A purposefully belated Happy Birthday to Drew! #TBT

| December 16, 2021

The years go by quickly and I’m not sure how to keep up with the time anymore, except maybe by watching our granddaughters grow up … or noticing gray hair and elbow wrinkles. UGH! The 8 years and 8 months our son-in-law Drew has been married to Katelyn and part of our family have been […]

A couple days of photos leftover from the weekend: Part 2

| December 9, 2021

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Music Monday: An Ohio State Football win and the Sloopy Girl

| November 22, 2021

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Spent a couple days in Perrysburg with our granddaughters

| November 11, 2021

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Archive: Our Halloween Trick or Treating Goblins for 2021

| November 2, 2021

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Our October 2021 vacation with KDAE to Delray Beach, Florida

| October 30, 2021

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Archive: Weekend chores, family photos and a drip distraction

| October 10, 2021

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Archive: Weekend catch-up with a few family photos

| September 23, 2021

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A birthday celebration and fun family weekend in Cincinnati

| August 17, 2021

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A favorite photo of Drew flying his Quadrotor 5 years ago #TBT

| July 29, 2021

While reviewing and purging a few backups to stay under one of my cloud storage service’s data caps, a favorite photo popped up that was backed up on OneDrive. It was a pre-children time for Drew and Katelyn visiting his parent’s place on Lake Michigan when there was free-time for self, hobbies, tech gadgets and […]

A week of summer with Annalyn and Ellerie at our house

| July 11, 2021

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Archive: Leftover personal family 4th of July weekend photos

| July 10, 2021

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Birdhouses and raccoons and a great Drew and Katelyn photo

| June 20, 2021

Received nice photo from Katelyn and Drew last week and since I included one of Taylor and Megan last week, this is one that needed to be archived on my blog. Most most personal photos nowadays are of our granddaughters as Brenda and I have long ago moved past the stage of photos our ourselves […]

Annalyn’s imagination and critter ‘picture week’ at our house

| June 11, 2021

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Back to Perrysburg for Annalyn’s dance recital and babysitting

| May 28, 2021

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A Toledo Mud Hens game and Katelyn’s surprise birthday party

| May 26, 2021

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Archive: Family photos from Katelyn’s birthday weekend

| May 18, 2021

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Happy 35th Birthday to our daughter Katelyn today – 5/14/2021

| May 14, 2021

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Archive: Granddaughter catch-up photos from this past week

| April 3, 2021

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Handy IFitIt tools for gadgets and Spring 2021 family photos

| March 13, 2021

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Celebrating Ellerie (1) and Annalyn’s (4) Birthdays in Toledo

| March 2, 2021

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Question: Can I get the COVID-19 vaccine in Ohio yet?

| January 20, 2021

While talking with a customer on the phone today and talking about when I’ll be traveling to NE Ohio again, they asked me when they could get the Covid-19 vaccine? See Covid-19 Vaccination Program – LINK. So I figured it would be appropriate to include a screenshot from an Ohio-based health care provider in our […]

Our family Christmas 2020 and a few too many wrap-up photos

| December 29, 2020

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Merry Christmas 2020 and wishing you a “Hopeful” New Year

| December 15, 2020

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Happy Birthday “daddy” Drew … and very good one he is!

| December 13, 2020

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Our family is getting into the 2020 Christmas decorating spirit

| December 1, 2020

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Archive: 1958 Packard Hawk electrical issues, schematics and an Indian Summer bike ride for Annalyn and Ellerie

| November 12, 2020

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Family Filler: A couple of great leftover weekend photos

| November 4, 2020

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Waiting for a Halloween updates from my granddaughters

| November 1, 2020

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Ellerie was dedicated at Waterville Community Church

| October 27, 2020

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Archive: A couple family photos from this past week

| October 17, 2020

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A couple granddaughter photos from Brenda’s babysitting

| September 22, 2020

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Archive: Stay around home 2020 mini-vacation family photos

| August 11, 2020

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Someone’s Tesla is plugged into my 220VAC welding circuit?

| August 9, 2020

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Archive: Ellerie our 2nd granddaughter is 5 months old!

| July 26, 2020

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Wouldn’t it be nice to cool off in the pool on hot summer days?

| July 10, 2020

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Winding down June 2020 with a couple granddaughter photos

| June 30, 2020

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Forgot to archive my 2020 Father’s Day conversation #TBT

| June 25, 2020

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Happy Father’s Day 2020 to a great dad and son-in-law, Drew

| June 21, 2020

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We had a great time with the family last weekend

| June 9, 2020

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Archive: The birth announcement for Ellerie Frances Oostra

| May 17, 2020

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Happy Birthday to a great mom and best daughter in the world

| May 14, 2020

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A second post today to say Thank You

| May 8, 2020

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Who wants ice cream? The inside scoop on the Zeroll scooper.

| May 3, 2020

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Photos to keep us up-to-date with our growing granddaughters

| April 19, 2020

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Annalyn and Ellerie photos are keeping a smile on my face

| April 8, 2020

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April 1 is no joke this year, yet I am counting our many blessings

| April 1, 2020

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Just home projects while ignoring work and financial markets

| March 17, 2020

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Granddaughter Annalyn celebrated birthday number 3 yesterday

| March 5, 2020

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A great time visiting our NEW and almost 3-year old granddaughter

| March 1, 2020

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As My Desultory Blog grows, it is becoming increasingly difficult to search and find archived information #TBT

| February 27, 2020

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Our second granddaughter was born on February 20 2020

| February 22, 2020

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While waiting for our 2nd granddaughter, here’s #1 for #TBT

| February 20, 2020

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We’re anxiously waiting for BO#2 (Baby Oostra Number 2)

| February 19, 2020

Although I have not sought Katelyn’s approval to include her rounded “personal coffee table” or her pregnancy photo (cough, cough – one in the same) to MyDesultoryBlog, but I’m boldly going out on a limb by posting it. The longer I post daily, the more I find myself wanting to archive family milestones … as […]

Winter weather, driving and fun babysitting Annalyn

| February 8, 2020

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Archive: We had a great family Christmas 2019 on New Years Day

| January 4, 2020

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Merry Christmas 2019 – Wishing you success and courage

| December 17, 2019

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Wishing my son-in-law Drew a Happy Birthday #TBT

| December 12, 2019

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Archive: A couple great Ohio State Buckeye filler photos

| November 30, 2019

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Baby Reveal: GrandDAUGHTER #2 is three months away! [video]

| November 10, 2019

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  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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