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Hockey Winterfest Surprise

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that my grandson, Brayden, team was going to play on the ice at the Toledo Winterfest. He’s on a U10 house team in Sylvania. Needless to say, this was not something we…

2021 Lights at the Zoo

I was so happy that our families could get together for our evening at Toledo’s Lights at the Zoo. I don’t think we got there last year, so I was looking forward to getting back there. No matter how many…

UT-Western Michigan Tailgate and Game

We had what was probably our last tailgate of the current football year this past Saturday, 10 Toledo was at home playing a league game against Western Michigan. There are 4 more home games, but 3 of them will occur…

An oldie, but goodie

A few weeks ago, I got an oldie, but goodie game back to the table at the game club. We played a 5 player version of Age of Empires III: Age of Discovery. This is an older game from 2007.…

Great night with GKs

We had to watch one set of GKs for the evening. It just so happened that we had Mud Hen tickets so we took them to the game. The evening was great. The top 3 Tiger farm prospects had all…

Fresh Walleye

We have been blessed with me knowing a friend whose brother is a huge fisherman. He routinely catches his limit, and my friend graciously has shared some walleye with me for our dining pleasure. The first 2 times we had…

A Wonderful Game Night

I was able to make it over to the club last night. I was excited to be able to get Lost Ruins of Arnak to the table. It is a worker placement and mini deck building game, so it hits…

Dwellings of Eldervale

I went to the game club for the 2nd time this year. The members I played with were all vaccinated, so I felt safe playing there. We played Dwelling of Eldervale. I had received this in Dec/Jan and had only…

A snowy April night

It started snowing lightly early Tuesday afternoon. It continued to get heavier as the day progressed and continued until 2 or 3 am. It’s not unusual to get snow in April, but it’s always a surprise. I captured what the…

2 best Buds

Yesterday, I was able to spend a couple of hours with a couple of my best friends, Tom Rerucha (Ratch) and Don Duckworth (Duck) at Inside the Five Brewing Company on Main Street in Sylvania. Duck currently lives in Ft.…