20130124 - Dancing Around

20130124 - Up in the am got some things done in the office. Headed out to the vacant rental to secure it and come up with a plan. The rental is a disaster. The tenant left trash everywhere, destroyed the kitchen, burst pipe and toilets full :-o I changed the locks, got the heat on, took pics and wrote down the main things that need done. Back to the office and got some more done. Headed to the auction at London with John, a young fellow wanting to tag along and exchange ideas. Well the auction was terrible; everything was going for retail prices, and they went out of order so I missed the things I had on my list to get :-s Headed home from the auction early and got to spend some time with the boys. Up late working on suppliers and collateral.

20130123 - Pieces Missing

20130123 - At the desk all day doing various tasks for various projects then the day was over :-o Had dinner with the fam, then D to basketball practice, L to Zumba, J&G playing nice, I worked on a puzzle. All back home and watched some American Idol.

20130122 + Suspension

20130122 + Up in the am and the expected call from the Principle of D's school arrived...  I had been called by the Chaperone of the Ski Club last night letting me know that D had a pocket knife with him on the trip and some girls saw him using it and reported it...  By law he had to report the incident to the Principle...  So this morning I got the call.  D has been sentenced to 2 days of in school suspension and a Saturday School.  I got my things done in the morning and then headed out to mail some packages, get a hair cut and then stop at the school to pick up D's knife and see him in solitary confinement.  The Principle and I had a good conversation, he knows D and knows he is a Boy Scout and a good kid, thus the light sentencing, not the max penalty of one year of expulsion from school...
On to the bank, the gas station and tried to get a flu shot.  Home and finishing off the day.  Dinner with the fam and then D&I headed to a rental to change the locks but they were still there :-o  Talked to D a bit about suspension...  He doesn't like it... He learned his lesson and feels bad.  We stopped at the Library on the way home and then finished the evening watching the TV and putting together a huge puzzle.

20130121 - Northeast OH

20130121 - Up and the boys to the barn for a bit as GpaW finished up feeding. All back up to the house and we hit the road to Ashland for some grub and to look for a local farmers market. Then on to Wooster were we got a bunch of good leads from the local farm market and a book store.



We then hit a local factory before heading a bit further East to Kidron and the awesome Lenman's Hardware. I could spend days on there! I got a ton of good leads and the boys got a ton of stuff too... On the way home we stopped to eat and the boys got a bit slap happy. I have to say they did great for being cooped up in the car for nearly 2 days. But they had GmaW keeping them busy: I bet she's tired tonight :-) back to the farm and with it getting dark and a descent amount of snow coming down I drug the boys out to the car and we headed home. When we got on 71S it was a parking lot... took us over 2 hours to get home.


Home, cleaned up, adventures told to L&D and all boys to bed. L helped me pack and ship this weekends eBay sales and then prepping for the rest of this short week.

I had an interesting call come in while on the drive home drone one of the chaperones of the Middle School Ski Club... Tomorrow will be interesting...

20130120 - Road to Dessert

20130120 - Up in the am and D having difficulty getting his homework done... I got some thing together and JG&I headed up to the Farm. We picked up Gma&paW and ran over to Grandpa's Cheese Barn in Ashland. We were scouting for Ohio made goods, but Grandpa's has nearly all of the products rebranded with their own label... :-( Back to the farm and I tested out the new tractor while JG & GmaW went cat hunting. All back up to the house for a gourmet dinner GpaW whipped up.

 After dinner the boys each had a piano / keyboard and practiced tunes w/ Gma&paW while I listed things on OhiOOddities.

We had dessert about 10pm and G had 3 bowls of ice cream :-o Up late planning tomorrow and posting on eBay.

20130119 - Busy Basket

20130119 - Up in am and everyone to G's first official basketball game; even Gma&paB came over for the fast action game. I helped coach as the head coach was missing. The boys were great and dribbled and passed and shot like pros. G had an awesome game, they won (I keep score! :-)


After the game J&I rushed off to Blendon Woods to meet or Den for a Cub Scout outing where the boys learned all about ducks and geese. We took a nice hike and observed some cold ducks. They played a Simon says game where one thing they had to do was huddle together with there heads under their wings.


Home for just a minute then J&I to lunch and a Pack Bowling day. The boys had more fun!


Home and everyone back to the house. Gma&paB had some horrible luck; their brand new car had been hit by a windswept door and dented and then someone backed into it.... }:-(
After a short break, where we started a 1000 piece puzzle, we loaded up and went to J's basketball game. Gma&paW joined us. J did good sliding all over the place and guarding his man. J's team won!


Home with a stop at Home Depot to get a replacement garbage disposal. We all had dinner together and hung out for a bit before heading to D's game. D did a lot better, was more aggressive than his first game, he even took a couple shots tonight. D's team won!


Home, all exhausted. Had a cake and ice cream snack and all to bed.
A good busy fun day!

20130118 - On the Road

20130118 - Up, organized and out with D, he had the day odd school. We shipped our sales, got air in the tires, stopped at the bank, opened a new account at TD Ameritrade and drove to Fredericktown to visit a couple of stores and find some supplies for the new online store. On the way home we stopped at an antique shop in Mt. Vernon. Home and the Alexis was at our place, Scott came to get her an then Conor and his dad stopped over. Conor stayed to play with J. The played nice until late and L&I had a nice chat with the Mallonns when they came to get Conor. Up LATE installing and updating Quicken 2013 for all the businesses.

20130117 - Looking Cold

20130117 - Up and had a call with a potential new business partner from Holland. More calls and forms for eClickTrading. Started the huge task of updating the blog since I started missing days in JULY... Got some things posted on eBay and Jeff picked me up and we looked at a couple houses. Home and helped G cock his gun so He and J could have an airsoft battle. D to a school basketball game. I played a couple games with the boys and we watched some American Idol.

20130116 - Burning

20130116 - Up and at the desk. Had a couple of calls with the boys overseas. Ran to see my buddy at DiabeticFriendly.com for some tips with Jeff. Home finished out the day. Out of the office to have dinner and the sunset was amazing. It looked like downtown Columbus to the West could have been on fire causing the beautiful colors. Had dinner with the fam, L to zumba, G&J read me some books and we played Sorry before watching the idiots on American Idol. Up late setting things up...

20130115 - Planning

20130115 - UP at the desk straight away. Got a lot done. Look for eClickTrading.com soon... Gma&paB here, they got a fancy new car, L out to lunch with them and all the kids back to play. I had a meeting with a local businesswoman in the afternoon. It went very well and I think OhioOrigins.com will soon be carrying her line of chocolates :-) Home and played football on the xbox with G. Had a good dinner and D off to basketball practice. I played Halo with J&G and then D when he got back. Up late organizing for a productive tomorrow.

20130114 - Knot Me

20130114 - Up late, still feeling a bit weak... Went to an interview, it lasted 4 minutes, before I said no thanks... Came home and Googled the company again and looked further down the search and HUGE posts about the scam the company is... Got some desk work done. Dinner with the fam. DJ&I to Scout, I had the Boy Scouts come down and teach knots and rope things to my Den. Home, got Doc to Bible Bangers.

20130113 + Targets

20130113 + UP and hung out around the house. I took D to an airsoft war at his buddy's. Then I headed to Delaware by myself for an auction. I met up with Jeff & Val there and we checked things out. L& the boys had a visit from Gma&paW and dinner with them. Jeff and Val left the sale early and I stayed to the end. Gma&paW showed up at the auction, just after i bought my last stuff. I hit McD's on the way home and showed the fam my treasures. All boys to bed and I was exhausted... Up in the middle of the night upset stomach, hope it is not the flu...