The life and times of a happily married couple in Ohio.
Life in a Northern Town
The only thing worse than orange construction barrels on the highway are orange construction barrels blocking a perfectly usable lane. Everything was good for a few days; then the barrels mysteriously re-appeared; even though no one was doing any work. Finally, I saw a two-man crew painting the concrete divider. Apparently, they need to keep [...]
We were going to post this on Sunday; but it suits today, tomorrow and the day after that just as well as yesterday. One of the good things about the recent heat wave is that its GREAT weather to get in the pool. We don’t need to do anything except put on our swimsuits and [...]
Special thanks to Jim for emailing us and letting us know that our blog was loading very slowly. Everything appears to be OK after we rebooted a router. Please let us know if page loads are still slower than normal. Instead of the customary photo of California Girl that accompanies these “technical difficulties” posts, here [...]
Amazingly the US Women live to play another day in the Women’s World Cup after defeating Brazil on penalty kicks. The officiating was suspect; but, in the end, it didn’t matter. This has been a strange tournament. The sun is starting to set but today was a glorious day. California Girl and I got up [...]
Today is the longest day of the year. It rained, of course, so it’s doesn’t seem quite like summer; but I still can’t wait until our upcoming Independence Day vacation. The kid’s birthdays are coming up soon. I’ve got the “big” present picked out for The Girl; but I am still deciding what to get [...]
There have been slightly fewer posts than usual around here. Not because we are running out of things to say; but because the weather has been warm and dry so we’ve been outside enjoying the weather. For most of the spring, sunny skies were an infrequent occurrence; so we’ve been trying to have fun in [...]
California Girl and I are winding down after a great Memorial Day Weekend. It rained on Saturday; but Sunday and Monday were warm and sunny. We had planned on going to the movies, but decided to get outside and enjoy the weather instead since there have been so few good days this spring. We got [...]
It’s not Memorial Day weekend yet; but, with both kids being home from college, California Girl and I have begun our “summer schedule”. So, for the next three months or so, we’ll primarily be publishing our Two For Tuesday post on Wednesday evening. Tuesday is a busy day for us. We don’t mind the late [...]
In addition to losing my badge and having to pay the $10 replacement fee stupid tax we discovered that our mail queue was “stuck” and contained over 50 undelivered messages. We apologize, if you recently sent us an email and we have not got back to you yet. We would have realized it sooner; but, [...]
A good day is when you come home from work and your daughter is home for college and lying out by the pool as if she had never been gone. A not so good day is when you’re sparring and you don’t notice that you forgot to put in your mouth guard until your opponent [...]
