20210224 + Up in the am and everyone at school. Hazel and I did our morning routine and then I headed in to the office. Just another busy day. Gathered up the sap from the trees and boiled it down tonight.
20210223 - Don't Go
20210223 - Up in the am and L at work and I got J&G up for school at home today. Hazel and I were joined by G in our morning routine today and G took her out for a run. I got in to the office and had a couple calls and moved things forward. L home and took Hazel on a big walk in the nice weather today. I finished the day and went out to check the sap buckets and play with hazel a bit. G joined us and they played while I heated up some ribs for L for dinner. in for dinner and L and I relaxed and watched some TV. J home and D&DGF13 stopped by for a visit and to play and play with Hazel. Hazel is always sad to see people leave the house and watches them as long as she can. Got to bed in good time but awake until 2.
20210222 - Snack Buds
20210222 - Up in the am and L at school and I got J up for one of his classes. Hazel and I did our morning routine and then I got G up and headed in to the office. L home and took Hazel for a walk. I had a couple calls and in the afternoon Hazel and I went back to the school to pick up the free food. Home and finished the day. Boys took the trash out and L made dinner. J took off and and after dinner G played rummy with L&I until I realized I was missing a booster meeting and had to jump on a zoom. Finished up the meeting and L&I watched the Bachelor before she headed to bed and G&I stayed up and watched a funny movie.
20210221 - Drain & Tree Plumbers
20210221 - Up in the am and G&I down to the basement to replace the drainpipe. It didn't take as long as I thought and I think it is going to be ok, no leaks. After that I did a bit on the PC and watched the OSU basketball game with L&G. When the game was over I broke some ice out from under the garage door and then Hazel and I loaded up and headed out. We stopped at the gas station on the way to the dog park. We got to the dog park and there were too many dogs for me so we stayed on the other side away from the mess and there were just a few dogs that Hazel had some fun with. After about an hour we headed to an auction house to pick up some wins. We got our stuff and one more stop at Wendy's to see J and get us a couple frosties. Home and had our snack. J home and G joined us in putting out some maple sap buckets. In from the cold for the rest of the day and got some Booster stuff done. L made us some chicken soup for dinner and we hung out and watched some TV ending up on American Idol.
20210220 - Dog Shark
20210220 - Up LATE and getting some things done, sap buckets and spiles cleaned and ready, ebay shipped, rest of the weekend planned. I then dressed warm and Hazel and I headed to post office, Goodwill and the dog park. Hazel found a dog about her size and they tore off jumping and tackling and nipping and having a good old time. It is so cold there is no mud! We stayed about an hour and you can tell she’s bigger and stronger and more confident. We swung through Wendy’s and she got her mini frosty. Home and got G and headed to Dominican U for his pitching lesson. It has been a long time since he has thrown and he got stretched out and did good. Home for a bit where we removed some of G’s Pokémon listings from eBay for fear they are fakes. The guy that bought a card last night looked through our listings and let us know which ones to get rid of. G&I then ran to Dbat for his hitting lesson. He did really good hitting. Home and L reported water in the basement... I went down and had a look... Our main 3" copper drain pipe has cracked... So I made a list and headed to the Home Depot and got some supplies. home and D&DGF13 here. D helped me carry things to the basement and we chatted a bit. Kids left and I got the pipe sealed off good enough for the night, don't want to work on it with stores closed in case something goes wrongs... L&I watched a bit of TV before heading to bed.
20210219 + Fake
20210219 + Up in the am and LJ&G at school. Hazel and I had the house to ourselves and did our morning routine and then I headed in to the office lining things up for the day and weekend ahead. Got my stuff wrapped up and headed out of the office a bit late. Hazel and I ran to the post office and Chinese place up the road to get dinner. Home and ate and L&I watched a couple of good movies while I worked on an eBay issue. Apparently one of the Pokémon cards G sold was a fake...
20210218 - Midnight Pic
20210218 - Up in the am and L at work and J&G doing school from home today. Hazel and I did our morning thing and then I headed in to the office. A friend of mine from Holland reached out, his dog passed away a couple of days ago. Their dog was a goldendoodle named Lilly, purchased and named after our Lilly after they visited us years ago. She was outside and saw a swan on the pond, went after the swan and fell through the ice and floated under, unable to break through and get out. So sad... G got outside a bit today, shoveled the drive and took Hazel out a bit. L home and took Hazel on a walk and gave J a hair cut. I finished my day and Hazel and I went out to install a camera on the playset, she went down the slide by herself a couple times. Camera works AMAZING, see the pic that was taken at midnight!. In for dinner. J went to a friends, G ate with us and then back upstairs. i played with Hazel a bit and then L&I watched some TV. J home and G down at 10pm to start cooking and eating again.
20210217 + Brighter?
20210217 + Up in the am and LJ&G at school. Hazel and I did our morning routine and I took a call and then headed in to the office. I had a busy day of planning and designing. L home and took Hazel on a walk and then Hazel and I walked back to the school to get the free food. Home and finished off the day, J&G home from school and J headed to Wendy's for the night. L fed G&I and then we watched some TV and played rough with Hazel. I installed a new camera in the garage that is supposed to have better night vision as test. J home from work and we wrapped the night up early.
20210216 - No Like Boots
20210216 - Up in the am and everyone home, L made some blueberry muffins and J&G got online for school, no such thing as snow days anymore with all this technology... Hazel and I are out of sorts with all these people around all the time, and I got my morning wrapped up and in to the office for a call. Spent the day very busy and got a bunch moved forward. L took Hazel on a walk and dressed her in her ridiculous sweater and boots, she hates the boot... Out of the office and L had made some chili and cornbread. We ate and then J came down, confirmed his homework is done and went over to a friends for a bit. G down and ate and then vanished. L&I hung out watching TV, Gma&paW called and we chatted and D&DGF13 stopped by to pick up some warm weather clothes so he could work outdoors all day tomorrow. Up late doing nothing.
20210215 - Lookouts
20210215 - Up in the am and amazingly there is no school today... J headed to work and I had some bfast with L and Hazel and got a couple things done before heading in to the office. In to the office for the day and got a bunch of things moved forward and ready for next steps. Done for the day and came out to play with Hazel a bit while L got some dinner together. J home from work, he ran and got Conor and they went to Panera just as it started to sleet. They were only there a bit before they realized they need to get off the roads and came back to our house to study. I listed some things on ebay and played with Hazel and let her out and in about a hundred times, she loves the snow and coming back inside covered in ice pellets and shaking them off everywhere. J ran Conor home and L & Hazel watched them clean off his car. J made it home safe and L&I watched some TV to end the night.
20210214 - Cocktails & Chocolate
20210214 - Up in the am and L tried on her new Valentines Day dress I got her :-) L headed out to get some groceries, J headed to work and G started his last day of quarantine by heading back to the school to shoot the basketball. I got a couple things done on the PC and then caught up on the blog and started listing things on ebay. L home and I helped her get the groceries in and then bundled up and Hazel and I headed out to Goodwill to drop some stuff off and then on to the dog park. There were way too many dogs there today and Hazel and I kept our distance from the large barking biting packs and she played with a couple other smaller dogs that stayed out of the mayhem. We were there about an hour and then headed home with a quick stop to get a frosty from J. Home and L got Hazel cleaned up and I got ready for a night out. Bill and Tiff showed up and we headed to Creekside Cocktail & Chocolate Trail downtown. It was a little program where we got a passport from the visitors bureau and then walked around to 8 of the local businesses at Creekside and had some food and drinks and looked at art and just hung out and caught up. D and DGF11 met up with us towards the end. Home and we watched American Idol to round off a nice day.
20210213 - Soldering
20210213 + Up in the am, had some bfast and in to the office to plan the weekend and next week. I heard L yell from the kitchen 'THERE'S WATER UNDER THE SINK!'... I did an investigation and could feel a crack in the bottom of one of our old copper pipes. I took some measurements and pics and came up with a plan. I got the boys up and L hazel and I headed out. We dropped off some shipments, stopped at the gas station to turn in our winning lotto scratch off for another one, second one was a loser :-( On to Reynoldsburg to pick up some auction wins, then Lowe's to get copper pipe and they had nothing larger than 3/4" We then headed to the dog park. Hazel stayed close for about the first 30min and then got a little braver and ran with another smaller dog. After an hr at the dog park we drove through Wendy's to get Hazel her frosty and then a stop at Gahanna Hardware to get some 1 1/2" copper pipe. Home and dug in to the drain repair and after about 2 hours I got the old cracked pipe unsoldered and an new pipe soldered in. We tested it and we are good! I got the tools cleaned up and we ordered Chipotle to support the GLHS Bowling team. Hazel and I ran to get dinner and L finished cleaning up the kitchen and put things back under the sink. Home and we ate and L&I watched Red Sparrow. J home from work and we all settled in for the night.
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