20201012 - Bad Dog!

20201012 - Up in the am and L at work and the boys still resting as they don't have school today. I got my Monday morning things done while I chatted with D, he is working for DataField today and it doesn't seem very organized... L home in the afternoon but couldn't get out of the car as one of the neighbor's pit bulls was on our front porch... I had to call to police, the dog ran off and L ran in. J lost his mind for some reason and left and G hanging out with some friends. I finished my day and then had some dinner with L. We then watched some football on TV and G came down to watch after screaming on the Xbox. Unable to sleep tonight...

20201011 + Getting Stuck

20201011 + Up in the am and J and Bryce up and ready. We loaded final things and took off to the Farm. Stopped to get gas and then back home to pick up soup and bread... THEN we left for the Farm. We made good time and we headed to the barn to get things started. Dad and I reviewed many future tasks, redoing some plumbing the basement, railings for the back porch and steps. We then checked on the staking crew, compacted the trash, moved the bush hog and looked for some lumber. We then headed to Minard's and Lowe's to walk around and look at supply options. Home and ready for some lunch but J and Bryce were out on the pug and called because it died on them below the pond... I drove out and then walked through tall brush to get to them and get them running again. They made it back and we had some lunch with the boys and mom and then I got to work retrofitting the back bath fan. The boys helped GmaW with a couple things at the farmhouse and we finished up about the same time, but they took a couple more rides on the pug. We packed up and headed home. We got home as L was pulling out taking G to basketball practice. L home and we got caught up on the day and watched some football. Chris over to watch The Walking Dead, but season 11 isn't released yet... so we watched the new 'Beyond something' or other spin off, it was ok. Up and shutting down and ready for the week.

20201010 + Springer

20201010 + Up in the am and L raking leaves and mowing the yard, I ran J to Wendy's so he could work and got home and got G up, we had cake for bfast. Doc's pool  is gone. L mowed, J at work, I got a couple things done before running to baseball practice with G. After practice D and his buddy Mason stopped by to get some stuff and help me clean out the garage. G&I put a spring on the back gate to keep Lilly in. L&I took Lilly on a walk and watched football the rest of the evening.

20201009 - Front Porch Sippin

20201009 - Up in the am and L at work, boys sleeping in, no school today, and I got on calls. Had a busy productive day. JG&I ran to pick up J's car, expensive repairs... They didn't change his oil so we have to take the car back tonight. G&I headed further out and I dropped G off at Luke's for the day. Home to a quiet house and got a bunch done in the afternoon. After work L&I walked down to Gahanna Grill and had a nice dinner and ran in to some folks we know and chatted a bit. Strolled home and then I ran out, dropped off a deposit at that bank, picked up a prescription, got a couple things at Home Depot and then picked G up at Luke's. Home and dropped G off and headed over to Penn's. We hung out on the front porch and sampled a couple bourbons and chatted on the front porch for a couple hours.

20201008 + Craving

20201008 - Up in the am and L at work, I made sure J&G were up and then headed in to the office for a couple meetings. Took a break at lunch and Lonie and I met Kevin and Derek for lunch. We had a good chat and got caught up. Back to the office for a bit and got a couple more things done. Home and hung out a bit. L cooked some dinner and LG&I and then G and I headed out for his hitting lessons.  I got caught up on stuff and called dad about the weekend while G swing the bat. We picked up some high school sport programs to ship out on the way home. Home and watching some TV with L and she mentioned she wanted some chocolate cake and I wanted something but wasn’t sure what I wanted so I just jumped in the car and ran up to kroger. I ended up with a large macaroni salad, chocolate and carrot cakes, sliced olives, dill hamburger chips, 3 bags of tortilla chips, large salsa, bag of Hershey kisses, bottle or Ready Whip and a pumpkin pie! Home and had a snack!

20201007 - Last 8th Run

20201007 - Up in the am and L at work and J&G online for school. I jumped online and started documenting the software framework right away. Took a moment and had a honest talk with J about grades and then spent the rest of the day glued to the PC flowing. L ran G to XC and J ran me to pick up my car after the oil change and drop off his to get an estimate on his bent rim and bald tires... J&I on to G’s last XC meet as an 8th grader in the ‘Battle of Gahanna’ where all of our middle schools run against each other. G had a good race and came in 4th overall. I headed home and L&G stayed for the awards banquet. When they got home G had an armful of awards. Up late finishing things up and preparing to go in to the office tomorrow. To bad and couldn’t sleep...

20201006 - Isn't it Ironic

20201006 - Up in the am and L at work and J&I on the phone with the high school trying to drop a class before the deadline. He has a couple other classes that he's not doing well in and we had a discussion about them. I had to take a walk afterwards, I'm just not wired like he is and can't understand why it is ok to not care about certain things... I talked to CB on the phone and he gave me some perspective... Back in the house, chatted with J and let him know I really don't care about the grades, I just want him to be able to graduate and be happy in his life. Down to the office for the rest of the day going down through tasks. L home and she ran G to XC, J headed to Wendy's for work and I was still at the desk. G home and changed quick and I ran him to Academy park for baseball practice. I had to go find an L screen that was 2 fields away and drag it back to the field G and his team was on. After that I was done helping and had a seat to write up some ideas on a software Lonie and I are going to build. Someone asked me what I was doing and they found it pretty ironic that I was designing a software to implement the most advanced communication devices available in the world today on a tiny little yellow paper tablet. It works! After practice L&I dropped the car off at Tuffy for an oil change tomorrow. Home and ate, spilled dill pickle juice all over L's kitchen rug (I'm a dead man) :-o We hung out in the living room for a bit watching TV, J home and upstairs studying until I went to check on him at 1:30 am and he was asleep sitting up in bed with his laptop on and in in his lap, he's trying. I was a bit longer mapping my ideas from the little yellow tablet to my online collaboration tool for a review meeting tomorrow and Thursday.

20201005 - $16

20201005 - Up in the am and L at work and J&G online for school. Had a cable guy in our yard working on the neighbor's house this morning. J headed out for lunch and G made instant mashed potatoes and hamburger gravy for lunch. L was running G to/from practice when I got a call from an auction house making sure I come and pick everything up tonight...??? This usually doesn't happen. The auction houses I deal with have my card on file and once a month I swing by and get the stuff I have won.  But tonight is different... See I go in to some auctions and put $1 on anything I think I can arbitrage on ebay or if Lori or the Boys or someone I know might want it. Well I did that for this auction and bought $16 worth of stuff, I usually get out bid on most things and end up with only a handful of stuff. Tonight I won 2 upholstered chairs and an ottoman, a metal garden sofa and chair, 2 bar stools, 2 shelves, a handful of paintings, plates and other assorted items that took DJG&I 3 trips to get... $16 worth of stuff filled up our garage! We did take a break between loads to have dinner and D joined us. It was nice to have everyone at the table until J&G got in a SCREAMING match about who gets to sort metal posts at the Farm. REALLY!? There are several million things to do at the Farm and they are going to fight about posts that haven't moved in 2 decades.... smh... Eventually everyone calmed down and got the last load. I went out to deposit checks but for some reason the ATM was not accepting deposits last night (handy because I make only 1 trip a month to the bank)... On to Home Depot to return the supplies we didn't use for repairs up at the farm. Home and I thought D was going to stick around to watch some football, be he got out of crazy screaming town ASAP... I stayed up and got a couple things done on the PC until late.

20201004 - Farm Fixin

20201004 - Up in the am and got G and Luke around and we headed up tot he Farm. We made good time and met up with GpaW and headed to the barn where we gave the boys instructions on bundling fence posts, weighed them and got them working. I then removed the old washing machine outlet box and installed a new one. Dave stopped over to help out and had lunch with us. I got a call from a friend that saw a bunch of police cars by my house... Neighbor's dogs got out and were running around the neighborhood with no collars; multiple police cars at their house trying to secure the dogs... Unfortunately all were returned... After lunch GmaW and the boys went back down to the barn to bundle more posts and Dave and I finished up the box install and put in a new ceiling fan. Out of time and we all headed out.

Got home and the boys helped me put the tools away. L took off with G and Luke to drop a shipment off at the post office for me, take Luke home and drop G off at basketball practice. I got a call shortly after they left that G got the package stuck in the shoot at the post office, so I had to go to the post office and see if I could fix things there... package deposited and shoot locked. L home and cut my hair, looks like she was more focused on talking to me than straight lines or common lengths :-o Chris over, today was his 53rd bday, and he J and I watched The Walking Dead season finale. It was GOOD and left plenty of new story lines open. Up late watching a series on AI and and getting organized for the week. 

20201003 - Campfire

20201003 - L got me up to early and we headed to the Pick Lakeview Invitational to watch G run. G ran well today and came in 16th out of about 200 runners with a time of 12:32! Gahanna won the whole thing and G got a couple trophies. We left G there to ride the bus home and L&I stopped at a couple auction houses to look around and pick stuff up.Home and got G and headed down to Beliner, D&J ran and picked up lunch for all of us and joined us at the game. G's team played pretty good for only their second game and G got to pitch and did well. He struck out once but had 3 other really nice hits. The game ended in a tie and we headed home. Home and L getting things cleaned up and G&I ran to Home Depot for a couple more supplies and then picked up some Popeye's for dinner. L's girlfriends over for pizza and hanging out on back porch. G's buddy Luke over for the night. We played Trouble and watched some college football. Not up too late.

20201002 - Can't Sleep

20201002 - Up in the am and L at work and J&G online for school. I got some more done on the new PC and got caught up at work. Had a call with a publisher about printing my blog in to a real book... L&I headed out after work and got supplies for the jobs at the Farm this weekend and then swung through KFC on the way home to pick up dinner. Home and ate with G and then I headed in to the office to work on the new PC until late. Couldn't sleep again tonight...

20201001 + 26 Years

20201001 + Up in the am and L at work and J&G online for school. I got online and got some things done. J worked this evening and it was rainy out today so G's baseball practice was cancelled. L&I slipped out and headed to Cheesecake Factory for dinner. My meal was good but it seemed that they didn't drain the pasta L got and her food was swimming in bowl of water... We walked over to Barnes and noble but it was closing so only stayed a minute. Home and hung out watching some TV until J got home from work.