Tuesday's Tidbits

* I'm back to 8 hour shifts with the first day under my belt, Tidbits? 

* It has been 22,658 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, new, and improved 1,069-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,910 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. I love what I do and am thankful to still be working in my field. 

* 6,504 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Life has been much better since then. 

* 5,708  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 5,745 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 2,883 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 1,537 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 1,400 days, making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* Old roommate Gregg proposed to his fiancée 115 days ago, I'm happy for those two. I asked him a couple weeks ago if they set a date yet, he saids we would be the first to know. 

* I have 2,227 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.

* 359 more days to go until my Goodbye 2026 Blog is posted. 

* There are 352 more shopping days left until Christmas 2026. 

* There are 329 days until I hit the age of 63. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are only 213 more days to go until Michelle and I will celebrate our 15th Wedding Anniversary......maybe

* There are 72 days until my favorite season begins, a lot of people love different seasons, I am a Spring person who loves the Springtime. 

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

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

* I have written 8,204 blogs in what is now 21 years of Blogging. 

* 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.  

* Are you looking to buy some Girl Scout Goodies? Well Releigh has started her campaign to sell chocolates, candles, stationary and other things. This is her store. 

* Are you looking to buy some Girl Scout Goodies? Well Bella has started her campaign to sell chocolates, candles, stationary and other things. This is her store. 

* They both have their own stores, their own campaigns and their own goals to meet. 

* Let's keep it in the same household, go give Crown of Scars a listen. It's my Nephew Moke and he tells his life story through song, so listen to the lyrics, it's pretty deep. 

* This is my favorite Tiktok for this week, you have to love the pet TicToks

* Progress on my Selfie in Space, right here. We are ready for liftoff and holding. 

* I think my AI skills are really expanding, now I just need to implement it with GIS. 

* Have yourselves a great day

* Hi ho hi ho

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.

Well, after working the last 3 weeks and 6 of the last 8 weeks doing 10-hour shifts, I can finally go back to 8-hour shifts for a while, starting today. It's not so bad when there is a holiday during the week, it's when Holidays are back-to-back on the same week (Thanksgiving and Christmas, for example) that it takes a couple of weeks to make up the hours, and you bookend those with a couple more Holidays (Veterans Day and New Year's). I'm so happy to get back to normal. I can leave for work later and get home earlier just like everyone else. I'vee even taken my Christmas Tree down that I had in my office for the Holidays. The Holiday season is over with, back to breaking your resolutions and your diets...lol

Now we are at the first of the year, I'm going to start to pursue other opportunities for work. I always like to keep my options open and fresh, and I even planned on waiting until after the first of the year before I pursued anything, even though I was offered a position that I was supposed to start in November that fell through at the last minute (I had my office cleaned out and my new computer in hand). I like what I do and who I work with, it just doesn't pay me my market rate so I am going to explore other opportunities like I planned. I think I have a future there, but it's a matter of when that is factored into my strategy. 

Have yoursleves a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Sunday

Here I sit in a non-quiet household; it seems like we have a turncoat in our household. The Steelers and Ravens are playing this evening for the Division Championship and Peanut is a die-hard Steelers fan, Kiwi on the other hand, figured out that a Raven is a bird, and he's cheering for the team of his own species. He has broken my heart and I told him this is Steelers Country. Damned Peckerhead. 

Michelle did the shopping yesterday and also went to her Mom's 80th birthday celebration yesterday at the nursing home. Her Chris and Dani went up and had a little bit of a party for her and helped her celebrate the day. 

Today's agenda includes trying to explain to Kiwi that a Raven is a bad bird and he needs to switch his loyalty back to being a Steelers fan. I think Peanut shall teach him. 

I am happy to be going back to 8-hour shifts again starting tomorrow. 6 of last 8 weeks working 10's was starting to get a little bit old if you know what I mean, especially when I was generally the only one there. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit in a somewhat busy household, Kiwi and Peanut think they have this great idea of making seed and catnip cookies. They are up early and have the kitchen all messed up, trying to experiment and make some proprietary recipes that they feel that they can market to all birds and cats around the world. They have a target audience, now they have decided that they are going to create a product to market and get rich from it. Such innovative minds in this household, I got to tell you. 

I don't think Michelle and I have any plans as of yet that I know of. It is Michelle's Mom's 80th Birthday so Michelle and the sisters are all planning on going to the nursing home to have dinner with her. Because of the snow on New Years they didn't make it up that day, so this will be something special for her. 

I'm probably just going to relax and take it easy. I think I'll go out and measure the grass to see if it needs to be cut yet...lol Maybe put together a nice little gift basket for a couple of groundhogs so that they can do me a favor here in about a month. Other than that, days are short, it's cold out and it's my least favorite time of the year, it's just a matter of waiting until Spring for 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!!!

As the rest of us, or should I say some of us go back to work after the New Years Holiday, Kiwi and Peanut are still celebrating. They keep throwing confetti everywhere and yelling Happy New Years and for us Humans to get to work while they party on. 

Well today does end my streak of  3 straight weeks of 10 hour shifts to make up for Holidays. I get to go back to doing normal 8 hour shifts for a couple of weeks before I go back to 10's for the Week of Martin Luther King Day to make up for that Holiday. This will be the end of 6 of 8 weeks that I have been making up hours to get past the Holiday season. 

I hope everyone had a great New Years, stayed safe and here's to a great 2026 for everyone. 

Hi ho hi ho

Happy New Years

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

and never brought to mind?

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

and old lang syne?

CHORUS:

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we'll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.

And surely you’ll buy your pint cup!

and surely I’ll buy mine!

And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two have run about the slopes,

and picked the daisies fine;

But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,

since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two have paddled in the stream,

from morning sun till dine†;

But seas between us broad have roared

since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

And there’s a hand my trusty friend!

And give me a hand o’ thine!

And we’ll take a right good-will draught,

for auld lang syne.

CHORUS