Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit in a very non-quiet household, Kiwi and Peanut have been up all night doing non-alcoholic Jello Shots and celebrating the fact that Michelle starts a new job on Monday. They are going to be sad when she leaves on Monday Morning, but they are happy for their Mommy and are celebrating. 

Speaking of Michelle, she has officially left FD Kitchens after around 3 1/2 years. Business has slowed down for them and she has been of the last couple of months waiting for it to pick back up and it just hasn't to the point where they could bring her back. SOOOO, on Monday she will be an employee of Davis Kitchen and Tile. They are bringing her in to do their bookkeeping and manage the apartment rentals that they have. About the same salary and maybe a little bit more, but more job security as they are pretty well diversified with a number of businesses that they own. So let's all celebrate Michelle's new job with her!!!

It's been a busy week here in Morgantown. First Neal Brown WVU's former Football coach was let go this past Sunday. He's a nice guy, just didn't win enough. I hear he is the frontrunner for the Appalachia State job and I think that would be a very good fit for him as he moves forward in his career. So what does WVU do? They hire a new coach obviously, me personally I am big advocate of bringing Rich Rodriguez back home, and there are a number of influential people around the University that feel the same. I feel he just has unfinished business, let him finish the job. In my opinion, he is the best man for the job and I have always felt that way. Kiwi agrees with me. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

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.

Kiwi and Peanut are celebrating, but we're not going to announce what they are celebrating just yet. They are so happy for someone, but patience is a virtue and the announcement will be coming up in the next few days. I was just hoping for them to celebrate it being Friday and me not having to work tomorrow but they both baked a cake, got some party hats and are ready to celebrate. 

Looking for a little bit of High School Football? So am I but all of the local teams are done for the season. Morgantown lost last week and all of the Monongalia County teams are done for the season. 

So what is up for our weekend? A little girls birthday party tomorrow as we celebrate Lydia's Birthday. 

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.

For this week's pic, I go back a few weeks, or more like a month or so. It was the Breast Cancer Survivors walk that was held at Milan Puskar Stadium and this was Terri's first walk as an actual survivor rather than someone battling it. 

As you can see she had one heck of a supporting cast for the days events. It was two laps around the stadium and Terri was the first out of the gate and the first to complete the first and second lap. So proud of her. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Wednesday

Happy Birthday Kim Sanjulian

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my Sister Kim SanJulian a very Happy Birthday today. We started out in life where I was one year older than her, but since I am only 21 years old, she has passed me up by a couple of years by now. 

Kim is an amazing sister, one that I have had numerous arguments through the years, but there has always been a great deal of respect for her and her viewpoint even though I would never let her know that. She has made selfless sacrifices for others and that is a characteristic that is to be commended. 

Not sure what Kim and Robert have planned for the day, but I'm sure it will either be a nice dinner or something along those lines that will be memorable. I know she really likes Minards in Fairmont. 

 If you see Kim today, take a little bit of time out and wish her a very Happy Birthday today.

Happy Birthday Kim, make it a great one. 

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is once against complete, can't think of a better reason to do a tidbits. 

* It has been 22,258 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,511 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. Has it really been that long? Wow. 

* 6,098 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. 

* 5,309 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 5,347 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 2,484 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 1,142 days ago today. It was three years this past Friday. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 1,001 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,618 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.

* There are 364 days until I hit the age of 62. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* Pitt comes back to Morgantown in 285 more days. I can't wait. Revenge time. 

* There are 246 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 97 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 62 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.  

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

* There are 22 more shopping days left until Christmas 2024. Time to start thinking about it. 

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

* I have written 7,764 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.   

* Yes the Air conditioner is still in the bedroom window, it's going to be coming out soon...I promise I am going to get that out.

* It's December, maybe it is time for me to start formatting and writing my end of the year blog. 

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 5th place among friends and family. 

* I have this funny feeling I am being watched, I found Sammy the Christmas Elf, he keeps moving around from stocking to tree to kitchen to tree. He's hiding in the tree right now. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This weeks Tiktok a little Country Roads. 

* Have a great day.

* Hi ho hi ho

Monday

All good things must come to an end, but this is an exciting day to end the weekend on. Now we have to take our collective noses and stick them back onto that grindstone known as life and get back to doing what it is that we do for a living to make this a better rock to live on.

Kiwi has been playing Solitare since losing to Peanue in Chess, he said he needs to find his calm place as losing to his sister is frustrating to him and he is looking for something a little more stress-reducing so he took her advice. I don't think they are done, he's just finding his happy place. 

For me I'm still working for Parsons, we have a large project that we are working on until the end of January and maybe beyond, but that is out of our control. I'm back to working 40 hours a week as I look for my next contract opportunity. 

Have yourselves a great day

Hi ho hi ho

Sunday

Here I sit yet once again in a non-quiet household, round three of Kiwi vs Peanut Chess is over with and Peanut quickly checkmate Kiwi while laughing at him and all the studying he has been doing from all the chess masters. Peanut was tormenting Kiwi calling him a feather-headed loser. Kiwi obviously was getting upset and Peanut kept pouring it on reminding him that he is 0-3 against her and should pick up a game he can win at, like Solitare. I don't think Kiwi will give up, he is bound and determined. 

So what is on our agenda for today, a typical Sunday of chores and grocery shopping for the week. We have our menu made for the week, now it;s just a matter of going and getting what we are missing from fulfilling that menu. 

Michelle was going to go to some shop till you drop event yesterday at Mylan Park, however she woke up under the weather yesterday morning and decided to just stay home and relax. I watched football and she watched some of her shows that she watches. 

Have yourselves a great day, or at least one better than Kiwi.