We're running about a week behind in the blogisphere, and today's post will be of the nutshell variety.
Friday of Easter weekend the three of us (Brian, Janet, Brisco) made the trek to WI amid snow and crazy car wrecks in IN. Not record time, but we made it in one piece, parking lot in Chicago and blizzard in WI slowed us a bit.
Saturday we were able to see some family and friends at Rick's house - thanks for coming all those who did, and sorry you couldn't make it those who didn't.
Easter Sunday was brunch with Brian's family and Mary & Bill - who may as well be included in "family" :-)
Drive home was uneventful, save for Janet with a reprise of the flu Saturday night through early in the week.
So, all in all, somewhat of a hectic weekend, but great to see family and friends.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Weekend Last
A little behind in the posts, but that gives more to write in the week ahead...
Weekend of 15-16 Mar. we had a visit from Jeff & Mary. The weekend was filled with geocaching, games, and general good visiting and catching up. You can read in great detail about the weekend on their blog, here.
We were fortunate enough to see them last weekend again for a brief visit, which we will blog more about later this week...
Weekend of 15-16 Mar. we had a visit from Jeff & Mary. The weekend was filled with geocaching, games, and general good visiting and catching up. You can read in great detail about the weekend on their blog, here.
We were fortunate enough to see them last weekend again for a brief visit, which we will blog more about later this week...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Sick in Ohio...
A blog will be forthcoming about our weekend visit with Jeff & Mary, and the Scotch tasting experience at my professor's house, however, I'm swamped with work, and Janet is home sick on day 2 of the flu, so be patient!
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Monday, March 10, 2008
blog, blog, blog.
Lots to report back on, but first we had visitors this weekend!!! Tick and Janel came down from winter-y Wisconsin and seemingly brought all that Wisconsin snow with them. Ohio broke a 100-year record in the southern part of the state with 20 inches of snow.
While Tick and Janel were here, we played lots and lots of games. Tick brought Rock Band, which we played quietly as we live in an apartment. And, we played The Great Zamboni, and Ticket to Ride, and Settlers (Jeff & Mary -don't forget to bring Settlers when you come!!!). We did venture out for some food - apparently we weren't supposed to be on the road, but it wasn't sooo bad for Wisconsinites.
We also watched the best documentary ever!! It was called King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. It followed the struggles of an arcade gamer to beat the record score, but you wouldn't believe the drama that was involved! It's better than anything that could be made up!!
In other news, my blood drive participation was a debacle, but I was finally able to give blood after an hour of weirdness. My biggest frustration was listening to staff members say they couldn't give blood because they don't feel good when they do. To that I would just like to say: Boo on you. The blood drive was on campus, and if you don't feel well when you give blood, you can plan for it to take a little longer and to take it easy that day. This is the nicest school ever, they wouldn't mind. For a day of discomfort, you could save a life. See? Now it doesn't sound so bad, does it?
And, the Quiz Bowl was a success!! I read for the JV teams and the kids were really fun. I had to tell one team to settle down, but at the end, several of the team members said I was the best reader and they thanked me for putting up with them. Isn't that sweet??!? And, today the Quiz Bowl organizer said he heard good things about my reading from several people. When Alex Trebek retires, maybe I'll have a new career....
Jeff and Mary are coming next weekend, so more to blog soon!
While Tick and Janel were here, we played lots and lots of games. Tick brought Rock Band, which we played quietly as we live in an apartment. And, we played The Great Zamboni, and Ticket to Ride, and Settlers (Jeff & Mary -don't forget to bring Settlers when you come!!!). We did venture out for some food - apparently we weren't supposed to be on the road, but it wasn't sooo bad for Wisconsinites.
We also watched the best documentary ever!! It was called King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. It followed the struggles of an arcade gamer to beat the record score, but you wouldn't believe the drama that was involved! It's better than anything that could be made up!!
In other news, my blood drive participation was a debacle, but I was finally able to give blood after an hour of weirdness. My biggest frustration was listening to staff members say they couldn't give blood because they don't feel good when they do. To that I would just like to say: Boo on you. The blood drive was on campus, and if you don't feel well when you give blood, you can plan for it to take a little longer and to take it easy that day. This is the nicest school ever, they wouldn't mind. For a day of discomfort, you could save a life. See? Now it doesn't sound so bad, does it?
And, the Quiz Bowl was a success!! I read for the JV teams and the kids were really fun. I had to tell one team to settle down, but at the end, several of the team members said I was the best reader and they thanked me for putting up with them. Isn't that sweet??!? And, today the Quiz Bowl organizer said he heard good things about my reading from several people. When Alex Trebek retires, maybe I'll have a new career....
Jeff and Mary are coming next weekend, so more to blog soon!
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Public service blog!
Guess what we're doing today!?!? Voting!!! Ohio has early voting, so we're going today. But we encourage you to vote obama on Tuesday if in the appropriate state, in case you don't know...Ohio, Texas, Vermont, Rhode Island! I was trying to be subliminal there, but in case you didn't get it - vote obama! :)
We're also going to go to the library and I'm going to try out some audio books. Later tonight, we're going to a movie night and bringing a very tasty buffalo chicken dip...although Brian lost a bowling bet which is why we're bringing it....
and throughout the entire weekend, I will be practicing quiz bowl questions. OSU in Lima has a quiz bowl for the high schools in the area and I'm one of the readers, so I need to familiarize myself with the questions. As a reader, I also get final judgment on the correctness of answers, so I'm pretty excited to be the boss of someone, even if they are a bunch of kids!
And, last but not least, I'm giving blood next week, so if you haven't given blood in a while, you should go donate too!
Thank you for reading this public service blog! Be sure to vote, visit your local library, feed your friends, volunteer for your local high school, and give blood!
We're also going to go to the library and I'm going to try out some audio books. Later tonight, we're going to a movie night and bringing a very tasty buffalo chicken dip...although Brian lost a bowling bet which is why we're bringing it....
and throughout the entire weekend, I will be practicing quiz bowl questions. OSU in Lima has a quiz bowl for the high schools in the area and I'm one of the readers, so I need to familiarize myself with the questions. As a reader, I also get final judgment on the correctness of answers, so I'm pretty excited to be the boss of someone, even if they are a bunch of kids!
And, last but not least, I'm giving blood next week, so if you haven't given blood in a while, you should go donate too!
Thank you for reading this public service blog! Be sure to vote, visit your local library, feed your friends, volunteer for your local high school, and give blood!
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