Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit in a quiet household once again, or should I say as quiet as a household can be with a rambunctious bird and cat running around demanding so much attention. Michelle mentioned that she wanted a chicken coop in the back yard and Kiwi and Peanut went to Lowes and got the wood and are building her a Chicken Coop. She said she wants fluffy butts running around in the back yard, me not so much. 

We had a tree fall from last weeks storms that we finally got cut up. I bought a battery-powered chainsaw from Lowe's last yearand I attached my 4 ah battery rather than one of the 2 aH batteries that I have, and it did a great job with plenty of power. I highly recommend this is you have a small job, you can throw a larger battery on for more power and battery life. I've got a number of Lowe's V20 Battery Powered tools, so it makes sit nice that they all have interchangeable battery packs. We did get that Sumac Tree cut out that was invading the back flower bed. 

So what is on today's agenda? Probably grocery shopping and possibly cutting grass, weather permitting. Maybe I can talk Kiwi and Peanut into running the lawnmower, but my guess after building Mom's fluffy butt hut in the back yard that they are going to take it east and watch animal planet. 

Have yourselves a great and memorable day. 

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Kiwi and Peanut

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 cheap entertainment this evening, and by cheap I mean free? Well head on down to the Hazel Ruby McQuain Ampitheatre this evening and see a free show by Chase Matthew with none other than Morgantown's own Huey Mack  and another Huey Mack. He's a big talent who is local and writes from the heart and from here. I know Val mentioned that she wanted to go see Chase Matthew, Peanut and Kiwi already have their seats as they are big Huey Mack fans. 

What is going on other than that? Not too much really, Michelle is going to be doing the grocery shopping for the week tomorrow and I'll be doing the Sam's Club shopping today. I may even take Kiwi and Peanut with me, they like to get out of the house and do things, of course that is where they get these wild ideas as well. I guess that is the gamble you take when you have two innovative pets. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Happy Birthday Erica Nicholson

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my great niece Erica a very Happy Birthday today. If my math serves me correctly, she should be turning 21 years old today.

 
Seems like it was just yesterday when we were all at the Hospital awaiting her arrival and here we are 20 years later with her already grown up, working and building her own life.

 
Not sure what if any plans there are for her today, and I don't even know what she has planned, but if you happen to see this young lady, wish her the Happiest of Birthdays.

 
Happy Birthday, Erica.

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 somewhere 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 weeks pic is one that took about 42 years to complete. The top one is the first time a picture was taken of the five of us (minus Jonathan who we didn't even know of at the time). I'm thinking it was the summer of 1978 at Grandma Hall's. 

The bottom picture was when we tried to replicate the above photo, although we were all dressed differently, now the good news was we all got a chance to speak to Jonathan (Gary's only conversation with him) just before this picture was taken. 

I have always loved these types of pictures where we are all together at the same time and same place. The older I get, the more precious these moments are. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is once again completed, you know what that means. Time for a Tidbits

* It has been 22,454 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,707 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. I love what I do and am thankful to still be working on my field. 

* 6,301 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Life has been much better since then. 

* 5,505  days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. I've been the luckiest guy since that fateful day. 

* It was 5,543 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 2,680 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 1,334 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 1,197 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,422 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.

* 230 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day.    

* 204 more days to go until my Goodbye 2025 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year.

* There are 190 more shopping days left until Christmas 2025.

* There are 169 days until I hit the age of 62. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* Pitt comes back to Morgantown in 99 more days. I can't wait. Revenge time for Rich Rod!!!!

* There are 50 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are 3 days to go until summer. 

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

* I have written 7,973 blogs in what is now 20 3/4 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.   

* Life is much better when you eat Girl Scout Cookies, just saying, Ryleigh would appreciate it. They arer really doing well and it benefits their troop. 

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 3rd place among friends and family, still going strong. 

* This is my favorite Tiktok for this week. Phil and Yeti getting into it. 

* Progress on my Selfie in Space, right here

* Putting Pearl in the shop today, having a stablizer bar mounts replaced, new front brakes and finding an oil leak, just routine maintenance. Hartsells is where I go!!

* Have yourselves a great day

Monday

All good things must come to an end—but if you’ve got to wrap up the weekend, today’s a pretty exciting way to do it. Now it’s time to take our collective noses and press them firmly back onto the grindstone of life. Back to work, back to the hustle, back to doing our part to make this spinning rock a better place. That's something I would say if I were working, I have an interview here next week. 

Kiwi and Peanut are both worn out, they spent the whole weekend riding their water slide that they built, not they are both just plumb tuckered out and ready to sleep until their next exciting adventure. Kiwi mentioned that he thinks he can win a surfing competition now that he has all this experience. I'm not so sure though...lol

Sticking Pearl in the garage tomorrow over at Hartsells. Neither car is due for inspection this year, but we are going to have some things done to her. I may ask Kiwi to drive it over, you know he is an expert on everything. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Sunday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit in a quiet household, Peanut and Kiwi have been having an all night party on the water slide they built yesterday. I'm not sure where it came from, but there is a Giraffe out there with them and they are all just carrying on and having a good time. Michelle is Happy that we have a wild Giraffe show up in the back yard and I'm trying to figure out where the hell he or she had been hiding. They fired up the grill and cooked Hot Dogs and Brats and have made quite a few pitchers of Kool-Aid in all sorts of flavors. Kiwi said they plan on partying into the night once again after last night. Good to see they are getting along.

So, what is on the agenda for today? Other than walking around the yard with a large shovel looking for Giraffe poop, not too much. Michelle did all the grocery shopping yesterday, so today is going to be a relaxing day. Maybe take in a movie or something, relaxing for Michelle as she is just resting for the upcoming week. 

I did manage to write Daniel yesterday, it had been over a month since the last time I had written him and the ball was in my court for a return letter. I just had never gotten around to it. I told him the story of my dropping the rubber band down into my engine this week and having it towed and pulled out. Hopefully he got a kick out of that. 

Make this a special day, spend it with some special people and make some memories.