20161123 - Setting Out Pheasants

20161123 - Up in the am and did not go into work. Got a bunch of things done around the house and we got on the road about 1pm, got gas and a couple of pizzas from Little Ceaser's to eat on the road. We dropped off a wreath on the way out of town and headed to the Farm. The traffic wasn't as bad as past years and we made good time. John Benepe and his son Logan were there and were installing a door for GpaW, D&I lent a hand, but the door was the wrong size... We headed down to the barn to look at the roof and it is a BIG job, trying to keep it from collapsing... In to the Farmhouse and we helped get things set up and soon Roger and Spencer showed up with the pheasants. DJG&I with Roger, Spencer, John C and Mary headed into the fields with the boxes of pheasants to set them out. We put out 20 birds and it is always an adventure. Everything set up and ready we headed to Chinatown for a nice dinner, then home and watched Eagle Eye. All to bed in good time.

20161122 + Gahanna Baseball 15% Discount Cards

20161122 + Up slow in the am and in to work. Got some things done. Worked on the website for the baseball discount cards a bit more sharpening it up from last nights updates. Had calls and meetings peppered throughout the day. Pretty quiet.  Drove through horrible traffic on the way home.  home and hung out, not a lot going on tonight.  Up late getting things ready for tomorrow.

20161121 - My Squaw

20161121 - Up in the am, L dressed for her Thanksgiving feast at school, I headed into work.  Delivered wreaths and walked the shop floor reallocating space.  Had meetings and the usual all day long.  Prepping for another class I have to get done quickly...  Home and had a nice dinner with the fam, everyone talked about their day.  D headed off to Scouts, J&G did the dishes with L and I headed to an Athletic Boosters meeting.  Home and wokred on the PC for a min then got Doc and headed to Bible Bangers.  It was a light crowd so we didn't stay terrible late.  Home, watching 'Once Upon a Time' and working on the baseball team discount card website until WAY TO LATE...

20161120 + Wreath Packers

20161120 + Up late and in to the office to get things done. Took a break to go to Dave's warehouse with J&G and see his new candy station and get stuff for D to sell. Met D & DGF7 to pick up Scout wreaths. Home and got all the wreaths divided up for delivery. Had some dinner, got more done in the office, D&I made a couple of deliveries. Home and had a meeting with Vinnie on an idea he had. Couple of guys swung by to watch The Walking Dead. Not up late tonight.

20161119 - Troop98 Thanksgiving Dinner

20161119 - Up in the am to a quite house with the 2 big boys gone.  I had to get some things done at the desk and eventually G&I headed out on some errands.  First stop was Waffle House for a huge meal.  Then we hit the gas station to get a lotto ticket for the next month.  On to Goodwill looking for book I donated and now need...  Kroger to get bags for the awards tonight.  Home and took stack of stuff to basement to work on while we watched the Buckeye game.  Got flyers and awards ready for tonight.  Set up Paypal for the troop to collect wreath $ this year.

We then got bundled up and headed to the Boy Scout Thanksgiving Dinner and Annual COurt of Honor.  We had a good meal and weren't to cold.  It was a nice Court of Honor and some good speeches were given.  We got some extra supplies to D&J and headed home in good time.

We settled into the basement to watch some more college football and I worked on stack of stuff until 2am. G watching (sleeping) college football with me.

20161118 + Single Santa Scan

20161118 + Up in the am and in to work. Had a productive morning knocking things off the todo list.  Headed out a bit early to pick up awards for the upcoming Scout Court of Honor.  Home a bit early despite the hour drive...  Relaxed on the back porch with L while D&J got their camping things packed up and headed out for a long cold weekend of camping.  LG&I headed out and got stuck in horrible traffic so took some back roads to get to Polaris and find a place to eat.  Ate in the food court and then walked around the mall a bit.  Then we headed over to Toys R Us for our yearly Santa Scan with only 1 boy :-(  We alked and looked at things until we could barely stand.  Home and to bed.

20161117 - Cake Auction

20161117 - UP in the am and in to work. Had a staff meeting and then ran to the BMV to FINALLY get the title for Dylan's car switched around and the license plates corrected. Now I just need to finish up with the Ohio Department of Taxation on this mess... Ran past the sport shop on the way back to the office and traded my ski boots for some gifts for the boys. Back to the office and pounding things out. With the long day over I headed home through horrible traffic: 1 hr to get home... L&J to get groceries with his Patrol then on to a meeting about a school trip out West.  Got D to go to grocery with his Scout Patrol and then he headed to DGF7's. I got home, ate fast and then G&I headed to the Pack 98 Fellers Cake Auction, bought a bunch of cakes and had a good time. Home, everyone there, had some cake. Up late getting things finalized for the Troop Thanksgiving dinner this weekend.

20161116 + Dinner with D&J

20161116 + Up in the am and in to work. LONG day at work getting things moving. Home and L&G were at his baseball conditioning. DJ&I headed to Arby's for some dinner. Nice but not the same as a one on one dinner; D staring at his phone and J worried about being cool enough for D... But still nice. After dinner we stopped by Kroger to get supplies for G's cake. Home and helped D ship stuff, J played the xbox. L&G home and G&I baked a cake. All boys to bed. I stayed up late working on the flyer for the upcoming Scout event.

20161115 - Friendsgiving Dinner

20161115 - Up in the am and in to work for an incredibly busy and stressful day... D and DGF7 came to my work today to give his pitch for his Eagle Project and get some supplies from us for his donation list. I headed home and stopped at the glasses place to finally one month later get my new glasses... Home and helped J on the xbox for a min, changed and L&I headed out for a "Friendsgiving Dinner' at Cooper Hawk with some of the folks from work. Dave sponsored the event and it was a very nice fun evening. Home and to bed.

20161114 - QE Grant

20161114 - Up in the am and in to work. Getting things organized and ready for a busy week. Finished my day, headed out a bit early for a meeting. Home and had dinner with the bickering boys and L. D&J were getting ready for Scouts and G counted out his change to see if his gift card plus his change was enough for us to get ice cream :-) D&J headed to Scouts and G&I headed out to return the cable box we used for the party. We got the box returned and then headed to Cold Stone Creamery for an ice cream treat. G's card didn't have as much as he thought it did and I had to provide a financial bailout ;-) We walked around Creekside for a min trying to get some floppy fish Pokemon but didn't find any. On to Scouts where we ate our ice cream in front of everyone. Home for a min, I got Doc and headed out for a really good discussion at Bible Bangers.

20161113 + Swing Time

20161113 + Up slow in the am and everyone pitched in to clean up.  It went much quicker than in past years.  We got the yards cleaned up, then the garage and house.  Everyone helped and got our chores done.  L ran to the craft store.  D did some ebay, Scout stuff and then headed out to DGF7s for the rest of the day.  J&G playing Titanfall2,  I worked in the office a bit and then headed to the basement to play Titanfall2 with J&G.  In the evening we headed upstairs to get some dinner and watch a funny movie.  Soon some friends showed up to watch The Walking Dead.  D home, we shipped stuff, all to bed in good time from a long fun weekend.

20161112 - 11th Annual OSU Football Party

20161112 - Up in the am and G&I headed out to get the final supplies.  Home and everyone helped get ready for the party.  We had some folks come early because the game times were not clear due to last minute scheduling.  That was fine, we put them to work.  Soon more and more folks started coming in.  We had a ton of folks stop by and eat and stay and chat to watch OSU destroy Maryland.  No pinata this year, kids are too big...  A lot more hands off managing the kids though so I guess the change is good.  Had a lot of good conversations with people we don't often get a chance to sit and chat with and are always amazed at the folks we know and how they are interconnected; putting those connections together is always fun.  The sun went down a bit to early and it got really cold really fast.  That didn't slow down the kids though, they were playing outside.  We had a big fire and folks were in and out watching various games throughout the night.  A good time!

After the party died down we cleaned up a bit and headed in for a good nights sleep in our warm beds.