Monday

I hope everyone's Monday is awesome and you do what you need to do to make this a better rock to live on. It;'s what we all strive and work for. 

For me I have a little bit of bad news, my contract with EPE ended on Friday so I'm a guy with two jobs, and no work at this time. Kind of in a state of limbo. I'm still employed by Parsons and AliPro, but there is no billable work available at this time so I have to go to the unemployment office and tell them I have two jobs, but no work at this time.

I do have a few things in the hopper, so we will have to wait and see how things turn out. I am not working at this time, so there will be no hi ho hi ho's for the immediate future. 

Kiwi has told me that he is on top of it and he'll find something in my skillset. I have a very resourceful bird to say the least. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Sunday

Here I sit on a quiet Sunday Morning, Peanut is still napping and Kiwi is in his cage saying the Cancer Walk yesterday was a little much on him, he asked if it would be OK next year if he just flew it. I think his intentions are pooping on some people, so not sure him flying it is a good idea. 

Speaking of the Cancer Walk, it had a really good turnout yesterday and Terri and her gang lead the entire pack from start to finish. I needed a checkered flag as they led the pack all the way around the field. The turnout was so good that they caught up and lapped some of the people at the end of the walk. She was a boot scootin and setting the pace. Mom and I enjoyed the race from the stands. Both Michelle and I did get our flu shots. 

After that we ended up going to the old mall and voted. Turnout for that was surprisingly high, Michelle said her ballot was like #900 or so on the day, and it was pretty much crowded. I think a lot of people are voting early this cycle like they did in 2020. 

Today, out plans are simply do what we do on any other Sunday. Do some shopping and prepare for the week ahead. 

Have a great day. 
 

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Kiwi and Peanut 

Here I sit in a semi-quiet household, Kiwi and Peanut are up early talking about how they want to do the Breast Cancer Survivors walk this morning to support their Aunt Terri. They both lost their sister Sophie last week from a cat form of breast cancer and they want to do all that they can do to raise awareness and support the survivors of Breast Cancer. Aunt Terri is their hero, they told me so. 

Yes the Breast Cancer Survivors walk will in fact take place this morning and it will be held at Mylan Puskar Stadium. Registration begins at 9:00 and the walk begins at 10:00. Park on the Silver Lot (where the facilities building is). The Monongalia County Health Department will be there administering flu vaccines and both Michelle and I will be once again getting g our vaccines there. Last year we were going to go and pay for them until we found out at last year's walk that the health department was doing them for free, so we'll take full advantage of the opportunity. 

After the walk I told Michelle I would like to do my civic duty and vote early in the 2024 Presidential Election. That way I don't have to worry about any crowds on Election Day or it interfering with work. Monongalia County has four locations where you can vote early if you choose to go that route. I am officially endorsing Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz for this election. I'm a GIS guy and Tim Walz actually gave the keynote address at this year's ESRI Conference in San Diego. 

The Mountaineers do play this evening, it's a 7:30 game I think and we are playing at Arizona. 

Have yourselves a superfantastic day, make it a good and productive one. 

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes, it is once again that time of the week that we all look forward to when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Are you looking for a little bit of high school football?  Morgantown after the road win last week is once again on the road and playing at Hedgesville. University High is at home taking on Preston. Clay Battelle is on the road to Beallesville Ohio. Good luck to all three teams this evening, bring home three wins for Monongalia County. 

Plans for the weekend, well tomorrow is the Breast Cancer Walk at Milan Puskar Stadium at 10:00. I know Terri, Kim and Michelle are all walking, I'll be there to take pictures and capture the events of the day. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Photo Flashback Thursday

Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out, time to look at some of the 30,000+ photos that I have stored on my computer. Little lost moments in time that I either captured with a lens, scanned or just stole from someplace on the internet. I like to find just one and post it up and recall or relive the picture to the best of my ability. Sometimes this is a pretty easy task and sometimes it's not that easy, one thing it has always been a lot of fun.

This picture is from one of our cruises and on a formal night. On formal nights we were served lobster and it was a time to dress up and we did. This was from the first formal night before we went down to eat, we got dressed up. We would usually go down and get our pictures taken. 

I don't remember what specific cruise we were on, but I know we were in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on our way to Grand Turk. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is once against complete, time for a tidbits, 

* It has been 22,216 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,469 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. Has it really been that long? Wow. 

* 6,056 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. 10,000 BC, I was telling Peanut howlusy of a movie it was this weekend. 

* 5,267 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. She knew it was coming, and it was still the best decision I ever made in my life. 

* It was 5,305 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, it was a great day with friends and family. 

* I have now lived 2,442 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong, slowing down but still going. 

* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 1,100 days ago today. It was three years this past Friday. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 959 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,660 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows though, doing what I do I may never retire.

* Pitt comes back to Morgantown in 327 more days. I can't wait. Revenge time. 

* There are 288 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 139  days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 104 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day. He and French Creek Freddie agreed on their predictions this year,  now let's just wait to see if they come true.  

* 78 more days to go until my Goodbye 2024 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year. 

* There are 64 more shopping days left until Christmas 2024. Time to start thinking about it. 

* There are 48 days until I hit the age of 61. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) days that I have hated both Pitt and Penn State.

* I have written 7,720 blogs in what is now 20 years since I started blogging. Two decades ago.   

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.   

* Air conditioner is still in the bedroom window, it's going to be coming out soon. 

* I think Michelle is about to finalize Christmas Cookie baking for 2024 and set it up. We is going to get the Woodland United Methodist Church (multiple ovens and equipment) for a few days. You thought that there were a lot of cookies baked last year, wait till this year. 

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 6th place among friends and family. I'm trying to catch up. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This weeks TicTok, you have to love when you get these sound people mixing two songs together. 

* Have a great day.

* Hi ho hi ho