Tuesdays Tidbits

* It's Tuesday and I can't think of a better reason to do a tidbits, so I think I'll do a tidbits for today.

* I'll get my call sometime this afternoon to let me know at what time I am going to have my surgery tomorrow. They are going to remove a cataract and p;ace in a new lens. I'm hoping it has X-Ray Vision in that lens. -)

* The Mountaineer men's team didn't get the #1 seed, but they do have a #2 seed. They will play Friday at 12:15 in the afternoon to start their tournament. We are in the same bracket as Kentucky, who I have winning it all, but the team looked disrespected Sunday night when their bid was announced.

* Michelle and I will be having an Easter Egg Hunt on April 3rd here. Something small for the kiddies. Some place they can go and be safe and have a good time.

* 732 marvelous days since the love of my life and I went on our first date. 10,000 BC stunk as a movie, but I can't complain because I got her.

* 284 Shopping days until Christmas.

* The WVU Women were issued a #3 seed in the Memphis bracket last night and will begin their tournament this weekend.

Two Years Ago Today

Two years ago today was a day that has changed my life forever. It all started one evening and going to see the movie 10,000 BC and it turned out two years later with me living with the absolute love of my life.

To Michelle,

I love you sweetheart and consider myself a very lucky man. You are my best friend and I love you from the very bottom of my heart. Thank You for coming back into my life, thank you for everything you do for me and thank you for saving me from a life full of solitude and loneliness. I love you.

Happy Second Anniversary.

Spring Forward

Well if you are reading this and you have manual clocks that you didn't spring forward, you're late.

If you live in an area that observes Daylight Savings Time, then this is the day when we say goodbye to short days and hello to more daylight in the evenings. The first real sign that winter is on its way out and spring is coming.

Yes we may still get a little bit of snow from here on out, mine is mostly melted, but being that much closer to spring time makes it just a little more bearable if we do get hit with any more.

Have I ever mentioned I hate snow?

BIG EAST CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!

WVU Men's basketball, the 2010 Big East Champions!!!!! 60-58 and the Butler did it again.

4th overall RPI rating, 3rd overall Strength of Schedule and Big East Tournament Champions. Now the selection committee has to take our automatic bid, look at the RPI and Strength of Schedule, our ranking and the championship and give us the #1 seed that we have EARNED!!!!!!

Update on Josh Judy

As I have noted in this blog on numerous occasions about an old softball team mate of mine named Josh Judy. From his initial signing a college offer at Indiana Tech to a number of other incidents and updates through college where he made All-American to him being drafted and slowly working his way up the roster. He is in Spring Training with the Major League Club and got to pitch for the first time yesterday in a 7-7 game against the California Angels.

He has pitched against the Major League teams when he was with some of the minor league teams in spring training, but this is the first time Josh has taken the mound as a Major League Pitcher with the Cleveland Indians.

He pitched 2 inning and struck out one batter in his inning that no one reached base.

Congrats Josh. I knew years ago that there was something special about how you could throw a baseball. Maybe I saw it when you were 14, but this only validates it.

This is one former team mate who is very proud to have taken the field with you.

Mountaineers are in Big East Finals

Even thought I snoozed through last night's game, the West Virginia Mountaineer Men's Basketball team repeated what the women's team did and made it to the conference Championship Game.

The men won last night beating Notre Shame 53-51 in the semi-finals. Tonight they will take on Georgetown tonight at 9:00 in Madison Square Garden for the Big East Championship for the second time since joining the Big East.\

IF and that is a big IF we would happen to win tonight and win the Championship, when the seedings come out tomorrow the Mountaineers have an outside shot at being a #1 seed for the NCAA tournament. At worst even if we lose I think being ranked #6 in the Coaches and #7 in the AP will give us a #2 seed when the pairings come out tomorrow night.

Make plans either way tomorrow morning or afternoon to welcome the team back to Morgantown, it's a lot of fun and it is inspiration to the team.

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.

Hey baseball fans, the Mountaineer Baseball team is starting a four game home stand tonight at Hawley Field. With more nice weather coming our way, this could easily be something to do if that is what you are seeking.

Softball season is starting to get a little bit closer. BOPARC has their packets out already to download. Rosters and Forfeit fee need to be in by April 14, and league fees need to be in by April 19th. Hopefully Michael will sponsor us again this year and we can be MiHaley's once again.

Great Dinner

Went out to dinner this evening with Abdul, Farida and Nasrin as she stopped into town on business. I haven't seen Nas in a few years and it was great to sit down and catch up with her. I think Facebook app buddies Nas and Michelle hit it off and it was a great dinner at Mother India.

It's been a long day and I'm about ready to watch a little bit of basketball and hit the hay for the evening.

A sincere thank you to Nasin for making this evening a reality.

Geocaching

A few years ago I started to get into the hobby of Geocaching. The next year I got Michelle and Hayley involved and to date we have 100 current finds and one hide.

This will be our third season together caching, and my fourth even though I only did one that first year. It's an activity that has gotten me out and allowed me to enjoy life a little and challenge our abilities at reading a GPS, solving a puzzle and finding the cache.

Just in Morgantown there are a number of caches, many of which Michelle and have not gotten yet. There have been quite a few added since we hung it up for the year last fall.

The weather is getting nicer, the snow is melting and it's time to start doing outdoor things. I think my geocaching season is very close to starting for 2010. Hopefully I can get one in before my surgery next week =)

Hump Day

Woo Hoo, Monday and Tuesday are behind us and we are over the hump today looking to another weekend coming up.

Michelle went and got a new phone last night, I guess it was time for her to change in her old one and get a new one. It's one of those slider type phones with a full qwerty keyboard for texting.

Hats off to the WVU Women last night, losing the Big east Championship to the #1 ranked and defending National Champions UCONN Huskies. This is our 5th loss of the year and we have lost to the #1 team twice and the #3 and #4 ranked teams and a late game meltdown to an unranked Syracuse team account for the five losses. UCONN now has a 72 game winning streak.

It's actually going to be in the 60's today, more signs that winter is behind us. We'll spring our clocks forward this Sunday morning, so expect a little bit of a shorter weekend and more daylight time.

Tuesdays Tidbits

* The final regular season Men's basketball polls are out, WVU ended up 6th and 7th respectively. There will be one more poll this season, and that will come at the seasons end when the Tournaments are completed.

* 725 days for me and Michelle. That is how long it has been since I drug her out to see `10,000 BC. Man was that a horrible movie...LOL

* For those of you counting, 291 days till Christmas, so get with the shopping.

* We bought a Juicer this weekend. We found one for Mom so we decided to go get one for ourselves. It's amazing ow much juice comes out of some things.

* Today is supposed to be the first home WVU Baseball game of the season, however the game has already been postponed. They will be at home this weekend and the weather is looking good. Anyone ever been to a WVU baseball game? Take one in if you never have, they are a blast.

* Keeping an eye on my old team mate, Josh Judy is with the Cleveland Indians major league team this spring, he might make the 40 man roster by this fall. He hasn't thrown in any of the spring games as of yet, but I am watching.

* Wow, a couple of baseball posts, could softball be very far off?

* Hi Ho Hi Ho....

I hate you Monday

I hate you Monday, why do you always have to follow my weekend? Couldn't we start the workweek with say....FRIDAY!!!!!! Six day weekends would be awesome, but no you have to show up and we all have to go back to the grindstone. Thanks a lot Monday.

Well we never did make it to any geocaches this pasty weekend. Amy and Val invited Michelle to go to Tanger Outlets yesterday to do a little bit of shopping after we had finished grocery shopping. She came home and said that she had a great time with the girls. She got some new clothes and they all went out to lunch at the Ponderosa Steak House in Washington.

It was a nice weekend, hopefully the weather will continue to get better and better and Phil's prediction on February 2nd will come to pass and we will invite spring into our lives. I can already hear the birds a chirping. Is it Softball yet?

Sunday

Here I sit in a quite home, everyone is sleeping and only me who went to bed very early yesterday is up at the crack of dawn.

Auction went pretty well yesterday, Michelle and I showed up and there were a few surprises. A lot of glassware at this auction, so much that one might even buy the lots and try to sell them on ebay individually, but I'll let someone else try that.

Not too much on our agenda today, grocery shopping will be one of the first things we do today. Other than that nothing is planned.

Auction Today

Jim Paugh, Michelle's brother in law, will be holding his monthly auction today at 1:00 at the Blue Horizon Flea market. Jim will have many items up for auction today so if you get a chance, swing on over and check out what he has up for auction and see if you can wrangle yourself a nice deal or two.

Weather is supposed to be in the 40's today, so get out and enjoy yourselves. I am looking at the extended forecast and they are calling for a high of 57 on Tuesday.

Get out of the house, solve the cabin fever and come on over to the auction.

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.

Michelle went back to see her doctor on a followup after her surgery and she is now cancer free. They got it all and have removed the stitches and she is healing up just fine.

I do have to say that I like this Friday's weather more than I like last Fridays. No new snow and temps high enough to melt the stuff that has been on the ground all winter. Maybe we should have a "Sign of Spring" party!!!! Wooo Hoo!!!!

Alright sports fans, the Men's basketball team plays tomorrow at noon, but this game will be at Villanova as we close the regular season out and get ready for Big East Tournament play. The Women's team starts the Big East tournament today, although like the men they have Bye's in the first two rounds and will not start playing until the third round which will be Sunday afternoon. Women's Gymnastics will be at Home tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 and the Men's Wrestling team will host the EWL Championships on Sunday starting at 10:00 AM.

Enjoy your Friday, you've earned it and made it.

Anyone Ready for a Warm Weekend?

I know I am loooong overdue in enjoying a warm weather weekend and this weekend looks like it might just be that, a warmer weather weekend.

Temps should be in the mid to upper 40's here, meaning that snow will be melting away even more and we can get out and enjoy ourselves a little more.

Never know might even be a good weekend to look for our first geocache of the season. We had a lot of work done to the car with new tires, new starter, new brakes and repairing a few minor issues that it might be time to stretch our legs a little and get out and about.

P&P Auctions is having their monthly auction scheduled this Saturday if anyone is interested. It's a nice day to have an auction, nice weather and I'm sure you can find a deal or two.

Hump Day

You know, every once in a while you get a little bit of writers block, today is one of those days.

Today however I have a little bit of something to fall back on, plus I just saw this video and thought it was uber cool.

Great job Kevin and the rest of the guys at WVAQ.

Morgantown State of Mind

Morgantown State of Mind

Tuesdays Tidbits

* News Flash. I have a big announcement to make, I HATE SNOW!!!. That is all, now back to your regularly scheduled BLOG.

* It's Tuesday, and it's time for a tidbits.

* If anyone is tired of Cable TV, my brother in law Nick would love to sell you a satellite system. They offer some nice packages, so if you are thinking of switching, this might be a place to look.

* Day 718 since mine and Michelle's first date. I have to say these have been 718 magical days filled with highs and lows, good times and bad. We're still together and going stronger than ever, I am one lucky guy.

* Had some minor car problems last night, our starter froze up and wouldn't start the car. Banged it with a metal rod and it started. It's about time to change the starter.

* 298 shopping days till Christmas. Can I safely assume no one is finished yet?

* We went to Applebees last night for dinner after my Dr's appointment. I'm surprised we don't eat there more often.

* have I mentioned that I hate snow?

* Mountaineer basketball team played their last home game of the season last night. Ranked 8th in the country and the Big East tournament coming up, there is no chance they won't make the NCAA tournament this season meaning they are done at home this season.

* Hi Ho Hi Ho....

Ugly Monday

You had to do it, you had to show up and ruin my weekend didn't you. I'm talking to you Monday, you and your ugly mug had ruin my perfectly good weekend. Thanks a lot Monday, you know you are my least favorite day.

Oh well, since we are there it is back to work and a Doctors appointment this afternoon for me. This is a regularly scheduled visit, but a required visit that I have to do prior to my surgery. Unfortunately this or the next time will be the last time I see Dr. Feathers as he is going to he going to South Carolina to specialize in Sports Medicine. I'll probably have a new Dr come this July.

Did anyone watch the Gold Medal Hockey game yesterday, how do you have one of your favorite players from your favorite team rip your heart out and win the Gold Medal for his country. It was an awesome game with the Americans pushing it to Sudden Death Overtime in the games final seconds to tie it up 2-2. Pittsburgh Penguin Sidney Crosby ended the game giving Canada the gold medal with his overtime goal.

Oh well, Hi Ho Hi Ho....