Toys r Us and then Blockbuster. Home and J&I took a nap and L&D played and watched a movie. Out to eat at Butch's. Then to Meijer to get school shoes. Home and played with magic tricks.
20050819
20050819 - Had a lot of fights with KL today. Bunch of hp meetings and cleaned up some PO issues for Innovate. Going to focus on resume and invoices next week and getting ready for D's party. Had dinner with the fam and played soccer with the boys outside. Came in and watched SciFi, Stargate and Battlestar Galactica. Up late on the Pcs again.
20050818
20050818 - Plugged in today and spent most of the day cleaning up my email and calls. Took D to karate and made a couple calls. D does such a good job at karate. Such control and grace, I hope he continues it. Home up late on PCs.
20050817
20050817 - Did not log on all day. Spent the day cleaning out the files on the PC's. At the end of the day LDJ&I went to D's new school to meet his teacher. She seems very nice & D was excited. He is having a bit of a hard time listening...
20050816
20050816 - Up in am to a very nice gold course to meet with Motorola. LONG meeting, my piece was 10 minutes... To the airport, hung out in the Admiral's Club for hours! Finished Harry Potter before I got on the plane. Got home fast and LD&J picked me up. Took them home and put them to bed.
20050815
20050815 - Up and took a couple calls. Straightened out AMEX travel ins. Found some baby rabbits in th the backyard. L&boys took me to airport off to ORD to meet Motorola for a sales visit. Met with Russell L & Craig S for a short meeting and then back to the room and read Harry Potter. D has strep throuat.
20050814 +
20050814 + Up, L&D to church. J&I went through the paper and played. Had lunch ready for everyone when they got home. Hung around at the house, finished up work stuff and headed to Meijer for groceries and Long John Silver's for dinner. Home and to bed early.
20050813
20050813 - Up pretty tired. L out shopping with D, J&I played and took a short nap. We all headed to the Party and costume store and then Steak & Shake for dinner. Home and I worked late again until 3am.
20050812 +
20050812 + Up in the am and pretty crappy day. had tons of new stuff come in when I pushed all my other stuff way back into the weekend. To D's Bible school presentation tonight went well. He is getting so big. Went to Big Boy for dessert. Home and played a bit and watched SciFi until late. Then stayed up and did some work till 4am
20050811
20050811 - Fast day, lots of calls putting together presentation for a new customer. J&I on our own again and L&D are at Bible school. Watched TV and played games all night. Took a short nap. D got all his school supplies today, he can't wait to go to school! hahaha how long will that last. He got some cat folders. Up late farting around on the computer talking to Jason and Scott Workman. Bed late again.
20050810
20050810 - Up and pretty much a wasted day on calls. Rode my bike to the FedEx place to ship Ger his solar active thread. Finished up and J&I on our own. Made him dinner in a shape of a face and we ate in the living room. J&I outside to play for a bit and then in for some indoor games. We fell asleep together on the couch. Up and worked until late, too late...
20050809
20050809 - Day 2 in ORD, figured out how long until I get to take another vacation, looks like Oct/Nov. Tons of calls, some new business from Motorola. Getting organized. Home. L&D to Bible school, I made dinner for J&I and watched 'Little Bear'. I stayed up late reading Harry Potter.
20050808
20050808 - First day back and catching up with everyone. Absolutely nothing has changed! Still a mess everywhere! Still no help in site. J&I picked up Ger's solar thread and to the Farm to pick up Sparky and Bear. I washed the blood from Bear's tail off the walls while J &GmaW went to the barn and played with the cats. L&D to Bible school.
20050807
20050807 - Up in the am getting PCs up and running. To a Barker Family picnic. Home then to the grocery with everyone. Home to bed in good time.
20050806
20050806 - Up and out by 9 headed North, stopper and took a tour of Mammoth Cabe and a dinosaur park. The drove past Fort Knox and D&I took a tour of all the tanks at the Patton Museum. Stopped for dinner @ Waffle House. Home and unloaded by 11pm. All of us pretty worn out.
20050805
20050805 - Up in the am trying to recap the week. bfast then to the pool with D&J, out all morning. J&I took a nap, L&D went shopping. We went for root beer floats and hunt out at the pool till 6pm.Then to the mall for dinner, then the playground. UP to the room and got all packed up and wrapping up the vacation. A very very good time! Not looking forward to returning to work at all...
20050804 +
20050804 + UP in the am and to bfast and the boys and I hit the pool. We swam for a bit and then outside, then to the other outside pool where we had lunch and listened o a guy play a guitar. J fell asleep and went in early. D&IU stayed out until 4 and then in to take a nap. We then headed over to the Opryland Hotel and took a boar ride, had some dinner and then wen to a dance/acrobat/water show. L and the boys danced, all in a HUGE Atrium. Back to the room, the boys out fast.
20050803 +
20050803 +Up in the am and hit the road to Nashville Shores a HUGE water park with pools everywhere. D went across a floating obstacle course! We played a long time in the kid pool w/ J playing rough. Took a paddle boat ride, went down a water slide w/ D and played putt putt. The boys slept all the way home and in the house. Took a nap then to the Raintree Cafe. The boys, especially J LOVED it when the animals came to life and stopped the ground and shook the trees. Did some shopping, headed home and played. I stayed up late and checked in with folks at work.
20050802
20050802 - Up and to the pool! Then had lunch and then off to the Science Museum. Kept the boys busy but wan not a great place, because is was dirty. Saw a cool star show in the planetarium. Toured a civil war fort Neagly, the largest mansion fortress built in North America. More swimming and D without his floaty swam underwater several times!
200500801
200500801 - Up in the am to an owners presentation, got some free tickets to some places. Went sightseeing. L&D played junk food bingo with the other kids @ the resort, J&I took a nap. Back across town to the store and everyone got some cool stuff. D got two really fragile GI Joe guys that immediately broke. J got some playmobile motorcycle guys. I got a couple magic tricks.
20050731
20050731 - Up and went swimming. In the afternoon tried to go to a toy store but it was closed. Stopped at a reproduction of the Greek Parthenon, it was HUGE! D having a rough day. Went to the Aquarium for dinner, the boys loved all the fish and sharks.
20050730 +
20050730 + Up early and hit the road. Good trip to Nashville. Got checked in, to the grocery and them set up vamp. VERY NICE room! Hit the pool in the afternoon. Toured the Bass Pro Shop and the huge mall.
20050729
20050729 - I have spent the last 3 days up until 4am to pull off this trip and go-live of SLS for Motorola and the prelim design of hp. I'm exhausted! Handed everything off today, on the phone till 6pm but DONE! All final drafts sent our by 12am, then loaded up the car.
20050726
20050726 - Schedule trip to Nashville for vacation next week. All hell is breaking loos at work.
20050722
20050722 - Up late for flight, was up all night playing sudoku, first time I have ever seen one! Jason ready to kill me, but we made our flights. home by 1pm and took calls in the afternoon. To Dave and Katie's bday party in Mansfield, stayed up and played poker.
20050720
20050720 - Stuck in hotel all day, hurricane Emily is upon us... Worked on HP stuff all day with Arno.
20050719
20050719 - In to the factory, didn't get much done. Went to Walmart, loaded up on supplies, had a pizza party & played cards.
20250715
20250715 - Flew home in the am. Landed at 1pm. Vince and Tom Mosier called me and wanted me to come back to Reynosa TODAY! Holy shit! I just got off the plane. Not going back.
20250713
20250713 - Got in a fight with Vince, power went out at the plant, headed back across to the US.
20250704 +
20250704 + Left the Farm in the am and headed to Cedar Point with Gma&paW, LDJ, Rex, Jane, Lara and Mia. It was a hot but good time. Headed home LATE.
20050701
20050701 - Took boys and L to Clippers game and stayed for fireworks and Red, White and Boom.
20050629
20050629 - Up in am and to Reynosa. Had a good discussion with Fernando, Will Holt. Jason in, didn't talk to really any of them??? Had a demo call with Motorola that lasted 6 hors. They are satisfied. First Class all the way home! Got home at midnight, bed by 2.
20050628
20050628 - Up to Reynosa. Had some network issues so training started off slow. Ger trained all day. I was there for most of it. Left at 6. US Side, got Jason, ate dinner - back to Mexico to see shipping at the Palm line at sprints, what a deal!
20050627
20050627 - Up in am to Reynosa with Lee. Had several meetings with the Reynosa teams to bring them up to speed. 5hr con call with Motorola demoing SLS. Rachel is SHARP! Where has she been the entire project??? Picked Ger and Alex, out to eat.
20050626
20050626 - Boys got me up early and GmaW took them to the barn. I fot up at 9 and took the go-kart to the barn and gave the boys a ride. They drove the tractor, played with cats and built a dam in the the creek. Home and played in the sprinkler in the backyard with D&J, J trying to be brave. Off to Reynosa Mexico. Met an Army General in the Admirals Club. Dinner with Lee
20050625
20050625 - Up in the am to D game, he got hit in the shoulder with a bat, ouch!. Home got the go-kart and rode it around a bit. Worked in the garage, D helped me paint the workbench. We all tried to go to a civil war reenactment but L had an emergency. Home, work exploded. I was mad and yelled at D. Loaded up the go-kart, got down and told D I was sorry and he was a good boy. He hugged me as I cried. TO the Farm. Boys up late.
20050624
20050624 - Up in the am and did this and that. Have an escalation to deal with. Took a break and went to D's safety town graduation. His is so big! Home and worked until 7pm. Very bad day at work, asked my new boss Nora for help.
20050623
20050623 - Up and more good info from HP. Wrapped it up and headed home at noon. Got home at 9pm. LD&J picked me up and they were all smiley and chatty. I love to see them when I get home.
20050622
20050622 - More good info, better than yesterday, moving along now. Out to eat with the HP group. D had a rough day at safety town. Connor and another kid hurt his feelings and it made him sick to his stomach.
20050620
20050620 - Up and flew out at 5am to Houston. Got to HP and set expectations. Picked up Arno and Alex at the airport and then had dinner. D started safety town today.
20050619 +
20050619 + Up, L to church. Worked on cleaning up the shop some more. LDJ&I to Dylan St. Park. We bought some bamboo fishing poles and actually caught a fish! Home and hung out. I had an early flight, getting things in line for that. D&I found a go-kart and we bought it! D is so excited.
20050618
20050618 - Up to D's game, all the grandparents there. Then we all went to the JazzFest downtown. D&J like the rides and games. Home and our to eat with Gma&paW. Headed to poker with John, one of the karate dad's at a friend of his. Out until 3am.
20050523
20050523 - Headed to Houston this week with the Celestica team and Naill for HP kickoff and process mapping.
20050516
20050516 - Up in the am and to a toy store and then to the Cincinnati Zoo. It was a nice day out with my boys and L. We stopped at the outlet malls on the way home.
20050515
20050515 - Up and L&D to church. Then we headed to Cincinnati and stopped to see a cool castle on the way. We stayed in a hotel and the boys got to go swimming and loved it. We stayed up late watching cartons. A very nice day and nice night. I am lucky to have such a good nice family.
20050514 +
20050514 + D had a baseball game in the morning. We had J's 2 year old birthday party today. The addition of the sandbox tower was a hit and kept the kids busy. J ran around spraying all the kids with a water bottle as they screamed. Everyone had fun!
20050418 ? Historical Marker
20050418 ? A couple of my coworkers were in Pharr TX today and in keeping up with my tradition of making them do stupid things they found a Historical Marker in the middle of no where and sent me their picture. Wish I was there!
20050416 - Baseball and Shakes
20050416 - Up and good to be home. Took D to some baseball practice today and we all went to Steak and Shake for dinner.
20050411 - Way to San Jose
20050411 - Up early and headed to the airport for a week in San Jose. Got there and had an extremely fast and busy week mapping the process for Motorola. We also found out this week that we won the HP business!
20050410 + Short Weekend
20050410 + Flew in late Friday night and got home. Good to be home and spend some time with the fam. We took D&J to the zoo, shot some paintball guns and had fun time!
20050404 - MOT in DFW
20050404 - Headed to the airport way too early and flew to DFW to meet up with Arno, Ger and Sam. We headed to Motorola for the week.
20050402 - Seeing the Sites
20050402 - Up in the am and L&I headed to downtown Dallas to Delany Plaza where President Kennedy was shot and to a nearby shopping place. We then headed to Fort Worth and saw a cattle drive and walked through shops. We met Beth from work for dinner. L heads out tomorrow morning.
20050401 + L Bday on the Road
20050401 + At the end of work today I tool Arno and Gwen to the airport so they could fly home. I had lunch with Sam then dropped him off to fly home and I picked up L! L flew in for a couple day sot celebrate her bday. We headed ot the Dallas office and I introduced her to some folks. We then headed to Foca de Choa for a great dinner. We stopped by Scott Wallace's afterwards to chat and have some drinks.
20050328 - 2 Week Start
20050328 - Up and to the airport heading to DFW. This time for a 2 week stay to map the process for Motorola and the repairs of the Razor.
20050327 - Easter
20050327 - Up in the am and LDJ&I headed to Delaware to see GGma&paKraft. The We had a great meal and the boys did an egg hunt with their cousins in the backyard. It was good to see everyone.
20050320 - Table Builders
20050320 - Today D&J helped me build them a picnic table. They are some good helpers and like tools.
20050314 - DFW 4 MOT
20050314 - Up super early and to the airport. Heading to DFW for the week to meet with Motorola and get their systems designed.
20050221 - John Kohler Funeral
20050221 - Up to the Farm and over to Ashland to attend my great uncle John Kohler's funeral. John was one of my favorite uncles and always had amazing stories of the Farm and growing up there. He was 87 years old.
20050119 + Jane & Rex
20050119 + While in Denver on business I headed to visit aunt Jane and Rex. We had a nice dinner and they gave me a tour of their place. They have a nice place and it was great to see them. Flew home that night, good to be home!
20050118 - Week in Denver
20050117 - Headed to Denver for the week to meet with Direct TV and design a repair process for all of their set-top-boxes.
20050110 + Canada and Cold
20050110 + I find myself in Canada this week. Flew in to Toronto and then on to Nepean where I worked at the Sitel Call Center all week. L had the D&J busy out in the cold and messing with boxes.
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