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20151212 - Preperations

20151212 - Up in the am and L&G to Gma&paB's with the Coles. J&I out on the town. We hit Meijer so J could do his Christmas shopping. We then dropped off the movie and picked up D from his friends. We stayed a min to talk to the dad that has a huge metal art shop where he makes his sculptures. On to J's friend's where we dropped him off. D&I stopped by the house to get his car and then on to Meijer to do his Christmas shopping. Home and D wrapped his presents. I got some things done at the desk. J with his buddy and they played Xbox for a while. D went driving with his instructor and the Neighbor Jim stopped over to borrow my biscuit joiner. J wrapped his presents and I got more done. D got home and we ran across town to see a movie, 'The Last Witch Hunter'. It was a good movie and we went to Chipotle for dinner afterwards. Home and to the basement to watch 'Star Wars IV, A New Hope' in preparation for this Friday's big premier :-)

20151211 - Holiday Party

20151211 - Up in the am and dropped D off at school on the way to work. I got to work and got ready for Dave I's meeting with the boss. It went well and we got raises for 5 folks :-) We then took anyone of the site. Back to the front office and we started the Holiday Party. I got to great everyone as they came in for lunch. It was a nice meal and good break for everyone. After lunch the managers had a gift exchange and it was a hoot. Home exhausted from a busy day. D at a friends for the night. LJG&I headed to the video store and then met up with the Mallonns at the Greek restaurant. We had a good dinner. Home and watched a Halo

20151210 + Egg Timer

20151210 + UP in the am and dropped D at school on the way into work. Had a very long day. L pick D up from weightlifting and I met them in the driveway when I got home. We all had dinner together and then G&I headed to Cub Scouts where they made paper airplanes and had a good time. After Scouts G&I went Christmas shopping. He got all his gifts and showed me a million things he wanted talking the whole time. He even got to set all the egg timers in the kitchen section, how cute he is at this age. Home and D up late working on homeworking. L&I had a Doritos & Coke snack in bed.

20151209 - Singing

20151209 - Up and dropped D off at school on the way into work. Crazy day and left a bit late, headed straight to J's concert. D got ride home with friend from weight lifting. I met LG + Gma&paW at J's choir concert. It was a short and sweet concert, very nice. Ran home and got D, to dinner at Max and Erma's with everyone.

20151208 - Stressful

20151208 - Up in the am and dropped D off at school on the way to work. To work and had an incredibly stressful day. Home and had dinner with the fam. To a Scout Committee meeting for an incredibly stressful meeting. Then we had the Scout Board of review, Hayden and Jack got their Tenderfoot Ranks :-) After the Board of Review I stayed to talk to the leaders again and it was not pretty. The state of the Troop is NOT good and needs immediate correction, while they are focused on God knows what... Home and had a glass of tequila. One of the Scout Leaders stopped to check in, make sure I was ok and confirm his support for the direction I am pushing and after he left another Leader called with the same message. Hard work to push everyone in the right direction... Up late working on the PC.

20151207 - Sunset

20151207 - Up in the am and dropped D at school on the way to work. A very busy Monday... Stopped at the high school on the home to pick up fundraising cards and D from weightlifting. Home and ate quick, got things ready to ship on ebay. Took D&J to Scouts. I stayed and had a parent meeting where we are organizing our thoughts on Troop organization, content and communication. Home for a sec and grabbed Doc for Bible Bangers. Good to get him out of his house!

20151206 + Busy Sunday

20151206 + All to church, some lady was puking during service :-( Home ordering stuff online. J had a friend over. Boys outside playing, stray dog showed up. Boy took dog around neighborhood looking for dog owners. Boy in and to basement playing xbox and Lego. L&G made chocolate chip cookies. Then We had a rotating door for a while. A scout family came over to talk and get their sons advancements signed off by D. J's friend got picked up. The dog owners showed up to get the stray. D left to go driving. All settled for a min. Then D home. L took D&J to church youth group with a stop to pick a futon up off the side of the road. LG&I out for pizza dinner and ran into the Mallonn's. A quick run up to Walgreen's for L to get more Christmas cards then home and picked up the boys. D got a haircut and all boys to bed.

20151205 - Pretty Girl

20151205 - Up took G to baseball uniform fitting, ran and got a sausage McMuffin, to the bank with John and Owen, back to Dave's warehouse to get some inventory. Finally home to unpack and for me to settle at the desk, doing bills. L&D were out driving and shopping, J was in the basement. In the evening we all headed over to the McClain's to hang out, chat and watch some football. Boys acting like idiots.

20151204 - Movie Night

20151204 - Up D to school, in to work, brought home big container they were throwing away, G at a bday party, LDJ&I L made pizzas. We hung out in the basement and watched 'Lego Blockumentary', 'Transporter 2', and 'Some Kind of Beautiful' (a chick flick) for L.