20240531 - Up in the am and G&I took the Hyundai to the the body shop, they estimate $15k worth of repairs... To the house and to the desk. got some stuff done and took Hazel on a walk and made a couple of calls. Ran to the BMV to transfer the plates from G's old car to L's new one. Swung by the bank and closed an account. Home and finished up at the desk and L&I went to El Vaquero for dinner and then to HomeGoods where I got a bunch of shoes. Home and watched some TV
20240530 - Seeded
20240530 + Up and in to the office. Did a lot of work with Brian today and we hit the Old Bag for lunch. Worked through 5pm and headed home a bit late. When I got home L had a busy day back and forth to the Home Depot getting soil and straw and got her front yard prepped and seeded. It looks nice. SO different with the big tree gone.
20240529 - Baseball Awards
20240529 - Up and worked from home. At the end of the day L&I headed to Hanna Park to help get set up for the Baseball Awards. They went through their blah blah, G got his varsity letter, and then the us Booster Reps handed out the 4 year awards and senior plaques. I then had a seat as they new guys gave an update on our SnapRaise fundraiser where G was the big winner, collecting $1,400 and getting an pile of rewards. The event was over and we had some cake and helped clean up. This concludes my baseball booster activities, I am retired! Home and relaxed and watched some TV.
20240528 - G Crash
20240526
20240525 + Up way too early in the am and Hazel and I ran out to get breakfast. Home and ate and getting organized for the next couple of days and then headed in to the office to clean it out.
L&I headed out to a couple graduation parties for Mason Ewald and Tyler Broshar
20240525 - Lots of Errands
20240525 - Up late and got myself around and headed out. First stop was a haircut, then on to the carwash to get L's car cleaned up. I called L to get the Mother's Day code from the carwash gift card we got her and she couldn't find it... so spent time in the carwash office trying to recover it from the confirmation number I received when ordering it... no luck... Got her car washed, dried and vacd. On to Cartridge World to get new ink for the printer... the store no longer exists... on to Giant Eagle to get a prescription and ribs for this weekend... Giant Eagle for the first time had laterally only 2 little rack of ribs... they usually have loads of meat. So I looked for brisket = none, pork butt = none, pork loin = none. I was shocked. Across the road to try to cancel a checking account at Wright Pat Credit Union I opened when I thought I would use them for the loan on L's new car... they were closed... On to Kroger to see if they had any meat, they did! SO I loaded up, they were having a sale on brisket, so got one of those. Sale on ribs, so I got 1 each of baby back, St Lous and spareribs. Sale on pork shoulders and loins, so got 1 each of those. While I was waiting for the guy to find my St. Louis style ribs I wandered around the meat counter and ended up getting a whole salmon filet and a pound of cooked shrimp and cocktail sauce... Finally done shopping... Home and unloaded the meat... Got the salmon started and L&I headed out for a couple errands. We swung by the car lot to get her memorandum title and chatted with the guys a bit, our old neighbor Jim was there two days in a row looking at a car exactly like L's but 5 years newer. We then headed to a little nursery place so L could get flowers to put around her now exposed lamppost. Home and L planted her flowers while I got the lights on the back porch restrung. I then headed out front and installed 3 new exterior lights while L continued to move rocks. Got that done and hung the new flag, put up some signs in the garage and replaced the batteries in the front door lock. The salmon was almost done so L&I sat on the back patio with our pound of shrimp and sauce for an appetizer.
When the salmon was done I pulled it right out of the smoker and on to a foil pan where we took our forks and dug in. J appeared and took a huge chuck and came back for seconds. It is SO GOOD fresh. Cleaned up and head in, L&I watched a scarry movie, Monster. I then started another and L headed to bed. I headed in and watched a couple more episodes of Narcos while scrolling through Alibaba until too late.
20240522
20240522 - Headed to a 'Fieldhouse' building meeting at the district's central office. I got there 30 min early... The other folks showed up and we discussed the building and concluded there would be no fair way to divide the financial responsibilities and the project has been changed to a long term Booster lead fundraiser. While this is disappointing, it means that baseball will now build their own building over the batting cages. I don't suspect G will every get use of it...
20240515 - J pre-B-Day
20240515 - Up in the am and to the desk. Shipped an ebay item and helped Erin with a data issue and then on calls pretty solid. Took Hazel on a walk, L home and Gma&paW came down with presents for J. J opened some of his gifts and then we went to Mr. Sushi for dinner, it was ok. Home and J opened the rest of his gifts and then L&I watched Survivor and Amazing Race. i was up late on my phone.
20240514 - Too Much Butter
20240514 - Up in the am and to the desk. Helped Erin with a tax problem and after 2 hours decided I was just going to call the IRS and see what they really wanted. I talked to the guy for about 5 min, answered his questions and resolved the issue over the phone... Got more stuff done, shipped some ebay items, had the weekly IT call and took Hazel on a walk. Back to the desk to finish some stuff up and L home and cooked dinner. I finished the day and threw hazel's ball a bit. We ate and then headed to the theater to see 'Fall Guy', super cute movie. L had to leave the theater right at the end of the movie because she had too much butter on her popcorn and her stomach was going to burst... Swung by the post office on the way home and L up late not feeling well. G had a hitting lesson tonight.
20240513 - My View
20240513 - Up in the am and to the office in Worthington. CB here, but spent the weekend in the hospital with more kidney stones, and left early. Brian, Cory and I to lunch. We decided to eat outside for the first time this year and got dusted by the road work... Back to the office to clean up email, get some things done and headed out early to get to the round 1 tournament game. Home, got my stuff and headed to the field. It was a busy night up in the press box and the stands were loaded. It was a tournament game so I couldn't do all my usual sounds, had to remain neutral... The boys played a good game and won round 1! After the game I headed to Bible Bangers and hung out with the guys a bit. Home and up late watching YouTube videos on the Apocryphal book of Baruch.
20240512 - Back Together
20240512 - Up late and L giving Hazel a trim. The backup camera arrived overnight so I got that put in and all the trim and things put back together. This concluded the work on her car (except new rim center caps that will arrive later this week and a driver’s seat cushion). I got L’s phone and got it synced up with her car and then showed her all the stuff that was done. She really didn’t care… we loaded Hazel up and went to the dog store to get her some food and a toy, stopped by the gas station and then home. Home and put some ski thingys on Doc’s new walker and chatted with him a bit as he tried it out. Called GmaW and wished her a happy Mother’s Day. L and I hung out in the backyard relaxing before another busy week. We made one more trip out to Target to get a couple more chairs for the backyard. home and watched American idol before bed.
2010 Mercedes GLK 350 interior, Before & After new screen install. Add ons: Blind spot mirror. Backup camera and smoked license plate cover with Mercedes screw covers.
Cargo net & Trunk liner. Apple CarPlay, new center console trim, replaced Command spinner shaft, center console tray, replaced cigarette lighter with powered usb plug, sunglasses clips, weather tech floor liners, cd slot phone holder, white key cover.
20240511 + Torn Apart
20240511 + Up and it was raining, JVA game cancelled. I dug in to L’s car and installed all the wiring and tested out a backup camera install. I had 2 cameras, but neither of them fit quite right so I got on Amazon and found one I think will do the trick. I finished running the wires and then put everything back together inside so all I have to do tomorrow is install the camera. D and DGF13 over and we got J&G and took L to Olive Garden for a nice pre-Mother’s Day dinner. Back home and L cut D’s hair and then we watched a movie.
20240510 + Late Deconstruction
20240510 + Up in the am and to the desk. i got some work eBay things shipped, cleaned out some of my old stock and loaded L's car with stuff to take to Goodwill and ship. I headed out and dropped things off at Goodwill, swung by Kroger to get concession stand supplies, then to the high school to clean out their concession stand of stuff for the baseball stand. Back to the house and worked a bit more. L had a school picnic after class and had a good time seeing all of her students, past and present. She ran home for a bit and then back to school to clean up her room for the weekend. When she got home we loaded up the car and headed to the ball field for our last regular season game. G had a bad night, but they still won. Home and L decided to mow, so I decided to start working on her car installing the new 12.3: Android screen with Apple CarPlay. I took out piece after piece and then worked on all the impossible connections to get as far as I could. I stopped at 2am and then researched backup camera installs until 3am...
20240509 - Lesson on Saving
20240509 - Up in the am and headed over to the Worthington office. Got some work done, they brought in pizzas for lunch. Raining here but cleared up in early afternoon. Headed out a bit early to get to the game. It was a close game. G went 0-3 tonight, but they still won. Home and relaxing, G wanted to signup for some Xbox subscription for $17/mo, not without a job he isn’t… I thought I knew a trick, so looked it up and was able to convert my lesser annual subscription to the new thing he wanted by adding some gift cards to my current account. I spent $144 on the gift cards, he loaded them, and then we converted and got what he was looking for through April of 2026. So showed him how reading your emails and spending $144, rather than $425 on a monthly subscription, pays off… Watched some tv with L before heading to bed.
20240508 - Sr. Night
20240508 - Up in the am and to the desk for a call with a provider. I wasn't happy with their product so got us a $100/mo discount! Got some email and other things done and then took Hazel on a walk. Finished up my day, L home and we headed to the ballfield for Sr. Night. L got stuff set up with Mel and I got the press box stuff ready. I ran the music and Randi did the Sr. announcements. it was a very nice ceremony and the boys almost lost the game. Bottom of 6 in a tie and G was first up. he broke his dry spell and got a single and then worked his way around the bases to put us up by 1. They held them in the top of 7 and pulled off the W! what a great ending to Sr. night! We got things cleaned up and then headed home. L&I walked down to Signatures and joined some of the Sr. families for dinner. It was a good night.
20240507 - Pineapples & Shave
20240507 - Up in the am and drove the big ol work truck back tot he office to meet the AT&T guy there so he could put new service in to our server room. I had a call and got a couple of things done while he did the install. Once he was done I packed up and headed to the home office, had to jump on a call as soon as I walked in the door with the team from QuickBase about building a new tracking tool. Finished that call and ran to the Gahanna Jefferson Public School main office for a meeting about the new fieldhouse we are trying to get built. Home and got a couple more things done for work. It started POURING so our game got cancelled for tonight. It was senior night and L was out at the field with bunch of stuff that she had to pack up quick and get home. I took a couple pineapples and carved them out and then filled them with pulled pork, bacon bits, pineapple and bbq sauce, topped with walnuts and cranberries and threw them in the smoker for dinner. They were a hit! L&I gave Hazel a good spring shaving and then headed to bed.
20240506 - Wet Chairs
20240506 - Up and in to the office. It was a busy morning and then we walked to Old Bag for lunch. After lunch I got a couple more things done and then headed to the storage unit in the big work truck to get chairs. I was able to fit 10 of them in there and headed out for deliveries just as it started to rain. I got to my buddy Scott Sampson's work and dropped off 4 of the chairs and then made my way across town in the monsoon to our baseball field where I got the other 6 chairs up in the press box and some candy delivered, and got soaking wet... Home and changed and L&I headed to Sparta OH for G's baseball game. It was a good game until the last inning when they decided to bunt against us, and we know we can't defend the bunt, so we lost the game... Home and frustrated with baseball. Called a couple guys and then talked to the Coach to get things squared away to finish off this week. In and watched some TV with L before heading to bed.
20240505 - New Door
20240505 - Up and pulled L's car in to the garage and started tearing it apart. I took the whole center console apart to replace a tiny little piece of the spinner for the computer system. Got everything back together and it WORKS! I then headed out and put the pump on the well in the backyard and that turned in to cleaning out the shed... back up to the house and spread poison around the house and sprayed some inside. L&I attempted to install the new screen door then realized it was a right-hand open when we need a left hand open... So we headed to Home Depot and exchanged the door. home and Derek stopped by with some trek wood for me to replace boards on the playset with. He stayed to help put the door on. It looks GREAT!
20240504 - Pulled Pork Ensaladas
20240504 - Up and L&I headed to Watkins Memorial high school for G's baseball game. It was an overcast chilled day and crappy baseball. Home and I paid bills, D and DGF13 stopped by to drop off his laundry and chat a bit. L went to a concert with Nicole and then out to eat with her girl friends. Hazel and I took a break and made some pulled pork enchiladas, threw them in the over, and walked to the drive through. It rained on us on the way home. Home and J&I and had an enchilada feast while watching some TV. I fell asleep in the chair... G at a 'Gunna' concert with his friends and then to some after prom parties.
20240503 - Doc the Squirrel
20240503 - Up in the am and doing stuff in the office. Ran to Kroger and got concession supplies and then back home and got more work done waiting on L to get home. L home and we packed up and headed to the ballfield. G had a HORRIBLE game going 0-3 and 3 fielding errors. Somehow they still won. Home and Doc out inn his drive working on his tan so we went o0ver and talked to them a bit. i got his stuffed squirrel for my office. It kind of reminds me of Doc, a wiry little ornery guy, hazel not a fan... In and got something to eat, up too late.
20240502 - G Got In
20240502 - Up in the am and to the desk. Got some stuff done and ran to Kroger to get stand supplies. Back to the desk and finished the day. L home and we headed to the ballfield, G NOT playing tonight... During the game Toby got hurt and they stopped the game to stretch him out. Next play same things happened so G got in. G only had 1 at bat and got out, but did good in the field and the boys ended up winning.
20240501 - Late Night Done
20240501 - Well still up at 3am and just finished the walkup songs for the players. Pulled Pork is finally done and looks AMAZING! Let it cool for a second and then pulled it apart. Hazel helped clean up my mess on the picnic table. In and got some sleep before heading to the desk to get some work done. Finished the day, L home and we packed up and headed to Grove City for the game. G had a bad game, 0-2 and 1 fielding error and the boys got run ruled in 5... Home and dead tired, to bed early.
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