20220731 - Restful

20220731 - Up in the and and Hazel still not using her back leg... We just hung out and did stuff around the house today. Bill and Brady came over in the late afternoon for a visit and to hang out.


20220730 - Hazel Attacked!

20220730 - Up late and L&I watched some more of Married At First Sight. We got around and loaded hazel up and took an adventure up to Alum Creek Dog park. We went in to the big dog area first and Hazel ran around a bit and chatted with the other dogs. We then took her down to the water park and put her ball right at the edge of the surf, she had never been around water like this and barked at the waves and was afraid to get in at first. We gradually threw the ball out further and further and she went in after it and then played in the water a bit. Then some dumbass let their golden retriever off his leash and he ran straight for hazel and attacked her in the water! She came out squealing and frightened and the dog was still after her! We got them separated and the lady said oh sorry he hasn't been around other dogs for a long time, and then the dog attacked 3 other dogs before she got him on a leash! WTF?! As if that wasn't bad enough, during the attack hazels favorite red ball sunk in the water... We walked her up to the bathroom and sprayed her off and headed home. So much for a fun day for hazel.. home and L gave her a bath and then she started limping, not putting any weight on her one back leg at all... I looked around and found the puncture wound, we shaved her and got some antibiotic cream on it and she was pretty still the rest of the night.

20220729

20220729 - Sent a bunch of texts to people reminding them to buy lotto tickets for the $1.3B jackpot tonight. Hazel and I walked down to the drive thru and got our tickets. G drove D&I to his baseball tryout in Olentangy berlin. D&I talked to folks during the tryout and Jim Long and his family were there. It was great to catch up with them. After the tryout Taylor went with us to Waffle House, but the cooks we like weren't there so we walked over to Chipotle for dinner. D drove G's car home, liked it, and we dropped Taylor off on the way. Home and hung out on the back porch with Gma&paB. Everyone headed out and to bed and L took me in to the garage and showed me that G had broken the hood ornament off of my E550... G was fearful for his life all day... I ordered a new fancier one and went to bed. 

20220728 - Sound of Music

20220728 - Up in the am got to the desk. J took off to the lake with JGF6 this morning. After work L&I got something to eat and then headed to Westerville where we met up with Gma&paB and the Coles for an outdoor play of the Sound of Music. The weather was perfect and the show was AMAZING!

20220726

20220726 - Jack went to the dentist today. G drove me to his tryouts up at Olentangy Berlin. Not a lot of kids there, not sure where all the superstars that were promised are... Taylor and Andrew went home with us and we stopped at Waffle House for dinner. Owen and his parents stopped and ate with us. We had a good meal and lots of baseball talk. I drove home and dropped off the boys on our way.

20220723

20220723 - L&I headed to Delaware for a family picnic

20220721

20220721 - Up in the am and took the E550 to A-1 Body and Frame to have the paint looked at. The guy said we didn't do a bad job, but if we want it perfect he could redo it for $1500. Back home and to the desk. I got my stuff done and then hazel and I walked down to Creekside for a Paws in the Plaza event. Hazel got to hang out with other local pups and I had a beer. Took hazel down to the water and she walked around a bit, but i had a short leash on her so she couldn't explore much.

20220720

20220720 - Up in the am and got J up so he could get to work. I got around and checked in with G before heading to a Worthington for the day. At the desk getting things done all day. G called, he can’t find his check card… finished up and headed home. Threw the ball to Hazel a bit and then headed to the garage to rip the Benz apart. J got home from work and he and JGF6 headed out thrifting and to pick up dinner. I had the entire dash of the Benz dismantled, glovebox on the garage floor, wires hanging everywhere. G got home from golfing with friends and headed upstairs. J&JGF6 back with Cane’s for dinner, just as I put the last screws back in and I now have CarPlay in the Benz! We ate on the porch and headed in. G cleaned out the dishwasher and I settled in to watch a movie for the night. 

20220719

20220719 - Up in the am and had a call. Did some work at the desk and then got G up and ran to the BMV to try to get a title for G's car, it is a bit more complicated than I expected due to it being a 'Salvage Title'... Ran over to the accountants to pick up and pay for 2021 taxes. Home, and Hazel and I took a quick walk before my next call.

20220718

20220718 - Up in the am and L left super early to head to FL with her girlfriends. I got around and headed in to the office. I was the only one there for most of the day. Got my stuff done, chatted with CB and then headed home to finish out the day. I read a contract on the back porch and did email. G home, I finished up my day and G drove me through rush hour and downtown to Berliner for a tryout with the Columbus Comets for 16U next year. I hung out with Chris Bowman and Hazel and I took a couple walks. G did good at the tryout and fits in pretty good with this team. We didn't get done there until 8:30. Home and J had made us dinner. It was so spicy that the smoke from it filled the house and burned our eyes and made it hard to breathe. We opened the windows and turned on the fan. We headed outside to let the air clear and facetimed with L a bit. We ate on the porch and it was good and spicy! In and watched some TV until late and headed to bed.

20220717 +

20220717 + Up late and it has been raining all night. G's championship game has been cancelled... I got a hold of the coach and convinced him to have an end of season dinner tonight, while we were all already planning on doing baseball stuff today and bring the season to a close.  He agreed and I jumped in the car and drove to Troy OH to pick up the hats and banner for the dinner. Home and did a couple things and then G&I headed to Roosters for the dinner. It was a nice dinner and good to get the boys together one last time. Zach handed out the awards and the boys all signed the banner and a ball for him. G drove me home. L&I watched some TV and headed to bed.

20220716

20220716 - Up and LG&I headed out in the pouring rain to Springfield for G’s baseball game. Thankfully no rain in Springfield. We only have 9 boys today… G took the mound and threw a beautiful game! He pitched all 7 innings, averaged 11 pitches an inning, only allowing 3 hits, 3 runs, 1 strike out and ZERO WALKS. Gma&paF came to see the game and what a game to see! The last pitch the kid line drived it right a G, he stuck his hand out, grabbed that sucker out of the air, yelled and slimmed the ball to the ground for the WIN! The boys were ecstatic with their 3rd win in a row and the only undefeated team in the tournament! We tried to go to Roosters for a celebratory dinner but they couldn't seat us for an hour... so we went to Texas Roadhouse and had a feast. L&I sat at a table with a couple of other parents and G arranged for the staff to sing happy birthday to Jamari, it wasn't his bday 😂 After dinner we drove home, it started raining and we got home and rested the rest of the evening to prepare for a big baseball day tomorrow.

20220715

20220715 - Up in the am and to the desk. Put in a full day and L&I headed out around 4:30 to Springfield to see G’s baseball game. The games are running 2 hrs behind, so L&I headed to Meadows Family Restaurant for an awesome pretzel bowl and good dinner. Back to the field, it is Wittenberg’s College baseball field and it is beautiful. The boys played a great game and it rained off and on, but they pulled out the win! We headed home and got home late and headed straight to bed. 

20220714 +

20220714 + Up in the am and had some calls and got some work done. LG&I packed up and headed to Pleasant Hill OH for a baseball game. L drove and I worked all the way there. It was a good game and we had some extra pitchers and we won! G stayed to spen the night with Taylor and L&I headed home. We stopped at a little local diner for dinner and had an good meal. Home and relaxed the rest of the night. 

20220713

20220713 - Up in the am and headed across town to the Worthington office for the day. Home and L made dinner. D and DGF14 stopped for a visit. L&I watched the last episode of ‘Making a Murderer’. Unbelievable story! 

20220712 +

20220712 + Up in the am and ready for my day of calls. Got the morning call done and then ran the Mercedes through the car wash and then the body shop to get a quote on fixing the paint on the hood. The guy said you are doing it the right way, it will take more work but you will get there, or pay $650 to have it repainted 😲 Headed home and Hazel and I took a walk. Back to the desk for the afternoon call. The call went well and I finished up my actions and notes right at the 5bell. Out back with Hazel to throw the ball a bit. Taylor came over and L&I took Taylor and G to baseball practice up in Olentangy. We dropped the boys off and headed to the Alum Creek beach and walked around a bit. We also found a super cool dog park where the dogs can run in to the water. Definitely bringing hazel here. Back and picked the boys up and headed home. Stopped at a cornfield we were passing to et the knee high pic for 2022. On to Waffle House where we got so much food there wasn't any room on the table. Back on the road and dropped Taylor off and home. Hung out for bit before heading to bed. J home late.








20220711

20220711 - Up in the am and headed across town to the Worthington office. I got here and am the only one here...

20220710 +

20220710 + Up very late and not wanting to do much, but knew I had to get some things done. The internet was down again so I headed outside to look at the underground connections and cleaned them up a bit. Back in to the kitchen where I took the dishwasher out, first time it has been out in about 10 years, and laid it on its side and replaced the motor. L ran to get a hose for me, I got G up and he listed 1 thing (took 3 hours) on ebay. L home, hose didn't fit so I cleaned out the old one and put it back on. A car detail guy stopped by the house to look at the paint on the Mercedes. He said I need to take it to a body shop... Got the dishwasher back in and it is whisper quiet again. Out to the back yard and threw the ball to Hazel a bit. Worked on replacing the lights in the front of the Mercedes and now my headlights blink on and off... somethings not right... Got the old bulbs back in and then cleaned the rims between ball throws. Hung out in the backyard texting and talking to folks about baseball for next year. In and got something to eat. J home from work and then back out again. L&I watched some more 'Making a Murderer' and got to bed late.




20220707

20220707

Half day off to watch G's games, took Hazel to Hebron

Lost game 1 in a horrible shoot out at the end

G&I met Taylor and Chad at BW's for lunch

Game 2 got beat bad




20220701 +

20220701 + Headed to Cincinnati for G's baseball game. Home to watch the fireworks