20121224 - Christmas Eve Day

20121224 - Up and got some things done in the office.  Then we headed to the Cole's for lunch.  There were a bunch of Krafts there and we had a nice Christmas eve Lunner.  D&I went to our church while everyone else went to Nicole's church (I just couldn't handle another rock-n-roll Christmas).  It was a nice service and the kids had a little play.  Home and all excited and wound up were the boys.  We finally got them to bed and waited for Santa...


20121223 + Lunch and Cookies

20121223 + Church sucked I want to sing boys being horrible. Left L at church to teach Sunday school boys and I went to grocery and made lunch. Did stuff in office L&D got groceries, J&G rested. L back to store got last lasagna noodles. Home and I headed to Best Buy to trade in Wii for Xbox. Had to goto Reynoldsburg to get pieces for the Xbox. Home and the fam made Christmas cookies and decorated them. Up late shipping eBay sales.

20121222 - NYCousins

20121222 - Up, rough morning w/D, NOT LISTENING... To the Farm, G drove...  My cousin Mark and his family were there with Uncle Russ and Aunt Nancy.  We played some games, ate a lot, did some sledding, and got to know each other.  We don't get to see them enough...  We had Chinese for dinner and then headed home late.

20121221 - Perky

20121221 - SNOW & COLD, G Dr. Apt, all looks ok.  Updating resume sites, Boys outside playing and having a messy good time.   After lunch D&I ran and got the black car and dropped off the white one at Tuffy.  We then got some gas and movies for the night.  Home and packed up some sales and then back to get the white car and some gas, shipping peanuts and dog food.  Finished packing things up and we had dinner.  Then a good couple rounds of NOVA and a friend stopped over with some candy.

20121220 - Big Lights

20121220 - Up at desk a bit, then D and I out, camera store, library, bp, McD's, Goodwill. then on to Dave's warehouse where we talked about many things, especially online stores: he has 11 of them...  his main one is www.diabeticfriendly.com  we learned a lot as he fire hosed us with info.  Two more stops: Dollar Store and Tuffy. D thought we could walk home...  we called L to pick us up at the library :-)  home and we checked in.  Not long after D and I took off to London OH for an auction.  we got a truck load of stuff and had dinner there.  home and unloaded the treasures.  we had to fight everyone off of our finds...  the boys and I played nova until 10 and then all boys to bed.  Up planning tomorrow and sorting our purchases.

20121219 - Wrap-a-thon

20121219 - Up and everyone at home for Christmas break.  A bit of a loud and crazy house....  Got some things done and more stuff listed.  Had dinner with the fam and then L off to zumba and the boys and I played NOVA.  L home all boys to bed and we stayed up wrapping and watching movies.

20121218 - Sing-a-long

20121218 - Up in the am and got some things done, gave the trash guys their umbrella hats :-) back to he school to have lunch with J and then hung out in his room racing the kids at his table in a word search. Then we headed down to the gym for the 3rd grade sing-a-long. It was quite a show. J is the tall on the second from the right with the blue scarf. We all got to sing-a-long and it was fun. L&I got J&G and we headed home. I got some more stuff done and D got home. We had dinner then L&G headed to watch Sam and Lena and DJ&I played NOVA and relaxed. Up late with D watching TV. This is their first day of Christmas vacation.

20121217 - Scout Christmas

20121217 - Up and at the desk getting things done. J&I headed out for errands when he got home and hit the USPS, BP, City Hall and dropped off some flyers for the neighbors. Home and finished of a couple more things and then dinner with the fam. The boys and I played NOVA a bit before Scouts, then off to the Den meeting. We had a very fast paced lesson and I have each of the boys a special gift that I like to use when I can. I did my heart good to see them jumping around with their presents! Home dropped off the boys and out to the new Hobbit movie with the Bible Bangers. It was looong but REALLY GOOD!

20121216 - Young Chefs

20121216 - UP and all to church.  On the way home I decided to make the boys work for their food...  We stopped at the grocery and got ingredients for lunch.  Home and G was put to the quiet task of cleaning carrots.  J had the main task of making Cheesy Crescent Hot Dogs and D made the caramel apple pie.  It was quite a spread and everyone ate, quite proud of their contributions ;-)  D&I ran out to find an ugly sweater for a party he had later but couldn't find one.  Home and everyone resting a bit and we had a couple friends stop by.  I got a ton of things listed on ebay.  Took D to the church youth party.  All back home and boys to bed.

20121215 + Old Sam

20121215 + Up in the am and to an interview for the Gahanna School Board; It went good. Home and got J&I went to one of the rentals to get a toothbrush out of a sink drain... We then tried to go to some garage sales but they were in 'questionable' areas... We grabbed a sub and caught up with the rest of the family an headed to Sam's 5th bday party. Sam is getting old fast... We had a good time and then I ran D to his friend bday party, hit the Salvation Army, the bank and video store before picking up LJ&J at the Cole's. Home and them back out to get D. Home and a scared screaming J sorta to bed. D helped me list a couple eBay items.

20121214 - D Shopping

20121214 - Up and at the desk and worked all day.  I took D Christmas shopping.  We all met for a family dinner at FM.  Home played some NOVA,
Watched a movie, little boys to bed and D wrapped his presents.  Up late working numbers :-(  D had a bit of a school shooting rant, not wanting to do homework and sucky grades...

20121213 - School Board?

20121213 - UP and at the desk.  I ran out to get a hair cut and check out suppliers.  Home and listed items.  Boys home, dinner and then I went to the School Board meeting to see if I should run for...  L took the boys to the Pack Meeting.  Since I was not there D did my part of the meeting for me.  All back home and up late doing research.