Part TWO from the previous birthday post …

| December 13, 2025

AFTER a photo from my daughter, who was very proud of her husband, and his “Teaching Excellence” award a few days ago (we are very proud of you  too, Drew)  … I’m going to comment on happiness in America (see previous personal post). First, and for the record, my family makes me happy, very happy. Perhaps […]

Happy Birthday Drew. I’m glad you are one of the happy ones!

| December 13, 2025

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Archive: The 2025 Oostra Christmas tree was cut and is perfect

| December 9, 2025

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Archive: An enjoyable couple of days with our granddaughters

| October 22, 2025

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Filler: A very-clean 2019 Tesla Model 3 is now in our garage

| October 21, 2025

More to come, but a new to us 2019 Tesla Model 3 now replaces Brenda’s 2010 Acura RDX. We are as excited about having a Tesla, as is the seller for us “finally” owning a Tesla (aka: Drew).

Archiving a couple leftover September 2025 family photos

| September 30, 2025

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It has been 10 years, but a father’s impact lasts a lifetime

| August 17, 2025

The Little Critter book title reads … “Just Me and My Dad” (the photo above just a few years ago) … but as I mentioned a decade ago after DadC’s memorial service … he planted the wisdom of Proverb 22:6 in the way he lived his life. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and […]

Archive: School is starting, but a little more fun in Toledo

| August 17, 2025

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Archive: Summer activities are great so long as the sun shines

| July 15, 2025

Let’s start the archive of weekend photos with our immediate family selfies. Taylor, Megan and Gigi were over to cool off in the pool (before the strong storms hit on Saturday afternoon) while KDAE were up in Michigan for a extended weekend having summer vacation-ish fun. It would be difficult to find a much more […]

Archive: What did we do over the 4th of July weekend in 2025?

| July 6, 2025

If you want to know what Brenda and I did to celebrate the 249th birthday of our country, my answer would be … not all that much. I ended up spraying our lawn for those sod webworms that has become a recent problem (the last 5 years) and then relaxed in the pool with my […]

Book: “Kent State: An American Tragedy” by Brian VanDeMark

| July 2, 2025

A Kindle book on hold at the library arrived just as I finished the last book (checked out twice), so the timing for a summer read was perfect. Likely I’ll be slow in reading “Kent State: An American Tragedy” published in 2024 and written by Brian VanDeMark, but I will do my best. First off […]

Do we all have unusual or quirky behaviors? Or is this normal?

| June 26, 2025

If we are to be honest … every once in a while we notice quirks in our own personalities and habits. I caught myself this past weekend while my son-in-law Drew and I were putting away the dishes from the dishwasher. He has been around long enough to know where we keep plates, bowls, glasses […]

Archive: Summer week with our granddaughters was a success!

| June 22, 2025

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Granddaughters on WTOL11 TV and Happy Father’s Day, Drew!

| June 15, 2025

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Our are granddaughters prepped for American Girl Doll camp

| June 11, 2025

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Archive: A family visit and dance recital for our granddaughters

| June 3, 2025

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Archive: Memorial Day early pool time with our granddaughters

| May 28, 2025

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Wishing my daughter Katelyn a very Happy 39th Birthday

| May 14, 2025

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Archive: Birthday wishes and fun family singing audio

| May 8, 2025

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Archive: Enjoyed beach time with the Oostra family last week

| April 22, 2025

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Archive: What’s going on with our family?

| April 3, 2025

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Archive: Our family had a busy extended MLKJr Day weekend

| January 22, 2025

We saw way too many family photos being exchanged over the long MLK Jr. weekend, but I’m including a couple for the blog archive. First I’ll start with an interesting and as Katelyn called it, “blogworthy” techie kind of space selfie project photo. Both Katelyn and Drew are on top of today’s technology oriented projects. […]

Goodbye 2024. Have a Happy and Healthy New Year 2025!

| January 1, 2025

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Archiving Chrstmas photos: Gigi, Santa, the Oostra family and Mickey Mouse from Disney on Ice in Toledo, Ohio

| December 17, 2024

It is that time of year … time for Christmas photos … with children and pets? Well a “dog” in the case of Megan and Taylor, but our granddaughters in the case of Katelyn and Drew. In both cases these 2024 photos belong on in the My Desultory Blog archive. Here’s one of Gigi with […]

Archive: Thanksgiving 2024 photos with our family

| December 3, 2024

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A beautiful photo of my granddaughters and their neighborhood

| November 30, 2024

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Archive: More Autumn 2024 family photos and video

| November 12, 2024

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Archive: Our family is enjoying the 2024 autumn weather

| October 29, 2024

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Keeping track of my adult children and grandkids is a challenge

| September 25, 2024

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Archive: Labor Day Weekend photos in Toledo with KDAE

| September 4, 2024

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A fun family weekend in the pool before school starts this week

| August 22, 2024

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Archiving photos: Our family busy doing “family stuff”

| June 27, 2024

Storm Clouds mid-June over Mankato MN  After our enjoyable and busy week with our granddaughters, I wanted to archive a few photos that have been piling up in the “maybe” for the blog folder. Above are some of the storm clouds in Minnesota that caused flooding in the midwest in mid-June — ominous! For us, […]

Archive: The landscaping begins at KDAE’s beautiful new house

| June 5, 2024

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Look who’s “ogling” a cyber truck in Toledo, Ohio …

| May 28, 2024

My son-in-law Drew sent a photo (below) of the Oostra family after spotting a Tesla Cyber Truck in Toledo, Ohio over the weekend … and knowing his consistant interest, I won’t be surprise to see one in their garage someday! He has been “ogling” them since Elon Musk first announced the new truck in 2019 […]

Enjoyed the weekend with KDAE and a wonderful dance recital

| May 22, 2024

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Happy Birthday to my daughter Katelyn … how the risk tolerances and priorities have changed!

| May 14, 2024

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Archive: Since recent family posts were private for most readers, here’s a very cool night “star” photo of KDAE’s new house

| March 7, 2024

Thanks for the great night photo after the completion of your homebuilding project, Drew and Katelyn! 

Archive: KDAE February 2024 vacation to Florida Wrap-Up Part 2

| March 6, 2024

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Archive: KDAE February 2024 vacation to Florida Wrap-Up Part 1

| March 3, 2024

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Archive: A few leftover Valentine’s Day photos to make me smile

| February 15, 2024

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Family is busy enjoying the winter weather and MLKJr.

| January 16, 2024

Although the temperatures around the US have taken a deep dive and have brought a cold and snowy winter to much of the country, our family is making the most of it. Taylor and Megan spent the long weekend skiing with some in her extended family in Utah and KDAE made the most of the […]

Archive: Some Christmas photos and KDAE finally moving in

| December 13, 2023

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Archive: Leftover granddaughter photos from last weekend

| November 14, 2023

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Archiving leftover family photos to close out October 2023

| October 31, 2023

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Archive: A couple of Corn-Mazing granddaughters

| October 25, 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: Celebration of Life for Uncle Sonny and a stop on the way home in Perrysburg to sing Happy Birthday to Brenda

| August 14, 2023

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Archive: Summer vacation and hiking in Zion National Park

| August 8, 2023

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Archive: The Oostras short summer 2023 vacation to Michigan

| July 19, 2023

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Archive: A great time in Perrysburg with our granddaughters

| July 8, 2023

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Archive: We had a great time celebrating Taylor’s Birthday

| June 13, 2023

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Our six-year old granddaughter’s dance recital weekend

| May 24, 2023

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Archive: A brief overnight stay from KDAE as they head home

| May 1, 2023

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KDAE were hiking in the Smokies as we returned from Florida

| April 27, 2023

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Katelyn and Drew celebrated their 10th Anniversary in Miami, FL

| April 16, 2023

Has it really been TEN years? My daughter Katelyn and her husband Drew (now a family of FOUR), have been married for 10 years! Wow!!! They are celebrating their anniversary by taking a quick getaway trip to Miami, Florida. Congratulations to the both of them … and may they have many more years of health […]

Archive: A few Easter weekend family photos and video

| April 11, 2023

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Combined Birthday celebration for our granddaughters

| March 5, 2023

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A few more family homebuilding photos and using rehab as an excuse to take a winter trip to Florida

| February 15, 2023

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Saving family photos from our Corbett-Oostra Christmas 2022

| December 29, 2022

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Boring shoe waxing and updated family homebuilding photos

| December 23, 2022

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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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