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Journal 4 (04/06 - 12/06) Webpage!!
PAST EVENTS INCLUDE:
(Journal Entries - from 4/7/06 up 12/06)
(Entries prior to 4/6/2006 can be found on the
"Journal-1 (04/04 - 04/05)" webpage by clicking HERE
And
now back to the Journal...
Fri., 4/7/06 - Home from work in A.M.,
sleep, up, go pick up Kylie from her mom's after school, do grocery shopping, home kylie help me prepare dinner (table settings,
salad,
pour beverages... :-) Eat, watch her new "Chicken Little" DVD (spelling test reward), shower, play dominoes, kylie
read me a bedtime story, sherbert, brush teeth, prayers,
tuck kylie in bed. Bill stay up, do laundry, and play some online
PS2 (Madden '06!), bed.
Sat. 4/8/06 - Bill and Kylie up, kylie make breakfast (Bill supervise:-) - eggs, sausage, cinnamon
toast, juice. Kylie do dishes (Bill dry) make $.50!! Kylie vacuum upstairs, ground floor, basement while bill clean bathrooms.
Bike riding down to school house, shoot baskets in the driveway (I was Detroit, Kylie Cleveland! :-), make lunch, watch a
DVD, go to Kohl's pick up things Bill had on hold. Home, color easter eggs, hamburgers on the grill!! Clean up dishes, Bill
and Kylie play PS2 - "beach volleyball" and "wheel of fortune" (set new record - won all 3 rounds and bonus round! :-) showers,
sherbert, Kylie read bedtime stories, brush teeth, call G & G visit (tell them about bike riding, basketball), prayers, bed.
Bill stay up play PS2. bed.
Sun., 4/9/06 - "Happy Palm Sunday!" - bill and Kylie to early service at AUMC!! Kylie receive palm branch leaf, a cross necklace (and one for her brother!
:-), and a cross made out of a palm leaf! Home, change clothes, call G & G, drive kylie back to her mom's, drop her off, home
and to bed. Up at 5:30, back to church, attend Discipleship I bible study class, eat, into work (clean carpet! :-)
Fri.,
4/14/06 - "Happy Good Friday!" - Kylie spend the night at her Nana and Papa's. (Color easter eggs in the morning with her
cousins - Alexia and Brittany!) Bill over to grant and beth's listen to new "Sebastian Bach" CD he bought over the internet.
Bill to movies, see "Inside Man" (I love Denzel Washington movies! :-) Home, play PS2 - "The Godfather". To Bed.
Sat.,
4/15/06 - Pick up Kylie from Nana and Papa's, home eat dinner (Pizza!), play basketball in the driveway, shower, call G &
G, aunt bonny. Watch DVD, shower, to bed early!
Sun., 4/16/2006 A.D. - "Happy Easter"!! - "He is Risen!" - Bill and
Kylie to "Sunrise Service" for Aldersgate UMC service at Flower hospital duck pond, in sylvania, Oh!!
Sing,
communion, blow bubbles, praise the lord!! Back to the church, eat easter morning breakfast, back home change clothes. Ride
bikes down to the schoolhouse. Swing, race bikes. Drive out to Nana and Papas. Eat Easter dinner with N & P, Uncle Jim and
aunt sandra, cousin brigette, Dave and Angie, Alexia, Britany, Brandon, Hunter, Krista, Jeff, Thomas and Kylie! Play PS2 with
Dave (NBA2005 - My rockets beat San antonio 96 - 88!!), play "Godfather". Pack up PS2, thank hosts for dinner. Back home,
clean, do laundry, reflect on my "blessings". Update website, answer email, make moves on "itsyourturn.com". to bed early.
Mon., 4/17/06 - Into work at 4:00am!! Autoscrub ceramic tile floor, clean restrooms, improve stores "shoppability"
for "day after easter sale", off work early. Home, hamburgers on the grill, watch TV, finish laundry. Play PS2 online. read
bible study homework, to bed.
Wed. 4/19/06 - "Congratulations!! Katie and Tom!! I heard the news on the birth of your
daughter, "Suri"!! That's great (there was SO many rumors about the delivery taking place, undisclosed, her in Toledo!! I'm
just glad your baby was born healthy and happy!! :-) Oh yeah, thus I quickly updated my "FREEBILLTO on Bradner.cc" webpage to reflect the "new addition"!! LOL!! I
hope you three have a long, joyous life together!!
Fri.,
4/21/06 - Off work. Pick up kylie after school from her mom's. Eat a quick dinner. Out to Dave and Angie's - Kylie play with
her cousins, while Uncle Dave and I have "NBA2005" rematches (split series 1 - 1!), watch Dave play "Godfather" on his new
Dell computer, visit with Angie. Take Kylie back home, tuck her in bed.
Sat., 4/22/06 - Up, Kylie make breakfast (eggs,
sausage, toast - I got to supervise and taste test! Mmm!) Kylie do dishes (I dry), she earned $1.50 (vacuum too). take kylie
back up to her mom's, home and to bed. Into work that night(carpet cleaning).
Wed., 4/26/06 - Off work. Krista ask
if she can keep kylie that night, so she can take her to friends house to play. Bill clean, do laundry, update website, email,
watch TV, PS2, read bible, to bed.
Thurs., 4/27/06 - Pick up kylie after school. Help her with her homework, Kylie
assist me making dinner (hamburgers on grill! Mmmm! :-) Watch our new DVD (reward for another 100% on spelling test! "Chronicles
of Narnia!" :-) Shower, kylie read bedtime story, sherbert and dominoes, call G & G, prayers, tuck her in bed. Bill stay up
and play PS2 (Godfather) - to stay on his third shift schedule! :-)
Fri., 4/28/06 - Get Kylie up for school, dressed,
fed her breakfast, drop her off at school. Drop off her overnight bag at her mom's. Home and to bed, up for work that night,
pack lunch, eat, into work (carpet cleaning. Work the weekend because of holiday.)
Fri., 5/5/06 - Pick Kylie up from
school for her mom. Take her things over to her house. Back to Smith Road Elementary at 6:00 for the school's "Spring Carnival"
 Kylie and I enjoy the food, fun, games and attractions!! Good time to
be had by all!! (See picture above of Kylie next to the school mascot! Or below of Kylie playing the basketball game! - good
enough to win a small prize, thank you very much! :-)
Drop
Kylie back off at her mom's after Krista get home from working late. Home to enjoy the "Night off"!!
Sat., 5/6/06
- Bedford Community Soccer Field Complex! - Second game of the Bedford Community Education Youth Spring 2006, co-ed youth
soccer league games!! "Gooooo Gooold Team!" Kylie played in all 4 quarters and made some great plays! Gold team won again!!
(5 - 3 over purple team! :-) I got to assistant coach again! Yeah! Afterwards wish Kylie a good weekend, back home and to
bed, have to work the weekend.
Sun., 5/7/06 - Stay up after work, go to early church service at AUMC. home and to
bed. Up for work that night, call G & G and say "Hi", ride bike into work (4th time so far this spring! :-) Clean carpet,
change lightbulbs - prepare for our DM (Mrs. K.C. Schrade) visit this week.
Wed., 5/10/06 - Night off work, attended
the "Kid Rock" concert at the Toledo sports arena. He performed for over 2 hours, and sang about 30 songs from his 3 albums.
(Crowd - about 4,000)
(I saw and watched the
concert, near my friends Grant and Beth, and Grant's niece Sandra and her boyfriend A.J.. I also meet some interesting people
(Michelle - who said her dad owned a recording studio - I asked her if "Kid Rock" had ever been there. she just laughed, but
I gave her one of my business cards just in case. LOL!) and her son "Jason" (She danced all over in front of me for almost
the whole concert. LOL! :-), standing next to them was Ray and his girlfriend "Suzy", and finally "Brian" (who was shouting
out the song titles after the songs started.) and two very nice sisters. It was a pretty good show. (Although I don't approve
of most of KID's lyrics or subject matter! I did want to hear the song "Only GOD knows why":-) During his final bows, he
did come over to the corner of the stage near where I was standing, look at me and gesture! (me wearing a "Piston's #3" jersey,
which I think he got the joke in, since his own Kid, was photographed with him, both wearing Piston's jerseys at a game earlier
this season! LOL! :-) (NEVER ANY Drugs or Alcohol, Thank you very much! In fact there was 30 people cited for drug use that
night at the concert, by Toledo Law Enforcement Agencies! Way to go TPD!! :-) After the concert, I went to backstage entrance,
and asked a security woman there if she would "please give this "www.bradner.cc" T-shirt to Kid rock"? She said she would
see what she could do, then I thanked her and wished her good luck at the upcoming "Alice Cooper" concert. :-) Return home,
update website, make moves on "itsyourturn.com", answer emails, study bible study, to bed. :-)
Fri., 5/12/06 - home
work at 6:30, update website, read emails, read paper, watch CNN, to bed. Up in afternoon, pick up Kylie after school to come
and spend the weekend. Reward her for another 100% on her spelling test this week by buying us a new DVD ("Hoodwinked" :-),
watch DVD, eat Pizza ("East of Chicago" taco pizza! Mmmm! :-) Kylie help me clean up. Play 'Wheel of Fortune" on PS2 - we
made it to the bonus round again! :-) shower, Kylie read bedtime story, prayers and to bed! Sat., 5/13/06 - "Gooo Gooold Team"
- Picture day - I was in the team photo as "Assistant Coach"!! Woohoo!! (My first team photo since litte league baseball and
basketball! LOL! :-)
(Standing L - R: Asst. Coach Bill Bradner,
Angel, Gene, Eric, Asa, Roma, Sommer, Samantha, Head Coach Larry Hasson / Kneeling L - R: Connor, Joey, Jacob, Jacob, Kylie)
Gold
team played a great game and a tough opponent (lost a close one, but only by 5 - 4. congratulations Royal blue team!) We're
now 2 and 1, but we might still finish tied for first by the end of the season!! Great job coach Larry!! Kylie and Bill back
home (Mom came out and cheered Kylie on too!:-) Bill and Kylie bike riding, cleaning (she made $2.00 - vacuuming, dishes and
making her bed! :-) call G & G, tell them we love them. Watch TV, eat dinner (hamburgers on grill!), shower, sherbert, play
"candy land" board game (you have to get out the "classics" every once in awhile! :-) kylie read bedtime story, to bed.
Sun.,
5/14/06 - Bill and Kylie to 8:30 church service at AUMC. Bill drop kylie back off at her mom's house, home and to bed. Up
at 6:00, go to Bible Studay class at work (only 2 more classes until "graduation!" :-) Bill into work (carpet cleaning).
Mon.,
5/15/06 - Kylie has "Another Cousin"!! Aunt anigie was induced at 1:00 pm, and gave birth (C-section) to Kylie's cousin -
"Kaden" (I'm not sure what the name "Kaden" means, but I know the word "Cadence" means marching-drum beat! Maybe he'll be
a drummer, like his "Uncle" Bill!! LOL!! I don't have birth height and weight, at the this time. But I hear he's a "happy
healthy boy, with lots of hair! LOL! :-)
Wed., 5/17/06 - Home from work, email Matt (our Per/Ops manager) a "Nightly
Maintenance Recap", to bed. Up in the afternoon, pickup Kylie for soccer practice. (Coach Larry Needles was there - he told
our team, you "stuck with it" and showed good determination coming back from the deficit we had. He couached practice (passing/shooting
drills - alternating shooting foot, "step-over"/shooting drills, half-field scrimmage (concentrating on "charging the goal/following
up on the ball/and "placing" oneself in front of the goal for passes!) I was assigned to "work out with the team" (I was exhilirated,
and it was "FUN"!! - except when Conner or Eric almost "took my head" off with their shots on goal! LOL!!) I think we're looking
at another victory this coming saturday! "Goooooo Gooooold Team!" Stop atKohl's
Department Store and pick up some graduation gifts to give to Andy and Raegan next friday. Home, pack lunch, call G &
G (we had an excellent talk - mostly about Kylie at soccer practice, and our weather recently "Rain, Rain, Rain"!! I told
Dad to tune into CNN. On the was a story about the Federal Burea of Investigation,
and how they were checking new leads in the 1975 Jimmy Hoffa case. (which took place in Detroit!) He told me a story about
when I was 3 years old, and our family and the McKenna family rented a cottage in michigan, and Chuck McKenna was fishing,
(saying "I gotta a real "fighter" on the line here!") reeled the fish in, and it turned out to be about 3 inches long!! LOL!!
:-) Update website, shower, stop at BK, eat, into work. (We have a visit from Mrs. KC Schrader tomorrow - he wants our store
to look "Pristine!" - Speaking of Mrs. Schrade, there was a photo of her on the "Store Credit Bulletin Board" of her holding
a "Kohl's Cares for Kid's" plush gorilla on her shoulder. I took one look at it and said to Dave (ON area super.): "You didn't
tell me she was that attractive!! That must be another reason our district is doing so well!" LOL!! :-)
Fri., 5/19/06
- "Mom and Dad" return to Toledo!! (I pray they have a "safe and easy" journey!! Home from work, sleep, up in PM, pick up
Kylie, eat dinner, practice soccer down at the schoolhouse (we may try to get in a movie at the theaters. She has expressed
interest in "Superman" - she loves that song "Kryptonite", she asked me "will that be in the movie, maybe during the closing
credits?" LOL! But I'm thinking she might enjoy more "Over The Hedge"!! :-)
Sat., 5/21/06 - "Gold Team" soccer game "Rain
Out"!! (I think we were to play the "Orange" team! :-) "Gooooo Goooold Team!"!! :-) Home, bike riding, CLEAN HOUSE!! (Grammie
and Grampie will be home Sunday!! The place has to be "Spotless" - Grammie (and Grampie too for that matter!:-) is a "meticulous"
housekeeper!! (So is my sister Bonny too! LOL! :-)
Sun., 5/22/06 - Bill and Kylie to early church service. Home, change
clothes, Bill drop Kylie off, back home, to bed, up, into work that night! (More carpet cleaning! :-)
Fri.-Sat., 5/26-5/27/06
- Nephew Andy's (and girlfriend's Raegan :-) High School Graduation!! Grampie, Grammie, Kylie and I will be going to Cincinnati,
OH to attend their graduation ceremony on Friday, and party on saturday! (Andy recently got a job at "Kings Island" - until
fall when he will be attending "Ohio State University"!! Go Bucks!! :-)
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Sun. 5/28/06 - Drive back
to Toledo (I got the first leg from Cinci to Lima :-) Unpack, drive Kylie back to her mom's. (Krista and Jeff asked Gramdma
Suzie to babysit Thomas, and they took another saturday night return to their "getaway destinay" - their hotel spot in dundee!
:-) Return home, laundry, to bed early.
Mon., 5/29/06 - "Happy Memorial Day USA!!" - (Say a prayer of thanks for all
those who have served in the US Armed Services - fallen, past and present - Thank you!! And God Bless America!" - to Kohl's
at 6:30 am - to prepare our store's "shoppability" before our 9 am opening. Work until 3:30! (Thanks for the cookout Matt!
The burgers were tasty Gary!! :-) Rent a movie, stay up late to get back on third shift hours.
Wed. 5/31/06 - work
til 6:30, home to bed. Up at 4:00, pick up Kylie for soccer practice. (Practice cut a half-hour short, due to rain). Drop
Kylie back off, home eat, quick nap, shower, pack lunch, into work.
Fri. 6/2/06 - Off work 6:30, home to bed. Up at
4:00, pickup Kylie from her mom's. Stop at Library on way home. (Kylie get 3 "chapter" books, and me one! LOL!) Home to eat
(Marco's Pizza! Wooohooo! thanks Grampie and Grammie!! :-) Kylie ride bike in driveway, Livia (neighbor girl) come over to
play. Kylie and I ride bikes to Family Video. (Make it home just as thunderstorm was starting!) Watch DVD, tuck Kylie in bed.
Stay up watch movie (Last Holiday).
Sat. 6/3/06 - Grampie up early, off to play golf at VGC. Grammie borrow my car
and run over to the Pharm to make copies of Kylie's report card!! (Another improvement over the previous quarter's card! Wooohooo!!
congratulations on being a third grader honey!! :-) Drive Kylie up to Soccer fields, meet Krista (and "baby bubby" :-) there.
Gold Team played another terrific soccer game!! (Way to go Gold Team!! Congratulations! And great game Green Team, you played
well!! Great sportsmanship! :-) Gold Team won 7 - 3!! Our record is now 3 - 1!!! (Only 2 games remaining!! I think we can
finish 5 - 1!! :-) Bid krista adieu, take Kylie back home (buy her a "celebration" Freezee on the way home!), Kylie and I
drive downtown to attend the 10th annual "Taste of the Town". Eat a sampler of "Waffle cheese Fries". Listen to the Toledo
Band "Soul Kitchen". Meet and talk with Mr. and Mrs. Terry Brown (he was a teacher at the Bedford Jr. High for 25 years, and
now works for Welles-Bowen realtors. And get this, they were once related to Craig Frost, the keyboard player in Bob Segar's
Silver Bullet Band!! Mr. Frost had moved from Detroit to the Temperance, MI area a few years ago (Mr. Brown's agency had sold
him his home! LOL! :-) and his son attends one of the Bedford Public School System's elementary schools!! Cool, Huh!! :-)
I gave them one of my business cards with my web address on it, and thanked them for the conversation!! Kylie and I return
back home. Livia and Abby over to play some more. Eat dinner (BK - Kylie ate super!! :-) Kylie take shower. Play four games
of Dominoes (Everyone win a game! Good series!) Eat ice cream, Kylie read grammie "Narnia", say prayers, tuck kylie in bed.
Bill stay up and watch TV.
Sun., 6/3/06 - Everyone sleep in. Grammie fix Kylie lunch. Bill take Kylie home at 4:00
(Krista asked if I could wait awhile, she was feeling ill and wanted to rest up so Thomas and Kylie wouldn't catch it). Bill
home for dinner (burgers on the grill), go out to Grant and Beth's house, see video of the Memorial Day weekend trip to Indiana
to see Sebastian Bach perform.
Buy
a cup of coffee, return home, stay up until 3:00, watch ESPN, movies.
Mon., 6/5/06 - Krista on vacation. Drop off
Kylie's soccer equipment off at their house, so Krista could take her to practice that afternoon. Return home and to bed by
2:00. Up at 8:00, pack lunch, stop at Wendy's and get dinner, into work. (Paint Safety traingles on sidewalk a new coat of
Safety Yellow, prepare for Regional Cleanliness Audit). work until 6:30.
Wed., 6/7/06 - off work at 6:30, home and
to bed. Up for Kylie soccer practice/makeup game with Orange Team from rain-out 3 weeks ago. Grammie and Grampie attend, to
see Kylie play for first time this season! Way to Go Gold Team! You can win another!!
Fri., 6/9/06 - home from work
at 7:00. To bed, sleep until 4:00, head downtown for "Party in the Park"!! Home after dinner, off work tonight, stay up to
stay on schedule!
Sat., 6/10/06 - Kylie soccer game at 09:00. Way to go Gold Team!! Great Game!! Great Try!! Gold
team gave one up to a terrific opponent (Red team - 8 and our Gold Team 4!! We can do it Gold Team and finished with a winning
season (maybe tied for second!?? :-) Home to bed, sleep, up, eat, into work, work until 6:30 am.
Sun., 6/11/06 - Sat.,
6/17/06 - Summer Vacation!! (I anticipate lots of trips to The Toledo
Zoo, Toledo metroparks, trips to the library, movies, and local historical landmarks! Woohoo! Ya gotta love summer! Start
off the morning by attending 8:30 worship service at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Receive certificate for my completion
of "Disciplesip I: becoming disciples through bible Study" Bible Study class!!
Return
home, pictures, back to bed. Up at 4 pm, pickup Kylie from her mom's house. Return home, dinner (Grammie made her lasagna!!
Woohooo! :-) Ride bikes up to Family video video store, play "dominoes" talk to aunt bonny and aunt Bev on the phone, desert,
shower, bedtime story from Kylie to grammie, call mom to say goodnight, prayers, bed, Bill play online video games.
Mon.
6/12/06 - Fishing with the daughter at Oak Openings metropark! (She hung in there through many, many bites, until she finally
reeled in her first catch of the year, after 3 hours there! :-) Over to her cousin's house for some swimming. Her cousin's
asked if Kylie could spend the night, Aunt Angie consented. Go home and pickup the PS2 system, eat, return to Angie and Dave's.
Dave and I play Madden '06 (Steelers beat Falcons 28-21! Yeah me!) and NBA 05 (we won one each!) Dave get me a couple levels
hirer on 007! Pack up, return home.
Tues., 6/13/06 - Pick kylie up in the morning. Kylie and I to the zoo. (Man the
seals, Polar Bears, and the African exhibit animals were all very active! Maybe it had something to do with them seeing me
in my "Bradner.cc" emblazoned Steeler's #7 jersey I wore in hopes of a speedy recovery for "Big Ben" after his motorcycle
accident the day prior! LOL! :-)
Bev called us
on the cell, She's coming back home in July for a visit! Return home, dad make burgers on the grill, bev call, check her email
for itinerary details. Ride bikes with Kylie up to Family Video store, pick up some viewing material for the week. Get home
just as rain started. Play 3 games of dominoes with grammie and grampie, Kylie shower, read grammie a story, call mom say
goodnight, tuck Kylie in bed, say prayers. Bill stay up and play online video games.
Wed., 6/14/06 - Bill and Kylie
fishing again (invited grammie, but she politely declined :-) Kylie catch 3 fish in an hour!!
Drive
over to Ortner's, pick up Uncle Dave, and cousins, go over to Maumee Showcase theateres catch matinee showing of "CARS"!!
(Everybody like it - Dave's favorite was "Mator" - "Larry the cable guy"!! LOL! :-) Return to cousin's house, more swimming.
Kylie and Bill back to G & G's house. Eat dinner, play "Guesstures" (Kylie and Grampie's team won, but only by one point!!
:-) Desert, shower, story, prayers, bed. Bill stay up and play video games.
Thurs., 6/15/06 - Toledo Mudhens baseball game! ("Take me out to the "Number one minor league baseball park
in baseball today!".... LOL! :-) 3 generations of Bradners at this game too!! (Thanks Dad! :-) We saw a terrific Mudhen's
victory!! (7 - 3 over Syracuse!! Mudhens now .500 and climbing!! We'll probably see another run for a pennant in the coming
games we already have tickets for!!
Return home,
dominoes games, desert, story, call mom, prayers, bed, Bill video games, bed.
Fri., 6/16/06 - "Dads and Daughters"
day at Michigan International Speedway with my daughter, Uncle Dave and
cousins Alexia and Britany!! (Kids under 12 are free!! :-) This will be Dave and I's second ARCA/ReMax race at MIS!! (In the
first one we say then rookie - "Kasey Kahne" win!! Woohhoo!! go number 9!
We
got to our seats in time to catch the "time trials" for the coming "Big Race" on sunday (Bill saw Mr. Lester qualify (congrats!),
Dave saw Jr. get 6th, and Kylie cheered and cheered for Mr. Kahne getting the pole!! AND she really went wild when Mr. Kahne
finished in FIRST at the rain shortened race on sunday!! :-) Home before dark, bid goodnight to cousins and uncle, desert,
story, computer games, shower, prayers, call to mom, bed, Bill video games, bed.
Sat., 6/17/06 - Kylie, Bill and Grammie
up early. Grampie to golf. B, K and Gm to Kylie's last soccer game of the season. Kylie played great!! Gold Team won!! (Defeated
Dark Blue team 7 - 3!! Gold Team finished the season with a 4 - 2 record!! Kylie's Career record (3 years) is 15 - 3!! Woohoo!!
You go girl!! :-) Stop on way home and buy Kylie and I a celebration Freezee) Bill and Kylie bike riding. Grampie buy Pizza
for dinner, play Guesstures (Grammie and Bill win this time! LOL!), watch DVD, desert, story for grammie, call mom, prayers,
bed, Bill video games, bed.
Sun., 6/18/06 - "One of my favorite Days of the year!! FATHER'S DAY!!" Up early, get dressed,
Bill to get cup of coffee then on to early service at AUMC, meet G & G and Kylie there. (Each man, wether a father or not,
received a "gift" from the church - a lapel pin of the UM "cross" symbol! :-) Return home, give Grampie Father's day card
from Kylie and I, receive a "homemade" card from Kylie! (It is beautiful Kylie, thank you very much! :-) Kylie walk down to
Livia's and play in their basement. Grampie cook Sirloin steaks on the grill with baked potatoes, Tossed salad and garlic
bread!! Mmmmmmmmm!! (The best meal I've had in a year!! woohoo :-) Take Kylie out to her cousins for cookout there (Nana and
Papa, Uncle and Aunt, and 5 cousins, brother and Poppy! :-) Just as I was leaving, mom and poppy had to take Tommy to the
ER (it turned out to be an alergic reaction to his formula - he had to be admitted to Toledo hospital, so kylie stayed at
her cousins while mom and poppy stayed at the hospital with Thomas until he was released the next day).
Tues., 6/20/06
- Bill return to work at 10 pm, strip wax and sealer off of restroom floors to prepare for new product we'll be using for
daily and monthly maintenance thereof (Suprox). clean carpet in housewares area and remove stains there, while Riley do general
housekeeping duties and vacuuming. Autoscrub tile floor, clock out in am, return home to read email. Got an email from Alan
Hazlet of AUMC - our "Adult contemporary" sunday school class is planning an evening at the movies, on friday night to see
"The DaVinci Code" at the theaters, then back to Sam and Barb Burnett's house (Sam is a retired principal and administrator
for the Toledo Public School System!! :-) to discuss the film afterwards. (I replied my decline for the offer, since I am
scheduled to work that night, and wouldn't even be able to see the movie in it's entirety!! LOL!! :-) Read some of the paper
(especially sports section with stories on the Detroit Tigers - now with 50 wins!! Woohooo! that's more than all of last year
already!! - note* - the following tuesday the Tigers played the Astros in Detroit and won their second game of the 3 game
series thus far. The Astros manager gave the quote: "I told our team that right now the Tigers are the "Hottest team on the
planet"!! LOL!! Go Tigs!! You Rock!! - oh my buddy from work, Ron (who is deaf in both ears, bless his heart) was at the game
to see the tigers against Roger Clemens - he had seats right behind home plate!! Cool!! :-) To bed shortly after email, up
that night ready for work! :-)
Wed., 6/21/06 - FLOOD storm!! Overnight shift cancelled. Bill make it into store, make
sure day people get on their way home. Return, stay up to stay on nightshift hours. Read paper the next morning, find out
a tornado reportedly touched down within a mile of Krista and Kylie's house that night!! (Wheww!! Thank you Lord!! Protect
this home!! :-) Stop back at store at 5:30 am, ASM Nancy Wilson said my help wouldn't be needed cleaning up before opening
and that I should just return home and show up for my regular shift tonight! Watch CNN, read paper, email, internet games,
update website, to bed. (*note - Congratulations to our ASM Ops Mgr. Matt Sullivan and his wife on the birth of their first
child - a son, Kylie Matthew - 5lb 10oz, 18"!! Way to go Matt!! You da daddy! :-)
Fri., 6/23/06 - Payday! (Read stores
newsletter, announcing the news that we will have a new District Manager soon! (KC Schrade will no longer be our DM, because
we are changing districts to #72!! - Don't ya Love re-alignments!! :-) Thank you Mrs. Schrade, "It has been an honor and a
priveledge working for you!! Keep up the good work, and best of luck in the future with your district!! I'm sure you'll do
well!! :-) Our new District Manager will be Mr. Tim O'donneghy(sp??)!! Welcome Tim, we at store 253 are all looking forward
to working with you to make our new district THE BEST!! Also Mrs. Ziegler our store manager will be transfering to the new
Adrian store this month, and Mrs. Lana Freshour (who was our Ops mgr I few years back, and ws promoted to Store Manager for
the Findlay Store about a year ago! :-) will be coming up from the Findlay, OH store to become manager here!! Alright Lana!!
We are looking forward to working with you again!! :-) Home from work 7 am, wait for bank to open, deposit check, go to Lifeway Christian Bookstore and pick up shirt
I ordered ("Blessed be the man who trusts in the Lord" - Jeremiah 17:7 :-), stop by Target to window shop until Dan Rodgers
Sporting Goods opens. While I was standing out front of the store, slurping my Freezee, Diane Larson, the co-anchor of the
local channel, 13 ABC News walked by headed into the store!! I was surprised
(and a little awed! LOL! :-) to see her out in public, when for the last 20 years I've only connected(??) with her appearing
on my television screen as the articulate, intelligent, "News Source" she is!! ( I really am a fan of Ms. Larsons - have
been for years!! She really was very courteous and professional. (Just as she has always been on television, and I'm sure
in every aspect of her life!! :-) That's one of the reasons why I always watch her newcasts!! She had a very long day wednesday,
because of the rain storms - they had continuous coverage from 5:00 pm until after 11:30!! Whew!! Bless their hearts, that's
gotta make for a LONG day!! Oh well, she still looked great! and the next day I sent her an email to her 13abc email address!
LOL!! :-) Next, I dropped off my new shirt at Dan Rodger's to have "Bradner.cc - #1" heat pressed on the back by Tim. Return
home, email, paper, CNN, breakfast, bed. Into work that night at 10:00.
Sun., 6/26/06 - Home from work at 7 am, shower,
put on suit, attend worship service with my mom and dad! (Was happy to see a former Whitmer HS classmate of mine, Kathy (Hayes)
and her husband Nelson - they recently became members of Aldersgate! :-) Learned from Ass. Pastor Ruth that our church was
open and offering shelter to those stranded in the Douglas and Sylvania area during the storm wednesday (I saw the announcement
on WTVG 13 action news while at work that night - and told my associates - "That's my church! That's my church!!") I heard
that Diana Watts (her son, Nathan, who is quite the young little singer (and suffers from MS), entertained some) called Channel
13 and told them we were offering help, so they broadcast it during there newscast coverage of the storm! - someone from the
church stayed with those in need until 12:30 the next morning (I guess about 20 showed up, and Little Ceasar's donated Pizza
Pies!! Cool! :-) As I was leaving worship service, Ron (a very nice member, former Marine!) drove up on his awardwinning Trike.
He said I sould sit on it, and he took my picture as I did!
Back
home after church, to bed. Up that night at 9 pm, stop and get a bite to eat, into work. Work until 6:30 next morning.
Mon.,
6/27/06 - Home from work at 7 am, read "The Blade" (was happy to hear about Mr. Warren Buffet's $37 BILLion contribution to
the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation"!!
Way to go Warren dude!! What a great organization!! :-), watch CNN, update website, e-mail, to bed. Up at 4:30, pickup Kylie
from her mom's. Eat dinner (spagetti, tossed salad, garlic bread, glass of milk!! Mmmmm!! :-) Kylie and I walk down to the
schoolhouse with Ashley (the little 5 year old girl that lives next door) to look for her friend Alivia. Watch some of the
Monac, little league baseball game, return home (Livia was at her grandmother's cottage! :-) Kylie and I ride our bikes up
the new sidewalk on Laskey to the Family Video video store. Rent 2 movies (3 free kids movies thank you very much! :-) Play
dominoes with grammie and grampie (KYlie win the first 2 games, I won the third then retired for the night on a winning streak!
:-) Kylie shower, canaloupe for desert, read a bedtime story to grammie, tuck Kylie in bed. Bill stay up and update website.
Weds., 6/28/06 - Up early, read The Blade, CNN, email, get Kylie up, dressed and fed. Pack Kylie's things into car,
stop by Washington Branch of the Toledo Lucas County Library, and get her "Summer Reading Club - reading progress chart updated!!"
(She received a reward for reaching 3 hours of reading already! A "rub-on" tatoo!! She picked the "parrot", because it looked
like it was reading! LOL! :-) Drop off videos in drop off box, stop at Speedway and get us some Freezes and peanuts, drop
off Kylie at her Mom's work. Say "Hi" to Dave her boss. Give Kylie a big "Kiss and a hug" goodbye, thank her for coming to
spend a coouple of days with me, and tell her I'll see her next week. Stop at another speedway on way home, see Krista's cousin
Bridgette Richter there. Give her idea to call WIOT 104.7 to win "caller #34" contest to win 4 tickets to dragracing "Night
under Fire" event this coming weekend. Stop at Kohl's to get my schedule for the holiday week. (Woohooo! I have the 4th and
5th off!! Look out fireworks here we come!! LOL! :-) Return home, update website, to bed. Up at 9:00, stop and get a cup of
coffee, into work, work until 6:30 am!! :-)
Tues., 7/4/06 - "Happy "230th" Independence Day America!" Pay tribute to
those who have fought for and defended freedom here in THE "United States of America"!! Thank you!! and "GOD Bless America!"
- cookout on the grill, Kylie and I will go to downtown Toledo and watch the fireworks display!! (*p.s. note - Grammie, Grampie,
Kylie and I went to the fireworks! They Rocked!! (not a very big crowd - the blade said only 30,000 - 50,000 and I believe
it!) But what really impressed me was the law enforcement officers. As we walked 6 blocks down Monroe St. to the OC lawn,
we passed about a dozen TPD officers. No less than 5 of them made eye contact, acknowledged our presence, showed concern for
our safety, and two of them even offered a "Enjoy the show" to my parents!! (Remember they are octogenarians!!! - Those representatives
of the TPD (and Lucas County Sheriff's Dept:-) didn't have to take the time to wish my parents well, but they did!! Thanks
officers!! You make me proud!! - Oh and they wished my daughter a "Enjoy the show" too!! LOL!! - That wasn't a problem!! She
cheered the entire time!! LOL! :-) Bill drive back home, everyone to bed, Krista call and ask if Kylie liked the fireworks,
I said she did, thanked her for calling (it was a nice surprise), and told her let Kylie know she called and have Kylie call
her in the morning! :-) July 5th - 11th, 2006 - My sister Bev visiting from California!! (Her hubby Dave went straight to
florida, where she will be meeting up with him, after she spends a few days here. He is going there for a national NAMBA (North American Model Boat Association :-) event! I wish him lots of luck! I know he
enjoys traveling the country attending and participating in such events (and alot of the time - he wins or places in them!
:-) (note - Dad drive Kylie and I up to Detroit Metro to pick up Bev - we got there early and sat at Starbucks and had a carmel
frappuccino and hot chocolate. Bev's plane was early so we got her back home to mom early! Spagetti for dinner, visit with
Bev, watch "Chicken Little", mom to bed, Kylie shower and call mom, Bev and Kylie assemble a puzzle, dad watch TV, Bill turn
down Kylie's bed. Bill tuck Kylie in bed, Bev to bed, Grampie turn in, Bill go get cup of coffee, stay up and chat online
at Yahoo (Parenting room 1!! Hi "Mr. R", "Miss Behaving", "Chitter_Chatter68" and "Tish"!! Chat with ya again soon! :-), play
video games (Godfather).
Thurs., 7/6/06 - Bill up at 7:00. Paper delivered late. Cnn, update website, go get "morning
frezee", drop Kylie off at Mom's work, Bill back home to bed. Mom, Dad and Bev visit. Bill up for work at 8:30, into work,
work 10:00 - 6:30am. (Talked with our new store manager - Mrs. Lana Freshour (Thanks for the years of service at store #253
Wendy Ziegler - You Rock!:-) Lana told me that due to "Corporate Policy" Kohl's is eliminating the Overnight Maintenance Supervisor
position, and from now on Maintenance Supervisors will only work "days" (varying shifts like: 6:00am - 2:30 or 2:00 pm - 10:00
pm, BUT I will still be available to work some Overnight shifts on an "as needed basis". Basically it means: After 5 years
on nights, I AM GOING BACK TO DAYS!!! Woohooo!! It will be nice to live a "normal hours" lifestyle again!! LOL! :-)
Sunday,
7/09/06 - Bev, Bonny, Mom sleep in. Dad and I go to early worship service. (some of my favorite bible verses: John 1:1-14:
...And the word was with God. And GOD was the word. ..." (Beautiful stuff! :-) After service we saw a great inspirational
DVD on the projection screen behind the altar. It was by a National Geograhic photographer. The pictures were just breath-taking,
and the message was as inspiring. He told us that he takes such great pictures because he "looks for Opportunities, Not Limitations!!
He put it into words: "I discovered seeing is not believing....IF you believe you will see!" (and you will see more than what
you thought you could see! Cool huh!! :-) Return home. Lots of pictures of all the "Bradner women" together.
Wish bonny a safe drive back to Cincinnati. After dinner (re-heated lasagna - "Mom's lasagna always tastes EVEN BETTER the
second time around!" LOL! :-) Dad, Mom, Bev, Bill and grandaughter drive down to the Toledo Zoo, to hear the Toledo Concert
band perform at "Music Under the Stars"!! (We heard some great selections from "Hairspray", "The Producers" and other musicals.
We were also treated to a ballerina show, and a Saxophone quartet called "Sax 4th Avenue". It was a very enjoyable evening.
Bill drive home. Everyone retire for the evening. Bill stay up and chat in Yahoo:Family:Parenting1.
Monday, 7/10/06
- Sleep in, read paper, drink a cup of coffee, chat online with a new friend I made whom lives in Australia (New South Wales!:-)
Her name is Natalie, but she goes by the screen name "Mozaofthree"!! She and her husband Scott, have 3 beautiful girls!! We
send each other pictures of our children!! (Well, for me it's "Child" - just Kylie, but I include pictures of my sisters,
so I guess that kind of counts, doesn't it?? LOL! :-) Anyways I am going to send "Moza" and "Alfdrinker" 2 T-shirts because
they are so nice, and I want to do something nice for them! (The shirts say "Toledo, OH USA" on the back", so I hope they
will be great conversation starters for them! LOL! :-) Later, I went over to the library, picked up a couple of DVD's ("Se7en"
and "LiarLiar":-) and a NewFiction book about President Abraham Lincon: "Lincon's Melancholy". While I was there, I signed
on to one of their "internet access" computers and updated my website. Next I went home and videotaped some of Kylie hitting,
throwing and catching a softball. Take Kylie back home after dinner, watch a movie, to bed. (Gotta get up for work the next
morning EARLY!! :-)
Wed., 7/19/06 - Bill into work 6am, work until 2:30. Home, take a nap, up, shower, eat out, drive
by our Toledo Hooter's restaraunt and see the "Bikes" for the FM104 WIOT Hooters Bike Night. Drive out to Angie and Dave's
to pick up Kylie. Fred and Ruthanne Ortner (cousin Lexi and Brittany's "other" Nana and Papa! LOL!) drop off Kylie, Lexi and
Brittany after an afternoon of swimming, eating, and 4th straight day of vacation bible school. Dave and I play GTA4 and Godfather
on the PS2 for awhile before he goes into work, and Kylie and I return to G & Gs. Grampie waiting up for us, read Kylie a
story (she asked for "Duck for president":-), brush teeth, tell her "I love you", say prayers, tuck her into bed. Bill stay
up, update website, play PS2, chat in Yahoo chatrooms.
Thurs., 7/20/06 - Kylie and Bill sleep in, Grammie to hair
appointment (her longtime friend Brigete Stepanski does her hair at "DeVaux Village Beauty Salon", Kylie and Grammie drive
Grampie to his eye surgery at the Toledo Clinic. (Just a cataract procedure on one eye - the other eye still has 20/20 vision!!
Wow! no wonder he was such a good pilot! :-) Grammie and Grampie return home. Kylie and I talk about a road trip to Adrian
to find the newest Kohl's store in our area (it will be opening in October of this year! Yeah! :-) 7 pm - Mudhens baseball
game!! Congratulations Mudhens!! They recently reached the .500 mark, with a win over Indianapolis Indians, and when the did
that, took over sole First Place in the IL West for the first time this year!! (Keep it going Mudhens!! I know you can make
it into the post season playoffs again this year!! And maybe defend your IL title!! *note - at the Triple AAA all-star game,
held in Toledo at 5/3rd field on July 8th, there was 4 mudhens players (not counting the Coach of the IL team - Toledo Mudhen
Coach Larry Parrish!), and Ryan Rayburn smacked a Solo Homer, Gardner - a closing pitcher for Toledo pitched a good couple
innings, homerun derby 2nd place contestant Ryan Ludwick went 1 for 3, and the IL Allstars defeated the Pacific Coast League
Allstars, televised Live on ESPN2!! (2nd year in a row!! Way to go guys!! :-) (*note also the following weekend was the Owens
Corning Jamie Farr LPGA classic presented by Krogers at Highland Meadows Golf course in the suburb of Sylvania - as was at
work on Sunday 7/16 during the final round of play, and could see the Goodyear Blimp down the street circling over the golf
course providing ariel shots for the coverage on ESPN! Congratulations Ms. Kim on your victory - it was an exciting (but wet)
tournament!)
Mon. - Wed. 7/19-22/06 - Kylie spend the days and nights at Grammie and Grampie's here with the 3 of
us!! Saturday we went to the library and had her "Unleashed" reading goal calender updated!
(above
is a picture of a summer volunteer youth worker for the library "stamping" Kylie's summer reading goal calendar, and awarding
a reading goal reward to her! Thanks young lady! Keep up the good work! :-) Sunday night Kylie and I are going back to the
Toledo Zoo to hear the Toledo concert band put on another performance for the "Music Under the Stars" concert series (It's
John Phillips Sousa night!! Our favorite!! :-) drop Kylie back off home at her mom's house after the concert. By then Krista
should be done with her "Casualty and Property" classes (5 days - 40 hour class) she is attending to get her Insurance Agent
Certification, the first step for her in owning her own insurance agency!! You go girl!! During that week, grammie (and grampie),
went over to Kohl's 3 times during the week! (The first time to get Kylie a "Bratz Girls" summer, lightweight sleepoutfit
(she used a gift card that Dad's nephew John Billengsley sent Kylie for christmas last year), the second to get dad a pair
of slacks for grampie, and the third time to get Bill a pair of Khaki's to work days in! Also that weekend, just before Bill
return Kylie home on monday, 2 neighbor girls asked if they could come over and all play in the driveway. (Leah and Cricket.
AND Kylie - they comprise what I sometimes refer to as the "Tres Amigas". LOL! :-) The girls rode bikes, blew bubbles and
snacked on "freezer pops" and had an around fun time in the driveway!
Bill visit with Jeff, Krista, Thomas, and our friends
Patrick and Jennifer with their two children for awhile, before returning home to go to bed for work the next day! (*note
- 7/20/06 - was saddened to hear of the passing of Mr. Ralph Benington, a member of AUMC, and owner of "Bennett Mgmt" which
operates the Ralphie's, Frisch's, and other great restaraunt chains in the Northwest, OH area!! God Bless you Mr. Benington,
may you R.I.P. :-)
Sat. - Mon. 7/29-31/06 - Bill work on preparing the store for our new disctrict manager, Mr. Tim
O'donneghy. He is holding a meeting for the Toledo stores' executive team members at our store on Tuesday. Bill work 26 hours
in a 48 hour period preparing for the meeting! (17 patching, primering and painting breakroom, and 9 stripping the wax and
sealer off the breakroom floor! Monday I picked up Kylie at her cousins house (Nana, papa, david, angie, alexia, Brittany,
brandyn, hunter, caden, krista, jeff, thomas and kylie were there clelebrating brittany's 7th birthday (7/20) - Thanks for
the spagetti papa! and the cake was delicious angie! Kylie had spent the night there, and gone swimming all day with her cousins.
Kylie and I stop at Kohl's on the way home, so Bill could pick up his schedule for the following week. Kylie accompanied him
to the breakroom, where she proudly displayed her dad's work for the associates there that day taking there breaks!
Thanks
honey! You may just be the next "Vanna White"!! LOL!! Return home, play 3 games of Dominoes with grammie and grampie (Kylie
1, grampie 1, grammie 1, Bill 0!! (Boo!)) Kylie take shower, brush teeth, Bill trim her fingernails while she checked her
email. Say goodnight to G & G, bill tuck her in bed, sip a cup of coffee, update website, chat online, make popcorn, play
video games, go to bed. (*note heard the news that THE TOLEDO MUDHENS are only 2 and 1/2 games outta first in the IL west
- and have a 3 game sries against the leaders this week! Here we go Hens!! We can move into first "for Keeps" this season
now!! Goooooo Hens!!! :-) (*note - Saddened by the tragic news of Toledo Suburb Holland Police Chief Larry Kaizer. Kylie and
I had actually met him and his wife at Toledo Express Airport (they both worked there for Com-Air), when we flew out of there
in April to go visit G & G in Florida. Kylie and I got to the airport 2 hours before our flight (Mrs. Kaizer wasn't at the
ticket counter yet, and outside Mr. Kayzer said "At this airport you really don't have to get here that early" LOL! He was
a very personable man, I pray for his family. May he rest in peace.) Thurs., 8/3/06 - Grampie drive Grammie down to Cinci,
to drop her off for a week of vacation! (She took her Geneology material to "piddle around on" during the week! Grampie spend
the night, drive home by 1:00pm the next day). Grammie had been spending the week "canvasing" the neighborhood, asking the
neighbors to reveal their "property tax bills" (Ours was raised again - seems like it should be one of the highest in the
neighborhood! LOL! :-) Bill to work that day til 9:30, 2 - 10:30 fri.
Sat., 8/5/06 - Grampie golfing. Bill up at 9:00,
type up "gift coupon introduction" (Here is a great "gift" - visit "www.bradner.cc"! LOL! :-)", deliver Kohl's coupon's to
15 neighbors (tuck them inside doors, mailboxes, personally hand-deliver, etc...), 10 to Speedways, and drop off 3 or 4 at
Action T-shirts. Pick Kylie up at 12:15. Bill and Kylie ride bikes, grampie and Kylie play ping-pong. Kylie read grampie 3
books (Bear, Bear, Bear). Bill and Kylie go out to eat (to celebrate Bill's raise at Kohl's, and Kylie's reading goal achievement's
- the lucas county library included a coupon for "Free Kid's meal" at Red Robin!! She chose the Pepperoni Pizza entree, and
I had the "Cajun Spicy Chicken Sandwich! Mmmm! Our server, Mike was great! Always kept our glasses full, our "wait" time to
a minimum, and brought us two baskets of "Complimentary" Steak Fries (and free balloon! LOL!)! (I think Kylie ate 1 and 1/2
of them! She LOVES em! :-) Next, stop at Kohl's to pick up more "Friends and Family" coupons, then on to Angie and Dave's
(to drop some off - Grant and Beth's too!) and go swimming. (Lexi and Brittany on vacation in Colorado with Nana and Papa
Ortner, to visit Dave's sister and brother-in-law). Dave and Angie had their friends Adam and Jackie (and their two children
Alexis and Kayla), watching Brandyn, Hunter and Caden. Kylie and Alexis swim for hours! Jackie and Angie watch Tigers game
(way to go Tigs! ), Dave and Adam play Madden 06 (Adam's Bears beat the falcons 17 - 7). Adam and family leave, Bill and Dave
play Madden (Bill's Bucs beat Dave's Dolphin's 37-36! Woohoo! :-) Angie and Kylie feed Brandyn and Hunter, rock them then
tuck them in bed.) Bill drive Kylie home (on the way there she said: "Dad, I've decided I want to be a Police Officer when
I grow up! That's what I want my job to be! I said: "Thank you honey! That would make me very happy! I would be very, very
proud of you! I think you would make a terrific police officer!" :-) Then on the way home at 10:15pm, we stopped at Speedway
on conant st. in Maumee, and while we were getting a freezee, in walked a woman Maumee Police officer! (I thought "wow! Is
that a "sign" or what! :-) I excused myself, and went out and got her and her fellow Maumee police officers 10 "Kohl's Friends
and Family" coupons out of my car. She thanked me, said she would drop them off at the station, and then excused herself!
(Class Act! -) Bill and Kylie home at 11:00, Kylie straight to bed, Bill stay up, email update website.
Sun., 8/6/06
- "Annual Performance Evaluation and Subsequent Raise go into effect!! (Woohoo!! ANOTHER good year for Kohl's associates!!
(and yours truly for that matter!! :-) I received another "Good" rating this year - the correlating raise equates to another
percentage increase (However, due to the rising cost of expenses (gas, etc... :-) my raise going into effect today will only
translate into a .5% increase in my "spendable income" (which is still a Half a percentage higher, on top of last year's full
1% increase in spendable income!! Alright!! Now I'm living large!! (this concludes the "required financial disclosure" portion
of our webpage - we now return you to your regularly scheduled "www.Bradner.cc" site!! :-) Bill Kylie and Dad up, all ride
together, and attend church together at 8:30. Back home, change clothes. Bill and Kylie ride their bikes over to Washington
Branch of library to return some books (about a 1/2 mile ride on the road, she did great! Made me proud! :-) Dad and Kylie
play ping-pong while Bill take a nap. Bill and Kylie back to Angie and Daves for more swimming. Nana and Papa there (Krista's
mom and dad), Nana swim with Bill and Kylie, and Brandyn and Hunter. Kylie and Bill back home. Dad heat chicken and rice,
make salads, serve dinner. (neighbors Dave and Rose had invited us to their grandchild's baptizimal party. Their daughter
Dusty's husband was to be there too. He served in the military, and was an actual "Guard" to Sadam Hussein in the courtroom!
Cool huh! They said he was "the only american in the courtroom, AND the only one allowed to carry a gun there! Wow! Semper
Fi!! :-) Bill drive Kylie back home 7 pm (call Grammie on cellphone and tell her about our weekend), dad do dishes. Bill over
to Zoo, listen to first half of Concert at Amphlitheater. Home to bed.
Mon. 8/7/06, Bill to work at 6:00 am (Autoscrubbing,
general housekeeping, cleaning) home at 2:30. Bill take nap, Dad prepare dinner (Brats on the grill, rice, cole slaw, potato
salad). Grampie do dishes, Bill over to Kohl's get schedule for next week, call Krista let her know my days off to make arrangements
to have Kylie. Bill and Dad watch movie ("We Were Soldiers" - Dad looked at it before hand and said, "Mel Gibson huh"...we
watched it mostly in silence (I don't know if he saw me shed a tear when Mrs. More was passing out the telegrams). After it
was over, Dad asked the title again, I told him, and he said: "Yeah, I guess they were.") Bill watch ESPN sportscenter, update
website, chat online at "Parenting1" yahoo.com.
Tues., 8/8/06 - Dad up early to golfing. (Had rough night sleeping
- I was up til 3:00am typing down the basement, going in and out, unable to get sound sleep. Bill back up at 6am - read about
Mudhens victory!! 4 HRs in one game, way to go Alex Gomez! Way to go Hens! We can Keep it going until the post-season! :-)
Bill update website again. Watch CNN, chat online in YahooChat's "Parenting 1" room, update my www.MySpace.com/billbradner
webpage (LOL), go get a morning "freezee" to get me back to bed, wish dad a "good game of golf" that day, pack lunch, sleep
for another few hours before going into work:-) Bill into work at 2 - 10:30pm, bill home and to bed.
Thurs., 8/10/06
- Grampie drive back down to Cinci to pick up Grammie, spend night, drive back home friday afternoon. Krista ask if Kylie
can spend the night at her friends Lois and Greg's house. (Kylie enjoys playing with her 3 children - (especially Julie, whom
has been a friend since before Kindergarten! :-) Kylie spend the next day there playing, enjoying their generosity and generally
having an all around great time! :-)
Fri. 8/11/06 - Bill off work at 3:00pm. Go over to the Franklin Park Cinema De
Lux 16 and catch the matinee of the new Will Ferrel movie: "Talledega Nights; the legend of Ricky Bobby"!! I "LMBO!!" I saw
an old acqauintance of mine, Dave Finucan and his son Kyle. (Dave is Jim's brother, whom I was in many "garage bands" and
a couple "bar bands" with back in the '70s, '80s, and '90's!! Jim's and his wife Sandy's only child, Jimmy (III), had gotten
married 2 years ago, and now have a one year old son - sorry, he's not "The 4th"!! LOL!! I can't believe my high school buddy
is now a "Grandfather"!! Man am I gettin' old!! LOL!! On a sad note - Jim and Dave's youngests sister, Sally(?) was shot and
killed by her husband in a tragic incident of spousal abuse, who then committed suicide. (God Bless her soul.) After the movie,
and went and visited with Grant and Beth and then to Dave and Angie's house. ( For a little swimming!) Trip to library to
update "reading goal calendar" receive rewards for reaching said goals, lunch, Kohl's to pick up dad's check, bank, T-shirt
shop to pick up third batch of "www.Bradner.cc" T-shirt (this run includes Women's, Juniors, and Girls size T-shirts! Alright
just like our "Mentor-corporation: KOHL's", we're Branching out! LOL!), dinner, movies, welcome home G & G, desert, take Kylie
back home to her mom's so I can get to bed early for work the next morning, ect... :-)
Sun. 8/13/06 - Bill have to
work. Kylie spent the night before at her Nana and Papa's house. She went to her half-brother's "Baptism" the next morning
at Nana and Papa's church on Coy Road in oregon. Jeff (Poppy was there), Mama, Kylie, of course the baby of the hour - "Thomas",
Jeff's mom Suzie, Nana and Papa, Uncle Dave and Aunt Angie, cousins Alexia, Brittany, Brandyn, Hunter, and Cadyn, Krista's
boss Dave, his wife and their son, Kylie and Thomas's daycare provider Melanie, her husband Jeff and their two daughters Christie
and Kimmy!! I heard they had "original" christian music and the whole nine yards!! Afterwards, they all went back to Nana
and Papa's for brunch and cake and ice cream! "Happy Baptismal Day Thomas!" :-)
Mon., 8/14/06 - Bill off work at 2:30,
go out to Dave and Angie's and pick up Kylie (Krista had her spend the night there, so she could spend more of her summer
vacation with her cousins! :-) Watch Kylie swim for a little bit, then pack up and head back home in time to eat dinner! After
dinner we enjoyed G & G's company, challenged them to a game of dominoes! (Kylie and I were a team! Woohoo - WE took 2 out
of 3!) Kylie read Grammie a bedtime story, then brush her teeth ("Dad, Just LOOK at my "Pearly Whites!" LOL! :-) Say her prayers
with her, tuck her bed about 10:00 pm! ("It's summer vacation Dad don't I get to stay up a little bit later!" Pleeeeese!"
:-) Bill stay up for a little bit and chat online (Yahoo Chat - Parenting room 1 - I used my "Freebillto" username (screename
"Willy" - my nickname growing up!) And enjoyed some interesting conversations - Some with Tony, a (good-humored "Brit"), and
"PrettyGirl" (friend of Tony's - I think she's from TX! We spent some time on "webcams" - I laughed at her 5 children playing
in the background - I was amazed at how well she was able to chat with all the commotion going on in the background!)
Tues.,
8/15/06 - bill and Kylie sleepin. Bill get Kylie's cereal for her (she cleared her own dishes! Wooohooo! :-) Bill and Kylie
take a bike ride dwon to the schoolhouse (went back again later and Kylie rollerbladed). Grampie had a "followup eye exam"
(Great Job doc!! Grampie's eyesight "Rocks"! :-) Pizza for dinner - (Grampie gave grammie the night off from the kitchen!
"Thanks Grampie! Thanks Grammie! Thanks Marcos!!" LOL!) After dinner, Kylie brush her teeth again, then Bill drive her home.
Bill back home, watch a little bit of the Tigers - Red Sox game (Go Tigers!! :-) Bill to bed before Grampie, has to work early
the next morning!
Wed., 8/16/06 - Bill into work at 5 am!! (Quietly....shhh don't want to disturb the neighbors with
the car starting! ) Run the carpet "Extractor" machine for the first hour - Nancy into work to open the store (2 merchandise
sets that morning! Whew! Way to go "Merchandise Set Team"!) Bill off work at 1:30 - go out to Grant and Beth's (they are both
on vacaton this week! Woohoo good for you! Oh yeah - they chat on Yahoo "Parenting 1" chatroom too! (GrantRock)) Beth's neice
"Isis" was over - Beth showed me some pictures of Isis taken at the "Grand Re-opening" of one of the branches of the Toledo
Lucas County Public Library - A drawing she made was wrapped up and presented to Mayor Cary Finkbeiner....and Aunt Beth got
a picture of Isis with her picture, with the Mayor!! (Cool huh!! I'll try to get a copy of it from Grant and Beth, and ask
them if I can show it here on my website!) Return home, dinner, baseball game with grampie, bed.
Fri. & Sat., 8/18
& 8/19/06 - Kylie come and stay a coupole nights at my house (pick her up at 4:00pm after getting off work). Friday we went
bike riding up to the video store (she rented 2 "Balto" movies, and I got "Scary Movie 4" (I didn't think it was nearly as
funny as any of the other three), ate spagetti for dinner. That night we played dominoes (Bill - 2, Kylie - 1) ice cream,
prayers, teeth brushing, bedtime story, bed. Then saturday Kylie and I drove up to Blissfield, Michigan again. This time we
got there at 12:30, ate lunch at McDonald's, then bought two tickets on the Train!! The train is called "The Old Road", and
is an hour and half ride up to Adrian and back to the "Blissfield East" train station!! We had a blast, listened to the conductor
tell us some about the history of trains in America, took pictures, counted Monarch butterflies, and ate Birthday cake! (It
was a young boy's birthday and he had a birthday party in one of the other passenger cars. There was 5 cars in all and a huge
Diesel engine! (we counted almost a dozen Monarch butterflies. The Blade said this is "very good year for Monarch's in america"!!
:-)
After the train ride we walked the streets and visited the antique shops in downtown, historic Blissfield!! we returned
home, showed grammie and grampie the pictures and videos we talk on the train, and wished them a fun time at the Birthday
party at the "Eagles" hall for our friend from Aldersgate, Tom Dempsey. (Mr. Dempsey was my coach in the church youth basketball
league. I played for him for two seasons, a teamate of his son Scott. They "might" be related to Mr. Greg Dempsey, the coach
of the Toledo Central Catholic "Fighting Irish" football team! Last year he lead the Irish, to a division AA Ohio State Championship!!
(Can't wait until my Alma Mater - toledo Whitmer, plays them, it should be quite a game!) After dinner that night ("Boiled
dinner" as grammie calls it - corn on the cob, potatoes, hot dogs, tomato slices, cucumber slices, bread, milk, strawberry
shortcake for desert! Mmmmmm! :-) I took Kylie back home to her house, so I could get to bed, to get up early tomorrow so
I would be ready when Dave got there, to drive us up to MIS!!
MIS
in Brooklynn, MI for the GFS Marketplace 400!! (Dave and I's second Nextel Cup Series race!! :-) (I prayed it would be a safe
and exciting race for all! :-) Dave picked me up at 7:00 am, we drove up to the track with no traffic or construction problems.
walked the merchandise trailers and car exhibits, took some pictures, and maybe got on a clip on TNT network!! (hint: it had
to do with the Edwards - Earnhardt incident in the Busch series race there the day before. (Congratulations Jr.!) I just stood
in the background behind all the 99 and 8 fans, and pointed to my #24 hat and gave the camera the "We're #1!" sign!! LOL!!)
I bought myself a #9 Kasey Kahne T-shirt, and Kylie a #9 pink hat, and a "Kasey Kahne" T-shirt!! When we got to the "Nicorette
#24 - Jeff Gordon" car display (you could get your picture taken next to the car and a cut-out of Jeff! :-) I saw a little
boy "Jordan" that lives two houses down from Kylie!! His dad, Kevin Holly was there with Kylie's next door neighbors Greg
and Toni (Kylie and their daughter Anna are friends! :-) We said "Hi" shook hands and wished each other a "great race"!! dave
and I ate, then went to our seats (Huge crowd there, but I thought I spotted a long time friend of mine - "Mickey", though
I didn't have a chance to say "hello"!! LOL!). It was a great race, (Congratulations #17 Kennseth, and #24 Gordon - I wore
my latest #24 shirt, with "www.bradner.cc" on the back!) Made it back to the car, then got out of the parking lot and onto
the road by 7:30 - only heavy trafiic up to dundee, after that we made it home by 9:30!! Staright to bed, for work at 5:45
the next morning! Whew!! See ya next year!! "Boogity- Boogity - Boogity!!" :-)
Fri. 8/25/06 - Bill off work at 3:00. Pick up Kylie at her mom's. Home to Grammie and Grampie's, eat dinner (Lasagna!!
Mmmmmm a grammie specialty! :-) After dinner, Bill and Kylie clear the table and wash, dry and store the dishes. (Kylie make
$1.00 - Bill get "Experience"!??!!) Bill and Kylie grab the bug spray, fill our waater bottles, take our binoculars to the
Bedford "Kicking Mules" High School football game!! (They were playing the Springfield, OH team! Bedford played a good game
and won 28 - 7!! Alright Mules!! 1 and 0!! Keep it going!! :-) As soon as we got up to our seats, Kylie spotted her classmate,
Ryan sitting with his two brothers and his mom and dad, Scott and Tammy. Kylie and Ryan "chatted" the whole time. I got to
see a great football game, and we asked Tammy to take our picture (see below). Hurry home after the game, so we could get
Kylie to bed quickly so she could get to church service tomorrow am. bill stay up a while and chat online.
Sun.
8/27/06 - AUMC for the 2006 "Back to School Sunday" ("Be your best for the world"! :-) I'll be leading the "Parade" around
the surronding neighborhood by the church - playing marching cadences on my marching snare, leading the children in a "snake
dance" through the sidestreets and back to the church for the 10:45 worship service! (Rat-a-tat-tat! *note - Unfortunately,
this was "rained out" but I will be playing the marching snare at halftime at the Whitmer homecoming game with the Alumni
Band in October!! :-)
Tues., 8/29/06 - (Pick up Kylie from her mom's after I got off work at 10:30 the night before,
tucked her in bed by 11:10 - stayed up til 1:30 chatting at "Yahoo Parenting room 1"!! "Thanks for the friends request Ann!""
:-) Kylie and I go and get a freezee after breakfast, then to the library to check out some books. We colored a clown picture
there and turned it into our friend "Miss Linda", a librarian there. We took a quiz on "the circus", for a chance to win 4
tickets to the "Barnum and Bailey" circus coming to the Toledo Sports Arena" - Sept. 29th - Oct. 2nd. For oour entry we recieved
a "Clown nose" each!! We laughed so much at the site of each other in our clown noses, that we went to the "Holiday Costume
Shop" and tried on clown wigs. (I actually bought one later, and wore it into Kohl's, while she stayed home and helped grammie,
looking for her birthday present (a nintendo gameboy advanced system! :-), then came home and asked grammie to make Kylie
and I clown costumes for this coming halloween!! Bill update website, while grammie sew, and Kylie an Grampie play table tennis!!
Eat dinner, take Kylie home, chat online, bill to bed for work the next morning at 6:30 am.
Wed., 8/30/06 - Bill in
to work at 7. (Clean stains and spots out of the carpet) off work at 3:30. Eat q quick dinner, meet Krista, Jeff, Kylie and
Thomas at their house. Drive over to Smith Road Elementary for their "Open House". (Principal Carol looked great!) Meet Kylie's
2 new teachers (transfers from Douglas Rd.) Mrs. Nieman and Mr. Sullivan (Mrs. S. and their 3 children were there as well!
A cute group!) Asked them if I might be able to "sit-in and observe" Kylie and her peers during some of their class times
this coming school year. They said "sure, no problem, just let us and the office know a day or two ahead of time!" (Cool!
"Schoooool's IN for the school year"!!! parody of Alice Coooper! LOL! :-) Eat hot dogs in the cafeteria, Krista and Jeff join
SRE PTA. Kylie eat with her friend Rebecca (her mom Sue Daniels was there, said Hi, came over and held Thomas for awhile).
Pick up class schedule, bus route and school map. Say goodbye and goodnight to Krista and family. return home. to bed.
Fri.,
9/1/06 - "Payday"!! Sweeet! Off work 2:30, home change clothes, to bank, pickup a freezee, back to Kohl's use MVC 15% coupon
on Kylie's birthday present and a few things for me. (Excellent, I got there during a "Power Hour" and saved like an extra
15%!! Yeah, I love it when that happens! :-) Stop by Dan Rodger's, pick up Tigers jersey I got a Kohl's and had them embroider
"Bradner.cc" on the back for Kylie, so she could wear it to the game next tuesday. Pick up Kylie from Nana and Papa's house.
(Her and her brother Thomas spent the night there last night to give Krista and Jeff a break. Jeff got there a little after
me to pick up Thomas, told him "hello" and to say hi to Krista for me.) Kylie and I back to G & G's for a quick hamburger
on the grill, change clothes (she put on a buckeye jersey I bought her at Kohl's a little early - the red looks like the red
from her high school Bedford! Go Mules! :-) Hop in the car, head up to Bedford HS, cheer on the Mules as they competed against
the Chelsea HS "Dawgs" (tough game - Unfortunatley the Mules lost this one - 31 - 7. But we saw a nice defensive stance in
the third quarter, with a subseequent drive from Bedford's own 4 yard line all the way down to inside the Dawgs 10!! :-) We
had to leave early, it was getting chilly and we were dressed in light clothing. Get home, Kylie change into her pajamas.
Watch TV for a llittle bit. Call mom, tell her goodnight. Brush teeth, say prayers, kiss her goodnight. Bed.
Sat.,
9/2/06 - G & G up first. Bill and Ky sleep in a little. Grampie off to golf at Valleywood with his friend Don Kloss. (Dad's
team won (might have something to do with him shooting under his age again last week! LOL!)) Bill go get a cup of coffee.
Kylie and Bill to Dan Rodger's to pick up some custom heat pressed T-shirts. Kylie and bill play ping-pong and foosball (drizzling
outside). Livia come down to play. Grammie to sewing shop, and second-hand clothing store for Kylie. Grampie home from golf.
Bill chat on the computer and update website. Livia leave for home. Eat dinner (Brats on the grill. Mmmm.) Bill and Kylie
pack up the PS2 and go out to Ortners. Kylie play with cousins. Bill and Dave play video games. Kylie and Bill back home at
10:30, straight to bed for church the next day. Tues., Sept. 5th, 2006 - (Kylie start school!! SRE - congratulations Third
Grader!! You Go Girl!! :-) 6:00 pm - Toledo Mudhens stadium, the Mudhens are in first place as the IL West at this point!
(*note - They ARE in First place!! they have been (as of 8/29/06 - FOUR times so far, they are battling Indy, with Louisville
only a game or two behind! It's going to be an exciting playoff series!! :-) Cheer on the Hens from section 101 with Kylie,
Grampie, GRAMMIE (yeah!), and Kylie's neighbor friend, Livia too!! should be a great time at the Ballpark for all!! (Drop
kylie and Livia off at their respective homes immediately following the game! :-)
Sat., 9/9/06 - AUMC annual "Chicken
BBQ"!! I volunteered again for this one! (Cleanup Crew Rocks!! :-) Can't wait to bite into that 1/2 chicken!!
Sun.
9/10/06 - "Aldersgate United Methodist Praise Band" performance - 10:45 am, worship service - (I'll be playing drums!) We'll
be playing three Contemporary Christian songs!! (Mom and Dad, and my daughter said they would be at the service to see and
hear me play! :-) 6:30 pm - New "Bible Study" semester begins at AUMC!! Can't wait to dive into my new class for this year:
"Discipleship II"!! It's gonna be great!!
Mon., 9/11/06 - "Patriots Day 2006"!! - Day off work. Go to downtown Toledo
to witness the Toledo Rememberance ceremony for the victim's of the 9/11 tradgedies. (I broght my video camera, and captured
much of the ceremony - Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and other elected officials, the 21 gun salute (I
was downwind - and got spray with gunpowder residue), the "riderless horse", bagpipe player (amazing grace - my eyes misted
up), taps, presentation of an american flag, color guard, and helicopter flyover. It was a very touching tribute. After I
returned home, I played the videotape for mom and dad. Dinner, watch a DVD, bed.
Tues., 9/12/06 - 7 pm, Smith Road
Elementary School, Bedford Public Schools school district, Teachers-Parents "Pod" meeting - Suiler Pod, Mrs. Nieman and Mr.
Sheppard presented an informational meeting to the parents of their two 3rd grade classes!! Principal Carol Perz was there,
introduced them and gave us parents a warm welcome and brief description of that night's agenda. The teacher's offered us
"teacher assistant" volunteer signups for the month of October (I chose monday Oct. 22nd - 9:15-10:30 in Mr. Sheppard's room
for Math, and then 10:35 - 11:15 in Mrs. Nieman's room for science!! (Cool! two of my favorite subjects! AND I get to observe,
assist and learn with my daughter for both classes! :-) They also explained the "Color Card" system they use to promote the
most attentive behavior from the students!! (I hope everyone is able to get all "purple cards" by friday morning - so that
each pupil can get the maximum amount of "freetime" come friday afternoon!! (Kylie has been so proud of herself and her good
behavior on the day's she doesn't have to "turn a card" - she tells me about it on the phone!! "Dad!! I didn't have to turn
a card in Mr. Sheppard's OR Mrs. Nieman's class at all today!! I finished with a purple card again!! (Last week she took one
of her toy horses from here, as her toy for free time last friday!! - She doesn't know it yet, but after her birthday, on
the friday's I take her and pick her up from school, she will be able to take a "Nintendo Gameboy" for FREETIME!! Cool! I
can't wait to see the excitement that causes her! LOL! :-) The meeting only lasted about an hour, during which we also discussed
the possibility of a 3rd grade OVERNIGHT trip to camp next spring!! Wow!! I voted for that!! (I think that would be a great
incentive to motive the children to do their best at schoolwork and paying attention in class! I am going to email the superintendent
of Bedford Public schools, Mr. Jon White, and suggest that as a possible reward!! LOL! :-) Afterwards, I stopped for a cup
of coffee at Speedway. There was a young lady, whom I had seen and met before, (at Kohl's when she was shopping, and at the
Mudhen's games:-) Lori Taylor. She looked attractively dressed for clebrating her "Birthday"!! I wished her a Happy Birthday,
and she told me she would be at the Mudhen's game on my Birthday! (The 14th!:-) I explained I had to work that night, but
I had a ticket for the Friday night game, and told her I hoped she was going to that game, "I would love to see her there"!!
:-) I came back home, called into work, talked to Mr. Sullivan, and explained I knew Riley wasn't going to be able to do "Maintenance"
that night, so would he like me to come in early on wednesday morning (which I prefer the early shifts anyways :-) to get
the store in better shape for opening. He said yes, so I watched the Mudhens win the first game of the 2006 governor's cup
finals (I think they can win it in 4 games this year!! Go Hens!! :-) and went to bed.
Wed., 9/13/06 - Praise band
rehearsal at AUMC, 8 pm. Dad helped me "load out" my drums. Went to frisch's to eat (I took along my portable DVD player,
and the Charlie Hall CD, that our director Jane Newmeyer made for us, containing the song we are playing this coming sunday,
may drumsticks, the lyrics sheet and a pair of headphones. When I got there, I asked Holly my waitress, if it would be okay
if I listened to the headphones and practiced a christian song quietly, so as not to bother any of the other customers. She
said, that would be fine. I practice for about an hour, ate dinner, tipped Holly, and went on over to the church. Jane, Steve
and I practice for about an hour and 1/2. Pastor Schroeder and her husband Paul let the 3 of us lockup and set the alarm (after
we made plans to practice at Jane's house, along with a Bass player, on sunday morning at 8:00. Jane and her husband Alan
are going to a "Medevial Days" celebration up near Clarkston, MI on saturday night, so we wouldn't be able to do it then.
She said I could use Alan's drums there at the house for practice. Cool! (He's a semi-professional drummer ya know, and performs
about 3 times a week with 3 or so different bands (Jazz, Blues, R & B, Rock, etc... :-) I'm loooking forward to sunday morning!!
Thurs., 9/14/06 - "It's that day again! Happy B-day "Star Spangled Banner" (and Me! LOL! :-)" Celebrate! Celebrate!!
(Time to start NEW again!! "Happy Dance" Dancin' to the Music!! :-) Fri., 9/15/06 - Mudhen's "REPEAT" our Championship of
the IL Minor League's Governor's Cup!! Cool!! I hope there is fireworks afterwards again, and maybe a "Mudhen's Fan Appreciation
Championship Celebration" the next day again too!! (More autographs!! :-)
Wed., 9/21/06 - Work 8 - 5:30. "One-on-One
meeting with Matt and Lana! Go over some new policies and procedures regrding housekeeping department. Home from work, watch
WTVG news, hear about Mudhen's celebration going on at 5/3rd field downtown. Go downtown to stadium, attend "Back-2-Back"
Championship celebration!! (Coach Larry Parrish (got to shake his hand and thank him personally!), Coach Jones, Team trainers
and members, 6 Players there (Larrison, Phelps, Seay, Gardner, Weber, and Maples!! I got a kick out Mr. Gardner describing
the "Back-2-Back" Championships as "SUPER-DUPER"!! Got autographs from 5 of the players on a drum head (I might hold onto
it for a few years, then maybe donate it, along with the special front page Blade article, to the WIOT "Make-a-wish Foundation"
rock-n-roll auction. :-) Back home, watch some TV, play some PS2 (MLB 06 "The Show"), go to bed in early morning.
Thur.,
9/22/06 - Sleep in, mom went to Jo Ann Fabrics and returned the clown suit patterns that she and I had picked out for Kylie
and I. (We'll probably just go to the "Costume Holiday House" and buy 'em, rather than make them! LOL! :-) Afterwards she
went to Devaux Village shopping center and had her hair colored and permed by her hairstylist friend, Brigette Stepanski.
Before returning home, she stopped at "Twice But Nice" - gently used children's clothing store! (She loves that place!! Mom
says: "The ladies in there are So Nice"!! :-) She stopped at Kohl's before that and looked for an hour for some winter things
for Kylie, but she told me later: "Everything they had was all frilly, and fringy, and had strings all over it!!" (I Laughed
Out Loud, and apologized that I'm not the "Vice President - Children's Apparell"!! :-). At Twice But Nice mom picked out three
beautiful, turtleneck sweaters and was happy she only paid $22 for them!! (She said: "Didn't I do good"!!?? LOL! :-) Bill
update his website, get showered and dressed for work. Mom and Dad to Sears to buy a new stove. Bill work from 2:00 - 10:30,
stop at Speedway for a Vanilla Latte after work. Home, update website, email, watch Sportscenter.
Fri., 9/22/06 -
Bill off work, Kylie in school, Bill play drums that night at Epworth
United Methodist Church with Steve Burress from the Aldersgate United Methodist Church Praise Band for an Emmaus Gathering!!
(7:30 - 9:00 pm). Bill pack up drums, unload them back at home, to bed for work the next morning at 5:45!!
9/29/06
- 10/02/06 - The CIRCUS is coming to town!! (What it isn't already here at "Bradner.cc"!??! LOL!! Hope to take Kylie to a
show one of these nights - Krista and I took her to see a circus when she was 2!! She loved it!! (I liked the motorcycles
in the ball and the trapeze artists. Krista liked the horse act. Kylie's eyes got real wide when we took her down to the floor
of the sports arena to "Pet a Pachaderm"!! :-) Oct. 9th, 2006 - Daughter's 9th Birthday!! (Way to go girl!! "It's your birthday!
Get your game on!! You're a Rock Star!! Get Paid now!!" LOL! :-)
Friday, Oct. 13, 2006 - 7 pm - Halftime at Whitmer
Homecoming Football game - perform with the Whitmer Alumni Marching Band. Took my own marching snare, school provided the
music, and the crowd of students, parents, alumni, and fans provide the "inspiration"!! ("We're going to send the team across
the field, with a mighty cheer,.... :-)
Sat., Oct.21st- Sun. Oct.29th, 2006 - Fall Vacation week!! (I'll be vacationing
at home in Toledo again this year!! Maybe a couple rounds of autumn golf, a visit to Cincinatti to visit my sister with my
daughter, some fishing with the daughter after school, work around the house, hopefully write and record some new songs, etc.,
etc...
Sun., Oct. 29th, 2006 - AUMC, 10:45 worship service - Bill play drums for "Praise Band" performance!! 6:30
pm - Bible Study with Disciple II group!! (Last night of vacation! Sniff :-( 10/2007 A.D. - Dave and I are making plans to
attend the NASCAR race at "Lowe's Motor Speedway" - to see our first "Chase for the Cup" championship series race!! (His sister
and brother-in-law live in North Carolina not too far from the track, so we'll be able to drive down on a friday, stay for
2 nights, see the race, and take our time driving back on monday! Coool, huh! :-)
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