20260430

20260430 - Up way to early and on the road to Cincinnati. Got to G's dorm and parked on the road and was surprised the kids were all packed up and ready to go. We got the van loaded and then headed to Cincey Grill where we waited longer for our food than it took to load the van. On the rad and home in no time. We had the van unloaded by 2 and G headed out to meet D at a move and I headed to the back porch to get some work done. L home and cooked us dinner and LJG&I had a good meal. Up late doing stuff on the laptop.

20260429

20260429 - Up in the am and to the desk for several hours of calls. J is working from home today walking around in a kimono he got on his trip to Japan, what a super dork! Finished the day up and L ran me to the U-haul place and I picked up a cargo van for tomorrow. Headed to the City building for a landscape meeting. We had an older fella there that was worried about the tree the City planted in front of his house and the latex in it. The meeting took about an hour, way longer than usual, but it was interesting. Finished up the meeting and headed to bingo, there were 14 folks at our table tonight and some folks from work, it was a good time. Home and couldn't sleep...

20260428

20260428 - Up in the am and dropped things off at the post office and then got donuts to take in to work. In to the Worthington office for the day. When I got the Cory had brought in donuts too! Got pc fired up and getting things done. Had a fast productive day and headed out right after J. Got home, parked and got a beer and was sitting on the back porch by the time J got home :-)  L made us a good dinner and we all ate the table outside. Then L&I took Hazel on a walk and met up with Maddox and his girl as they loaded up L's old crappy mower. hung out on the porch till late and then in, gave Gma&paW a call, to bed and started watching a new season of 'Ancient Aliens'.

20260427

20260427 - Up late and to the desk. J working outside with Hazel. L home after stopping at Home Depot and then mowed and planted stuff. Finished up the day and LJ&I had some dinner and watched some news. J set up a hammock in the backyard and L&I took Hazel on a walk. I ran some stuff over to Ms. Crews, Doc was asleep all day, then to Bible Bangers. Had a good meeting, i think we have the Feeding of the Five Thousand done! Home and finished watching American Idol with L, to bed in good time.

20260426 +

20260426 + UP and L&I to church and then Bob Evans for brunch. Swung by Giant Eagle to pick up a prescription on the way home. Home and it was chilly and we were both tired so took a short rest and then headed downtown to the Fury game. It was a really good game but the girls lost again. Home and L gave Hazel a haircut on the back porch and I listed things on ebay. L and Hazel done and I repotted a couple trees into pots and headed in to watch a movie and start the Bible Banger's Gospel Project while watching the rest of 'Apex' we started last night. I stayed up late watching 'Ancient Aliens' and and combining the Feeding of the Five Thousand.

20260425

20260425 - Up in the am and we had a couple deliveries from Home Depot. I took the boxes to the back porch and assembled the new Ryobi electric mower for L and got out her new electric hedge trimmer. L did some stuff around the house and then tried out her new mower, she LOVES IT, light and self propelled, she is so happy!, next she trimmed the bushes out front. Hazel and I headed out to pick up auction wins. Home and unloaded everything and started posting stuff. Derek and Shawn stopped over and drank beer with me while I posted stuff. Derek brought me a Marlow's Johnny Boy cheesesteak, YUM! We hung out on the back porch till about 8 and then they left and i headed in. Started watching 'Apex' with L and then got a text that there was another assassination attempt on President Trump so turned over to the news and watched that until late. 

20260424

20260424 - Up in the am and to the desk, got stuck doing training for too long... L home and I finished my day. We then ate some leftovers and then headed to the new 'Michael' movie at the theater. The place was pretty full and the audience participation was amazing. People clapped and sang and yelled, it was fun. Home and I did some reading and off to bed.

20260423

20260423 - Up in the am and to the Worthington office for the day. We had Chinese brought in for lunch and did some training. I had some calls, got the P&L done and then ticked off a couple more todos. Took out the trash and headed home. Beautiful day so stayed outside. L told me about her day and then headed out for dinner with the girls. Hazel and I stayed outside and watched the news and then some of the NFL draft. L home, in and headed to bed.

20260422

20260422 - Up late and to the desk for call after call. Started raining in the afternoon and J dropped me off at bingo. Had 18 at the table and it was not crazy, but fun. Gary gave me a ride home. Watched the rest of Survivor with L and not up to late.

20260421

20260421 - Up in the am and dropped packages off at post office on the way in to work. To work, got set up, had a couple calls, went to lunch at Old Bag, sat with Brian and we chatted the whole time. Back tot he desk to finish off the day. Home late and threw the ball to hazel a bit, L&I ate and watched the new on the back porch. In to watch a movie and post things on ebay.

20260420 +

20260420 + Up late and to the desk for a couple of calls. L home and mowed everything. Finished the day and D, DGF13 and Hank stopped over to play and have dinner. Went over to visit Doc and Ms. Crews and I had a religious discussion. Doc is off hospice! To McD's and it was only ScottS and I tonight, but we made some progress on our new project. Home with fries for my girls. watched American Idol and then headed to bed.

20260419

20260419 - Up in the am and L&I to church. Home and did a couple things. Hazel and I got gas and ran across town to pick up some auction wins. home, unloaded and took hazel on a walk. L&I jumped in the car and headed down to the arena district to meet up with Kevin and John, L's cousin for a bite to eat and then tot eh Fury game. I yelled for the hype man and he came up and talked to us, I wanted to know how he got the hype job for the Aviators as well. Nice kid, took time to tell us all about it. headed home and I worked on cleaning up the garage and doing things outside. in and watched TV with L

20260418 +

20260418 + Up late and to the desk to pay bills and did some things around the house. L&I headed over to Easton to meet Sam and his girlfriend to take prom pictures, it was cute. We then had a bite to eat with the Coles. home and helped J and Makai get the brakes done on his car. Cleaned up the garage and in to watch TV with L.

20260417

20260417 - Up in the am and to the desk. Got a lot done. J working outside and i joined him for the end of the day. J friend Makai over to work on brakes and that turned in to a shitshow just about the time L&I left for the Aviators game. We purchase an upgrade the 'Upper 90 Club' that came with food and drink, thought it would save us some money... NOPE! had a shitty selection of food and defiantly not worth the extra $... The Aviators played hard and we stayed for the first win in franchise history! Got home really late and too bed.

20260416 +

20260416 + Up in the am and got blood drawn in to the Worthington office for the day. Headed home and L made dinner and we ran to the new high school to see 'Grease' the musical. It was the first performance ever in the new theater and the kids did great! The school is so BIG and wide halls and clean and new, wish our boys would have gotten to go there... Home and watched some TV before bed.

20260415

20260415 - Up and to the desk. Busy day on calls. L&I headed to bingo and we had a nice small crowd tonight, good time! home and G called, he needed help filing his taxes...

20260414

20260414 - up and in to the Worthington office for the day, small crowd. home and hung out watching TV with L. G called late and needed direction on his taxes.

20260413

20260413 - Up and on calls and to the desk. Getting caught up and cleaning things up from a busy weekend. Home and had dinner with L, then to visit Doc for a bit and to Bible Banger. We are starting a new Project to combine the gospels into one short document...

20260412 +

20260412 + Up and 4am to take Mark and Bea to the airport. Home and back to bed. up shortly after to go to church and then Bob Evan's for brunch. home and Hazel and I ran up to Westerville to pick up auction wins. Home and relaxed a bit. Got an order from Amazon that got me moving. Installed a new garage keypad that works! Then L hazel and I took a walk to Rita's for a treat. Home and watched the movie 'Mercy', it was really good. I ordered some new glasses, not up to late.

20260411

20260411 - Up early and L drove us to the Farm. We got our stuff unloaded, got the hot dogs cooking and I headed outside to check on Roger and Brad at the boiling pot. No Dale this year. Things went well and folks started showing up. We had 97 people attend today, lots of first timers, family and friends. It was good to catch up with folks, the place looks great and the weather was amazing. Everyone had a good time and loved checking out the Farmhouse, learning about the syrup making, hiking to the falls and just relaxing and chatting. Things wound down and we got things cleaned up like pros. The scouts were here for the first time in 6 years and they helped too. Everything cleaned up and Mark and Bea headed home with L&I. D, DFG13 and Hank were at our house when we got home playing with Hazel. We chatted on the back porch for a bit and then headed out for a nice dinner. Home and chatted about our kids and lives, very nice visit and great to see them.

20260410 +

20260410 + Up in the am and on a call then knocking thing out. J home, his car got impounded overnight... L home and cooking cookies for church, Hazel had a seizure... Finished my day and hazel and I ran to the gas station to gas up the car and get some supplies. Then to Burger king to pick up some dinner. home and ate and then got the car loaded with things for the Farm tomorrow. We watched a movie and got to bed in good time. I had a great sleep and then woke up at 2:30... Back to sleep at 5:30...

20260409

20260409 - Up in the am and in to the Worthington office for the day. Had a very busy day and got a lot done. Home and J finally restocked the beer fridge. Teri from Boosters stopped over and I helped her with some IT stuff. L&I started a movie, she fell asleep so we headed to bed and I did work until too late watching TV.

20260408

20260408 - Up in the am and to the desk for a morning full of calls. Day went super fast, was able to get a walk in with Hazel, good to see some of the neighbors outside from the long winter. Home and finished the day. I walked to Signature's for bingo, L stayed home to work on progress reports. We had 8 folks at our table and it was a nice fun night without the huge crowd that Queen of Hearts pulled in. We had 3 winners at our table tonight, no singing afterwards, walked home and hazel had left her red ball at the back gate, and she was still in the yard and was happy to see me home. In and L&I watched Survivor and headed to bed.

20260407

20260407 - Up in the am and dropped off some ebay sales on the way in to the Worthington office for the day. Had a productive day, the crew walked to the Old Bag for lunch and I was happy to get their French Onion soup I have been missing. Finished the day and headed home. L making potato soup for dinner, hahahah to my liquid diet today. we watched some news and then headed downtown to the Ohio Theater for Shucked. It was a cute little musical and we had a good time. Home and headed to bed.

20260406 +

20260406 + Up in the am and to the desk for a call, slow morning. L home and got busy in the yard, I helped her get the push mower started for the first time and she push mowed the front yard and then she used her new battery powered trimmer / edger and she loved it. We tried to get the riding mower started but needed to charge the battery. Finished up the day at the desk and helped L get the riding mower started and she mowed the back yard, she is so happy to have the first mowing of the season done. She made her Chef Boyardee pizza kit for dinner and it was yummy! Doc was sleeping so didn't go to visit him tonight and Bible Bangers cancelled so we could all stay home and watch the NCAA Basketball Championship, wanted Xichigan to lose so bad, but they won... Up very late doing invoice processing.

20260405

20260405 - Up in the am and L&I to a very full church. Home and L put a ham in the oven. I got some things done on the laptop and then we had a nice lunch with J&G joining us. D, DGF13 and hanky boy stopped over in the evening to visit and we had dinner. up late watching TV and processing invoices.

20260404

20260404 - Up in the am and LJ Hazel and I headed to Gma&paB's for easter Dinner. We had moved it to Saturday so G could go, but he couldn't find a ride home. The Cole's were there and we had a nice visit and dinner. A short nap and then took a walk. G got ahold of us and let us know he was on his way home, so we wrapped things up and head home. Home and G there and we watched TV and hung out the rest of the eveing.

20260403

20260403 - Up in the am and to the desk. Had some calls and got week ending tasks done. L&I then headed to Historic Crew Stadium for the first ever Columbus Aviators UFL game. We got there early and got in line and were next to a younger couple that ended up being cousins of a baseball player G played with for a couple years at GLHS. We got in and got free t-shirts, got  to our seats, walked around a bit and got some food. Game started and it was at least entertaining, a step above HS, maybe equal to college, definitely not NFL grade, but definitely entertaining and fun. There was a concert at halftime that was good and the second half was a bit of a shitshow. The Aviators were losing badly and we tried to stick it out, but left a bit early and fought through traffic and headed home.

20260402

20260402 - Up in the am and L&I headed up to the Farm to help get some things done before Maple Syrup Day at the Farm. We did some painting, pressure washing, moving things around and other general stuff. We looked at the barn roof and then finished up outdoor chores. Up to Gma&paW's house to install some smoke detectors and some other little jobs. We taught GmaW how to navigate to Amazon Prime to watch stuff and then headed home. Home and took Hazel on a walk and threw her ball.

20260401

20260401 - Up in the and am and to the desk for a very busy day of calls. After work L&I headed to El Vaquero for L bday dinner and J&JFG7 joined us and we had a yummy meal. We then all went to Marshal's to shop. Home and we watched TV.