20130212 - Down the Drain, or Not

20130212 - UP in the am and got some office stuff done and packages ready to ship.  Both D&J are home today sick...  Off to the hardware store, post office and rental.  Ed was painting and I worked in the bathrooms.  Got one clean and ready and started working on the plumbing.  There is no wood to fasten the toilet to the floor so I will have to come back to that...  I took apart the sinks in both bathrooms and tried to get the shared drain working...  it works a bit and then backs up...  not sure what to do here now...  Replaced a couple lights, hung a door and cleaned up.  Home and had dinner with the fam, then back out to a Scout board of review.  L made some arrangements out of lollipops.

20130211 - Boy at Home

20130211 - Up and taking care of G today, he is home sick and on the couch.  I got a bunch of shipments ready and did things in the office with Amazon products.  J home from school and Alexis over after crossing guard.  I took both of them to the post office and dropped off the packages, saw 'old lady' Holahan there :-)  Took Alexis home and then J&I back home.  Got a couple more things done, Amazon is VERY FRUSTRATING...  Had dinner and played cards with J&G.   Ran to Scouts to see if there were any rank advancements.  Home, got Doc picked D up from ski club, he has a fever and soar throat :-o  On to Bible bangers...

20130210 - Supersick Man

20130210 - Ip in the am and G on the couch, L&J getting groceries and D doing whatever upstairs. I did some work in the office. L&J home and we all had some lunch. G still on the couch, D doing homework, L laundry so J&I headed out to pick up some play tickets from a friends house, drop a book at the library and stopped at a friends to help him make some beer.
Back home and posting stuff on eBay, watched a couple movies with the fam and the day was gone... Chris over tonight to watch 'The Walking Dead' and then I stayed up with little sick man and his blanky cape :-(

20130209 - All Dressed Up

20130209 - Up in the am and out to G's game. I was a stand in coach and the boys did fabulous again. G slid on his knee in the last quarter and wanted to sit for a minute. He said 'Dad I want to come back in', but it was to late, he was already switched. The fall didn't hurt his knee enough to bring tears, but hearing e wasn't going back in started the water works... Hard lesson for a little fella :-(

All home and I ran to pick D up from his overnighter at the church. We then headed to Home Depot and the rental to fix a water pipe and set mouse traps. We ran home, changed nod then went to J's basketball game. We got to see the end of it. J's team won again and J had an awesome shot.

Home for a quick dinner and then out to D's basketball game. He played pretty aggressive tonight. After the game we went to some friends house for some snacks and to discuss our teenage boys. I don't know how the old prom dress came out... But it was a lot of fun!

20130208 - Spray

20130208 - Ip in the am and at the desk all morning. Around lunch headed to the rental to get a bunch done. I fixed a busted water pipe and got the water to the house turned back on. But when I opened the valve to the house I new leak I hadn't seen sprayed me :-( home to change quick and we went to dinner at Ling Johns. We dropped D off at a Scout Merit Badge weekend. I stayed and talked to a friend that is helping me get the web stores up and running. He gave me some good info so I ran home and stayed up late getting my first product on Amazon.

20130207 - Biz-e Day

20130207 - Up in the am shipments ready, called to get water turned on at the rental, tasks in line for the day... Headed to Dublin to meet 2 suppliers and get stock for the OhioOrigins store; it went VERY WELL.  Stopped at an antique store in Westerville for an education on what to not buy at sales (the box of stuff I took in to have checked out!!!).  Home and got G. We went to the post office, he got a piece of glass in his finger when we got back in the car, to the bank and them back home.  I got a call about a job in CMH, then worked on a proposal for rugs. Back out and picked up John on the way to the auction. It was a good auction tonight an we got some good stuff. Home, showed the fam the loot, had some dinner, watched American Idol and then got the boys to bed. Up late looking things up on eBay and then prepping for tomorrow.

20130206 - Forward

20130206 - Up and at the desk all morning: HUGE rental water bill paid, called vendors... Everyone home and I am finally ready to hit the road. D went with me. USPS to ship sales, Home Depot to return some and get more supplies, rental to hang the key look box drop off the supplies and bring the trash can in, and a lady's house to pick up some salsa for the upcoming website launch. Home and D&I ate, the boys ready for bed, watched some American Idol and getting ready for N equally busy tomorrow...

20130205 - Trash Out 2

20130205 - Up in the am and to the post office and then over to the rental. Ed was there and we carried out the destroyed stove. I then set in fixing thing up an taking out the second huge pile of trash. Home and L trying to get D organized....... I headed out to a meeting for dinner and then home to play some Xbox with G while L finished up hair cuts on the boys. J&I play a round of rummy and them all boys to bed. Watched the buckeyes get beat by Michigan.

20130204 - Hard to Eat Rice?

20130204 - Up and shipping eBay sales, applied for positions online. Checked on house purchase, weekend paperwork done. L home, boys home, snowing like mad. I headed out to ship packages and supplies at Home Depot. I then ran across town to meet the gas guy at the rental and get the heat on. Back home through the snow and idiots that can't drive in it. Had dinner, G had a hard time with the rice :-) We cancelled cub Scouts tonight so I played rummy with J and L&G made valentines for his class mates. I ran over to the Boy Scout meeting to get advancement info. Home got Doc for Bible Bangers, Picked D up from skiing. Up late posing things on eBay.

20130203 + Shots

20130203 + Up and L took all 3 boys + Donovan to church. I got the desk cleared off and things finished up from last week and lined up for this week. All back home and had lunch. Then L&J went to the grocery and I had D&G set up the studio in my office an start taking pics of the mounds of things I need to get posted on eBay. There was a stack of state plates and I helped G clean them and he had to read the state before he could take the plate. He did really good sounding out the names.

With hundreds of photos now shot I took D, picked up a couple of his buddies, to a youth group sponsored Super Bowl party. Home and L had some finger foods for JG&I and we watched the game. Picked D and his friends up about 9:30 and took them home. D&I got food for Lilly and gas for L, then home to watch the rest of the game.

20130202 - Rehab

20130202 - UP to G's game, they won, he brought a friend home with him. D&I split off, went to Scouts to pick up pinewood derby kits, then returned movies and on to the rental. We cleaned out the basement and made a list of supplies for the initial repairs. Home and L to zumba, G's friend home too. Not much of a break, out to J's game, they won, Gma&paW here for the game.

All back home J brought his buddy Donovan to play and spend the night. Jeff picked GpaW and I up and we went to look at a potential rehab property, total mess, but we like it, GpaW scared of it :-) Back home and loaded up and off to D's game, they won. Home and stopped for Chinese on the way for dinner. Had a nice dinner at home so the girls could watch the OSU basketball game. Up late balancing books.

20130201 + Chillin

20130201 + Up, calls all morning. Ran to the bank and store to get antifreeze. To the rental and winterized it, got all of the trash out of the upstairs. Home Cleaned up and out for dinner with the fam. Picked up a couple of movies and home to watch them in the warm house.