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.
20250416
20250416 + Up in the am and got the grass watered, to the desk and got some things done. Worked all day. L went to G's game and I headed to bingo. We had a small crowd and I won a jackpot! After bingo I stayed and ran karaoke. There were three older ladies there that had never sang karaoke before and I got them hooked! Home and it was late and I headed to bed.
20250415
20250415 - Up in the am and got the front and back yards watered. On the laptop getting things done and had a couple calls. Put a bottom round roast in the smoker and nailed things down to prevent them from blowing away in the horrible winds we're having today. Hazel and I went on a walk and almost got blown away. Home and L home, roast done and we had some, YUM! We watched some news and then I went to the gym. Home, cleaned up, watched some tv. G home, he had a meeting with the Athletic Director and the baseball coaches today and apparently is back on the team... not sure I like that, I was ready to be done with Gahanna Baseball forever, not sure what he thinks will be different, hope something good comes of all of this... Called Gma&paW and we went over the Maple Syrup Day at the Farm. It was a great event and people really enjoyed it. To bed, couldn't sleep.
20250414
20250414 + Up in the am and ran the sprinklers as we got ready. I dropped L off at school on the way to the Worthington office. Got to the desk and getting things done. CB in and we went to lunch at the Old Bag. Back tot he office and I packed things up and headed home. Stopped at Kroger to pick up the grocery order. Home L put groceries away and I got to the desk and finished my day. Headed out back and worked on patching up the porch ceiling a bit. Watched the news out back and then headed to Bible Bangers. Home and we are somehow dealing with more baseball crap. Waited for G to get home from work and pickleball to chat and then headed to bed.
20250413
20250413 - Up late and got a couple things listed on eBay. Dave L called and we chatted for a while. Headed outside and gave the hot dog steamer a good cleaning. Then I caulked the the new patio steps and put more grass seed and straw down. Got the front done first and go the sprinkler set up and running, seeded and strawed the back and got two sprinkles set up. Johnsons stopped over for a bit and then Nate and Leo came over to help put the fence up. D Hanna and Hank stopped over and the dogs had a blast. Everyone left and I got the battery in the mower, it wouldn't start and had a flat tire so I pushed it up to the porch and got the battery charger on it and got it fired up, air in the tire and mowed the far back with the headlights. In and got cleaned up and headed to bed and fell asleep pretty fast.
20250412
20250412 - Up in the am and L&I headed to the Farm. We got there and helped get things set up. People started showing up and we had a huge group this year, we think about 120! The day was perfect sunny and a bit chilly. Had a lot of first time attendees and a lot of people i haven't seen in YEARS! The day went very well and the syrup was perfect. There was a presentation in the tent on the history of the farm and that is when DJ&G and their friends decided to start shooting... Things wrapped up at the Farm and I cleaned the syrup stuff up with Brads help. DJ&G got all the trash out to the barn and L cleaned inside. We hung out for a while and then headed to the dinner in Ashland. It was a beautiful place and just the perfect set up with historic photos and items on display. I was the MC and it was a nice event. We had a slideshow rolling that folks enjoyed watching while they ate, there were some special presentations by a county commissioner and a state representative. The videos people sent in were very touching and some very funny. Several folks came up and shared stories and then we took family pictures. It was a wonderful event! Afterwards we helped get some things cleaned up and headed home. Home late, Hazel was happy to see us, to bed and dead asleep.
20250411
20250411 - Up in the am and to the desk getting things done. L home and working on G's graduation invitations. I finished my day and loaded the car up. Had a bit of panic when I realized the cap for the hot dog machine was missing. But all good I had bought a couple spares. Everything ready to go and to bed in good time to get up for tomorrow. G had like 4 or 5 friends spend the night that were coming up to the Farm with him.
20250410
20250410 + Up in the am and drove L to work, we chatted on the way and both feel like a burden has been lifted off of us since G removed himself from Gahanna baseball. On to the Worthington office, traffic was a mess and it took me 50min to get to work. To the desk and getting the day rolling. Cory and I had a lunch with Brian an insurance guy, back to the office and wrapped things up. Headed home and picked L up from school. The yard guy was out today and aerated and over seeded the front and half the backyard today. Finished my work day, took Hazel on a walk, then L&I ran to Home Depot for sprinklers and hoses and some other things. Home and Hazel and I replaced the weather stripping of the back french doors and put the last screws in the top step out the back. Nate stopped over with some fencing to keep Hazel off the worst patches of the yard. In and had dinner and watched TV with L.
20250409 - Doc's 86 & G had Enough!
20250409 - Up in the am and to the desk. I prepped a pork loin for the smoker, L home for lunch and then Hazel and I ran her back to work. Got the loin in the smoker and then back to the desk. I got all the eBay shipments ready and was ready to head out the door to get my errands done when Glass Doctor called and said they were on their way with our new glass. So I couldn't leave... Glass done, L done at school, so went and picked her up, on to the bank to get some cash and drop off eBay stuff at the shipper. Then L&I went to visit Doc where he is staying during rehab. Today was his 86th b-day, they think. Back when he was born in 1939 they didn't go to the hospital, you were born at home. And when the age of IDs and Social Security arrived you had to find someone that wasn't a family member that could vouch for your birth year so you could have a birth certificate made and get a social security card. The person Doc found to vouch for him was his first grade teacher, she was 90 at the time, but remembered that Doc was born the year of the 'high water' = 1939. After our visit L dropped me off at Sport Clips so i could get a haircut, my plan was to be there at 2pm today but the window guys messed that up... I got my hair cut, called L and she was already on the road to G's game so I walked the 1.7 miles home. Home and got the pork loin out of the smoker and it was perfect! Hazel and I had a couple pieces and then I headed to Signature's for bingo. Texting with L and G not playing again... She was furious, I was glad I didn't go... Home and we talked about how G was getting shit on by the same coaches that shit on D and how we hate it so much. G home and let us know that he talked to the coaches after the game, he has talked to them after each of their 3 games, and they gave him the same BS story. He said at one point he stood up and the coach said to him, 'Do you want to continue this conversation?' G said 'No, I quit', shook his hand and walked out. GOOD FOR HIM! So proud of him for standing up for himself and not putting up with the crap that we have seen happen to D and many other boys over the last 11 years! It sucks that the baseball program at the school is so bad. I know G will miss his friends, but we can already tell he feels better.
20250408
20250408 - Up in the am and ran L to work. On to Dr. Larrimer for an appointment, all good. Home and got to work. Picked L up from school and she mowed the front yard and then cooked some dinner. I took Hazel on a walk. We hung out and watched some TV. I went to Planet Fitness. Home, cleaned up and to bed.
20250407
20250407 - Up in the am and G had already left because Sr. Tag started today... I dropped L off at work, shipped an eBay package and head to the Worthington office. Got a bunch of stuff done in the am and had lunch at old bag with CB & Cory. Back to the desk for a bit and then headed home early. Home and reviewed a couple things with L in the backyard and got the push mower started for her and she mowed half the back before we get it seeded. L&I headed to G's baseball game, G wasn't playing so I came home and got a couple more things on my list done. It started raining so I went out and got L. Home and L made dinner, G home and he has no idea why he's not playing... L&I watched some American Idol until the NCAA basketball championship came on. Headed to bed to watch 2nd half of game, I woke up at midnight and have no idea who won. Back to sleep at 3.
20250406
20250406 + Up in the am and L&I went to church and then Bob Evans for brunch. Home and did nothing for a long time. Eventually I got around and took Hazel on a walk and then went through pics of the Farm for the Bicentennial. I ran out and got L&I some fast food and we watched American Idol.
20250405
20250405 + Up in the am and Hazel and I took a load of donations to the Goodwill. Home and cleaned out the garage real good. Got the ladders out and sprayed them off so they are ready to use. Measured the shutters around the house and shed. Ran in and changed and L&I went to the Fury game at nationwide Arena for this evenings activity.
20250403
20250403 - Worked, took Hazel on a walk, guy came out to quote paining the house 🤯 L&I made a trip to Home Depot to see how much their paint costs, we did it ourselves 24 years ago... Home and put together the chainsaw sawmill I ordered to slab out the logs in the backyard.
20250402
20250402 - Up in the am and wen to have blood drawn. Worked, G had their home opener game tonight and HE DID NOT PLAY! I lost my mind and left early and went to Signatures for bingo.
20250401
20250401 - L's bday today! Guys came to install 3 new windows for us, only 1 fit, they measured wrong... In the evening D, DGF13, J&I took L to dinner at Rusty Bucket. It was a fun meal with the boys. Home and tried out my new glass eye, looks way better than the old one.
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