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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Tuesday's Tidbuts

 * Monday is completed, now we are staring straight down the barrel of a Tuesday and you know what that means. 

* It has been 21,992 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,000-day Calendar. I may have to start adjusting in the very near future as I debut my new and improved 1,045-day Calender. 

* It has been 7,252 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. I do love what I do and I can see me doing this into my retirement years. 

* 5,840 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Seems like it was just yesterday and it was the third best decision I ever made in my life. It was 16 years ago this past Friday Night. 

* 5,050 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. She knew it was coming, and it is still the best decision I ever made in my life. 

* It was 5,087 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, married by a chiropractor and feasted on food Jeanie made. 

* I have now lived 2,224 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong, slowing down but still going. I am recovering though. 

* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 883 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 742 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,862 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.

* 320 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 lets just wait to see if they come true.  

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

* There are 281 more shopping days left until Christmas 2024. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 265 days until I hit the age of 61. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 214 days until Brittany and Matt enter into the bounds of matrimony. 

* There are 183 more days until we go to Pittsburgh and beat the Panther's butts in their stadium. 

* There are 174 more days to go until the Mountaineers will try to get some revenge here in Morgantown for last weekend when Penn State comes to Morgantown. 

* There are 146 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

*  In 74 Days Michelle and I will be traveling to Pittsburgh to see Kenney Chesney and Zack Brown at Acrisure Stadium. 

* There are only 1day to go until the next start of my favorite Season. Springtime!!!!!

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

* I have written 7,491 blogs in the now 19 1/2 years plus a couple of days of being a blogger. 

* 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.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* Still playing Monopoly Go. Several family members are playing and I am now in 6th place overall among all my friends and family. I'm moving on up. 

* Girl scout cookies? Help this little girl meet her goal. Get them while you can. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? Looking for an entertaining TicToker to follow, check out this weeks TikTok, it's where how Aquaman was conceived. 

* Hi ho hi ho

Happy Birthday Amy Dalton

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my wonderful niece Amy a very Happy Birthday today. 

Amy is amazing and inspiring to all, she is one who sets out goals and goes out and accomplishes them, no matter how big or how small. Whether it be raising a family, career path or simply building and paying for a new house for her and her family. She is always focused and goal-driven. Just look at the amazing job she Ralph did on Terri's benefit dinner last fall, she is amazing to say the least. 

Amy is also a very creative photographer. She has that photographer's eye on how to create a great shot that I wish I had but do not. It takes a certain level of creativity that she exhibits and I don't have.

She's an amazing mother with two kids with all the tools and guidance to accomplish anything they choose and that starts in the home that Amy and Ralph have created.

If you happen to see this amazing young woman today, make sure you wish her a Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday, Amy.

Monday, March 18, 2024

Let It All Start Again

All good things must come to an end, and that does include those fun filled things that we refer to as weekends, now it is time to take our collective noses and get back to doing what it that we do for a living. Let's put them back onto that grindstone and make this a better rock to live on. 

After a nice and relaxing weekend, it's time to once again concentrate on the task in front of us. Looking at my upcoming week I start my second week with AliPro, and I have to say I am so happy to be back working in an ESRI environment. It's what I know and what I prefer. I took about 5 months of a hands on approach to learn Smallworld, which has gotten attention on my Resume, but it's archaic and glad that it is over with. I'm an ESRI ArcGIS kind of guy and it's what I prefer. Plus working in Electric pays significantly more than Natural Gas. 

The old garage is still standing for the time being, they were supposed to demolish it last week but that just never came to fruition. We're ready for them though when they do decide to tear it down. 

Have yourselves a great day and let's do this. 

Hi ho hi ho

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Saint Patrick's Day Sunday

Here I once again sit on a quiet Sunday Morning, a Saint Patrick's Day Sunday at that. Kiwi is still in his cage sleeping, he had a rough day yesterday. He vowed to read all of the novel Mobey Dick but don't think he made it as he dozed off early. I think I hear him in there snoring. Yes birds snore.

Today is in fact Saint Patrick's Day, no we are not doing the traditional corned beef and cabbage, we never do, a more traditional dinner will be on our menu for the day. It's actually going to be Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes, close enough. 

Michelle and I did try Huey Magoos this past week, and we had it again last night. I have to say that I really like it. I was actually quite impressed with it. Julie, our cousin from Ohio sad it sounds like a Raising Canes and looking at the menus they do seem to be very similar. 

Other than that it is my one day off that I get during the week, I work both jobs Monday-Friday and then just one job on Saturday, so I do take time to myself and that day is today.

We've had our ring camera for a week and I'll say it is very handy, I know exactly when a package arrives or is dropped off and I can go and quickly retrieve it. Never thought much of them before I got one, now I love this thing. 

It is selection Sunday, that means the 68 teams who will participate in the NCAA Basketball Tournament will be announced and seeded. We're not making the tournament this year. If you like college basketball, this is the week for it because there will be a lot of it played. 

Have a fantastic day. 

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Saturday Morning Rambling

Here I sit on a quiet Saturday Morning, Kiwi and I are up talking about the Fire a couple nights ago at the lofts, Michelle live-streamed it in the middle of the night and it just got out of control. Kiwi is claiming to be the fire expert, but he slept through the entire thing. Fortunately, the students were on Spring Break and no one was injured. 

So what is on today's agenda? I'm working all day (One Job) and Michelle said she is going to scrub carpets and do her Spring Cleaning. It shouldn't;t interfere with me as I have no meetings and no distractions, so it's a head down earbuds in and listen to music kind of day. 

After that, it will be the start of my weekend. Maybelline and Gracie were here all week as Hayley, Tyler and Luke were in Florida and took a trip to Disney World. They flew home Thursday and Luke and Tyler came down to pick them up. Peanut spent the whole week in the back bedroom hiding, I think she is still a little leary and worried the dogs are still here. 

They were scheduled to tear down the big garage last week, it's still there as the demolition crew never made it here to start demolishing it. That big monstrosity is still there for the time being. Power has been cut and the wire removed and I think he has or will cap the water to it. 

Have yourselves a great day

Hi ho hi ho

Friday, March 15, 2024

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!

We have made it once again to Friday, I'm still working tomorrow but it's always time to celebrate when the end of the workweek comes along. 

No idea what Michelle and I will get into, if we get into anything at all this weekend. She'll do some running around today as I'm working, and me, I'll be working. Like what else is new..lol

Hopefully the weather will be cooperative this weekend when we can get out and about. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Thursday, March 14, 2024

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.

Can anyone guess who this Photo Flashback person is? It's actually my Dad when he was a small child. If I were to put a time stamp on this, I'm going to guess the late 1940's. I don't think he was old enough yet to be reported in the 1950's. 

However I do have the 1950 Census for Van Voorhis, See below and enjoy.