20260103 - Messy

20260103 - Up around 11 and got around. L and I headed out for some errands. Dropped some stuff off at Goodwill and then to Home Depot. After much to and fro L decide what carpet she wanted she wanted for the living room, last time she had to make this choice was 23 years ago… on to Giant Eagle where we got some groceries. Home and unpacked and I spent the next several hours experimenting with deep frying Cod and Shrimp. I will say it took much more effort than anticipated and a much bigger mess… but the shrimp was great, fish was ok. Next time I will do one or the other, not attempting to do both at the same time. Maybe too messy to ever do again… will give it one more try eventually. In and watching football and the dogs make a mess of the living room. Up late, couldn't sleep, too much grease in my system.

20250906 + OSU 2&0!

20250906 + Up in the am and got the brisket flat in the smoker and made a list of stuff to do for the weekend. Headed to the grocery store and got some goodies for the game. Home and watched the OSU game and got a couple little things done in around the house. Chaff came over to watch some of the game and then Terrill, D, DGF13 and Hank, J and JGF7 and Chris Bowman came over to watch Xichgan get beat! The brisket was done and I had the smart idea to put it on the grill for a minute to char the fat cap... well all the juices spilled out and cause a fire and charred the whole outside of the thing... It was still good and folks ate it up. up late watching football.

20250511 - Busy Mother's Day

20250511 - Up in the am and L&I to church. We skipped bfast this week and swung through the Home Depot so I could get a saw blade and get to work. Home and D over, had trouble getting G out of bed... Eventually we got rolling on sealing the driveway and it went really fast. We got our driveway done and Doc's in record time. L warmed up the pork and we had a nice mothers day late lunch. J showed up and ate too. Boys left and I headed out and put a second coat on the driveways. Then I got eh saws out and worked on one of the benches. I really like the raw edge. Finished late. In, cleaned up, watched some American Idol with L and to bed.

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 

20230321

20230321 - Up late and to the desk. Got some work done and got the bills paid. Just hung out and

Watched basketball and L trimmed Hazel a bit more. 

20250315

20250315 - Up late and headed out to get some work done. I got the new grille installed in the E550 and she looks beautiful again! then I headed out to work on the bricks and go the corn cut and installed. L headed out for dinner with the girls. Nate and Leo stopped over for a couple beers and to play. Then we went to Signature's for some dinner. Busy productive day.

20250307

20250307 - Up early and the furnace guys here. They got busy swapping out furnaces and I paid bills and worked. The new furnace was installed in only a couple of hours and they were gone. L home at lunch. I finished my day, we had leftovers and watched the news. Then L thought it would be a good idea to give Hazel and hair cut.. that took all night, but she looks good. 

20250223

20250223 - Got some stuff done in the office this morning. Tool Hazel on a walk. J stopped over, and LJ&I ran down to Rusty Bucket for a late lunch and watch the Buckeye basketball game with some French onion soup. We had a nice visit and then headed home. L worked on G’s quilt, it is looking good!

20250203

20250203 - Up and in to the Worthington office. Only Cory and I here today. We went to Old bag for lunch and then back to the office and i distributed paper towels and then back to the desk. Finished up the day and headed home. We had a record high of 64 degrees in Columbus today and it was beautiful out. I got home, L was helping Steph get clothes together for the calling hours and funeral, G was at practice or his new job. Hazel and I took a big walk, hung a couple maple sap buckets out and threw her ball. Hung out on the back porch until time to go to Bible Bangers.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

20240417 - Rain Out Bingo

20240417 - Up and J home for the morning to get his passport submitted. I had to wake him up so he didn't miss the window at USPS. On the PC on calls and working the P&L. Raining this morning. I forgot Hazel outside and she got soaked. I was at the desk most of the day. Took a break to take Hazel on a walk. Headed to the baseball field and got things set up in the concession stand and then headed to the press box. Got everything up, got the rosters 7 min before game start… and got things rolling. 1 inning in and lightning struck and the skies opened up with rain and hail. Game got suspended to another day and we headed for the car and got SOAKED! I dropped L off at home and then headed to Signature’s for bingo with Tom. D stopped by for a beer and the Ferguson’s showed up and we had a good time. Home, chatted with L a bit and then went to bed. Woke up at 2 and was awake until 4…

20240412 + C230 Towed

20240412 + Up and to the desk. Went to lunch with my buddy Andy Reed to get caught up and get some baseball insight from him, he has 1 boy in D1 baseball, and 1 in JUCO. Home and finished the day. G lost his mind, his car wont run... L&I went to see the movie 'Civil War'. It was so good I fell asleep... I never fall asleep during movies... home after the movie and L pulled me in G's car to Tuffy to have it check out.

20240101

20240101

Hazel had 13min seizure about 9pm. Very stiff and a couple episode of flopping around. 

20220801 + Hop-a-long Dr.

20220801 + Up in the am and L&I called some vets and everyone was booked for the day, so we loaded Hazel up and took her across town to MedVet to get her leg looked at. We were there a couple of hours and the diagnosis was a puncture wound with some swelling. They suggested we also get x-rays and consult with a surgeon just in case there is an ACL problem. I suggested we take the antibiotics and pain meds and see how she's doing in a couple days... I paid the $360 and we headed home. home and got the meds into Hazel and I got to the desk and did my work for the day. L ran G to the dentist in the afternoon. By the end of my day hazel was up on all 4s and wanting to chase the ball. G got his final things posted on ebay and we had a BIG $ale tonight!

20220731 - Restful

20220731 - Up in the and and Hazel still not using her back leg... We just hung out and did stuff around the house today. Bill and Brady came over in the late afternoon for a visit and to hang out.

20220730 - Hazel Attacked!

20220730 - Up late and L&I watched some more of Married At First Sight. We got around and loaded hazel up and took an adventure up to Alum Creek Dog park. We went in to the big dog area first and Hazel ran around a bit and chatted with the other dogs. We then took her down to the water park and put her ball right at the edge of the surf, she had never been around water like this and barked at the waves and was afraid to get in at first. We gradually threw the ball out further and further and she went in after it and then played in the water a bit. Then some dumbass let their golden retriever off his leash and he ran straight for hazel and attacked her in the water! She came out squealing and frightened and the dog was still after her! We got them separated and the lady said oh sorry he hasn't been around other dogs for a long time, and then the dog attacked 3 other dogs before she got him on a leash! WTF?! As if that wasn't bad enough, during the attack hazels favorite red ball sunk in the water... We walked her up to the bathroom and sprayed her off and headed home. So much for a fun day for hazel.. home and L gave her a bath and then she started limping, not putting any weight on her one back leg at all... I looked around and found the puncture wound, we shaved her and got some antibiotic cream on it and she was pretty still the rest of the night.

20220219 - 3 Fuzzy

20220219 - Up in the am and did a couple things around the house. Hazel and I got in the car and headed out. We stopped at a car dealership and looked at a car and then headed to the dog park. The dog park was CLOSED! so we headed to the other side of town and looked at another car. We found a dog park on that side of town and tried it out and it was a muddy mess. There was another park half way home that we tried that wasn't as muddy and had some similar pups to Hazel. She had a good muddy time and headed to one more car place on the way home. Home and Carried Hazel to the bathtub. D and DGF13 were here, they took G and a buddy to the OSU basketball game during the afternoon. I got Hazel cleaned up and then D&I ran out to pick up some of Tom's pizzas for dinner. We had dinner and chatted a while before they took off. Up late watching the Olympics and reading.