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Welcome to Bradner.cc "Journal 5" Webpage!
(entries from 12/01/06 - 07/07/07)
Fri. 12/01/06 - Pick up Kylie from her daycare providers house (Melanie
and Jeff Kelb), stop at grocery store and pick up groceries. Home, start putting up christmas decorations. Make dinner together
(Pizza and salad:-), Kylie finish her homework. Bill do dishes. Watch a movie, kylie take a shower. Read a bedtime story,
prayers, tuck her in bed. Bill stay up and do laundry and work on Bill's Personal Myspace Webpage
Sat., 12/02/06 - Kylie and Bill finish putting up the
Christmas decorations inside and outside their home. Setup camera in the driveway and take photo for "Christmas Greeting
Card". Eat lunch, go over to Kohl's to pickup a present for Kylie's brother Thomas and one for his dad. Return home, Kylie
sign christmas cards while Bill makes dinner. (Soup, PB crackers, carrot sticks) Bill clean up the dishes while Kylie played
Game Boy Advance. Bill drive Kylie back to her mom's home, stop at Rite Aid and order some prints for "Christmas Greeting
Cards". Return home, clean up house, get on myspace, email family members, finish laundry, to bed.
Fri., 12/8/06 -
Bill sleep in (worked until 12:45 am - late night closing at Kohl's because of Christmas shopping hours), drive up to Michigan
and pick up Kylie after lunch. Return home, make dinner, Kylie "surf" on internet (www.wildhorses.com:-). Uncle Dave come
over and play PS2 games with Bill (Dave won the NBA2005 Bball game, Bill win Madden06 game - (Steelers 31 - Falcons 28).
Call Grammie and Grampie in florida and ask them how they are, tell them we are looking forward to seeing them again on our
trip down there this coming spring. Tuck Kylie in Bed, Uncle dave stay and play James Bond (got me through 2 more levels).
Bid Dave a safe drive home, do laundry, work on myspace music page, bill to bed.
Sun., 12/13/06 - Bill and Kylie sleep
in. Bill get her breakfast, watch TV, read paper. Bill finish laundry, load up kylie's belongings into car. Drive Kylie
back home. Bill into work at 2:30 pm - 11:00pm. Home, to bed.
Tues., 12/14/06 - Bill off work. Dave call and ask
about plans for the weekend. Bill over to Kohl's, put 5 or 6 things on hold for "Associate Appreciation Shop Day" tomorrow.
Visit from Tim O'donneghy, our District #72 Distric Manager. Bill home, update Bradner.cc website. Eat dinner. Send email,
make moves on "itsyourturn.com", do laundry, call mom and dad on the phone, get on my facebook.com website and email my nephew
and his girlfriend. To bed to get up for work at 5:00 am tomorrow.
Thur., 12/21/06 - Kylie's class at SRE, holds their
"Christmas Party" (I think it was Mrs. Wien's class, but it might have been either Mrs. Niemann or MR. Sheppard :-)!! Kylie's
mom helps out (I think she sent in some "baked goods" too! Or maybe it was a "cookie cake" - she loves those things! lol!
)
Kylie said that "during the party" Rebecca Daniels took a picture of Kylie seated next to "Thomas" (Awwwwww! "Kylie and
thomas sittin' in a tree..." lol :-). Christmas break starts for the children. (And for the teachers, lol! :-)
Fri., 12/22/06 - Bill off work,
sleep in until 11:00. Grocery Shopping, finish wrapping Kylie's presents, clean upstairs bathroom, vacuum entire house.
Pick up Kylie at her mom's work at 2:00. Return home, Sister Bonny arrive from Cinci at 5:00. Help Bonny carry in her luggage
and presents. Bonny go to grocery store to get food for "Pre-Christmas dinner" on saturday. Order Pizza for dinner, pickup
pizza, eat. Bonny, Bill and Kylie play 4 games of
dominoes (Ky -1, Bon - 1, Bill - 2!! Woohooo!)
Bill to bed early
(9:30), Bon tuck Kylie in bed at 10:45. Bon to bed.
Sat., 12/23/06 - Bill into work at 5:00 am. Bon up at 8:00.
Bill home for lunch at 9:00. Kylie get up, say "Good Morning". Bill work until 1:30. Pick up perscription after work.
Bill home at 2:30. Andy arrive from his Grandmother's in Lima at 4:30. OPen presents from each other at 5:00!! Wooohooo!!
Bonny prepare "Huge" "Christmas Dinner". Bill carve turkey. Bonny say grace. Eat at 6:00. (Mmmmmm, turkey with all the
trimmins!). Bonny clean up in the kitchen. Play ping-pong (Andy 2 - 0! whew, he's got those "spins" down! lol), play a game
of guesstures (Bill and Andy's team won 24 - 22!!). WAtch "Over the Hedge". Bill and Kylie to bed at 10:00. (Kylie toss
and turn, and keep Bill awake until 2:00 am!! Finally, climb into bed with Bill and fall asleep! lol). Bill up at 4:30,
into work at 6:00 am. Home for lunch. Say "Thanks and goodbye" to Andy. Andy return to Lima at 12:30. Bill home at 2:30.
Bonny pack her car, and leave for Lima at 3:15. Bill heat up a Pizza, and toss a salad for Kylie. Clean up dishes. B and
K dress for 7 pm, Christmas Eve worship service at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Bill and Kylie take "Christmas Picture"
in front of fireplace. Leave for church (While we were gone, "Santa" left Numerous packages under the tree for Kylie and
I!! He also took a bite of "Pizza" that was left laying out! Ha Ha!! (I guess he couldn't find the cookies left in their
package!). After church return home, find "the booty" Santa left us. Rip, Open gifts! Lots of Cheering, Oooohing, and Awwwwing!!
LOL!! Kylie pack up her things, Bill pack up presents to KRista, Jeff and Thomas, drive Kylie home, drop her off at 9:30
pm. Bill home, update myspace, email family and friends, watch "Sportscenter", to bed late.
Mon., 12/25/06 - Christmas
Day!! ("The King is born"!! :-) Bill sleep in...up at 12:00, email relatives with "Merry Christmas" greeting! Finish unwrapping
presents from "Santa" for Kylie and I!! (Kylie received 4 gameboy advanced game cartridges, 2 CD's (Hannah Montana, Cheetah
Girls 2), 2 movies (Cheaper by the dozen 2, Pirates of Carribean 2), and her and I "split" the "Guitar Hero" PS2 periphel!!
(I also got from "Santa" a radio controlled toy "Helicopter", a pair of 14 ct. gold cufflinks and tie clip! Wow, I must not
have been "too bad" afterall!! LOL!!)
Pack up video games, pumpkin pie and cool whip, to go over to "Ex's" house for Christmas
dinner. Watch "the 7 cousins" open their christmas gifts from Nana and Papa.
Tues., 12/26/06 - 4:00 am, up to go back
in to work, for the "after Christmas sale"!! (Returns were unbelievable - but fortunately, the customers were pretty much
patient and understanding (overall, it went pretty smooth). Off work at 1:30, return home, cleanup house, do laundry. Eat
dinner, update Myspace page, approve some new "friends requests" (some of these so called "People" on this myspace thing,
are kinda "questionable" to say the least. I think the photos of the ladies or the ladies themselves are real - (and maybe
even some of their "likes/dislikes" or quotes:-) BUT you can sure tell they are "manipulated" by webmasters (which ends up
making the women look all that much more "sleazy"!! Arghhh!! I just want to meet some geniune women on this thing (ya know,
honesty, sincerity, all that "mushy" stuff! lol!). Don't get me wrong... there is some "real" people on myspace. But they
are so outnumbered by the "sleazes" (and the dang BANDS!!), it's ridiculous!! If this "6 degrees" stuff is true....these
"webmasters" ought to have "somebody" in their life that can "talk to them" and get them to "straighten up, fly right, AND
KEEP the d@mn internet RESPECTABLE!! Arghhhh!! It's just gotten to the point where I will "APPROVE" any "Friend Request"
sent to me, Because, "THERE'S GOTTA BE A "REAL" PERSON "IN" THERE "SOMEWHERE"!!!??!?@!! LOL!!)
Sat., 12/30/06 - Bill
pick up Kylie at her mom's work. HOme, play with presents we received from Santa and each other. Our neighbor friend Livia
come over to play at 5:00pm. Livia back home to eat, Kylie and I make Pizza and salads here. Livia come back over at 7:30.
Kylie's uncle Dave and her cousin Brittany come over about 8:30. Dave and I play a game of MLB 06 "The Show". 9:30 the 5
of us go over to Miracle Mile lanes for bowling. The girls did great, the guys bowled too. Everyone had fun! 11:30pm back
home (it took 2 hours to bowl 2 games!), Kylie walk Livia home, Dave and Brittany leave for their home. Kylie to bed. Bill
stay up and do laundry, play PS2.
Sun., 12/31/06 - Bill and Kylie to church (Ky wear her new holiday dress from "Aunt
Rae and Uncle Chuck"), to church, hurry home, change clothes, drop Ky off at her mom's, bill into work 12:00 - 8:00 pm. Home,
change, get "munchies" out, Play PS2 on line. Make "2007" New Years Resolutions":
- Another consecutive year of "No Drugs
and Alcohol" (told Ky, that I haven't had any alcohol since she was 6 years old - and probably never will again!)
- quit
smoking
- Improve my diet, and sleeping habits
- praise the lord everyday (and Pray for others less fortunate than I
am)
- be grateful for what I have
- be and act "Proud to be an American"!!
- Rock out!!
LOL!! we'll see if I
can do all that!!
"Have a Happy New Years Everyone!!" "See you in 2007 A.D.!!" LOL!!
Fri., Jan. 5, 2007 - Bill
off work at 5:30, hurry up to Melanie's and pick up Kylie. Back home, eat dinner. Kylie play her new "Let's Ride" PS2 game
from Santa. (the horse she created's name is "Cream" - but it looks like her toy horse she named "Black Beauty". lol) Bill
clean up kitchen, pay bills online. Both turn off all distractions and read for 1/2 hour. Bill make sundays (ice cream,
cool whip, chocolate syrup, nuts, m & m's), Kylie play some more "Let's Ride", her mom call to say "I love you, and goodnight",
Kylie take a shower, wash face, brush teeth, Bill read her a bedtime story, say prayers, tuck her in bed. Bill stay up, finish
laundry, play PS2 online (Texas hold'em), to bed at 1:30.
Sat., Jan. 6, 2007 - Bill and Kylie sleep in. (Bill up first
at 9:30. Bill get Ky cereal, donuts, juice, make himself coffee, sit on back step and read paper. Kylie get dressed and
play "Let's Ride". Bill clean up dishes. Bill and Ky to speedway (hear about dilema of Jennifer, go to subway and pickup
a sub for her). Bill and Ky to Target, buy her a pair of Levi jeans (size 8 and 1/2). Bill make lunch (chicken noodle soup,
grill cheese sandwiches (burned em :-(, relishes, chips, milk. Kylie write 5 Thank you notes to relatives for the Christmas
gifts they sent her. (G & G, Aunt bonny and cousin Andy, Uncle Chuck & aunt Rae, Aunt Lois, cousins John & Wanda). Kylie
play some more "Let's Ride" (recieved a 1st place ribbon in single barrel, unranked, competition - 11.24 seconds! HootHoot!
:-) Uncle Dave called and invited us out to play PS2 tonight. Bill lay down and take a nap, Bill up shower, Ky and Bill
to Arby's for dinner. Stop by Family Video and rent Madden '07. Out to Daves. Call G & G on the way there (Ky and them
had a "great converstaion"!:-) Ky and Brittany play "horses", Angie and Alexia out to Nana and Papa's. Dave and I watch
the 3 boys. Dave "whupped me" at football (Atlanta over San Diego - Ouch!! :-). Ky call her mom and say "I love you and
goodnight". Bill and Ky home, ky eat sherbert, while bill read her "Giggle, Giggle, Quack, Quack. Say prayers, to bed.
Bill stay up do some laundry for tomorrow, update website, play "MLB 06", to bed.
Sun., 1/7/07 - Bill and Ky up at
7:00, get dressed (suit, dress) go to early church service. Back home, change clothes, Bill take Ky home. Krista cut Bill's
hair. Bill home, finish studying bible study lesson plan. Bill call mom and dad, tell them about weekend. Bill to bible
study. Back home, pack lunch for tomorrow, to bed early.
Mon., 1/8/07 - Bill work 6 - 2:30 (floors, front entrance,
fitting rooms, vacuum & dust, return center, customer service) Bill home, work on myspace sites. Eat dinner, t bed early.
Sat.,
1/20/07 - Bill and Kylie attend the Toledo Storm hockey game at the Toledo Sports Arena!! It was awesome!! The Storm won
5 - 3!! (See picture below :-)
We had a terrific time, and can't wait to go back again!
(*note - Kylie entered a trivia
contest at the Toledo Lucas County Public Libraries - "BrainStorm" - Some of the Toledo Storm hockey players have been going
to different branches of the TLCPL's and reading to children!! That's great!! (Kylie correctly answered a question asking:
"With what NHL team is the Toledo Storm affiliated?" Answer: "THE Detroit RedWings!!" - she won a "Toledo Storm Sports drink
squirt bottle"!! Cool, huh!! :-)
Sun.,
1/21/07 - Bill and Kylie to early church service at AUMC. Home change clothes, Bill drop kylie off at her mom's at 1:00 pm.
Bill over to UT, to see the University of Toledo Men's basketball team compete against Northern Illinois!! UT won 87 - 69(??).
It was a great game, the Rockets had so many "steals" (some on the inbound passes from NI, and "quick turnaround" layups for
some bonus points!!
Fri., 1/26/07 - "Happy Birthday GRAMMIE"!! (We won't give an exact number - but let's just say
she's about our "Favorite Octogenerian"!! (We mailed a card with pictures of Kylie and I with Aunt bonny and Andy at christmas
time, and Bill with Kylie before Christmas eve church worship service, with Kylie in her new dress from Aunt Rae and Uncle
chuck!! And a copy of Kylie's 2nd quarter report card!! It had so many improvements in it!! Grammie and Grampie were very
pleased, and sounded elated on the phone! (I rewarded Kylie with a DVD: "Open Season" - we watched it together the following
weekend and laughed and laughed together! LOL! LOL! :-)
wed., 1/31/07 - Bill of work. Kylie home sick from school.
Bill nurse her with chicken soup and peanut butter crackers, and brownies!! Kylie read for an hour, and study for her science
test on "land features". After school hours, Kylie feel better, so before Dad drove her back home, we dressed up in our winter
apparell and went over to "Ottawa Park" for some sledding!! We only stayed for 10 minutes or so, but We had a Blast!!
Bill's daughter Kylie sledding!! (01/31/07)
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Fri., 2/2/07 - Happy Groundhog Day (...Happy Groundhog Day...Happy Groundhog Day....Happy Gro... LOLLOLLOLLOL!!
:-)
"Happy Birthday cousin Andy"!! Kylie and I had sent him a birthday card, with a "Kohl's gift card" in it. (I had
won the gift card at our "Post-Christmas season" Store Christmas Party!! It was great timing! :-)
We called him on the
phone the next night and sang "Happy Birthday to him"!! Kylie told him about her science test (She recieved a "B" on it!!
I was so proud of her, I rewarded her with a CD: "High School Musical - the soundtrack" - then made a copy for her, that
she could listen to at her mom's house when she was doing her nightly reading! :-)
Sat., 2/3/07 - Bill pick Ky up at
her mom's house (she spent the night before at her friend Julie Metzger's house with Julie's brother (it was Jeff's 10th BDay!!)
and sister Christy and mom Lois and stepdad Greg!! Kylie said there was 12 kids there! Wow!!
Back to Bill's house, eat
pizza for lunch. Take a nap. Ky read some, then watch Open Season again. Bill make chicken soup and crackers for dinner.
Call Grammie and Grampie, ask them if the central florida tornados effected them, tell them about Kylie's science test "B"!
Call Andy, talk to him and Bonny, say Hello to their friends. After doing dishes, Bill and Kylie dance to "DDR max" (I think
kylie did the best! LOL). Then open our "Guitar Hero" PS2 game and learn how to play it (I think Ky is a natural! :-)
Bill
drive Ky home. Back home, work on "Jesus Christ Is the Saviour" myspace page. Update Bradner.cc. Watch college basketball.
to bed. work tomorrow at 8:00 am!!
Sun., 2/4/07 - Bill into work 8am - 3pm. Home after work (subzero temps! brrr).
Make moves on "itsyourturn.com", answer email, add friends to my "J_C_I_T_S" myspace webpage. Call G & G, ask them if they
are watching "The Game"!! Sit, enjoy relax, "munch out", watch "The Colts" dominate in Super Bowl "XLI"!! (Too bed after
halftime show. Prince Rocks!) Did get to see all the scoring.)
Shiver with "chills" and "diahreha"
Mon., 2/5/07
- Up at 7:00 am, call Jen, the MOD that morning at Kohl's, let her know I wouldn't be in to work that day (Had to knock-down
these "flu" symptons, and not spread them to the other associates). Back to bed. Up in the afternoon, take a "tempa" bath.
(Kylie didn't have school that day - school closed due to extreme weather conditions). Nibble on some apple slices, drink
lots of 7up. Talk to Krista about picking up Kylie the next day so she could spend the night here. Work on myspace webpages.
To bed.
Tues., 2/6/07 - Day off work. Up at 6:30, call Krista, she said "Kylie's school was cancelled again for the
day". Ask her if she wanted to drop kylie off on her way to work, if she wanted me to come pick her up. Kris said to pick
Kylie up from Melanies. 1 pm, get up, put elctric blanket on Kylie's bed, shower, pick Ky up from Melanie's at 2 pm. Home,
wash Kylie's new clothes I got for her from "The Goodwill store" on monday. Cook Kylie and I, 3 pounds of "Sloppy Joe"s.
Serve Kylie dinner, eat dinner, do dishes. Ky watch TV. Play 2 games of ping-pong with Kylie (I won 21-14, and 21-12:-).
Play some PS2 with Ky (horse racing), and "Guitar Hero" (Ky did real good, she played "I Love Rock and Roll" by Joan Jett,
I played "Smoke on the water" by Deep Purple.) Get out dance mat, and dance to DDR on PS2. (Ky again did great! She amazes
me some times with her "hand-eye coordination"!! :-) Kylie take a shower, Bill finish laundry. Bill make "Sundaes" for us
both. Kylie play "Let's Ride". (Got her 3rd blue ribbon - this one in the "speed barrels"!! You go girl! :-) Bill read
Kylie 2 stories from "Beginner's Bible" (Adam and Eve, and Noah and the Ark). Say prayers. Tuck her in bed. Bill stay up
and play "WCPOKER" (start with $25K, end with $40K - it was a pretty good night!)
Wed., 2/7/07 - Bill off work! (I
love it when I have 2 days off work in a row! HootHoot! :-) Bill and Ky get to sleep in until 8:30am (Bedford had a 2 hour
delay). Biull get kylie mini-muffins, juice, and cereal for breakfast. Kylie get herself dressed (wear new stretch pants
her mom got her, and new "slightly used" purple turtleneck sweater I got her from "Goodwill store", and new reebok's I got
her on clearance from Kohl's :-) Bill start car and warm it up, Kylie play ("Let's Ride" - another ribbon! :-). Bill drive
Kylie to school, drop her off at 10:00 am. Bill back home, update "Bradner.cc" (add picture of Kylie with her "boyfriend"
Thomas, picture of "Cousin Andy" in his H.S. graduation "cap and gown", and picture of The Bradner's during last summer's
"Family Reunion".
Bill make write down vow (and pray) to make
"Our home IS, and WILL BE one of "Love, Adoration,
Appreciation, Respect, and Praise!!"!!
(post it in a prayer on "J_C_I_T_S" too!! I always feel better about myself when
I write down my "promises" or "goals" (AND it's the best way to achieve them early!! LOL!! :-) Bill to Kohl's to check schedule,
(there was talk of putting me on nights for a week, to strip and wax the breakroom floor again, extract carpet, and prepare
the store for a 2/23/07 visit by "Loretta" our RVP!! (I think she is the best regional manager in all of "TERRITORY 2"!!
(AND maybe the Prettiest!:-) HooHOO!!). Bill to Dan Rodger's, pick up "Florida" football jersey, that I had "Bradner.cc"
heatpressed on the back (gotta get ready for that "annual spring vacation"!! :-). Bill pick up Kylie at 3:00 pm. Back home,
do homework, Bill prepare dinner (Pizza and salad). Bill and Kylie record "Homemade Video" of "Daddy and Daughter Duet":
"SODAPOP!" (It was great fun, we watched it over and over, and then posted it on "Myspace" and "Bradner.cc"! LOL) Bill and
Kylie head back up to her home in michigan. Tell her "I always Love You (even when we're not together! :-)", and tell her
mom how "good and well behaved she was (she always is)" (I'm sure I'll also be able to tell her that she "stayed on purple"
all day again! LOL! :-) Bill back home, to bed.
(won't be able to have Kylie over here to my house again for a week. *sniff*)
Sun.,
2/11/07 - Bill to early church service. Home change clothes, into work at 12:00 - 8:00 pm. Stop for freezee on way home.
Call G & G. Work on websites. To bed, into work at 8 am.
Tues., 2/13/07 - "Happy Birthday Krista! (Mommy! - explained
to Kylie that her mommy is now the same age I was when I first met her! Kylie said: "Wow! That old!" LOL!) Pick up kylie
after work at Melanie's (After Krista had dropped her off at school - Her and Papa and Nana and "Baby bubby Thomas" headed
to Detroit Hospital. Thomas was scheduled for a triple surgery on the 14th! (Anoides removed from throat, tonsilictomy,
and ear-tube insertion! Wow! :-) Krista get a hotel room, Papa return to Toledo, to take Jeff up there tomorrow (14th) after
he gets off work. Krista call and give us hotel name and phone number, Kylie tell her goodnight and "we love you".)
Wed.,
02/14/07 - Enjoy a good old fashioned "Happy St. Valentine's Day" Snowstorm! (14" of the white stuff! what a 17th Wedding
Anniversary for my sister Bev and her husband Dave - too bad they are in Cali, and can't really enjoy it! LOL :-) Kylie
and I stay in the house all day! (Except for the 3 times I went out and shoveled the driveway and sidewalk! LOL!) Watch
movies, bake brownies, vacuum, clean bathrooms, wash laundry, run the dishwasher. After dinner (soup, relishes and crackers)
Kylie and I played a game of "Monopoly" (1 hour limit - she clobbered me by about $100grand, 9 properties, and 6 houses! LOL!
And that was the first time she had played! LOL!). Read her bible stories, Kylie play "Let's Ride", eat a sundae for desert,
brush teeth, say prayers, tuck her in bed. Bill stay up and finish laundry, work on "J_C_I_T_S" myspace.com webpage, send
emails, play PS2 online (WCP - finished up $35 G's LOL :-)
Thu., 02/15/07 - Roads pretty much cleared. (A job well
done Toledo Department of Streets, Bridges and Harbors! :-)
Kylie and I take our old "Nokia" cellphone, battery charger,
and manual over to the West Toledo Police Station. We donated it to the "S.A.F.E." program! Kylie and I got to meet and
talk to Detective Mary Lou Jagger! She in the head of the Domestic Violence division! (She was very happy to accept our
cellphone donation. (Which we be cleared of data, assigned a new number and provided to a victim of domestic violence, for
safety purposes. :-) She showed us her office and offered Kylie and I a piece of candy. Then she gave Kylie two "Toledo
Junior Police Officer" stickers. (one for her little brother, lol)
We then thanked her, and let her get back to work.
Detective Jagger is a very nice lady, we wish her the best with her program and work. (We wish "everyone" would be "S.A.F.E."
together! :-)
Fri., 2/18/07 - Kylie spend
the night. Bill reward her hard work on her spelling test (another 100%) with a copy of "Kidz Bop 11"!!
Sun. 2/18/07
- Bill off work. Sleep in. Talk to G & G on the phone. Bill to bible study, home and to bed. (Work tomorrow at 6 am)
Wed.
2/21/07 - R.I.P. Detective Dressel. A Toledo Police department Detective from the "Vice and Narcotics" division was slain
in the line of duty. God Bless his soul. I pray for the family of Detective Dressel, that they may have comfort in this
time of sorrow.
Pick Kylie up, out to eat (for a belated "St. Valentine's Day" dinner - due to the snowstorm) at AppleBee's!!
Stop at Aldersgate UMC, and attend the "Ash Wednesday" 7 pm, church service. Drop Ky off at home. Into work at 6 am the
next day.
Fri., 2/23/07 - Loretta, (In my opinion, The best leader, most intelligent, AND prettiest RVP in Territory
2, TYVM! But she is the only one I've really seen in action, lol!) visit our store, with 3 District Managers, for reviews!
(It's too bad she couldn't have done Matt Sullivans too! He's a sharp POps manager, and I think he'll get promoted to Store
Manager soon. I'm going to miss him, he's a good guy, and sharp as a tack! LOL!
Bill off work at 12:30pm, do grocery shopping,
clean, wash sheets. 7 pm, pick up Kylie from the Bedford YMCA, where she was swimming with The Kelbs and Keagen from daycare.
Stop at Wendy's and pickup dinner for us. Home, eat, make her a sundae. Kylie take a hot shower, blow dry her own hair!
(What a talented young lady! :-). Watch reward I got her for staying on "Purple" at school - "Flushed Away" the DVD. Dad,
clean Kylie's ears with cutips, while she lay and watch the movie. Call mom, say goodnight. Bill read her another bible
story, say prayers, give her a kiss goodnight. Bill play online PS2 poker. to bed.
Sat., 2/17/06 - Bill get Ky 2
bowls of cereal for breakfast, get dressed. Drive her out to Nana and Papa's house. Help papa move Video and Audio components
into new "wall sized entertainment unit" that he and Jeff picked up last night (Dad put it together himself in only 1 night!
You can tell us "maintenance men", lol! we "get-er-done"! LOL) Say goodbye to Ky. Home, write brief memorial to Detective
Dressel, change clothes, into work 3 - 10 pm.
Tues., 2/27/07 - Bill pick up Ky at Melanie's after he get off work 2:30
pm. Ky spend night. Bill take her to school the next day.
Wed., 2/28/07 - Bill pickup Ky at Melanie's after school.
Home, make dinner, watch DVD's, play PS2, do homework, study spelling words, spend time reading. Shower, desert, prayers,
bed.
Thurs. 3/1/07 - Bill drop Ky off at school, into work at 9:00 - 5:30pm. Home, do laundry, clean house, update
websites. Stay up and play PS2 online.
Fri., 3/2/07 - Bill sleep in, into work at 3 - 10 pm. Home, stay up play PS2,
to bed late, got day off tomorrow!! HoooHooo!
Tues., March 6, 2007 - Annual Spring vacation with Kylie, down to Clearwater,
Florida to visit Grampie and Grammie (and also shop at the new Kohl's store on SR 580!! Woohoo!! Expect great things!")
Return home, tanned, bronzed, buff and a heck of alot healthier!!
Up at 5:45 am, Kylie awoke about the same time, get
her breakfast, take my shower, dress. Put luggage in car (1 checked, 2 carryons). Drive to Toledo Express Airpoort, park
in farthest spot from terminal! LOL! Get boarding passes, check luggage. Go through security (went very smooth), sit in
waiting area an hour before takeoff. Kylie and I saw 2 F-14 fighter jest take off while waiting. Kylie finish her reading
in her science book while waiting. Board on time, depart on time. Arrive florida 25 minutes early. (Captian said "we had
a good tailwind"!!) Meet G & G at the airport (dad tracked our progress on the computer and left a half hour early so they
would be there! ) (Met a very pretty young mom and her daughter on the plane - Dana Sager and daughter! She was really cool,
said her daughter has been flying since 23 months! Wow, Kylie didn't fly until age 2! LOL!) Pickup luggage, drive to condo.
Unpack, eat lunch, Kylie and I drive over to SR580 and see new Kohl's store!
Wed.,
3/7/07 - BUSCH Gardens!! Woohoo, leave at 9:00, only about a 45 minute drive! (Dad had already bought the tickets with his
AARP discount) Go see the gorillas (new baby), Kylie want to see the Clydesdale horses first! (Meet a very nice lady (Gloria)
and her lovely grandaughter visiting from Canada - (Stacy - a real cutie!:-). Kylie get picture next to Clydesdale (Bud,
and "Mike" too! LOL) See the "Katonga" musical! It was cool! (We saw Gloria and Stacy again - they sat right in front of
us :-) Kylie loved the show - I liked the "flood" scene the best - the waves are sooo cool!) Kylie and I go ride the rides.
SHE RODE HER FIRST ROLLER COASTER! The Cheetah Chase! (front seat - she only said once: "I'm not too sure about this..."
LOL!) Kylie and I ride "The Sand Storm" (Kylie and I were "Hooting" it up, so the ride operator let us stay in our car,
and ride it twice in a row (don't worry, no one else was in line - we wouldn't "cut in line" :-)
Meet back up with mom
and dad (after they went to "bird show") at the "hospitality house" (NO FREE BEER SAMPLES FOR ME THANK YOU VERY MUCH - 3
years completely sober baby!! - and Many more!! LOL!!)
Bill take Ky's pic next to Dale Earnhardt Jr. car, (mine, from 2005
is on my geocities/billbradner webpage! LOL!), with her and "Bud" the Clydesdale horse, and (below) with a "Gorilla statue"
in front of the "Primates Habitat"! LOL!
back
to condo, Bill and Kylie swim in "members pool", eat dinner, Dad order Pizza mom pick it up while Kylie do her homework (Math,
science, reading and writing her journal) PLay dominoes (Bill win 2 - woohoot:-), ice cream for desert, Bill and Kylie read
sesame st. bedtime story, tuck Ky in, Bill listen to MP3 player, sip coffee, walk down to CVS and get pictures printed, read
paper, bed.
Thurs., 3/8/07 - Clearwater beach at 9:30 am!! Woohoo LOVE THE GULF!! GREAT WEATHER!! (80's! SUNNY,
SLIGHT BREEZE, BEAUTIFUL SPRING BREAK WOMEN!! LOL!!)
Swim, play frisbee, give lifeguard "www.BRADNER.cc" Tshirt (her name
was Ashley (very cute!), and I told her about how every year we give a woman lifeguard a T-shirt, and this was her lucky year!
LOL). leave beaach at 12:30, back to condo, eat lunch. Kylie do homework, go to condo pool at 4 - 6 pm. Kylie and I swim.
Eat dinner (Mom's famous lasagna (MMMmmmmmm), play dominoes, watch TV, Kylie read. Bill send postcards out. Tuck kylie in
bed. Bill listen to new Insignia MP3 player he bought for trip (loaded it with short videos of us sledding, puppet show,
"Sodapop" song, drum solo - and 300 songs! (Nickleback, KIdz bop songs, Will Smith (Kylie and I must have listened to "Welcome
to Miami" about 300 times during the week! LOL), Creed, KID ROCK (KID and Nickelback were my personal favorites during this
trip!! ROCKSTAR LOL!) Bill to bed last.
Fri., 3/9/07 - Clearwater beach again!! More Sun, more fun, more babes!
Swimming, frisbee, sandcastle making, headphones, walk to mandalay avenue shops - buy souveniers for Kylie's little brother
and her (a "Spring Break 2007" Tshirt for me! LOL). back home, eat lunch, swim at pool (Meet a family of 5 from conneticut
- John, Elissa, Lissa, ?, and sarah (5). (They took a 5 mile bike ride on rented bikes - there is some terrific bike trails
in the clearwater, dunedin area - they told us of some great restaraunts they visit). Out to eat, Dennys. Bill walk to CVS
(more pictures), Kylie homework, dominoes (G & G one each), Kylie bedtime story, bed, Bill headphones, coffee, bed.
Sat.,
3/10/07 - Honeymoon Island State Park!! (First ones on the beach! (TWO weddings on the beach that day!! Kylie and I took
a picture, at one altar LOL (the arch had fallen though, we didn't pick it up for fear it might break:-)
Sun,
fun, swimming, babes, headphones, walk on the beach, draw a heart in the sand "WE LOVE FLORIDA!" (LOL), frisbee in the surf
(Dad filmed the video, Bill produce it after arriving home - set some Van Halen music to it! LOL)
home
eat lunch, homework, swimming at pool, Bill and Ky borrow car go over to "Westfield Shopping Towne" Contryside Mall - eat
haggendaz ice cream cones, watch skaters in center court ice skating rink, window shop, visit "Arnold Amusements" carnival
in JC Penney's parking lot! Kylie and Bill stroll the midway, ride "Carrousel" (her horses name was "Cream" - but my horse
finished first, lol!), Kylie go on her first "Ferris Wheel" ride (I told the operator this before we boarded - and he must
of let our group go around about 30 times!! It was soo cool (no one waiting too long tho, lol). Back home, bill walk to
CVS, Kylie read, G & G watch "Lawrence Welk", Dominoes, Bedtime story, Bill headphones, paper and coffee, bed.
Sun.,
3/11/07 - Honeymoon Island again! Sweet!! Sun, Fun, Swimming, Walks, Frisbee, Heart in sand ("God Loves You!"), family picture
by stranger on beach. Found a pair of perscription sunglasses in sand, turn them in at ranger station as leaving. Drive
home (10 minutes), eat lunch, showers, homework, Bill and Ky visit G & G's church! (Heritage UMC)
Next,
swim in pool - swim with, and play "noodle tag" with John and family again, lol... eat dinner out "Farmer Boy Restaurant"
(Drew street - www.farmerboygreekdressing.com
- Jason our waiter was really cool, so was Katie the hostess...my steak was DELICIOUS!! and the house Greek dressing "out
of this world" MMMmmmm! Talked with one of the owners about his email, gave him a business card of mine with this website's
address, told him I would emai him! :-)
Back home, homework, TV, conversation, dominoes, phone calls from sisters Bonny
and Bev, call Krista so Kylie could tell her about vacation and that "she loves her and misses her" :-)
Kylie bedtime story,
Bill music, bed.
Mon., 3/12/07 - Clearwater Beach! "Babes", Sun, Fun, Swimming, Frisbee. Kylie see her friend she
met from Texas - Kayla, and her little brother and mom "Linda" (give them each a T-shirt, tell them about personal webpage).
Kylie and Kayla, some other children and a dad, build a 4 foot sandcastle. See the "Clearwater Beach Pirate Ship".
Say final 2007 goodbye to the beach.
Back home, lunch, showers, homework, do laundry, pack bags, swimming at pool (76 degree water temp), look for lizards (found
a tree frog - let it go:-), eat dinner (warmed up lasagna - Mmmm always better the second time! LOL). Call Krista say goodnight,
Mom pick out her copys of the pictures, bedtime story, Bed.
Tues., 3/13/07 - up at 3:30, coffee, shower, dress, read
paper, eat, put luggage in car, leave for airport at 5 am. Say "Goodbye, We LOVE YOU, and THANK YOU SO MUCH" to Grandmie
and Grampie. Check bag, get boarding pass, go through security (the sixth and seventh ones of the day TYVM!) Wait in boarding
area. See Dana and Daughter again! (Man, she is pretty!!) Talk with Dana while Kylie and "Andrea"(name???) read and play
with her polly pockets. Kylie show them her journal. Talk about their visit - (we all went to Busch gardens, lol!) Find
out that Dana's husband is a Professional Baseball Player!! AND in the TIGER Organization at that!! Sweet! (ask her if
she could get me season tickets, LOL!). She said her husband, "A.J. Sager" is with Erie (AA - Tigers) right now, but he hopes
to "get back" up there soon.
Board plane, leave on time (same flight attendants - lezlie, etc... show lez our "sodapop"
video on MP3 player, lol), arrive early (I like that:-). Pick up luggage (wish Dana luck with her "massage therapy" business,
and "Best of Luck" to her husband - I'll be watching for him. (lol)
Load up car, back home, ("Home Sweet Home" - humming
motley crue to myself, lol), call Krista she said "Give Ky lunch, I'll pick her up before my eye doctor appointment at 2:30).
Go to Kohl's get schedule, pickup check, stop at "one day sign" - order new "Bradner.cc" magnetic sign for car trunk. Home,
laundry, put away clothes, eat dinner (burritos, lol). Upload more to MP3 player, answer emails, return calls on answering
machine, pickup mail from neighbor, read paper (thanks for the stop Greg:-), watch news, bed.
Wed., 3/14/07 - Back
to work, back to normal life.... (LOL)
Thurs., 3/15/07 - email family. (start of the NCAA "March Madness" tournament!
Our family particapates in a "online Bracket Pool" - My sister "Bonny" captured the competition last year! (She is a MAJOR
NCAA hoops fan! Knows EVERYTHING about it! :-) I selected my "winners" and hoped for the best! (My final 4 are: OSU!!
(Of Course!! GOooooo Bucks!!!:-) Kansas, UNC, and Wisconsin (*note - bad luck, they got knocked out before the quarter-finals!
Ya know "KOHL's" corporate offices are in Wisconsin!! Another reason I picked them! LOL!! But as of the "sweet 16" I was
#1 in our family baby!! :-)(*note - In our "family" online pool - Dad picked "Florida" from the start! Bonny, Andy and I,
all had OSU over UF!! He won it all outright! I guess it's like they say: "Father, really does KNOW BEST!!" LOL! :-)
Fri.,
3/16/07 - Weekend Off!! (Wow, first weekend back too!) Kylie spend the night at Lois' house (Lois' daughter Julie invited
kylie over.) Bill update website, stop by Jeff and Krista's, drop off $50 ($25 for Camp for Kylie, and $25 for 1/2 of a doctor's
visit for Kylie:-) download pictures I took of our family in Florida to my computer, etc...
(*note - found out my "Jesus_Christ_Is_The_Saviour"
webpage on Myspace.com had been deleted!! Ouch!! I had put over 250 hours into that page!! I had been adding about 4 or
5 friends a night, that had sent me requests while I was on vacation! (I only ever turned down 3 or 4 requests on that page
- I think 2 were from "Satanists", and 1 or 2 from were obvious "Porn Links", or "Bikers with an Attitude" LOL) I was falling
a little behind (can only keep my eyes open for so long late into the night). But what surpised me was the "message" I got
from "Myspace Inc."!! They said I broke their "Terms of Service", which Includes "1. Posting pornography, 2. Offensive remarks,
3. etc...", I could only "GUESS" (myspace never replied to my emails asking them for a specific reason!) that someone "HACKED"
into my account, and posted some "PORN" or "OFFENSIVE REMARKS", and one of the people on my friends list complained. I apologize,
if anyone was hurt or offended in the whole ordeal.
Sat., 3/17/07 - Pickup Kylie at Krista's at 2:00 pm, run some
errands (groceries, etc...), eat at MAJOR MAGICs!! Jeff (Thomas' dad, "Poppy":-) promised Kylie he would treat her to dinner
and arcade games there as soon as she got back from Florida!! (The Ortners - all 7!! - we there too!!) Thanks Jeff!! Thanks
Krista!! I'm glad you all had a Good Time! It was nice of you to invite me too, bless your hearts! (I was a little tired
after being on the road all day running errands, so I left early, and asked Krista to please keep Kylie that night. She graciously
agreed:-). Home, relax, watch NCAA Bball, stay up a little while, work on websites.
Sun., 3/18/07 - Sleep in. Up,
eat snacks, watch more college hoops on TV. (Read about BGSU womens team!! They rock!! *3/22/07 note - hear the news that
BGSU made it into the Sweet 16!! Sweeeeet!! First time EVER that a MAC women's team has made it past the 2nd round of NCAA
tournament play!! Go BG Women!! You Rock!! I pray you WIN IT ALL Ladies!! You represent!! :-)
Go to Bible study that
night (Acts - talk about "Pentecost" and "being filled with the Spirit of the Lord:" :-) Call Mom and Dad, tell them about
bible study, major magics, my plans to buy a New Car (2007) at Dave
White Chevrolet this Thursday!! Give them my love, to bed early, work at 6:00 am.
Mon., 3/19/07 - Kylie's daycare
provider Melanie Kelb, into the ER for abdominal bleeding, she had to be admitted. Bill pickup Kylie at her school right
after work, give her dinner, do her homework with her, take her home at 6:30 after Krista get home from work. Home, do laundry,
to bed, work tomorrow am at 6:00 again.
Tues., 3/20/07 - Melanie still in hospital. Pickup Kylie directly from school
again at 3:00, home, homework, cook dinner, eat, drop her off, home to bed, into work at 6 am.
Wed., 3/21/07 - Melanie
home but daycare closed all week. Bill pickup Kylie immediately after school, Home, homework, Go to Frisch's Big Boy, buy
her dinner (I had a pork tenderloin sandwich - hadn't had one of those in years! Mmmmmm!), home, Kylie shower, call G & G,
tell them Kylie is going to Camp for "overnight" tomorrow!! Read Kylie a story, pack her duffel bag, say prayers, tuck her
in bed. Bill stay up, do laundry, read paper, stay "wide awake" for awhile. :-)
Thur., 3/23/07 - Up at 6:30, get Kylie
up, fed, dressed, take her to school with her camping gear, meet Krista there, wish Kylie "Fun at Camp", home, nap, go to
"Title Bureau" get copy of cavalier title, go to Dave White chevrolet, talk with Salesman, Bill Harler. He set me up in a
2007 Chevy Malibu LS!!! Swweet (picture to follow soon!). Finalize deal with Joe Mehling, Dealerships General Manager, drive
away in my new "Sweet" ride!!
(*note - My "New Malibu" is the 3rd Brand New car I have boughten from Dave White Chevrolet!!
(A 1992 cavalier, a 2000 cavalier, and now a 2007 Malibu LS, Baby!! I told this to Mr. Oehluer, the Finance manager, but
he was whippin out the paper work so fast, he didn't have a chance to seem too impressed, lol! :-)
Home,
call G & G, tell them the "New Car" news! (I saw Thurman Munson, a former ASM at our Kohl's store there. He was Co-signing
for a new 2007 Cobalt for one of his duaghters! :-)
Update websites, watch Bball games!! Bed. Work tomorrow at 1:30 pm.
(Say a prayer for Kylie...that she is having a terrific time (and not scared or lonely:-), and that she knows she is loved
and missed! :-)
Fri., 3/24/07 - Kylie home from Camp! (She said "I LOVED it Dad! It was soooo cool! - I'm so glad
Kylie has such young, talented, enthusiastic teachers! Kylie's blessed with some of the best 3rd grade teachers in the Bedford
school district! Cool! However, the parent's organization asked us to write to Governor Granholm to NOT cut school funding
(*note to myself - write to Governor Granholm!!) Mail out 8 "Friends and Family" coupons to my relatives elsewhere!! (Brilliant
idea "marketing", making the coupons "postcard style" for ease and convenience of mailing them!)
Wed., 3/28/07 - Another
visit from Tim our District manager out of Cleveland! (I'm glad the "home offices" don't forget about us out here in the
field! They really do gives us all the support and tools we need to "Get-ur-done"!! :-) After work, type up a "personal
greeting" and staple to "F & F" coupons, pass them out to 18 neighbors houses! (Meet our new neighbor's Justin Johnson, his
wife and their 2 boys! Welcome to the nieghborhood folks!). I must have given out about 5 dozen coupons total! People LOVE
them things - and it makes me feel good too! LOL!
Sun., 4/1/07 - "Happy April Fools Day"!! Day off work. I did a
"Foolish thing" - I about "completely wiped out" the 4th commandment, this sunday morning! ("Remember to keep the Sabbath
holy,...a day of rest" LOL!) Spent 7 straight hours painting the fence between the Wietrokowski's house and ours! Afterwards,
cleanup, eat, relax, and fall asleep in lazy boy chair. Go to Bible Study (late! Oops!:-) Home, finish laundry, to bed
for 6am work the next morning!
Fri.,
4/6/07 - Good Friday!! Hosanna!! - Work "pre-opening". At the morning meeting Lana announced to us that last month our store
was "4TH IN THE COMPANY" (that's 4th out of about a 1,000 stores, for those of you counting!:-) in our "Sell-through"!! (I'm
not sure for what particular time frame, specific department, merchandise category or other details - but Hey! 4th is 4th!
:-) We are the 4th best at "selling to our target market"!! (Do we have some good people working for us or what!?!! They
get us "exactly" the product "when we need it", and "how much of it we need it"!! This place is GREAT!! I'm NEVER leaving
Kohl's!! :-) Kylie spend Easter weekend at her Nana and Papa's in Wood county! After work, home, change clothes, back to
Kohl's for "Associate Appreciation Day"!! (Used my 15% off "friends and family" coupon, AND my "MVC Pick-a-Day" 15% off coupon,
OFF the ALREADY remarkably low "POWER HOUR" specials!! (saved about $60 TYVM!) After dinner, talk with Nana on the phone,
when I called to wish kylie "sweet dreams". She invited me to church service, with them 10:40 Easter morning, and then to
an "Easter dinner" at their house at 4:30 (Bless their hearts, they do so much for others, especially considering her MS,
and Papa's diabetes!!) Stay up til 2:00 am working on Bradner.cc (uploaded 5 songs that my "fans" could download, added a
"projectplaylist" music player, and a map from "frappr". Whew! :-)
Sat., 4/7/07 - Sleep in, work on website somemore,
into work at 1:30. ("Friends and Family" weekend at Kohl's baby!:-) Try to get to bed early for "Sunrise Service" tomorrow
morning!
Sun., 4/8/07 - Happy Easter!! "Praise The Lord, for He is Risen"!! (and Happy 3rd Birthday to "The Twins"
- Kylie's cousins on her mom's side - Brandon and Hunter!! You kids Rock! ) 7:00am - Worship service outdoors at the Flower
Hospital Duck Pond, followed by Easter morning breakfast. Krista call and wish me a "Happy Easter". She told me about the
"Easter baskets" that the bunny left for Thomas and Kylie at her house. (Good! Because of the "chilly" tempatures (32 degrees!
Brrrrrr!:-) he must have just skipped over my house! LOL! Home, update website. Say a prayer for all the American Soldiers!
May God watch over them and theirs!
Later
in the day, out to Nana and Papa's for dinner with my Ex's entire clan! LOL!
Fri., 4/13/07 - TOLEDO MUDHENS HOME OPENER
BASEBALL GAME!! (That's the 2-time "back-2-back" International League Defending Champions, TYVM!!:-) The Mudhen's won 4
- 3, over the Durham Bulls, in front of another "Sell-out" crowd!! AND "Noah Dressler" (The 4 year old son of the Late Detective
Keith Dressler, slain TPD officer and his widow Danielle - bless her heart) after a "minute of silence" observed by the players
and all the fans, "threw out the first "ceremonial pitch"!! (Like Mayor Carty Finkbiener, in attendance there was qouted
as saying: "Alright Noah! Great Job, Noah!" LOL!). AND his 6 year old sister was the one who declared over the PA system:
"PLAY BALL!" (I was touched when I read that in the Blade's sports section the next morning! :-) I wasn't able to attend,
had to work the night before....but I waas there in Spirit! Go Hens!!
Sat., 4/14/07 - Charity Event at Kohl's!!
I volunteered as a member of our stores "A TEAM", to "fit" and "give out" FREE bike helmets at our store, for local children!!
St. Vincent's/ Mercy Medical Childrens hospital receives a $500 gift from our store, because we had 10 store associates donating
their time! Sweeeet!! I met "Geana"(sp?) from Mercy Medical, and "Carolynn" from St. V's. They came in and trained us about
the "proper fit and correct adjustment of a bike helmet to maximize it's effectiveness. We had a line of interested adults
and children when we started at 10:00 am! Lana, our store manager, personally lead our "A team" in the event! Matt, our
HR/Ops manager, passed out the helmets (over 300 of them, in less then 5 hours!! We actually ran out :45 minutes early, due
to the publics interest and enthusiasim in the program! "Kohl's Kids on Wheels" :-) My fellow store associates helped make
my part (Lana and I were "fitters":-) very easy! Nina with her paperwork, Sharon greeting and instructing, Karen explaining
and bagging, Sheryl measuring (she is "great with the measurements":-) - almost every helmet her and Matt picked for my children
were right on the money! We had a terrific time, got to help raise community awareness of "Bicycling Safety" and the importance
of Children always wearing a helmet! (*bonus - I mentioned to Geana, that I sometimes ride my bike with my daughter, who
ALWAYS wears a helmet with me - she provided me with one "free" for our bike rides. AND I actually had 2 children of Toledo
Police Officers that I helped "fit"!! Cool! My daughter and I "love" and always say "Hello" to the members of the TPD Bike
patrol!! "Pedal Power"!! :-)
(*note - there is 4 more "Kohl's Kids on Wheels" events planned this spring by Kohl's stores
in our district - May 5th, Airport Hwy. Store / 5/12 - Perrysburg, OH store / 5/19 - Findlay, OH store / 5/26 - Fremont, OH
store!! check em out! "Stay Safe"!!
(*note
- for a cute children's "cartoon" on bike safety I found on the internet: CLICK HERE
Back home again, change clothes, work on websites. Call Krista, Kylie
and her cousins are having a "sleepover" tonight at Krista's house! Dave and I are going to the "Toledo Storm Hockey" PLAYOFF
game at the Toledo Sports Arena!! (It maybe the LAST Hockey game EVER in the TSA!! "Bye TSA, we'll miss you! See you in
2009 in your NEW DOWNTOWN arena TOLEDO's HOCKEY TEAM!!!") If I there wasn't a playoff game, a new friend I met online, through
myspace.com - Cetan Clawson (Guitar Player/Vocalist for his band "Cetan Claswson revolution") is playing at "Headliners" in
north Toledo. I was going to head on over there and check out a "couple of his sets"!! (He has this "really smokin' hot"
"Jimmi Hendrix" style tune, called "White Heat", that I just gotta hear live! :-)
Sun. 4/29/07 - ANOTHER Kohl's "A
Team" event - The MS Walk at the Lucas County Recreation Center. I volunteered to represent our Kohl's Store in the 3 mile
walk (I am part of a team that will be donating $500.00 to the MS foudation! Woohoo! Go Team!" Day off work....later that
night will be the LAST SHOW AT THE CLUB BIJOU in downtown Toledo, OH! (Awwww, I loved that place!! But, they are tearing
it down to build a new "Sports Arena" there for THE TOLEDO STORM - so at least it's for a good reason! LOL!) I hear "Cetan"
will be headlining that last show! Cool, at least my place will be going out with a good show!
(note - I had that night
off! My buddies Grant and his wife, and I went downtown to The Bijou. We got inside in time to hear 4 great bands!! (My
favorites we're the headliners in the "main hall" - "Fate of Apollo"! Dang, they rocked! From what my buddy Ali said: They
may be representing Toledo in some kind of regional "Battle of the Bands"! I wish them lots of luck - "hope they Represent"!!
(I even asked Jim White - the Soundman there, running the board for their show, to give them a half dozen of my "Glass Cities"
T-shirts to throw out to the crowd - which they obliged me by doing so! Thanks guys, that was cool! Rock on! We'll miss
you "Bijou" - like I said in an email to my sister the next night, the "Bijou" was the place where:
1.) I first kissed
my future "first wife"
2.) I met "THE" Katie Holmes for the first time
3.) Peformed and videotaped my "Famous" (LOL)
":34 second "Drum Solo"!!
Wow, does me and that place "connect" or what??!? LOL!!
:-)
(*note
- I know there's alot of dates in here for possible "entries". Let me see, a few of the highlights would be: Kylie's SRE
carnival (added 5 "fish", new tank, to our family! LOL), Saw movie "Spiderman 3" at the theater with my buddy "Dave", had
a few "Playstation 2" NBA and NFL online nights, recorded and posted my ""ROCKSTAR" (Nickelback) LipSync video" down the basement,
went out to eat at "Red Lobster" with Kylie, Kylie spend the night at her classmate's house (Stacey D.) with Rebecca D., Rebecca
C., Alexis, and ??, mount on the garage a "custom-home-made" basketball hoop ("Bradner.cc" of course!LOL) and shoot some
baskets with Kylie, mow grass for the first time this spring, bike rides with Kylie, lots of shopping at Kohl's, business
cards printed with my "Kohl's job title, contact info" on them, emails and phone calls to M & D and siblings, Kylie spend
dozen or so nights here, and lots of other stuff...I'll try to get out the calendar and go back and fill in some specifics
as soon as I get a chance! (O yeah, lot's of RedWings, and Pistons playoff games - at this point STILL a major possibility
of League CHAMPIONSHIPS in two Major League sports for Detroit!! Oh yeah, and added "contact info" and "online questionairre
forms" to Bradner.cc, and performed with the "Praise BAnd" at Aldersgate UMC again (5/20/07)!!) :-)
5/23/07 - Slept
in until 9:00 am, read the morning paper (Especially the news about the Ohio Senate passing the law to Close all Adult-oriented
Businesses (Strip Clubs, Adult Bookstores, etc...) from midnight until 6 am!! AND the "NoTOUCH" rule for "dancers"!! EXCELLENT
work Ohio lawmakers!! A BIG "WAY to Go and THANK YOU VERY MUCH to them and Governor Strickland!! I hope that someday all
THE STRIP CLUBS, adult-oriented businesses, etc..CLOSE!!... That would be just fine with me! TYVM!!
Into work 12:00 -
8:30 pm. (note - Kudos to Lana, and Brad (LP) on handling an incident that night! Way to go! Thanks!)
Memorial Day
weekend 2007 - "Thank you Those who have served this great country, the fallen, the veterans and all the heroes! Thank you!
God Bless America!!"
(Can't wait to "Fly the "Good old Red, White and Blue"!! Especially since I have the entire holiday
weekend off work! (I think it's my first holiday weekend off, in entirity, in about 3 years!! Cool!! :-)
YEAH!! -
talked to mom and dad on the phone wednesday night, they said they will be leaving florida on friday or saturday night to
drive back north here, to their home here in Toledo!! Woohooo! (I think they are going to stop for a night in Cincinnati,
at my sister Bonny's house, then will be here either sunday or monday morning! Great! Can't wait to have them home again!
:-)
Fri., May 5, 2007 - SRE school! Another of the "Great" annual SRE Spring Carnivals!! Ky and I will be
there (well, her mom may have her that night, 'cuz - talk in the neighborhood here, is that there is a 3 house GAS line repair
sheduled next week - I may have to ask my "Ex" to keep Kylie on my nights off. (Columbia gas, has to "dig up" our yard, next
door neighbor's (currently occupied by Schloz's renter's "Jess and Jeff"), and the Guittierez' Ohhh!!)
Don't know how long
it's gonna take to do the maintenance. Anyways, I was almost 2 hours late to work wednesday, waiting on "Chris" from Columbia
Gas, to shut off a valve in the front yard, turn it off at the meter, relight pilots, etc...oh yeah. Anyways, back to the
carnival, Kylie tells me "Mr. Sheperd" will be in "the dunk tank" this year!! (she says "Mrs. Perz" is a repeat. lol) But
the part I like the most, is the "talent show"!! (the other day, while I was getting Kylie ready for school, I asked her
if she wanted me to stop by the principal's office and ask her if "Kylie and I can compete in the talent show - our "duet":
"SODAPOP" would be our "number" LOL). Ky just wanted to get to school.. lol). I work 8 - 5 that day, so I COULD take her,
if her mom and poppy don't (I think Kylie's most interested in seeing Thomas is all! LOL)
Sun., May 20, 2007 A.D.
- AUMC, Praise band performance! Alot a special guests that morning! (Perry and Linda Johnson, Jim ?, (Perry and Jim on
guitars - Steve may "solo" during "Shout to the Lord", since we have a rhythm for this show.lol) Linda C., Ruth M., Tom and
Michelle Moore all on Vox...and of course a pianist (?) AND Jane on flute!)
Mon., 5/21/07 - Bev sent us an email,
it seems she had ANOTHER ARTICLE published on "Feng Shui"!! (Kewl!! Way to go Bev! (I love her, everyonce in awhile, for
no reason at all, without prompting - she sends me a "pick-you-up" email or "just-called-to-say-hello" phone call!! It really
helps, and sometimes I even end with: "thanks bev, I love you too." :-)
Anyways, the article was an interview done for
a magazine called BellaOnline.....Click here to read article online!! Way to go Bev, (like Dad jokes with you: "Who knows, maybe
someday her "Feng Shui" studying will pay off." LOL!:-)
Sun., June 3rd, 2007 - "Awards day at Church!" I received
my "Certificate of Completion" from the Aldersgate UMC bible study - for my completion of "Discipleship II: Into the word,
into the world"!! Whoohoo! Who rocks! Who rocks!
Summer
"Week" vacation June 10 - 16th!! Woohoo! (got that "parental requirement outta the way! (Just kiddin Ky, I love ya, and
wouldn't give up my time with you for anything! LOL)
(*note - I sent an email in mid-May to Mr. Mark Grummon, our case
manager in the Monroe County Friends of the Court, child support division, asking him if I could make an appointment with
him (We have our 2 year "review" coming up this year! Woohoo! "Gotta keep those child support payments, and amounts "Current"!"
LOL! :-), I asked him (with a :CC copy to Patirce Patrick, a supervisor up there, and a :BCC copy to Krista of course, LOL!:-)
if we could schedule our review for sometime during the week of my vacation (6/10 - 6/17/07) and if I could bring our daughter
Kylie with me (So that he might be able to meet "the fine young lady" (*smile), that is "One of the "FRUITS of his Labors"!
LOL! :-) - haven't heard back from him yet, as of 5/30/07 - so I'm not sure if that is going to be able to happen yet or not:-)
Wed.,
June 6th, 2007 - (Was supposed to be: "Personal Vacation/Trip" to "HELL, MICHIGAN"!! (I hear they have a great state park
up there!!:-) So I planned to make it up there for a possible "Son of The Beast" Number Festival day! (6/6/07 or "667" LOL!
Is there such a thing??!!??:-) ...well it never did happen..(lot's of possible taglines in that one folks! ROFL!! :-)
11:45
pm....after a call earlier in the day to 1047 DJ, Grizley Brown...I heard my request for some "Iron Maiden" played on the
air! (Griz has a show from 7 pm - midnight called the "room of doom" and "High Voltage"...he said my request was from "THE
3rd horsemen of the Apocalypse; "LORD Bill Bradner" (and "LMAO" he said that TWICE on the air!! I wondered if the "continuous
flow crew" on duty that night at Kohl's heard my name on the air"!! LOL!)
Thanks Griz! - - GB: YOU the 3rd horsemen!!
BB: NO...YOU da 3rd Horsemen!! GB: NO, YOU da 3rd Horsemen!! (Both LOAO!! Peace out!!)
(P.S. - Dad asked to see
my "Sending a Message" email
I sent to the Toledo Free Press (3/9/07). so I printed a hardcopy, and emailed him the URL address.)
(PP.S - We still pray
for Mrs. Dressel, Family and Friends on that subject. Thank You God: Hear our Prayers)
Sun., June 10th, 2007 - 7 am
- 10 am....walk at Westfield Plaza, Franklin Park Mall - with our Kohl's store's "A-Team" (my 3rd A-team charity event in
less than 2 and 1/2 months! LOL).... Walk to donate money to www.northwestohio.wish.org with fellow Kohl's associates Courtney, Heather, Courtney, and ?? :-)
Pickup
Kylie at her mom's house, stop at the library, pick up some books for the week (and Kylie's summer reading club!) Eat dinner
(Burgers on the grill!). After dinner, bill and Kylie ride up to the video store and rent 4 or 5 movies for the week!
Mon.,
June 11th, 2007 - Kylie and I to Ortner's for swimming! (Kewl, they have up there new 4' pool in the backyard! "We swam
and we swam all over that..... pool!LOL)" (David off work with a 3 day injury - should go back tomorrow). Eat dinner out
there (BK - Dave bought his 7 member family and two of his daughter's guests dinner! All I had to buy was Kylie and I's LOL!)
Home, Bill and Kylie ride bikes (wearing our safety helmets of course!) over to "Handel's "Homemade" Ice Cream" stand for a specialty ice cream,. Watch videos to bed.
(Bill rent "Babel" - only made it to scene17 LOL).
Tues., June 12, 2007 - Swimming again at Ortner's!! (Angie off
work). Grampie go golfing. Home in time for a quick dinner. Then Grampie, Dad and daughter off to Mudhen's stadium to watch
the Mudhens play!! Third base seats, right behind Mudhen's dugout! Before the game, Kylie got to have her picture taken
with 3 mounted police horses and officers!!
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Another bonus, I got to get her a Mudhen's player's
autograph on her PINK baseball mitt!! (GO #31!! YOU ROCK!!) (Unfortunately, Mudhens dropped a close one - they could have
won it, had 2 opportunities for Grand Slams, and left alot of runners on base, but "Hey! They are in First Place atop the
West Division again!! CAN YOU SAY MUDHENS THREE-PEAT!! Woohoo! Home again after the game. Kylie and Grammie to bed. Dad
do crossword puzzle, Bill play online video games.
Wed., 6/13/07 - G & G, B & K to the Toledo Zoo to see the new POLAR
BEAR CUBS!! (I was able to take alot of good pictures of them - and was even able to ask a "zoo volunteer" to take one for
me!! (Got the 4 of us all in the same picture! :-) We also go to see the "Butterfly House" and it's exhibit! Kewl!! (As
a bonus, just as the 4 of us were heading into the rhino exhibit, up comes Brittany, (Kylie's cousin), and invites us to the
"Children's Zoo"!! All 5 of the Ortner children were there, along with N & P Ortner!! It was fun!)
Home,
mom make dinner ("garden dinner" Mmmm). Play 5 games of Dominoes - each won one, grampie won 2!! Ky read grammie a story,
to bed. Dad watch ESPN, bill play video games.
Thurs. 6/14/07 - Ask Kylie (After we both sleep in...if she wanted
to go fishing this morning, or swimming at her cousins? She replied: "Swimmming Dad!! I already caught an 8" Small mouth
last week! LOL!) Swimming it was....David was there, the children were with there Nana and Papa Ortner, Angie worked. David
played bill's new PS2 games (NHL hockey - his RedWings split a series, and NBA - his Spurs split 2 - LOL)
(*note - Congrats
to Detroit in the REAL Division Finals!! Thank you Pistons for ANOTHER Great season! I KNOW you'll "get'em" next year! :-)
Home, eat dinner (Mom's spagetti! Mmmm!) To bed early for the race tomorrow!
Fri., June 15th, 2007 - ARCA race at
MIS with my daughter, her Uncle and cousins Alexia and Brittany! (We got there early, and Kylie had her "photo-op" with #9's
trailer! bought her a souvenier "MIS" checkered flag, and our home a "MIS" fridge magnet!) David got to watch JR. qualify!
(I said next year, you can have a seat closer to me "fellow Hendricks" teamate now, buddy!" LOL!)
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Bill
drive car back home (everyone loved the "cruise control and air" LOL). Kylie take shower, watch movie, bill email cellphone
pixs to family members. Bed.
Sat., 6/16/07 - Last day of vacation! Spend the day around the house, ride up to video
store on bicycles, return videos. Home eat dinner, Bill drive Kylie back up to her mom's, thank her for a terrific week,
Kylie give "Poppy" his "Step-Father's" day present (Michigan:-( - flip-FLOPS!! LOL!!) bill back home, finish laundry, to
bed early for work at 6 am the next morning.
Sun., 6/17/07 - "One of my TOP favorite day's of the year!" - FATHERS
DAY!! (Everyone exchange cards! TY M and D, sisters, Kylie (especially - for the homemade card, AND the car wash the day
before!) Bill to work, Mom not feeling well (back), she and Dad stay home from church. (Today (08:01) was Aldersgate United
Methodist Men's Club breakfast! Keynote speaker - Mayor Carty Finkbeiner!! Bill had wanted to ask for Kylie and he's picture
with the mayor (holding "Bradner.cc" T-shirts of course - Yes, the mayor would get to keep his, after the picture thank you!
LOL! - Oh well, maybe I'll be able to ask for an autograph at the "Veterans' GlassCity Skyway" dedication next weekend! :-)
Week
of June 18th - 23rd - Bonny (and ANDY) up from Cincinnati, to spend a week with Mom, Dad, Kylie and I! (Even though I had
to work that week:-)
**Highlights - I was able to pick Kylie up on tuesday, and krista let me keep her overnight, so bonny
could spend some time with her - Dinner out that night at Frisch's, bonny take Kylie to Handel's Ice Cream for a desert, just
the two of them, later. Play Guesstures - the 5 of us.
Andy drive up from Lima to spend the night, and play a round of
Golf with Grampie and I at Valleywood Golf Course on Thursday (day off) - Dad crushed us - but Andy and I did "pair" the first
hole - (had dad by one stroke on that hole - the ONLY one of the game!! LOL!! I think between Andy and I, second place wasn't
decided til my "within 3 feet! chip" on 18! LOL!) Andy return home the next day (after a few games of "Scattergories" - which
"Bill" dominated tyvm (Oh, and Bonny a "Wrestler" IS a weapon! LOL):-)- Bonny on friday! Kylie come back again and spend
the day (and dinner) on Saturday! (take Kylie back home that night)
Tues., 7/3/07 - Bill sleep in, Grandpa Bob golfing,
Gramdma Wanda up writing letters to her Florida doctors, Kylie awake early, stay in her room and watch morning cartoons (She
ate dinner, rode bikes to the library and ice cream stand, played dominoes, showered, played "silver buckles stables" on PS2,
gameboy adnvanced, said prayers, and slept here from the night before). Bill read paper, have a cup of coffee and sit on
back step (listen to Jessica's children next door ride there bikes over homemade ramp in their driveway! LOL! Our next door
neighbors were out enjoying their "Brand New Pool" already that morning! I sure am glad Kylie is good friend's with Livia!
LOL! Not that she doesn't get enough swimming at her daycare at Melanie's or at her Aunt Angie's LOL!) Grammie make Kylie
egg sandwich before she got dressed in clean clothes from yesterday, (washed by "dad" the night before:-) before grabbing
her gameboy for the drive back up to Melanie's to join her little brother there. (while mom is at her job at the insurance
agency office, and Poppy at his LawnCare job) Bill stop at Speedway on way home, buy a Coke Freezee, listen to MP3 player
(Kid Rock) smoke a cigarette at corner of lot and practice "Air Drums" to "Forever" LOL! Bill back home, take laptop out
to backyard, surf internet, send some "friend requests" on Facebook.com page (Courtney, Matt's sister, etc..),, read emails,
check Myspace pages, etc..), shower, dress, grab lunch mom packed out of fridge, into work at 2:00. Work until 10:30 Stop
at Speedway on Monroe St., pickup another Freezee, some 100 speedy reward points M&M's, and hopefully, what will be MY "LAST
PACK of cigarettes"!! (*note - 7/8/07 - well, "Long ATTEMPT story short", my "Target QUIT date" got moved back again! (...and
again!...lol...and again!....and again! (sigh)...and...)
Okay, home, take phone call from Krista, talk about Kylie and
"Child discipline" issue for 45 minutes, change clothes, sit on back step, smoke a cig, listen to MP3 player (Nickelback)
upstairs, play "World Championship Poker" PS2 online.
Independence Day 2007 A.D. - "Happy 231st Birthday USA!!"
(You
deserve it!!) I'm such a "Happy American" I KNOW I'll see your 250th Baby! (AND I'm looking forward to the Stories I'll
have to tell by then!! ROFL!!) Get my hair cut, Kylie over for dinner (Celebration Steaks Baby!), Bil drop her off at her
mom's, then he go downtown for fireworks display (Sponsored by "The Pharm", and many good others, etc... TYVM!!) drop Kylie
off, home to bed, into work the next morning at 6:00 am! LOL)
Friday, 7/6/07 - Krista's Second-Marriage Wedding! (Downtown
on the courthouse lawn with the Justice of the peace!)
Bill off work, Drive to Fremont Ohio, USA!!! Take a quick look
at the "Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center" just before it's first renovation in (30??) years is to commence! (Ask the
Presidential Museum head curator - "Ross" (get it?? Just like "Fremont Ross" high school! Kewl:-) to take a quick picture
of me infront of an "official presedential portrait" of President Hayes!! (He kindly obliged - thank you very much sir (no
flash cameras please:-)
That
night, Bill over to Toledo Speedway for USAC "Sprint Car" races!! (Good luck "Josh McQueon(sp?)" (Toldeo native) - almost
all of Kasey Kahne's USAC team did really well! congrats guys!! (Oh and cheered for the gal as well!! She's good!! :-)
Saturday,
July 7th, 2007 A.D. - My daughter's mom's (Krista Bradner) and her boyfriend Jeff McCrory's WEDDING RECEPTION!! (At their
friend's house "Lois and Greg's" - Grandma Shari and Grandpa Tom will be there, along with Aunt Angie and Uncle Dave, Cousins
by the Dozens, and much of Jeff's family!!
Woohoo! They've been "together" for many years now, have a home together, and
a child "Thomas Louis McCrory"!! I think it's great they are "Tying the Knot"!! (Don't know if I'm going to be recieving
an invite, but they did tell me they are going to the "Justice of the Peace" in downtown Toledo on the day before, Friday
July 6th!! Way to Go Krista and Jeff!! Congratulations!! Here's to many Wonderful Years together! :-)
Unfortunately,
I personally will not be able to attend their "Nuptial Celebration" (wedding reception) that evening (*blessings* - I did
drop off, a day earlier, a wedding gift for The McCrorys. A $75.00 gift card to the Olive Garden, a photo memories bulletin
board from Kohl's, and disposable camera for Kylie (to take our own pictures for us, at the wedding and reception) :-), nope,
BILL will be attending THE TOLEDO
SPEEDWAY JAM 2007, at the Toledo Speedway Race Track!! (Featuring: Pete Frampton, Edgar Winter, Hunter Brucks, and Josh
Boyd and the VIP band! ("RAWCK ON PETE!!" :-)
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(and now, onto the "Journal-6 (07/07 - Present)"
which will inform you of our family's most recent events! (...and Beyond! LOL!
Enjoy!! :-)
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