20260131 - Up LATE and got a stack of stuff from the office to organize for the next week and watched some TV with L. Got things in line and then headed outside to help Hazel to find her ball. We found the ball and threw it around and had some fun. In, thawed, cleaned up and L&I headed downtown to get a bite to eat at Paulie Gee's Short North a super cute little place for a wood fired pizza. We had the Hellboy pizza. Never had anything like it before, it may have been the best pizza I've ever had. After we ate we headed to our seats at the Short North Stage to see 'Come From Away', the story of the 38 planes that were directed to land in Gander Newfoundland. It was a really good nonstop show, one of our favs we've seen. Home and settled in and we watched 'Redemption' the story of the OSU football team's 2024-25 Championship run. It was really good!. After that 'Truth and Treason' about the 16yr old boy that passed out anti-Hitler pamphlets, and it was really good too!
20260130
20260130 - Up and to the desk for calls and stuff. Too cold for a walk today. L home and she is heading out to Steph's with the girls, JT died one year ago today. Hazel and I hung out, ate leftovers, processed invoices for work and watched TV. L home not to late.
20260129 +
20260129 + Had tickets to Fury game tonight but L said it was too cold, she wasn't going. I called everyone I knew trying to get rid of the tickets but no takers... L&I just hung out and watched 'Hoarding: Buried Alive' until bed.
20260127 - Hung Up
20260127 - Up late and on calls. Built and app and then Hazel and I went to pick up auction wins. Home and L helped me mount the TV on the wall and then made us some dinner. We ate, I got the stuff I picked up listed and then shipped a couple things that sold. L worked on a puzzle and brushed Hazel and I checked out some auctions.
20260126 +
20260126 + Up and on a call and as the desk solid till about 3. L had done some shoveling and I got wrapped up and headed out to clear a path in the driveway in case we need to get the car out. Took Hazel out with me and she somehow found her ball buried in the snow so I threw it to her a couple times and she lost her socks L makes her wear to go outside 😂 that’s the first time we have done that since her surgery 2 weeks ago and she bounded through the snow getting covered in ice balls. Got the drive and some of the sidewalk clear. In to warm up and finish the day. L made dinner. We ate and then D needed help shoveling his car out, the snow plow snowed him in. L&I took her car, dropped some packages off at the post office and then the D’s. L went in and chatted with Hank and DGF13 while D and I dug out the cars. Home and hanging out watching Tv and working on a puzzle.
20260125
20260125 - Up late to a winter wonderland. We got about 11 inches of snow overnight and it is COLD!!! Hunkered down and worked on listing the things we picked up at auction Friday afternoon. Took a break to remove Hazel’s stitches. L cooked a turkey for dinner, trying to clean out the freezer, it was yummy. Watched NFL Conference Championship and relaxed I got everything listed! To bed and slept for a bit then wide awake at 1:30 ~ 6:30…
20260124 + Tommy's 49
20260124 + Up at 5:30am and couldn't go back to sleep. Up and had some coffee with L and then prepping the bedroom for some work in there today. Heading out to drop off a shipment, get some stuff at Home Depot, gas in L's car and pick up auction wins. Home and unloaded everything and got to work in the bedroom. First job was to to install a new properly grounded outlet for the new grounded sheets. Hope I don’t electrocute us in our sleep… second project was to hang a TV on the bedroom wall and run electric up to it. Well first job went way easier than expected… second job made up for that and was a nightmare! Figured it out and got it done. L&I then headed to our friend Tom’s bday party with his family. The McClains were there too and it was a really good time. Home and to bed.
20250123
20250123 - Up late and to the desk. Had a couple of important calls today. Went to file something in the closet and it ended up being a whole project where I cleaned out everything in the closet... L out to eat with her girlfriends tonight and Hazel and I ran to Burger King, J didn't want anything, he and JGF7 made a New Year's resolution to not eat fast food this year... going to be hungry, I would starve...
20260122 +
20260122 + Up in the am and in to the Worthington office for the day. It was a busy day and time flew by. Took the trash out and head out. Home and put the file cabinet drawers back in the cabinet and all the hanging files and supplies back in. Had dinner with L and we started a new series.
20260121
20260121 - Up in the am and to the desk. Sat there working until 3:30 and then Hazel and I took a cold mile walk. home finished up the work day and L&I headed to Signatures at 5 to get our seats, we have 23 for tonight. People started showing up and L told them site where you want and messed up the seating chart... ugh I'm not doing that anymore, bingo is becoming more of a job than fun... J & JGF7 came to bingo and had a good time. No one won the Queen of Hearts tonight so the prize is up to $36k, only means more people for next week... Home and to bed.
20260120
20260120 - Up late and to the desk. Worked all day. L home and made dinner. In the evening I took the drawers out of the filing cabinet reenforced the screw and then glued and clamped the bottoms in place. Hung out the rest of the evening
20260119
20260119 - Up in the am and drove through a white-out to the Worthington office. CB didn't come in today and Cory and I went to Old Bag for lunch, had to have the French Onion soup! Finished the day and headed home. L&I settled in to watch the CFB National Championship in the basement and it was a great game. I went through all our hanging files while watching the game. Good to see Indiana win it for the first time ever.
20260118 +
20260118 + Up late and L&I watched the final 2hr long episode of Stranger Things together. We then put on football. We stayed indoors because it is FREEZING outside. J & JGF7 came over for lunch and then helped me put the carpet strip back in between the living and dining room. I got the garage door programed so Amazon can get in again. Replaced the screws on G's license plate. Called Dolce and Uncle Roger to coordinate the 2026 Maple Syrup Day @ the Farm. Watched NFL with L until bed.
20260117
20260117 - Up LATE and L&I watched some NLF. In the evening Chris Pettit and I went to see The Lord of the Rings Twin Towers 20th anniversary edition at the theater.
20260116 +
20260116 + Up in the am and too the desk. Worked all day and then was on a call about data until 8pm. Pretty much shot the evening...
20260114
20260114 - L Headed to Steph's dad, John Orecchio's funeral right after work today. Tommy took me to bingo and we had 22 folks there tonight. Protection order on the crazy neighbors ended today. Hard to believe that was 5 years ago...
20260113
20260113 - Up early and L to work and Hazel and I headed to the vet to get her checked in to get her lump removed. I left the poor shaking baby there 🙁 Home and the carpet guy showed up and got to work and I got tot he desk. J came home in the middle of the install. Carpet guy got done in short order and it looks really good. Picked Hazel up about 3 and took her through Wendy's on the way home. She ate her treat and was pretty drugged up and just slept on the office floor while I finished the day. L home and we decided not to go to Steph's dad's calling hours and stay home and take care of Hazel.
20260112
20260112 - Up in the am and in to the Worthington office for the day. Had lunch with CB and Cory at Old Bag and then back tot he office for a busy but SLOW afternoon. Home and threw the ball to Hazel and bit. L made us dinner and we watched the news. We then got all but one chair out of the living room in prep for the carpet tomorrow. I headed to visit with Doc for a bit and take him a chocolate bar. On to Bible Bangers, Scott S and SDJ were there, good conversations. Home and watched the Steelers game with L.
20260111
20260111 - Up in the am and it is freezing outside, one of those days when you really don't want to do anything... G's buddies came to pick him up and he headed back to school. L&I watched some episodes of Stranger Things. In the afternoon Hazel and I bundled up to take our walk and I noticed all of Hazel's tags were missing... I asked L about it and she said well yesterday when we went our walk Hazel somehow pulled away from the leash (this means the lease was attached to the tiny ring that holds the tags on, not her collar. L tried to explain to me where this happened so I could look for the tags... I convinced her to go to the location where she knew this happened rather than me spending the rest of the day trying to figure it out. She found all 3 of Hazel's tags in just a couple min. Got Hazel tagged back up and got our walk in ***COLD*** L made some dinner and we watched some football and hung out, I got some things done on PC.
20260110
20260110 - Up at 2PM! L had taken Hazel on a walk and had almost the whole day to herself. I got around and before we knew it we headed downtown for the home opener of the Columbus Fury women's pro volleyball game. We stopped at Warios for dinner, which was a great idea because their cheesesteaks are the best in the Midwest, but not such a good idea because they don't have any seating and we had to stand and eat... To the game and it was a good time. Home and not up as late as last night...
20260109
20260109 - Up in the am and to the desk for a day full of calls. In the afternoon I ran to Labcorp to get blood drawn for Dr appointment next week. Home and L made some dinner and we settled in to watch the Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl where Indiana beat the crap out of my Ducks! I was working on invoice validation and just kept going until i was done at 7am.
20260108
20260108 - Up in the am took a work call at home before heading in to the office. headed in to the Worthington office for the day. Had lunch with the team and got a lot done today. Got the trash taken out of the building late in the afternoon, locked myself out, Chaff had to let me back in. Packed up and headed home. L&I watched the Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bow, it was a really good game.
20260107
20260107 - Up in the am and on the phone for 2.5 hours... Got nothing done... Got rolling and then took a break to take hazel to the vet, poor girl shook like a leaf. All good, getting quote to take tumor thing off her back. Home and finished the day. L home and told me her friend Staph's dad died last night... That poor girl can't catch a break. I finished my day and G&I headed to bingo. We had 19 at our table tonight and it was packed full. The Queen of Hearts is up to $25k and when Jason pulled the number he said 'If you have a 12 put your hand up' bunch of people put their hands up. Then he said 'If your initials are MW leave your hands up." The place started going crazy as i left my hand up. Then he said, "If your name is Matt Winger, put your hand down." Everyone lost it laughing, there was a Mike W that won, but he picked number 12 and it was the jack of clubs so next week's pot is $28,590. I stayed a sang a bit. Walked home, not too late.
20260106
20260106 - Up in the am and to the desk, had to lock some folks out this morning. On calls and getting things done. G's friends Trent and Michael here. Hazel and I took a chilly walk. L home and we got ready for a night out. We headed downtown and met Rich and Nicole at the Ringside Cafe, the oldest restaurant in Columbus for some tasty burgers. We then walked across the capital lawn to get to the Ohio Theater to see Back to the Future the musical. Our seats were a bit high, but it was a good show. The special affect they did with the car were amazing! It was a very nice evening.
20260105
20260105 - Up in the am and stopped at the BMV to get paper titles to the cars, but they don't do it at the Gahanna location anymore... In to the Worthington office for the day, had lunch at Old Bag with CB & Cory. Back to the desk for the res of the afternoon. Home and had dinner with LJG, Trent and Michael. L&I hung out and watched the news. I headed to Bible Bangers and stopped to get lotto tickets. Home and L&I packed up Hanks cage and him and ran him home. Home and watched TV until D & DGF13 called from the airport, picked them up and dropped them off. Up late watching TV.
20260104
20260104 - Up late and got old clothes on and headed to the basement to work on the squeaking dryers, L in to her classroom to get it ready for tomorrow. I tore both dryers down and worked on them, had to sand and grease the idler wheels, now they are quiet again. L home and we hung out watching football, J & JGF7 over for dinner and a nice chat. Up late couldn't sleep.
20260103 - Messy
20260102
20260102 - Up super late, like 1:30pm... Got some things organized and watched a movie with L. Hazel and I ran to the gas station, mostly to give her a break from Hany-boy. Home and hung out a bit. Worried about Jack today, he didn't go tot work and drove to Lake Erie and then disappeared in Mt Gilead for a couple hours. L out to eat with her girlfriends. J showed up at home. I had leftovers with the dogs watchin football and getting things done.
20260101
20260101 + Up in the am and to the desk to get some year end and new year stuff done. Out of the office and helped L make a nice lunch. I grilled the steak and she did everything else. L,G,GGF6 and I had a nice lunch. Hing out the rest of the day watching football all day. To Bed late and last look at clock 3:30am