20161031 - Happy Halloween!

20161031 - Barely up in the am and in to work.  Cleaned up the office a bit and was on calls and meeting all day long with very little time to get out on the floor.  I did dress up and make it to the floor for a quick trip and photos.  Done with the day a bit early to head home and pass out candy and hopefully not germs...  Home and J&G all suited up and ready to head out, they looked great.  D stopped by the house with DGF7 to get his costume, squints and the lifeguard from 'The Sandlot' movie.  Everyone headed out and the beggars started coming, I almost ran out of candy we had so many.  I think it is now having sidewalks the folks venture down to our end of the road.  After a couple of hours J&G returned home with their loot and took inventory while I snuck a piece away here and there.

20161030 - Big Head

20161030 - Well after finally falling asleep last night I awoke in the morning briefly to medicate myself and then woke up sometime mid day on Sunday.  I got a couple of things done in the office, texted the Walking Dead guys and cancelled the viewing at my house, and then crashed on the couch to watch the World Series.  L&J worked on J's Brutus head all night.  I caught the late version of The Walking Dead as of course now I can not sleep again...

20161029 + Buckeyes & Mermaids

20161029 + Woke up with a HORRIBLE soar throat... L&J out to J'sfirst indoor soccer event, registration, clinic and game with Gilgers. Gma&paW showed up, unloaded some stuff and headed to J's soccer event. D fixing the riding mower and mowing, G&I headed out for Pokemon hunting and errands: USPS to drop off D's sales, CVS to get me meds, GameStop to pick up Titanfall 2, Jarrod's Jewelry to see about getting D's necklace fixed, McDonald's to pick up lunch and Academy Park to verify D's supply list. Once we were done we headed home, ran into Gma&paW taking LD&J out. G&I ate and got our things together and headed to the OSU vs Northwestern football game. We got to the Crew stadium, caught the bus and rode to the Shoe. We made our way around the stadium and found our seats. G had an a guy sitting next to him and they had a good time together. It was his 50th bday and his first time at an OSU Football game. G talked him through all the things that were going to happen :-)

 The Buckeyes didn't play very well, but they won. I can only image what the people around us thought as I was popping pills and eating soar throat lozenges constantly... We stayed for the whole game and had a great time. After the game we made our way back to the bus stop, got picked up and headed home. Home and changed and L&I headed to a Halloween party. We watched the Indians win their 3rd game of the World Series. It was a good time with a good group of folks. Home and passed out from exhaustion.

20161028 - Thin Green Lines

20161028 - Up in the am and scrounging around for a Halloween costume to wear at work today...  Hit the road late in L's car as I am getting a 55" HV Line (that means it is damaged and has some defects in the screen) TV from work for $0 :-)  To work and Dena let me know that we are dressing up on Monday, NOT today :-s  During the day we loaded up the TV, lots of meetings and getting things done.  I had a phone interview on the way home that went well.  Home and Bill came over to help hang the TV on the back porch.  TV looks great, can you see the lines?  Picked up some pizzas and one of J's friends on the way to the McClain's to watch the Indians win their 2nd game in the World Series.  Throat is starting to really hurt...

20161027 - Shredded

20161027 - Up in the am and in to work. When I arrived I was greeted by a decorated office... That's what I get for taking my bday off...

Working through the clutter and a life long buddy, Mike Woods, stopped by for a tour of the site and lunch. It was great to see Mike and get caught up with each other. Back to work for meetings and cleanup the rest of the day. Home and had some dinner with the fam, D grumpy, ate and went to DGF7, J went to the high school football game, it was on TV, "Thursday Night Lights", L cut stuff out for school and G&I played a hilarious game of Jenga where I was hiding pieces and sneaking them in when the tower got tipsy. All home and we had some carrot cake L made me tonight for my bday.

20161026 ‡ Happy Bday to Me!

20161026 ‡ Everyone up and out. I got up late, got cleaned up and then spent some time cleaning out my home office and getting things organized so D can list things easier. I then started relisting some of his stuff so he can make money. L got home and we went downtown for lunch at the Old Bag of Nails. It was a good lunch with a beautiful girl. Home to pick up G and LG&I headed to Costco so I could buy myself some t shirts for by Bday. Home and L&I rested for a minute while the boys went back to the school. Boys back, L&G to G's practice, DJ&I went to the Hickory House, a steakhouse, for dinner. We had some good conversation but then it took forever to get our food so we were a bit annoyed... On the way home we stopped to pick up DGF7 and she came home with us to watch game 2 of the World Series, not good for the Indians tonight... Gma&paW called to wish me a happy bday and check in for the upcoming weekend's activities. To bed and up late relisting things for D. A very nice day with the people I love.

20161025 - World Series

20161025 - UP and in to work trying to tie up a million loose ends so I could take tomorrow off. Seems more stressful to try and get some time off... Got done late and headed home. L out running errands, I ate leftovers, D listing things, J on the xbox (didn't end well for him), G reading in the living room. L home and we headed downstairs to watch the opening game of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs. Neither team has been to the Series for over 50 years and it was amazing. GmaW & I had been trying to get tickets for her, Uncle Russ, D&G to go but since neither team has been to the Series in such a long time and they cities are so close together the ticket prices were OUTRAGEOUS!!! The Indians won game 1 in a shutout! To bed LATE.

20161024 - Forgot to take a pic

20161024 - Up in the am and in to work.  Have a pile of stuff to get through today.  Got a bunch done and headed home in good time.  Home and ate with the fam.  Then DJG&I headed to Scouts, it was a Webelos night, so G could go and he had a blast.  i got a bunch of PC stuff done during the meeting.  Home and got Doc and went to Bible Bangers.  Good discussion and great fellowship tonight.  Home and not up too late. 

20161023 + Grant the Chef

20161023 + Up in the am and all to church. After church G&I hit the grocery and got stuff to make lunch and for me to take to work. Home and G&I cooked up a big lunch. G loves doing it and did most of it himself, very proud. It was a good meal! L&J cleaned up, D was listing things then helped G fix his glove. J&I tested the new Boy Scout app. In the afternoon DG&I ran to get a signature on D's Eagle Project and then to a ballfield in Pickerington to get measurements for a bat rack. We ran into G's coach at the field. On to Magic Mountain where G tried out his new bat and the boys hit a bunch of balls. Home and D to youth group, I got things relisted on ebay for D. The guys came over to watch a very disturbing episode of The Walking Dead.

20161022 + Cold Soccer Morning

20161022 + L picked J up early and headed to his first soccer game of the day. I got up and picked G up from his party and then swung by the soccer field to pick up Jeff, we swung by the house and picked up D and went to the old car wash down the road to see if there was anything D could sell on ebay. Dropped D&G off at the house and went to watch J's last game in the freezing cold wind. J's team lost both games and are out of the tournament... Home and Patrick, one of J's friends stopped by the house, he was locked out of his, L fed us all, D was listing and then left to watch DGF7 play softball. Hung out getting things done around the house. Got the clothes washer drain snaked out. L got J delivered to another bday party, G trying to take a nap on the couch. I got some more things done at the desk then cleaned up. Picked up J and then ran through Burger King for dinner. We watched the Buckeyes game and it was miserable...

20161021 - Date Night

20161021 - Slow start this am, not sure what timezone I am in...  Up and in to work sifting through the mountain of email received while on the road.  Had a very productive day.  Headed out a few min early.  Home and D out with friends, L&I dropped J&G off at overnight bday parties.  L&I went to eat at a new place, 101 Beer Kitchen, it was good, L liked her beat chips.  We walked down to the Theater and watched 'Girl on a Train'.  Home and D home, we went down to the basement and watched Dirty Harry.

20161020 + Perspective

20161020 + Up at 4am PST to catch the first plane of the day.  Was awake for most of the 4 hour flight from Seattle to Chicago.  I think everyone should take at least one flight every couple of years to get things in perspective.  As you look down from the plan at 30,000 feet in the air everything looks so small, but each piece of land is someones that is the center of their world.  You can see the flat lands that were made by rivers over long periods of time that still wind through them.  So why do we get so focused on our little pieces?  Even more amazing is the even with all this huge world God knows what our individual needs are.  Amazing when you step back and see how much there is...

Made it to Chicago, got something to eat and then jumped on the short flight back to Columbus.  L was there to pick me up :-)  Home and we had dinner, D ran of to DGF7 and LJG&I played Scrabble the remainder fo the evening.  D back and we worked on his Eagle Project.