Jeeps and the 4th… ;)

Don’t forget, they helped win the war! well, maybe not THAT war…? 

I even managed to get one of these limited edition celebratory badges to commemorate the day. Happy 250th USA!!🧨🎆

 

Toy Story

We went and saw the latest Toy story with Andy. It didn’t disappoint, especially the legions of Buzz! Always a good story!

I found gold 🎂

In sorting through the stuff from Julie’s parents, I found the recipe for Janice’s legendary poundcake in written form! :) She traditionally made one for each of Julie’s birthdays, much to our delight. You can see that it was actually her grandmother‘s recipe, Buddy, passed down.❤️

Fixing up my dad’s rings

I decided to get my dad’s class rings sized so I could wear them more easily.  I need to do adjust the size on my college  ring as well.  I thought it was pretty cool how they looked all laid out together when the jeweler was sending me my receipt.

Carrying the flag across the United States

My nephew got to participate in one leg of the flags, epic journey across the United States from west to east. You managed to get the peace that summited of the great divide.  Fitting!

Celebrating America’s 250th

As you consider 4 July and the blessings we have as a country❤️🇺🇸, make sure you take a few minutes to think about these three kids in their star-spangled outfits 50 years ago. I can remember these and ringing the churchbell for the bicentennial. Oh, how  time flies!
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Exploring downtown Dayton business incubation

Julie found a fish store we didn’t know existed. After we stopped by, we explored some of these old buildings downtown. Pretty cool looking.

Finding fun stuff

Back in the late 90s, Steve and I each got one of these coffee mugs from the dealership where we bought our Volkswagens. I used my cup for years and years and years. These days I keep it more as a memory than anything else. Imagine my surprise when I found one in their stuff and now have a spare one to use again

A good way to spend Father’s Day

Julie surprised me and scheduled a lunch with all our boys and girls. It was fun to hang out at Elsa’s, catch up, and enjoy good food and laughter.

Thanks Andy!

I always wanted a sheath for my railroad spike knife I made when my mom took Laura and I to Michigan.  But I didn’t have it with me when the custom sheath guy was at the gun show recently. Andy volunteered to drive home grab it and bring it back. I took him up on it. I’m glad I did. SharkTac made the perfect sheath, works great, glad I have it!  Perfect way to carry it and it brings back great memories of that trip and my one heat beat win❣️

Selling stuff at the street again

It’s always fun to haggle with folks and find second or even third homes for stuff of the past.  This time around, we were unloading things from Julie’s mom and dad‘s old Beavercreek house. It’s sad to see things go, but also fun to sort through them and enjoy the memories they trigger.

Another trade

I’ve had various versions of the Casio G-Shock over the years, but have sold them since they were kind of expensive.  So it was cold to trade at the gun show for this base model just for fun.  Waynesville and Bengal colors even. 🤪 A nice addition to my collection.

“Say hello to my leettle friend!”

These make great little backups and I’ve carried one for years. I recently trade up one of my Life Cards for the one on the left.  I like the snake motif. They’re quite serviceable in spite of their diminutive stature. 

A few of my favorite things

I have had these Vietnam era ammo boxes around my house ever since I was a kid. I kept one, and have sold two over the years. This is the last one I want to sell.  While we were displaying it, a guy that worked on the A-10 warthogs brought around this piece of a barrel from the Vulcan cannon on one. It was a perfect fit in the Ammo box and would make a great display case. However, he said he would NEVER sell it…! I guess not, understandable. Regardless it was cool to sit around and talk with Vietnam vets who remembered these boxesbeing very prized items.  The soldiers could build structures out of them, and the locals would construct coffins… 😢

Trying something new at the gun show

I had some miscellaneous stuff to offload so decided to buy a table. I brought along my trusty salesman, Andy. We had a lot of fun people watching, wheeling, and dealing.  The best part, we sold out!