Monday

Here we go yet once again, it's time to take our collective noses and stick them back onto that grindstone and start doing what we do for a living to start another work week. It is time to cease all the fun and get back to making this a better world for each of us to live in.

I hope everyone had a good weekend, I know I'm not too fond of the white stuff that has been falling from the sky the last couple of days, but it is what it is. Not sure if I have ever mentioned it here before, but I hate snow. Peanut just told me that she hares snow as well, but she loves catnip-flavored cat treats. I'm not sure what this has to do with Mondays or my hatred of snow, but she feels she just needed to get that out for everyone who might be thinking of buying her a Christmas Present. 

It's going to be another busy week for me, I'm working both jobs today as so get some Monday visits to my Morgantown segment. It's day 15 in a row for me, I put in 61 billable hours last week, you figure that is averaging almost 9 hours a day every day. I'm starting to get a little antsy, but I found out that I am in fact off from both jobs on Thanksgiving I think, although I wouldn't mind doing GIS work that day as that is done from home. 

I hope everyone has a great week this week. Make the most of it and do what you do to make this a better rock to live on. 

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 is a whole lot of fun.

This week's pic comes from last Summer, I grabbed this picture as my co-author was strolling around the backyard last fall. It's getting that time of the year again when my feline co-blogger gets to run around outside again all day. She loves the outside, even all winter she will lay by the door or bedroom window and just watch what is going on outside all day. 

Peanut is a great cat, but she tends to get spooked anytime something is out of the ordinary here. She has her hiding places, she is such a blog writing, joke telling diva. 

Have yourselves a great day 

Hi ho hi ho

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit with the internationally acclaimed feline blogger Peanut and I sit putting our heads together to come up with some kind of literary masterpiece for you the readers. Look at that brain and how it's a churning original thought out of that feline mind. We're up watching Happy Gilmore and collecting our thoughts for the day. 

I was planning on traveling south to work today and most of next week however, that county's status changed to resident only, meaning only a resident can work it until the next report comes out next Friday. I will take my efforts and concentrate them to the exact same location I worked last week and do it again this upcoming week. So it is once again off to the land where my Aunt and Uncle lived until their passing and basically where my brother currently lives. I'll try to stay at the same hotel as it was a perfect location for me. It was close, on the main drag and there were many amenities (and I mean a Super WalMart) right next to me. 

So with nothing to do today as my plans have changed, what does this mean for me? Pretty much nothing, Michelle is a little bit under the weather again and may be suffering from Sciatica as she has been in a lot of pain ever since I got back into town Wednesday Night. She did clear off the treadmill yesterday, I can see it getting a workout in the very near future. Probably wouldn't hurt to get my oversized derriere in there as well. COVID has taken a toll on both of us and it's showing physically. 

The WVU Men's Basketball team is playing host to #17 Oklahoma State today at 2:00. If the Mountaineers win, this will be win #900 in Bob Huggin's illustrious coaching career. 

Have yourselves a great day, now Peanut and I will go back to telling Cat Jokes to entertain each other. 

How is cat food sold?  Usually, purr the can!

OK One last one. 

What state has a lot of cats and dogs? Petsylvania!

Saturday Morning Peanutless Ramblings

Here I sit once again in a quiet Household, my co-author Peanut is still in bed and I am once again flying solo this morning. I have something streaming on TUBI on the TV behind me, but not sure what it is as I'm still waking up.

Not sure if we have any plans for the day, I know we haven't cut grass in a few weeks, but it's still really not that high due to the lack of rainfall recently. Then again with the high probability of rain this weekend that may just have to wait.

Not sure if our bi-weekly trip to Rural King to get bird food is warranted yet, Michelle bought three bags the last time we went and those little aviary slobs have been sharing with squirrels, chipminks, Groundhogs and a few other animals. I think we are starting to develop a zoo in the back yard. Yesterday morning I had to hold Peanut as I let her out as there were so many animals near the door when I let her out. She's protective of her territory and I gave them a head start to get away from our little co-author/hunter feline queen.

Have yourselves a great day and stay safe, this COVID-19 is starting to spike again.

Saturday

Here I sit in a quiet household once again, my co-author is no where to be found and even Sammy is no where to be found on this morning.

Last evening Michelle and I attended her company Christmas Party at Tin 202 here in Morgantown. The owner of the place is someone I played Softball with for years on the Prime Thyme and MiHaley's teams Chris Evans, sadly since he has opened this place up this was my first trip there and it did not disappoint.

Today we are going to go out and get our weekend shopping done and tomorrow at least Michelle will run back home to visit her Grandmother and Dad for Christmas. We'll have all of our chores done prior to that so no one is rushed tomorrow.



Speaking of the week coming up, I get a three hour early release on Monday, the President authorized Tuesday as a Federal Holiday and Wednesday is Christmas. It's going to be a short week for me.

Have yourselves a great day today.

Sunday

Here me and my co-author sit on a quiet Sunday Morning, we're both up and collecting our thoughts for the day. We're watching Life as We Know it on HBO and Peanut is having fun sticking her butt in my face as I try to write this. She can have her way of dominating the moment and getting my attention.

My plans for the day, heading out to work yet once again later this morning. Traveling once again to a distant county to try to some screenings and obtain some interviews. I had a pretty good day yesterday, hopefully today can be just as productive and I can dwindle this segment down and tackle one south of here.

Michelle had a good time yesterday at Trunk or Treat, we bought a lot of candy Friday evening with the anticipation that they were going to have East Gate proportions of children show up, needless to say our Candy bowl is full. She took the Company Jeep up and used it rather than using Ice, that way Extreme Labor can get a little cheap as in free advertising because the Jeep is wrapped with the company logo.

The Mountaineers played Oklahoma yesterday, fortunately I didn't have to observe that massacre as the Sooners were just way too much for this young group of Mountaineers. It was pretty ugly.

Have yourselves a great day today, Peanut will.

Hi ho hi ho

Peanut Scare

What a scare that we had this morning, our little fur baby Peanut, the one who is just full of life, had some serious health problems this morning.

Michelle looked at me and said something is not right with Peanut, I looked at her and she was the very definition of lethargic. She was throwing up on herself and was just sitting there is a complete daze. It broke our hearts as something was big time wrong with our baby.

Michelle rushed her to the NCWV Veterinary Emergency Clinic in Fairmont to have her looked at. She was dehydrated for one thing, and had some kind of crystals in her urine. She gets fresh wet food every day, but she doesn't ever want to seem to eat it opting for the dry food. I did a google search and came up with this, which could be the cause of it all.

She is home safe and resting, although still kind of out of it. Her Meowtside time is restricted until she gets better or at least starts to show signs of life again. Hopefully she will be OK in a couple of days, they gave her fluids and some anti-biotics to take.

Sammy, the Return

Here I sit once again on a quiet Sunday Morning when I notice that we have a house guest returning. Making his 2017 coincidentally on the exact same day as Michelle decorated our Christmas Tree is Sammy the Elf on a Shelf.

You may remember Sammy from my blog last year, he showed up and seemed to be moving around the room and hiding every where. he made his blog debut a little over a year ago and wreaked havoc all through the house last year. Now he is back yet once again upon the household. I'm sure this will not be his last appearance before he takes off and hides again until next year.

As I was out working yesterday my wonderful wife pulled all of our Christmas decorations out and decorated the house for Christmas, hence why Sammy came back, I think he only comes out when the house is decorated. She did a wonderful job this year and I think that we have our best tree ever. Everything on it is personalized and has a story.

Peanut gave her approval as well, I swear she did not leave from under the tree for hours after it was put up. She laid quite comfortably, peacefully and if she had found her special place in this world under our Christmas Tree.

I'm not a big person on winter, snow or the cold climate weather that comes with it, but I absolutely love how the house looks and smells during this time of the year.

Oh and Congratulations to the #1 ranked Women's Soccer team, the West Virginia Mountaineers for punching their ticket for the College Cup (The Final 4) yesterday. We are very proud of you ladies.

The WVU Football team traveled to Ames Iowa and defeated Iowa State 49-19 yesterday afternoon. This moves us to 9-2 on the year with one more regular season game to go. Senior Day will be this coming Saturday and a chance to get 10 regular season wins for the first time since joining the Big XII.

Have yourselves a great day.

Monday

All good things must come to an end, and that includes that short little period of the week when we actually go out and have a little bit of fun. That thing we refer to as the weekend is now behind us and now we have to stick our noses back on the grindstone for another week of work.

I'll be both in my office all week and out in the field a few days this week for RTI. It'll be a busy week, but the field work is starting to slow down as I have been through the roster a couple of times and just trying to finalize the selected units this week, not a real big work load this quarter. Shouldn't be too stressful of a week, it's usually the first week of a quarter where everything gets really busy.

No softball games this week for me, but we will return to action next Monday at 6:00. We have gotten a few weeks off after sweeping a double header a few weeks ago leading into our long break. No one played last week and this week is just our bye week, so that does leave us with a long stretch in between games that are scheduled to be played.

I think we are trouble, Peanut is now starting to climb trees. I'm telling you this poor deprived cat has no toys and no one to play with...lol

Have yourselves a great day today.

Sunday Morning Ramblings

Here I am up way too early in the morning, I'm watching something on Netflix and collecting my thoughts for the day.

We had a pretty good day yesterday, Michelle went out early to her company picnic and I joined her in the afternoon. She was out early to help set up, but by mid afternoon you could see the 90° day was starting to take a little bit of a toll on her and she needed to cool down and relax.

After we left there we stopped by my Sister Kim's to see her new puppy Bella. Her and Robert had driven to Weston yesterday to pick her up from the breeders and we stopped by to meet the little furball. I know Kim has been talking about this dog for some time now and she was literally counting down the minutes on Facebook until she could pick her. up. She is a little bundle of joy.

Not to be outdone by the worlds greatest kitten Peanut as she has stolen Michelle's spider chair that she bought at a yard sale yesterday morning. Michelle was worried that her daughter Hayley was going to steal the chair, I think Peanut has laid claim to this chair and claimed it for her own now.

The weather today looks like it is going to be less than cooperative, so no smoking or grilling on todays agenda. My guess is that there is going to be a nice lazy Sunday afternoon nap configured into our plans for the day, so no major plans for the wife and I other than grocery shopping this morning.

Have yourselves a great day today and make the very most of it.

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look foreword 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 once again the dawn of another weekend, and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Now that I am using my cat in my blog, she is going to start to negotiate a few of the terms with me. Better food, how many times a day her kitty litter is cleaned a day, how many treats she gets a day and what kind. I think all of this fame is going to her head...lol

Anyways Happy Friday!!!! We made it and it's time for another weekend. Due to this crappy weather I'm not sure what mine and Michelle's plans are this weekend. Mother Nature has been acting like a cranky old geriatric bitch the past few weeks and giving us a whole lot of rain and pretty much spoiling our perfect weekends. I wish she would cheer up a little and give us a little bit of sunshine.

I guess if I have to choose for it to rain this weekend or next weekend, I will choose this weekend as next weekend is Memorial Day Weekend. We have a picnic planned next weekend, weather and Cicadas permitting. Can anyone think of an alternative plan if next weekend is not cooperative?

Have yourselves a great day and put those minds to work on the alternative plans.

Hi ho hi ho

Meet Peanut

Well here I sit in a semi-quit household, Peanut our new house cat and I are up watching beerfest and collecting our thoughts on this wonderful day.

We picked up Peanut yesterday with a little assistance of an internet search.  We were suffering from an empty household and this little bundle of joy that I found was exactly what the Doctor ordered.

She is very playful, very loving and an absolute bundle of joy that is about to be one very spoiled cat. Sophie took to her instantly, but not as quickly as Michelle did who fell in love with her at first site. Peanut is a name she has always used for little babies, and this is the name that this little kitten was given. You can never replace a lost pet, but you can always find a new one with a different personality to share memories with.

If you are ever in search of a pet, I suggest Petfinders to assist you in finding a specific animal, breed, or aged animal that meets your search parameters. We got very lucky as Peanut was exactly what we were looking for and she was in a very close city that didn't take too long to travel to (Point Marion, PA) to retrieve her. Peanut was already litter trained and has had her first set of shots.

I will say that this little bundle of joy has brought back a lot of joy that was just missing in this household this past week. We honor the fallen and will never forget them, but we look to the future with great expectations of parenting the perfect replacement.

Have yourselves a great day.