A few more family homebuilding photos and using rehab as an excuse to take a winter trip to Florida
RichC | February 15, 2023
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Saving family photos from our Corbett-Oostra Christmas 2022
RichC | December 29, 2022
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Boring shoe waxing and updated family homebuilding photos
RichC | December 23, 2022
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Happy Birthday Drew and creative names for snowplows
RichC | December 13, 2022
My daughter is great at sending links to items she thinks would be great for the blog. The other day Katelyn sent an “Ohio Turnpike Name-A-Snowplow Contest” story that had some pretty creative names — well actually, like her mom, she had her husband send it 😀 (BTW, Happy Birthday Drew!). Here are the winners: Ctrl-Salt-Delete, Nicole […]
Archive: Christmas trees, homebuilding and Ellerie’s big bed
RichC | December 11, 2022
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Archive: I love seeing “homebuilding” progress photos
RichC | December 3, 2022
Thankfully, even as the weather begins to cool these days, the homebuilding progress doesn’t screech to a halt as it did years ago (showing my age). With that, it is great to archive a photo or two as the walls go up on Katelyn and Drew’s new house in northwest Ohio. There is a small […]
Archive: Some family time with our granddaughters
RichC | November 30, 2022
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Thanksgiving 2022: “Out of the mouth of babes …”
RichC | November 24, 2022
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Our family together for Dave Schneider’s Celebration of Life
RichC | November 15, 2022
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Archive: Promedica CEO Retirement and Succession Plan
RichC | November 13, 2022
A little family hospital business … and related news to archive … as Randy Oostra (my daughter’s father-in-law) announced his retirement last month. It was something we knew was coming (mentioned to me in September), but was no doubt one of those decisions that a successful career driven person does not take lightly. I can […]
Archiving photos from our Trick or Treating family in 2022
RichC | November 1, 2022
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Our granddaughters’ First Ohio State Buckeyes football game
RichC | October 25, 2022
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Katelyn and Drew’s pile of drying lumber gets a tarp
RichC | October 19, 2022
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A beautiful pile of lumber is air drying and beach pop
RichC | October 12, 2022
The sawmill has returned Katelyn and Drew’s lumber and it’s a BIG pile (very exciting!) What Is Air-Drying? Air-drying lumber simple means to stack lumber and expose it to the outdoors. Depending on the species of wood and desired moisture content the air-drying process could take several months to almost a year. Make sure to […]
Leftover family weekend photos and a Mud Hens game
RichC | September 13, 2022
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Leftover Labor Day weekend photos from the Oostras
RichC | September 6, 2022
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Leftover travel weekend update and photos from our kids
RichC | August 24, 2022
While Brenda and I were in Atlanta celebrating her sister’s birthday, Taylor was once again at another wedding clear across the country. One of his elementary school friends (they stayed in touch) gave a bunch of friends a chance to get together in a nice location – Lake Tahoe. Of course this wasn’t the first […]
Motorheads are slowly showing interest in EVs #automotive
RichC | August 20, 2022
My social participation in automotive groups and forums that were common for me decades ago (CinciTDI, TDIClub, etc) have shifted to social media friends on Facebook groups (not so much anymore) and Twitter (daily). Those contacts include a bunch of automotive journalist as well as people just interested in cars and trucks. The conversations has […]
Oostra lot clearing has begun, a KETO diet and Fitbit update
RichC | July 13, 2022
Instead of starting a rant on our nightmare return trip from the Canadian Rockies flying Air Canada … I’m going to let the stress dissipate for a while. It was painful travel. So instead I’ll archive a couple exciting photos from Katelyn and Drew as their builder has started clearing the trees from their lot […]
Never a dull moment for parents no matter their expertise
RichC | June 26, 2022
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Wishing all the purpose-filled dads a Happy Father’s Day
RichC | June 19, 2022
I enjoyed a very nice Father’s Day on “Saturday” yesterday with Taylor, Megan and their long time friend Meredith, who was “dog-sitting” her sister’s dog “Chase” (below). They enjoyed the nice weather around and in the pool while I busied myself with a few projects … one of which was adding the additional pipes to […]
Weekend Family updates: Dress-up and Taylor’s new iPhone13
RichC | June 7, 2022
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My old bowling ball: A memory-triggering time capsule #TBT
RichC | June 2, 2022
The “bowling” comment I made a couple weeks ago triggered me thinking about what “junk” to put back in my office storage closet and what to toss. There are “functional” but OLD computers (with hard drives and too much CPP customer data), boxes of magazines … and more to the point … my old bowling […]
Archive: A few family photos from Memorial Day weekend
RichC | May 31, 2022
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Birding outing for Katelyn with the family for her birthday
RichC | May 17, 2022
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KDAE looking at their property prior to ground breaking
RichC | May 7, 2022
It is definitely spring and as with many growing families working hard and fortunate enough to be living in the United States, ours are pursuing the American dream of building or owning a home. Katelyn and Drew sent perhaps a final undeveloped photo of their beautiful NW Ohio property on a wooded cul-de-sac. I say […]
Cleaning up some trash and NON-trash on my computer
RichC | April 9, 2022
Saw this “trash” can on social media the other day and don’t know if there was an R2-D2 Star Wars intent or not, but it did make me smile … ALMOST as much as receiving a photo from Katelyn and Drew while on spring break vacation with Drew’s family in South Carolina. It sure looked […]
Archive: A couple granddaughter photos and a good laugh
RichC | April 3, 2022
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Holy Toledo! It looks like a Rivian R1T EV being charged
RichC | March 27, 2022
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Happy Birthday! Our granddaughter is already 5 years old!
RichC | March 6, 2022
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Archive: A leftover photo and priming Ellerie’s rocking chair
RichC | March 1, 2022
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Archive: A Sunday afternoon Happy Birthday to Ellerie (photos)
RichC | February 20, 2022
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A new-to-me Arabica Bean Coffee and a family photo to save to the 2022 Valentine’s Day blog archive
RichC | February 16, 2022
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Once again, Christmas gifts we use everyday from the kids
RichC | January 18, 2022
Well done again Katelyn,Drew, Megan and Taylor. Thank you. Of all the “too many” gifts this year, you guys have managed to “once again” come up with great gifts. The automated and “generous” (inside joke) liquid hand soap dispenser is perfect for our kitchen. Brenda and I use it multiple times each day and find […]
Tech Friday: On the waitlist for some new tech from Wyze
RichC | January 14, 2022
This past Christmas, my daughter Katelyn gave Drew a new Wyze Watch and, as always with all Wyze products, I was impressed with their reasonably low price for excellent products (although I’m still super happy with my Fitbit Versa – thank you K and D). The Wyze gift reminder had me revisit one of their […]
Movie night: Watched a good one called “The Big Year” from 2011
RichC | January 9, 2022
It might not be a current movie (it’s 2011), but it was one neither Brenda or I watched over this past decade, but it was an excellent comedy. “The Big Year,” with Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black (several others), was exactly what the “doctors” (Katelyn and Drew) ordered over our family Christmas. They […]
Archive: Our 2021 Family Christmas over New Years
RichC | January 5, 2022
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Boxing Day update and our Christmas yet-to-be family rotation
RichC | December 26, 2021
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Messages on the Echo and crazy-faced granddaughter photos
RichC | December 19, 2021
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A purposefully belated Happy Birthday to Drew! #TBT
RichC | 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
RichC | December 9, 2021
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Music Monday: An Ohio State Football win and the Sloopy Girl
RichC | November 22, 2021
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Spent a couple days in Perrysburg with our granddaughters
RichC | November 11, 2021
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Archive: Our Halloween Trick or Treating Goblins for 2021
RichC | November 2, 2021
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Our October 2021 vacation with KDAE to Delray Beach, Florida
RichC | October 30, 2021
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Archive: Weekend chores, family photos and a drip distraction
RichC | October 10, 2021
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Archive: Weekend catch-up with a few family photos
RichC | September 23, 2021
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A birthday celebration and fun family weekend in Cincinnati
RichC | August 17, 2021
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A favorite photo of Drew flying his Quadrotor 5 years ago #TBT
RichC | 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
RichC | July 11, 2021
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Archive: Leftover personal family 4th of July weekend photos
RichC | July 10, 2021
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Birdhouses and raccoons and a great Drew and Katelyn photo
RichC | 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
RichC | June 11, 2021
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Back to Perrysburg for Annalyn’s dance recital and babysitting
RichC | May 28, 2021
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A Toledo Mud Hens game and Katelyn’s surprise birthday party
RichC | May 26, 2021
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Archive: Family photos from Katelyn’s birthday weekend
RichC | May 18, 2021
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Happy 35th Birthday to our daughter Katelyn today – 5/14/2021
RichC | May 14, 2021
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Archive: Granddaughter catch-up photos from this past week
RichC | April 3, 2021
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Handy IFitIt tools for gadgets and Spring 2021 family photos
RichC | March 13, 2021
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Celebrating Ellerie (1) and Annalyn’s (4) Birthdays in Toledo
RichC | March 2, 2021
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Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.