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 […]

Saving family photos from our Corbett-Oostra Christmas 2022


December 29, 2022

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Leftover Labor Day weekend photos from the Oostras


September 6, 2022

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A quick babysitting trip to Perrysburg and a check on Katelyn and Drew’s property and house building progress


August 27, 2022

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A last minute trip to Perrysburg babysitting our granddaughters and to check on new home planning and lot clearing progress


July 27, 2022

Eventually I’ll get to part 3 of our family Canadian Rockies 40th Anniversary trip (post-trip nightmare, part 1 and part 2), but for now I’ll archive a few photos from this past week’s babysitting trip to Perrysburg. COVID has made its way through the Oostra family after their trip … likely the herding through the […]

Winter weather, driving and fun babysitting Annalyn


February 8, 2020

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


November 10, 2019

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Quiet no more – Katelyn and Drew are having a second baby


September 24, 2019

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Archive: Corbetts and Oostras had a wonderful family Christmas


December 27, 2017

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Grandfatherhood is sinking in, MY Lttle Girl is having a BABY!


January 18, 2017

It was a Baby Shower weekend, and what a wonderful one at that. Terrrific family and friends … and a beautiful mother to be and a “Babygirl” shower a few notches above (well my opinion). My wife Brenda and two of Katelyn‘s friends from medical school put on a classy baby shower and turned our […]

Together with Katelyn and Drew for their baby reveal [video]


November 8, 2016

The highlight of this past weekend was in getting together with the Oostra family on a sunny and beautiful Sunday afternoon where Katelyn and Drew had a “Baby Oostra” reveal party. A popular trend nowadays is for young couples to make the gender reveal “an event” … and creativity seems to be the key. A […]

Archive: Katelyn and Drew are having a baby


August 4, 2016

Brenda and I are SO excited for our daughter Katelyn and her husband Drew — they are having a baby (photo above “just a couple years ago”). They called us with the good news last week that they are expecting (considering both are doctors, I assume they are pretty sure). Katelyn has not been to see […]

Vacation Part 2: Beach time with family after Legoland


October 26, 2019

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Vacation Part 1: Finished upholstery, master bath and cleaning


October 23, 2019

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Glad to see them travel, but good to know they are home safe too


December 13, 2016

Katelyn and Drew are back home in Minnesota after a great time in Europe. Drew’s lung cancer presentation went well in Vienna and they enjoyed the extra couple of days traveling by train and transit back to Paris before flying home. We are looking forward to a few more photos but they sent enough photos […]

Frohe Weihnachten 2016 from Katelyn and Drew


December 8, 2016

Tis the season to be starting to think about a “Jolly Christmas” as Katelyn and Drew sent back a couple photos from Vienna, Austria this week …  and from the looks of it, they are enjoying themselves. I sure hope little “Baby Oostra” likes long flights? It just so happened that Dr. Drew was invited […]

Happy Thanksgiving 2016


November 24, 2016

Because my kids are out of town and Brenda is working today, I didn’t intend to post anything for Thanksgiving this year; I just figure I would just let an uneventful day pass. BUT, after mentally reflecting on this past year, I realized just how much I have to be thankful for … considering what […]

Dad posts heartbreaking photo of daughter 


November 3, 2016

This is not a feel photo or story, and I suspect like me, seeing 4 year-old Jessica Whelan suffering from cancer and in pain in front of her dad is enough to bring tears to the eyes of any parent. For those sheltered from this kind of agony, a social network shared photo like this speaks […]

Halloween evening. Waiting for Trick or Treaters


October 31, 2016

Just capturing a beautiful autumn sky as the Trick or Treat gang gets ready to make their rounds in the neighborhood this quiet Halloween night. Let’s hope I have enough candy as I’m giving out 5-bar packs tonight! (the last photo below I saw on TwitterBrenda said I couldn’t share it when "Baby […]

Woodworking Ideas: Family heirloom Nesting Table example


September 17, 2023

Oostra House getting paint early in September 2023 While babysitting at my daughter’s house last week, a conversation with Brenda shifted to an heirloom “nesting table” woodworking project idea. Katelyn inherited the small tables made by her Jamestown, NY furniture making great grandfather Holmstrom and treasures them as much as Brenda and MomH did (photo […]

Archive: A quick trip to NW Ohio to watch the girls this week


September 9, 2023

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Archive: Our family together for Labor Day while Taylor was backpacking in Glacier National Park with a friend


September 6, 2023

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Archive: A great time in Perrysburg with our granddaughters


July 8, 2023

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Busy weekend at our house so just archiving photos


June 11, 2023

We are with family and friends for Taylor’s Birthday this weekend and suspect I won’t have time to post on Saturday … so I’m clearing out and archiving a few photos in my “possible blog archive folder” that have collected from the week.  First was a photo from western New York where my nephews Justin […]

Archive: Merry Christmas 2022 and have a Happy New Year


December 14, 2022

As is my December tradition, I’m including a digital copy of what once was our Corbett Christmas Letter but is now a just a “card” on my blog. Our year as a family was full of too many great times to include, but highlighted by a special event: a 40th Anniversary and trip planned by […]

Belated Obituary: David George Schneider (1952 – 2022)


November 5, 2022

The sharing of this obituary news is a month late in coming … partially due to the sudden shock … and partially due to not having the right words to share on my blog … but a friend of our family and Megan’s father, Dave Schneider, passed away on October 5, 2022. He was one […]

Archiving: A trip to NW Ohio to see our granddaughters


October 22, 2022

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Chick-Fil-A masks and Taylor has “the keys to the Castle”


September 2, 2022

We are looking forward to seeing Taylor’s new condominium in Cincinnati for the first time this weekend. He informed us that he “has the keys to the castle” a couple days early (negotiated current tenant move out date). We can’t wait. It also came on the same day Katelyn and Drew forwarded a photo of […]

Birding outing for Katelyn with the family for her birthday


May 17, 2022

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Wishing the mom to my granddaughters a Happy Birthday :-)


May 14, 2022

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Archive: Last weekend’s birthday party for our granddaughters


March 15, 2022

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Archive: Toledo Area Parent magazine article – Mar/Apr 2022


March 5, 2022

What parent doesn’t enjoy seeing their adult children respected enough in their profession to be asked to comment? Since I’m one that does keep an online scrapbook of sorts (this blog) … I’m archiving a recent article with Katelyn in Toledo Area Parent titled “Less Mealtime Stress with Responsive Feeding.” Seems like a week to […]

Ellerie was dedicated at Waterville Community Church


October 27, 2020

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Saving a custom Mercedes Benz W123 “LaPickup” photo


August 15, 2020

Since I’ve highlighted a couple other “functional” versions of the Mercedes Benz W123, here’s another owner conversion. (see ONE, TWO … and THREE just for the humor). I do find myself constantly needing (well “wanting” really) a pickup truck, but can usually put things in my Honda Odyssey “work vehicle” or hitch up the utility […]

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


January 4, 2020

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Archiving: Our Corbett Family Thanksgiving photo for 2019


December 2, 2019

Thanksgiving dinner with the Corbett, Oostra and Ankrom familes (click for high res) It is nice to have a few holiday rituals and for us, it is a Thanksgiving family feast with my brother and his family. Brenda, in particular, has now fully taken over the setting of a nice decorative table with all the […]

Keeping up with Taylor, Megan, Annalyn, Katelyn and Drew


April 3, 2019

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Oh happy day – a FaceTime with Annalyn and Katelyn


September 6, 2018

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The Howards and more playtime for Gma/Gpa with Annalyn


December 30, 2017

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Happy Anniversary Katelyn and Drew, plus drone video below


April 13, 2017

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Thinking of my dad on his birthday and a pregnancy flashback


January 24, 2017

Having just returned from my mother-in-law’s funeral in western New York has me thinking of my late mother and now on January 24th … particularly my father. Today would have been his 88th birthday if he were still alive … although I’m not so sure many of us want all that many more years as […]

Christmas in Minnesota as a family


December 27, 2016

After a bit of a delay in maintaining daily blog posts, Brenda, Taylor and I returned from our family Christmas with  Katelyn and Drew  in Wayzata, MN on Monday night. It was a whirlwind trip and thankfully without incident. First thing first … our growing granddaughter is definitely noticeable as a “babybump” (an overused word). […]

Scavenger from one furnace to keep another furnace going


December 20, 2016

A chill is in the air, but likely that has more to do with our 21 year old 80,000 BTU furnace acting up. We have three furnaces so I’m hoping it is the "pressure switch" once again; it does seem to be the weak links on modern high-efficiency furnaces (or could be all furnaces for […]

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  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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