20160101 + 22 yrs I've put up with her ;-)

20160101 + Up on the am and L&I to J's cc meet in Pickerington: J ran a 14:47. On the way home we stopped at an auction house in Reynoldsburg. Home and D&I ran his car up to get his tire fixed. Stopped and picked up DGF7 on the way home. The McClains came over to watch the OSU football game on the back porch with us and stayed into the evening. We had a dire going and roasted hotdogs and s'mores for dinner. After everyone left L&I sat next to the fire chatting about what we were doing at that time 22 years ago. Amazing how fast it has all happened. Still love her immensely.

20160930 + Wet Zoo Trip

20160930 + Up and to zoo.  Today I took the day off to go to the zoo with J.  In our group we had J, Josh, Ibrahim and Adam.  They were good and we walked and walked while it was sprinkling.  I got in a bunch of Pokemon steps and the boy goofed off and took loads of pics.  We made it tot he shelter for lunch right before it started lightening and thundering.  With all of the students in the shelter it was incredibly loud and chaotic, so I rounded my boys up and we headed out with umbrella hats.  We saw the rest of zoo, got a bit wet, but made it back to the bus in time.  Home and L here, couple things done at desk. G&I ran to Dave's warehouse to get some stuff and pick up some.videos. Everyone home and L&D picked up DGF7 and went shopping for D's homecoming outfit. JG&I met them at Belacino's for a dinner. All home and watched 'Central Intelligence' a super funny movie.

20160929 - Dark Game

20160929 - Up in the am and in to work. Meetings right out of the gate. Tried to get title mix-up fixed with Dave and his wife Becky, turned into a bigger mess trying to reduce the miles on the wrong title... Hit an auction house on the way home, left my chair there... to J's soccer game, very dark. G&I dropped some stuff off at Dave's whs, then home to settle in for the night.

20160928 - Short Bearded Lady

20160928 - Up late in the am and in to work for a very frustrating start.  Crazy day at work.  Got a text from a friend that saw D s standing in the rain at school...  It rained all day.  Finished the day and headed to 3 different auction houses on the way home.  L&G to G's baseball conditioning.  D with DGF7, J playing the xbox at home when I got there.  J&I unloaded the car and got something to eat then I taught him how to play Othello.  We played a couple of games and L&G got home.  Everyone cleaned up, D home, and everyone off to bed after a bit of dress-up from G.

20160927 + Family Run

20160927 + Up early for a call on the way into work. This is going to be an interesting day... Busy day, built an app for one of the programs and found 1716 minutes of waste in our process per day, that is 28 hours, or 3.5 people... Headed out a bit early to J's cross country meet. J had his best time of 14:25. After the kids ran the parents were to take a lap on the course. D&I walked it and took a couple shortcuts ;-) L walked the entire thing following the rules, J ran with his buddies and G ran the whole thing, did a mile in 7:25 :-o After the meet D headed to his GF's, and the rest of us home for dinner. LG&I hung out and watched some TV, J worked on his lacrosse stick. D home and all to bed.

20160926 - Bushman

20160926 - Up in the am and in to work. took a drive around the building to make notes this morning and have the network team here on sight to check things out. Day at the desk and full of meetings. Ran past an auction house on the way home. Home and D had picked up auction items, dropped stuff off at the USPS and been to his girlfriend's before stopping home to change and go to Scouts. L picked J up from Soccer practice and he spent the rest of the night in the garage working on his lacrosse stick fabrication. G&I hung out in the backyard, digging balls out of the brush, teaching G how to play Othello and having ice cream. Off to Bible Bangers for a good meeting, no Doc tonight, he has $ on the debate. Home and listening to the review of the debate on who won, who lost. I will say the loser in this race is very clear, the American People. In the system that we have and the state our society is in the candidates presented are neither appropriate or trustworthy. There may be multiple candidates, but there is no acceptable choice.

20160925 - Busy Sunday

20160925 - Up in the am and the whole fam to church. Good to see people again, it has been a while since we have gone. Home and D rushed out to get to baseball, L&G shortly after to watch D's game. J&I hung back. I got things done on the PC and J started making a lacrosse stick. We headed out and picked up a couple auction items and stopped by the Gahanna Swim Team's car wash before heading over to D's 2nd game of the day. Home for a minute and then G&I headed to his practice. Home and sat for a minute until D back from youth group. All boys to bed. up late checking on auctions.

20160924 - A Lot of Running

20160924 - Up in the am and LG&I headed to J's cross country meet. J ran a 14:28. After the meet we all headed home for a quick break. D home and cleaned up, then we all headed to J's soccer game. J played the whole game... They won 3-1. This means J ran 2 mile at cross country and god knows how much during the soccer game. Needless to say he was pretty grumpy the rest of the day... After the soccer game, GpaW & I headed to Lancaster to pick up some auction items. It was a long drive for the few things we got, but it took us past a TSC where I got a new belt for L's mower. Nice driv and good conversations. Home and we all hung out a bit. D umping a game at Academy, Gma&paW took J&G out for dinner and L&I went to a bday party for a friend of ours for a bit. It was a surprise party and she had no clue, especially since her bday is in Nov... After the party we went home and relieved Gma&paW and took J&G with us to the McClain's for a visit. J was a mess, but it is always fun and relaxing when we are with them.

20160923 + Jogging Bums

20160923 + Up in the am and back to Jefferson Elementary with L to watch G take his first lap in the Jog for Jefferson fund raising event.  The Gahanna Lion and a couple cheerleaders lead the event, no band this year.  In to work and gathering paper clips for D's project at school to gather six million paperclips to build a memorial to the Jews murdered during WWII.  Today is the company picnic and Beach Bum Day.

Finished the day at work and headed home through horrible traffic, took an hour to get home...  Home and LJG&I headed to the high school football game. We saw a lot of people w knew and the other team ran the field on us...  D over to a friends for the night, the rest of us home.and to bed.

20160922 - Quick Sale

20160922 - Up in the am and in to work.  Had a pretty productive day.  Headed home, D reluctantly picked up some auction items, L&G to J's soccer game, they won.  I got home and D listed a huge LEGO Star Wars Tie Fighter for $111.11 and had his first bid in 35 min!  D cooked dinner for the 2 of us and he got his homework done and listed some more things.  The rest of the gang home and we hung out a bit before heading off to bed.  Up late looking at auctions.

20160921 + Fast Mowing

20160921 + Up in the am and in to work.  Glued to the desk today knocking things out like crazy.  Left a couple minutes early to pick up auction items.  Home and L&G at G's practice.  J home from xc practice, made himself dinner, did his homework then mowed the front yard.  I got Doc's big mower and mowed the back.  D got home, ate and started his homework.  L&G home, all cleaned up and to bed.  I was up late with D helping him with his homework.

20160920 - Sick Boy & Proposal

20160920 - Up in the am and everyone gone but G&I. We hung out and watched TV in bed until I got up and ready and did some emails and took a couple calls. G&I then looked through some old pics of him on the PC. I then made him some lunch, medicated him up and put him down for a nap. I got some more work done and then D got home. D&G headed outside and discovered that the neighbors had captured Lilly's friend the skunk! D headed out with his homemade softball rose bouquet for a homecoming proposal. L home for a min before heading out to J's xc meet. 

I under-cooked dinner before Lori got home, so she recooked it...  LJG&I ate.  D reported in, DGF7 accepted the proposal to go to homecoming :-)  D home and listed some things, G&I returned a movie and got candy at the gas station.  Home, little boys to bed, D purchasing parking permit, up late checking on auctions.