A birthday celebration and fun family weekend in Cincinnati

| August 17, 2021

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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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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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Flowers, some Kubota service and waking up the Packard Hawk

| May 11, 2021

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Archive: A few saved family photos from the week that was …

| May 5, 2021

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Double spline miters, my granddaughters and early drives #TBT

| April 8, 2021

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Archive: Granddaughter catch-up photos from this past week

| April 3, 2021

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Ancestry and two cute St. Patrick’s Day granddaughter photos

| March 21, 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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Happy Valentine’s Day to friends and family, especially my girls!

| February 14, 2021

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Do all grandparents love their grandchildren as much as I do?

| January 27, 2021

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

| December 29, 2020

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Merry Christmas to all who check in on My Desultory Blog

| December 25, 2020

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Our granddaughters are coming and new Great Room windows

| December 23, 2020

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

| December 13, 2020

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Santa Mouse slippers, Christmas stories and Echo messages

| December 12, 2020

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Our family is getting into the 2020 Christmas decorating spirit

| December 1, 2020

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Ellerie’s Christmas project and decorating before Thanksgiving

| November 25, 2020

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Apple Mac announcement event this past week along with some fun babysitting Annalyn and Ellerie in Perrysburg, Ohio

| November 14, 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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Most parents and grandparents have room for improvement

| October 11, 2020

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Archive: Some books to bookshelves and granddaughter photos

| October 6, 2020

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Great night sky viewing of the moon, Saturn and Jupiter

| September 28, 2020

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A couple granddaughter photos from Brenda’s babysitting

| September 22, 2020

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Our granddaughter Ellerie has her first tooth … and big eyes!

| September 17, 2020

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Archive: Brenda’s flowers, busy working bees and babysitting

| September 9, 2020

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Assembling a simple (cough, cough) swing set for grandkids

| September 6, 2020

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An updated shade sail photo and a granddaughter photo too

| August 28, 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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Tech Friday: i-Device Wallpapers .. the Bompa edition

| May 29, 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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Happy Mother’s Day to my wife … and as mom to our kids

| May 10, 2020

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A second post today to say Thank You

| May 8, 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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Annalyn’s artwork and Ellerie is already 4 weeks old!

| March 20, 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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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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