20260228 +

20260228 + Up not to late and L&U went and picked up some auction wins in Upper Arlington. We then headed to brady McClain's college baseball game and hung out with Bill & tiff a bit. Headed home and stopped at Kroger to pick up some things for lunch tomorrow. Home and unpacked the car and took L's new $1.15 chair upstairs. boiled down 2.5 full buckets of sap and watched movies with L

20260227

20260227 - Up in the am and to the desk. Got a bunch done. L home and we headed to Reynoldsburg to put up some auction wins at 4 and then downtown to Boston's Pizza for dinner, it was just ok, I should have got a pizza. We then walked over to nationwide Arena for the Fury game and got free t-shirts and watched the girls lose 3 straight sets in a row, made for a early night. Home and watched some TV with L.

20260226

20260226 - Up in the am and to the Dr. for annual visit, cutting down on one more med! In to work, got the new projector hung, had lunch with the team and then got to the desk for afternoon calls. Left work late, got home and had dinner and watched TV with L. 

20260225

20260225 - Up late and to the desk getting things done and working out a billing issue escalation. L home and we headed to bingo real early and got our seats. Had a super full bar tonight with people standing around and no one could even move... There were only 2 cards left on the Queen of hearts and the queen was NOT PICKED! Now there is only one card left and the pot is up to $82k... It will be a MAD HOUSE next week. L headed home after bingo and Chaff and I hung out a bit longer and then he carried me home. Up late and watched all of 'Night of the Seven Kingdoms'.

20260224

20260224 - Up in the am and dropped off a package and went to the donut shop on the way in to work. To the office and passed out the treats. Saw J and the other trainee, got their timesheets fixed but not the projector so ordered them one. Fixed the light in the bathroom and got on some calls. Got supplies and distributed them and replenished the stock. Finished the day, home, ate with L&J. Watched the news, getting some work done before the State of the Union.

20260223

20260223 - Up an 3:30 am and couldn't sleep so got organized for the day. Finally went to bed... Up late and to the desk  knocking things out. Got to a stopping point and ran to pick up some auction wins, return something to Amazon and then to the shipping store to get some boxes. Home and to the desk and finished the day. Out of the office and had dinner with L and watched the news. Headed over to Doc's for a visit before heading to Bible Bangers. Small group tonight but good to catch up. Home and Chris stopped and helped be walk down to the neighbors and salvage an old glass door cabinet someone was throwing out. In and got a couple things done and headed to bed.

20260222 +

20260222 + Up in the am and L&I went to church, great to see folks. We hit Bob Evans for a nice brunch and then to Gian Eagle to get some supplies. Home and rested and watched some TV. J&JGF7 stopped for a bit to visit and eat. Hazel and I took a cold walk. L made us a nice dinner and we ate and watched TV until we headed for bed.

20260221

20260221 - Up late and to the desk to pay bills and work on taxes. L out running errands and then to see a the new Wuthering Heights movie with Nicole and Lena. L home and told me the movie made her cry all the way home... we ate dinner and watched some TV. L to bed and I headed in to the office to finish up tax prep and sent off to our new tax guy. Bed LATE.

20260220 +

20260220 + Up and on calls. J working on onboarding stuff. Busy day, got a bone in pork loin roast in the smoker, wanted to take a walk but didn't get to it. Finished the day, pork done, had dinner, pork was amazing! watched 'Flight Risk' good thriller action movie and then headed to bed and watched 'Death of a Unicorn'. Not up too late.

20260219

20260219 - Up in the am and in to the Worthington office. To the desk, got stuff done. Did an emergency process review with everyone during lunch, took inventory for supplies, back to the desk to finish the day. Home late and L had dinner ready. Eat and watched curling. To bed, read Screwtape Letters and watched some YouTube videos to help explain this book. Ended up on an interesting video on the history of Mar-a-Logo.

20230218 +

20230218 + Up late and on the phone. Got cleaned up and Hazel and I took a walk. L home and I finished up and we headed to bingo at Signature's, J & JGF7 showed up shortly after. We had a full table of 21 tonight. Tony got picked for card #2 in the Queen of Hearts game and his card was the Queen of Clubs. There are only 2 cards left and the jackpot is up to $66k. The place is PACKED. Finished up bingo, sang a couple songs, headed home and to bed.

20230217 +

20230217 + Up in the am and in to the office in Worthington. J showed up and had an interview for a new early in career program we are starting to be a trainee. Had lunch with the team and then to the new endocrinologist for an appointment. She told me things look stable and to stop taking the meds and lets see what happens over the next 6 month. Back to the office for some more calls and then rushed back to Gahanna to the eye Dr. where J&L had just finished up. Got my eye checked and everything looks great. Home and ate and L&I watched a weird movie 'Honey Don't', entertaining enough. Off to bed.

20230216

20230216 - Up in the am and to the desk. J home and he listed some laptops on ebay and took some shipments to the post office for me. L home, we had dinner and then I went over to visit with Doc for a bit before going to Bible Bangers. Just ScottH&S and I there tonight. I started reading the Screwtape Letters, pretty strange... Home and up late.

20260215

20260215 - Up in the a and ran some errands, got gas in L's car, chew, pouches, toffee coffee. On to K-Roger and found a 4.5lb bone in pork loin for $5 i got to throw in the smoker tomorrow, some zzzquil, Doritos and whiskey. Home and [picked up Hazel and took a load of stuff to Goodwill and give her a ride in the car. Home and getting some more stuff done. Rich and Nicole arrived and we headed down to Creekside for the Chocolate Walk. We went all over to the places and tried their stuff. We ended up at Marlow's Cheesesteaks as the last stop and had some dinner. Home and took Hazel on a walk, hung 2 of our sap buckets and threw the ball for a bit. In and L watching the Olympics. 

20260214 +

20260214 + Up late and L brought me bfsat in bed. Got up and around and got a couple of things done around the house. Took Hazel on a walk. Home and got ready and L&I headed downtown for a nice dinner at Mitchel's Steakhouse on 3rd st. It was good, but not as good as I remember it. Home and watched TV

20260213

20260213 - Up late and to the desk, L has no school today. Had another security issue to deal with. Finished the day and G home from school for a quick visit. L&I headed downtown to the Lincoln Theatre to 'Couples Therapy' a cute little play thing that was funny. Home and watched some TV.

20260212 +

20260212 + Up in the am and Lonie picked me up and carried me to get my car, only $1,500 OMG! I then ran to LabCorp to have a walk in blood test done for next weeks endocrinologist appointment but there was a 1 hour and 23 minute wait, NOPE! Headed to work, started calls as I walked in the door. On calls until lunch and ate with the team. Had one more call and a couple of meetings before i wrapped things up, did trash and headed home. Home and L&I had dinner and watched the news and then turned on the Olympics and relaxed the rest of the night.

20260211 +

20260211 + Up in the am and L to the Dr and then in to work. I had calls all morning. Took a break to get cleaned up before afternoon calls started. had my calls, L home, we headed to bingo early to get our table. Had another 23 show up tonight, the place was packed. Had 2 big winners from the table, JGF7 won and had to split it with Bill McClain. Connie Sampson from our table was picked for the Queen of hearts tonight, but her card was NOT the QoH. Pot is not up to $58k and I am guessing next week will be even more crowded. Home and to bed.

20260210

20260210 - Up in the am and out to post office and then a tire place with L's car. First place was on hour wait to even look at it so went to another of the 327 tire stores on Hamilton Rd. The second place said the valve stem is leaking, BUT the tires were dry rot and needed replaced for $1,200... So told them just to fix the valve stem, they said no too much liability, so I said fill it up with air so i can leave. Third place found the valve stem was leaking and replaced it... By this time it was 12:30 so skipped going in to the office and headed back home to the desk to take calls the rest of the afternoon. Took Hazel on a walk between calls. L home and made dinner. We ate and then she headed out to Sam's orchestra concert. J Hazel and I went out and got gas and beer. Watched TV doing work. L home to bed late.

20260209

20260209 - Up in the am and to the desk. Had a full day of getting things done. L home with a flat tire... she made dinner and we ate, watched the news and then I pumped up her tire and took the car out. Stopped at Doc's, but he was resting, dropped off a candy bar for him. On to Bible Bangers and both the Scotts were there. Home and L's tire lost 9lbs of air in the short time I was gone... In and wrapped things up and watched a bit of TV before bed.

20260208

20260208 - Up in the am and listed all the stuff from yesterday on ebay. L&I headed to get some lunch and the powersteering on my car wouldn't work... so we took her car. We had a yummy lunch, I had french onion soup and fish and chips and L had wings and fries. It was so good and we watched the buckeyes basketball while we ate. Home and I started my car to see if just needed to warm up and took Hazel on a walk. Back to the house and now the battery light is on.. that can only mean one thing, that the serpentine belt is broke.  Got the keys and popped the hood and yep, belt is broken. got a tow truck to haul it to Evan's Automotive. Fiddled around in the garage a bit and then in to watch the super bowl.

20260207 +

20260207 + Was up almost all night.. Fell asleep for a bit when L took a shower. Up and shipped a couple ebay things and then Hazel and I headed out to pick up some auction items. Home and L gave Hazel a haircut and I paid bills. Headed out to the annual poker party at Mark's in Hebron. It was great to see the guys and everyone asked where J was, he's been playing card with these guys since he was like 10. I didn't stay to late and got home a shave dog.

20260206

20260206 - Up late and to the desk. Had a couple calls and got a bunch done. L&I headed to Nazareth, our favorite greek place to get dinner. We then went to Giant Eagle to pick up some groceries for the weekend and then headed home and watched some of the Olympics.

20260205

20260205 - Up in the am and to the office. Day full of calls and getting things done. Was on calls late and the last one to leave. Andrew got the trash out for me. Home late and watched TV with L.

20260204

20260204 - Up in the am and to the desk for a busy day. Finished the day and L dropped me off at bingo on her way to an open hose at her school. We had a fill table of 23 tonight and it was crazy, but a fun time. Andrew was called to pick a card in the Queen of Hearts for $41k and he picked the 4 of clubs LOSER! Had a great time and the girls at the bar hid the karaoke machine from me. Head out with Andrew and sipped on the ice out front and jammed up my right shoulder. Home and got my stuff together to head in to the office tomorrow and headed to bed. Hazel had a seizure to end the night. 

20260203 +

20260203 + Up in the am and to the desk getting things done. Finished the day and had dinner with L and then headed to Planet Fitness for the first time God knows how long. They have all new machines and moved everything around. I found some things to do and got in a good workout and a tan. Home and watched TV till late.

20260202

20260202 - Up in the am and in to the Worthington office for the day. Was good to catch up with CB and Cory. Got french onion soup for work. Got an alert from the garage going up and staying up. Checked on the cameras and found L out shoveling more of the drive. Home and L exhausted and sore :-) too cold to go out for Bible Bangers tonight so L&I stayed home and watched American Idol.

20260201

20260201 - D,DGF13 and Hank over for a visit tonight. We had them pick up Panda Express on the way. We ate while the dogs ran and played in the deep snow.