20091107 - 4th Annual OSU Football @ Winger's

20091107 - Well L & I after a lot of hard work got the house ready for our yearly football party.  We were a bit nervous this year as we are having it quit late and were afraid of the weather.  Well that worked in our favor this year as we had a record turn out of family friends and LOTS OF KIDS!!!

Just before the OSU Penn St. kick off they started showing up and it didn't stop.  All total we had 71 folks show up and for the first time the kids outnumbered the adults (Adults 35, Kids 36).  IT WAS FUN!!!  There was a flag football game, food, the OSU football game, LEGO building, food, 2 ginormous screens, crafts for the kids, and lots of food.

What party would be complete without a half time pinata?!

Everyone had a good time and enough chili, beer dogs, chips and dips they could tolerate.

091107 - H1N1 Line

091107 - Up and out with D&J running errands. The first thing we see is cars parked everywhere and a line of people like you rarely see. This line is people waiting for the chance to get the H1N1 vaccine for thier kids.
We hit 2 banks a couple stores and one of our rental; thing look good there. While we were there I ran across the street to talk to the neighbors. And then I ran back to the car, threw the door open and got the car stopped before it crashed into said neighbors fence and mailbox. Yes, Dylan was monkeying in the car and knocked it out of gear... It gave D&J quite a fright! Don't think that will happen again... Then home to get ready for our big party this afternoon.

091106 + Good Grades

091106 + Dylan got grade card 1 B+, rest As
Cleaning out garage for party
Out to get supplies
Long johns for dinner
Garage prep

091105 - Found it!

091105 - Up and crazy morning; all kinds of things going wrong. But Cindy, Lee & I made it just in time. Fast meeting as Ivo wasn't ready and I filled the gap with an SOW presentation, a visit from HR and then we were done.
We headed out and found 2 geocaches before heading to the airport. The one I am holding is one we couldn't find last night in the dark.
Keeping with the morning theme of chaos we made about 10 wrong turns on the way to the airport. But we have made it! Cindy was able to standby on an earlier flight so we split up and headed through security. Now I am waiting 3 hrs for my flight. Will try to get caught up on thing... Can't wait to get home!

091104 - Meeting & Quest

091104 - Up and in to work for an all day meeting: it was quite good. After the meeting Cindy, Josh, Lee and I headed out on a quest to drop off my "Geo-coin" at a nearby geocache. Well it was dark and the first stop had us climbing all over a creek bank with plenty of people stopping to ask if we lost something (other than our minds!). We could not find it so we rushed to another one and ended up walking around in a dark scary wood in a park... still no luck. We then headed to dinner with Tom and had a good meal. After dinner I noticed it said there was a geocache in the parking lot. Could that be possible? With a bit of luck Josh found it in a light post(Josh & I holding the find in the dark)! We all signed it and they were hooked! We went out and tromped around another wood and found another one! Success! Back to the hotel and a quick conference in the lounge and off to sleep.

091103 - Flying

091103 -Up calls all morning. Took a quick break to go vote. L took J&G to Nicole's for a bit while i Finished changing all my password and other stuff I needed to get done before I fly out. I quickly got packed, D got home from school and the gang took me to the airport. J'S feel asleep on the way so I didn't get the usual loving send off.

Up and away, I am always amazed when I look out the airplane window and look down on the amazing world.

Made it to Boston and Cindy & I waited around for Lee for a couple hours. We got Lee, made it to the hotel, chated a bit and then off to rest. Good to be with the team.

091102 + Leaves

091102 - Up working. Took a break on this beautiful cold day to watch J&G play in the leaves. Was checking my account an found a fradulent charg on a car for $50 from Sparechange.com, so watch out for those gius in your facebook accounts!e Spent too much time changing passwords to prevent further losses... Finished up, went out and had a fast dinner and then for the first time in a long time took D&J, kicking and screaming, to karate, where they can do all the kicking and screaming they want! The of course did great, got to spar and had a good time. Stopped by the 'Container Store' on the way home. Home, snacks and all boys to bed. Jeff stopped over and we cut our his daughters pinewood derby car. Doc came over and the 3 of us headed out to Bible Bangers night. On the way home from the meeting we made a trash stop and salvaged some old glass windows for L to do God knows what with... Changed some more passwords and then downstairs to the basement for my final night of LEGO sorting. To bed LATE.
091101 + 

091031 - More Tricks

091031 - Up hangin out at home with everyone: first Saturday with no baseball or soccer in a long time. I cleaned out the shed and then in to watch the game and sort more LEGOs. The game was good, but the second half was pretty boring.
After the game DJG&I headed out for some flag football. After a couple touchdowns each we split off and I cleaned out the garage while the boys played war. I gave myself a haircut and got cleaned up while L got dinner. We ate and watched Batman. L gave Lilly a haircut and I got dressed up to go to a Halloween party with my buddy Jim. I'm going to try and sell some stuff tonight.

091030 -

091030 - School, Halloween Parade and Parties
D&J  End of grading period

091030 - Startled Start

091030 - It was still dark when her alarm went off, but she was excited to start the day. Today she gets to host Jack's Kindergarten Halloween party and she was anxious to get up and get the day rolling. Little did she know that last night while I was at Jeff's I found a new friend, and I brought this friend home with me, and let him spend the night in our bathroom. So when Lori bolted into the bathroom this morning she came face to face with my new friend, a 6 foot tall mummy! This was closely followed by a very loud SCREAM and some not so pleasant words pointed in my direction!!! MuuuHaahahaha! Trick-or-treat baby!

091029 + Candy Night

091029 - Up and a busy full day. L had a friend over today and they played and made too much noise (Jen)... I finished up in time to eat and join the trick-or-treaters! This year we had Indiana Jones, Ninja, Pirate, Monkeyboy, Ladybug. Will be staying up tonight filling my gut!  Over to Jeff's
091028 +

091026 - Hbday 2 me

091026 - Worked all morning
Down = old
Walk with LJG
Demo call 2 hrs
Played football w/ boys
Walked house
Watched movie
Bible bangers
Toss and turn