Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit yet once again, only me and Phin are up and we are watching Super Troopers on HBO and collecting our thoughts for the day. I haven't fed her yet, but she'll let me know when she is getting hungry.

Michelle, Laiah and Hayley are all heading to Monaca for the day for her Niece Laura's Baby Sprinkle. They were going to stop by the airport to pick up Jon, but he drove home from New Jersey a couple of nights ago so there is no need to do that.

My plans for the day are pretty much WVU Sports related. The WVU Baseball team will play Old Dominion at the Mountaineer Ballpark. I'm thinking about heading over and catching that game. Yesterday's game was pretty much won on a suicide squeeze play and was a very exciting game.

Last night the WVU Men's Basketball team won one of the most exciting games in a long time. The Mountaineers beat #6 Oklahoma 69-67 in one of the most exciting finishes ever to advance to this evening's Big XII Championship game against #1 Kansas.

Last night the Mountaineers held Buddy Hield, the NCAA Player of the year about 20 points below his average in beating the Sooners, but Hield made it exciting as he hit a half court 3 point shot at what appeared to be the end of the game. However referees reviewed the shot and determined that when the clock officially hit 0:00.0 the ball was still in his hand and the shot was too late and did not count. If the clock was started a fraction of a second an 1/10th of 1 second would have been more than ample time, the shot would have been good.

Have yourselves a great day, Phin is telling me something now...lol

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.

Oh what to do what to do. Michelle is leaving early tomorrow morning to head back to Monaca for a Baby Sprinkle. She's taking Laiah and Hayley with her and even picking up Jon (her nephew) at the Airport on her way up. Hopefully she has a good day, as for me I will be staying around Morgantown for the day to get a few chores done and to start preparing for this upcoming weeks trip to North Carolina.

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, the Mountaineer Baseball team opens their home slate for the season against Old Dominion. ODU has some pretty good pitching, so we are going to have our hands full the entire weekend. I'm thinking about going to tomorrows game and cheering on the home town Mountaineers.

Today is my next to last day working for TNG, it's my last long day with them if I can make it up there as I have a couple meeting scheduled today at NETL and one this morning with RTI about next weeks training. I do have to go in one more time on Monday for TNG, but that will end my employment with them as I move on from that job. This could be a very long day for me, but it will be the last one like this.

I hope everyone has a great day today and makes the absolute most of it.

Hi ho hi ho

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.

Well we had talked about traveling this weekend, however it's supposed to rain tomorrow plus my wonderful wife has an optometrist appointment early tomorrow morning, so we will probably be staying close to the Morgantown area tomorrow. There is the WVU Spring Game that is taking place tomorrow and I do have an interest in watching some of it to see how we are progressing, I may just DVR it and watch it later.

If you are looking for something to do this weekend other than the Gold-Blue Game tomorrow, the WVU Baseball team is taking on Kansas in a Big XII series this weekend at the Monongalia County Ballpark. Hopefully the weather may cooperate with them.

The big news I got yesterday? Jimmy Buffett is coming to Pittsburgh!!!!!! August 13th and the tickets to the general public go on sale May 3rd.

No big plans for Michelle and I this evening, dinner and shopping at Sam's Club this evening is on our agenda for the evening just like every other Friday.

Have a Great Day

Hi ho hi ho

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit in the early morning, the household is very quiet as we were all up late last at the Monongalia Ballpark watching the Mountaineers defeat Butler 6-5 in 13 innings. It was a Great Night to Be a Mountaineer.

If you have not had the chance to partake in the new BallPark yet, fear not you will have many opportunities in the coming months. For those of us that were there last night we got our first look at the dream we have been hearing about. The stadium is very nicely laid out, the bathrooms are huge, there are a couple of concession stands, replay TV's and even places to plug your phone in to let it charge. The view is absolutely majestic and even though it is not completed yet, the place has that baseball feel.

Game two of the series is this afternoon at 4:00 then followed by a game Sunday at 1:00 to finish out the three game series. Tuesday night at 7:00 we will be taking on Penn State before opening up Big XII home play next weekend against Oklahoma. If you get the chance, you should go and check it out, baseball is alive and well in Morgantown thanks to a few dreamers and a great coach.

We have no plans as of yet today, I promised Michelle that I would not wake her up early today and there are no road trips this weekend. She had a long day yesterday and was right by my side the entire time, so she has more than earned the right to sleep in this morning.

Road trip coming up this week though when we head to Niagara Falls.

Have a Great day and go watch some baseball.

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.

Well it is finally here, the day that we have all been talking about for a couple of years now when discussions of a new Baseball Park for Monongalia County were first being discussed. The facility has now been completed to the point where we can play in it and that all starts this evening at 6:00 when the West Virginia Mountaineers take on Butler with the official opening of Monongalia County Ballpark.

Tickets are $6.00 each for along the baselines and $7.00 each for tickets behind home plate. I'm hoping to make it to the game tonight, but I if I don't I would at least like to attend one of the games. I've been going to Mountaineer Baseball games for years and this is like Christmas for me. Hopefully we can get a great turnout for the entire weekends worth of games.

I'll also be attending a few minor league games there this summer when the West Virginia Blackbears open their season.

Have a great day.

Hi ho hi ho

Saturday Morning Rambling

Here I sit yet once again in a quiet household, I was the first one to get knocked out last night by that dreaded Sandman and I'm the first one to recover from that losing battle once again. I'm up early watching For Richer or Poorer on HBO and collecting my thoughts for the day and by that I mean collecting my Facebook games bonuses for logging in.

It looks like our local Baseball park that is being built is getting closer and closer to completion. It was initially scheduled to open this coming Tuesday, but that has been pushed back a few weeks due to the recent in-climate weather and the inability to get anything done. We are getting closer though, so the opening is not that far away and I'm getting ready to watch some Mountaineer Baseball soon followed by some professional baseball when the West Virginia Black Bears begin their season.

Now for Michelle and I today, we're talking about running around and maybe heading to Ohiopyle for the day, just to have something to do and get out of the house for a few hours. It may be the best way to battle that terrible disease called Cabin Fever. We made no trips up there last year, so we are long overdue. I think Michelle wants to stop at the Christmas Shoppe up on Route 40 and maybe one or two other places along the way. Just something to do to get out of the house.

Have a great day.

Saturday Morning Rambling

I'll post this blog a little later this morning, I'm up early collecting my thoughts for the day and watching the Faculty on HBO.

Nothing planned for us today, other than Michelle has to go over and do a little bit of blood work later this morning. She has a Doctors appointment later this week, and they are wanting to test her blood to see how she is doing.

Other than that, nothing really planned for the day. It's supposed to be cold, so that may weigh pretty heavily into our plans when we decide what we may or may not do.

The Mountaineer Basketball team plays this afternoon at 4:00 on ESPN 2, so I may watch that if I get a chance to. The Mountaineer Baseball team started the season off yesterday on a high note as they beat #24 Clemson 2-0 to open the 2015 season up. They open up at home on March 17th if the stadium gets completed on time.

Have a great day and stay warm.

Weekend Reflection

All good things must come to an end, whether that be the weekend when we are off work or the closing of a WVU Sports facility.

Yesterday I went to the WVU vs #11 Texas Baseball game, a game that was the final chapter written of Hawley Field. Next year WVU moves into their new stadium that is being constructed, but we had to close the books on this one and the Mountaineers did it with a 12-6 beating of Texas.

I can now honestly say that I was in the last game ever played at old Mountaineer Field in Football AND the final game at Hawley Field. I was alive when they closed down the old Fieldhouse, but I was a little young to be attending games. There is probably only a handful of people who can make the claim about being at the last game at those two facilities. I consider myself a luck man for being able to say that.

AI did get another 48 pictures scanned yesterday. That give me 400 that I have scanned for either me or Michelle over the past couple of weekends. I'm not done, I still have a number to go, but I am in the home stretch I will have to say.

Oh well, works a calling. Happy Cinco De Mayo

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Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit on a quiet Saturday Morning, I'm the first one to partially recover form a losing battle with that dreaded Sandman yesterday evening. I'm up watching some documentary on HBO and drinking a diet Orange Soda from my Soda Stream.

I'm probably going to do some scanning this morning, but I am contemplating laying back down for a little while before I partake in that task. Once I start, I tend to keep going, so if I want to sleep anymore, now is not the time to start LOL.

Didn't make yesterday evening's baseball game, but the Mountaineers beat Texas 5-3 here in Morgantown. Today and tomorrow will be the last games ever played at Hawley Field, so my guess is that there will be a good number of people at both games. Tomorrow's game will have $1.00 Concessions.

It's calling for rain this afternoon, of course we got the same weather report last weekend and we lucked out. Maybe we can enjoy the same luck this weekend.

Have a great day.

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.

Well Mountaineer Baseball fans, this is it for Hawley Field, the last three games that will ever be played there will be played tonight at 6:00, tomorrow at 4:00 and Sunday at 1:00 against the University of Texas. This is big time college baseball, we have a great team and the best coach. Help the Mountaineers usher out the old field as we await the new stadium next season.

It is the last (actually there are a few tomorrow) day for finals in the Spring Semester 2014 at WVU. You'll notice traffic will start to deteriorate for the next few months around Morgantown as there is a mass exodus of college students out of Morgantown. OK, You breathe more easily now as we made it another school year. Enjoy it, they'll be back in August.

Hi ho hi ho

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.

Well if you are looking for something to do this weekend, the WVU Baseball team is playing a weekend series at home against Kansas State. This weekend and next weekend against Texas are your last two chances to see the Mountaineers play in Morgantown this season. These are probably the last two series that will ever be played at Hawley Field with the new Monongalia County Ballpark next season.

Morgantown should be quiet this weekend. Today is the end of Dead Week meaning that Final Exams are all next week. Students will probably be studying (at least the good ones) this weekend in preparation for Finals. After next week it should be quiet as WVU tidy's up the campus for the next weekends Commencement.

Not sure of our plans yet for this weekend, I would imagine we'll be firing up the BBQ grill at least once. It would a good chance to clear out some room in the freezer.  I would like to get a chance to get out and around a little, maybe a little bit of Geocaching is in store, but we'll have to see how the weather holds up.

Hi ho hi ho

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit once again in a quiet household and the first to recover from a losing battle with that dreaded Sandman last night. I'm up surfing the web and listening to whatever is playing on the TV. Hayley is out of town for the night as she is staying with her boyfriend down in Bridgeport.

It's calling for rain this afternoon, which means we probably won't be hitting the trails this afternoon as originally hoped. We have no plans for the day, but something tells me we'll find something to get into.

I managed to buy my Jr year Yearbook from High School on Ebay. It arrived yesterday and is the first time that I have saw it, although as I was looking through it it was a little deja vu as I felt maybe I have been it before. I only purchased my Sr year yearbook, and now I have this one as well.

The WVU Baseball team used a Grand Slam to help them defeat the Baylor Bears 8-7 in 12 innings yesterday at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston. I was watching a little of it yesterday at work, but it was 2-2 when I stopped and didn't get an update until this morning.

Have a great day.

Saturday Morning Slept In Blog

Here I sit once again in a quiet household, I'm the first one ton recover from a losing bout with the dreaded Sandman last night. I do have to say I went to sleep early and woke up much later than normal (at least for me) this morning, hence the later blog.

The WVU Football team filled in the rest of their coaching staff yesterday with a Monster hire. Tom Bradley will be joining the staff to replace Keith Patterson. So we traded the former Head Coach at Pitt with a former Head Coach at Penn State Bradley. Stranger things have happened, but I don't think growing up that that scenario was possible in my wildest dreams.

The WVU Baseball team pulled their season record to 2-2 by pounding out 14 hits yesterday in defeated San Diego State in Sand Diego. You can't say this since Randy Mazey has taken over this program that they are not very well traveled. We have one heck of a coach and a program to be proud of. New Stadium coming up next year, full allotment of scholarships, and what I would call one of the best coaches in the country at the helm. Things look really bright on the baseball front.

Have a great day.