A good night for Sports II

Yesterday our softball team finally got caught up with all of our rainouts, postponed or moved games that we had to play. After falling behind 0-7, we rallied for 16 unanswered runs for a 16-7 victory to run our record to 8-5 on the season. Chris "Hector" Ostien had the hot bat and seemed to clear the loaded bases every time he came to bat. I lost track of his RBI's for the evening, but the total was notable.

After the game we stopped by to see Arron and his Pony League team with the Championship on the field right above ours. They won by the 10-0 mercy rule and secured the City Pony League Baseball Championship with only one loss on the entire season.

I did manage to get my picture taken with a very pretty girl as you can see.

Back to the Grindstone

After a great weekend of pic nics, softball, and an enjoyable post softball game at MiHALAEY'S, it is time once again to go back to work for the week.

Moke will be headed back to Wisconsin this morning and we return to our daily grind of what we do.

I do have to say it was a great weekend, but I guess all good things need to end before you can start another great thing, so it's back to work for me today. Fortunately this is going to be a four day work week for both me and Michelle as this Friday we will both be off celebrating the 4th of July weekend.

Hi Ho Hi Ho....

A Party for Moke

Pam and George had a deployment party yesterday for Moke, he will be leaving Monday Morning to go back to Wisconsin, then to New York, then to Germany (beer), then off to Kuwait and finally to his destination in Iraq.

It was a day of festivities yesterday, the food was a plenty as were family and friends. A Keg of beer and strawberry daiquiris plenty of liquor and a beer pong table was put to good use and there was going to be a big bonfire, but that was after Michelle and I had already left.

Michelle needed a little bit of solarcaine applied last night as she looked like a fresh lobster from the sun beating down on her the first part of the afternoon.


I took numerous picture yesterday and they can all be found HERE as we made quite a few Kodak moments.

A Cookout for Moke

Moke is in for an extended weekend before he is going to be deployed for duty in a few days. The last I heard his latest orders are that he is headed to Iraq, but I'll confirm this today. Pam and George have a nice cookout planned for the day, I know the grillmaster George will be at it with a lot of food from what I understand. He and Calvin have built a new grill and an extended Pic Nic Tablezilla in the back yard.


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If you need directions, I have provided them for anyone who may not know where to go. I know Michelle, Hayley and I will be heading to Core today to say hello to Moke and see him before he is deployed.

I have to admit that I was wrong, I never envisioned him going to Iraq, other places possibly, but with the plans on pulling our troops out of Iraq I really thought if he were deployed it would either be to Afghanistan or quite possibly the Pacific.

I'll have my camera and hopefully we can make a few Kodak Moments today.

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week we all look forward to, when we take a little time out and cease the labors for the week and take just a little bit of time for ourselves to enjoy the fruits of our labors. It is the dawn of yet another weekend and another Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Looking for a movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth is what is playing for tonight's movies on the Mon at the Hazel Ruby McQuain Amphitheater. Bring your lawn chair or blanket and your favorite snacks and drinks and enjoy yet another free movie on the big screen under the stars.

Kim, Robert, Brittany and Lynn are leaving today to fly to Orlando Florida and a enjoying a few fun filled days at Disney World. This is Robert and Kim's graduation present to Brittany for graduating High School. They will both be entering WVU this fall.

Moke is home for an extended weekend before he has to deploy to Iraq. Pam is on Vacation and will be the entire time that he is in until he leaves early next week,

Moke will be in later this evening

Moke will return from his training this evening for a nice long weekend before he is deployed to the Middle East.

It was supposed to be a surprise that they were going to have for him, but since he is being deployed and in case there is anyone he may want to invite, he already knows about it.

George has built the pic nic table version of Treezilla with pic nic tablezilla at his house. He is building a new (concreting everything in place) BBQ for this weekend and there will be food-a-plenty for the party Saturday.

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Last Night

The Parrot Head nation once again again managed to do their yearly assembling around Burgettstown PA for their Western Pennsylvania style party of Jimmy Buffett fans. This year Michelle and I got to indoctrinate my Niece and her Boyfriend Lynn into the nation as it was their first trip to Margaritaville.

Jimmy didn't disappoint and put on about a two and a half hour concert in his SummerZCool tour.

Margaritaville!!!!!!

The day has finally arrived, Jimmy Buffett will be putting the fins up tonight in Burgettstown. Fins will be flying everywhere tonight and we will be there!!!!!!!!



PARTY!!!!!!!!!!

Ohiopyle

Every year I love to try to make at least one trip to Ohiopyle State park in Pennsylvania. Yesterday Michelle Hayley and I all decided to take a trip up and have a little pic nic. Michelle saw a very beautiful dragonfly that I just had to get a picture of.

If you don't know the significance, at my father's Eulogy the preacher spoke of a dragonfly and its journey's and likened it to our time on the earth and passing. being yesterday was Father's Day I had to get this picture, although Michelle was the Photographer on this picture.

Another reason to head to Ohiopyle other than to be with two very beautiful women was to find a new type of geocache. There are numerous types of caches, and I had a chance to get my very first Earthcache.

After that I took the girls to the gorge as you can see.

Happy Fathers Day

Wow has it been going on ten whole years since my own Dad had passed away. He may be gone but he still lives in all of us, especially on this day. In another Holiday that's origins are right here in North Central West Virginia, Fairmont to be specific, I would like to wish all of the fathers out there a very special and Happy Father's Day.

May your day be filled with the ones you love around you and good times.

Work and Auction

I have the time to take off, but we are running behind schedule so I will be making up some hours this morning at work in anticipation of the Tuesday Night Parrot Head gathering in Burgettstown. I need to work a few hours to help make up for when I will be out.

While I am at work, Michelle will be helping her sister and brother in law at their auction later today at the Cassville firehall.

Michelle's Coffee is done, time to wake my sweetie up.

Happy Birthday Erica Jean Nicholson.

Hey, guess who just moved a little bit closer to retirement age today! OK, she has a long way to go, but Erica Jean Nicholson is turning that ripe old age of 5 today.

Val is planning on having both her and Josh's birthday party together next month on the 12th, but this is her special day.

Happy Birthday Erica Jean Nicholson.

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes it is once again that time of the week that we all look forward to. When we finally cease our labors for the week and take a little bit of that needed time out to just sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labors. It is yet once again the dawn of another fun filled weekend and another Bog Ole Hairy Friday!!!!

For those of you seeking a little cheap (as in free) entertainment this evening, Movies on the Mon continues this week with the animated movie iGor. Once again I have never seen it, but this looks to be a very entertaining animated movie for the younger viewers. Take you a bag of Popcorn, your favorite beverage and something to put your butt comfortably on and enjoy the free movie outside at the Amphitheater.

Tomorrow morning don't forget that Michelle's brother in law is having an auction at the Cassville Firehall at 10:00 AM.

I may have to work a little bit tomorrow, got a tight deadline and am going to see Jimmy Buffett Tuesday night. I have the time to take off and then some, just trying to stay on schedule.

Wow

Talk about a storm last night, I was flipping through the channels last night and came upon channel 4 in Pittsburgh. I have seen a few bad storms before, but I can't remember the last time I saw such a large and damaging storm front over such a large area.

Hayley was out on the rails to trails and we called her and immediately went and got her.

An inch of rain in a half hour, over 1,000 lightning strikes per minute, tornadoes, 60 MPH wins, hail the size of eggs and just sheer chaos.

It was a time to watch TV, and contact family in the area.

I did it

I added a new sidebar on the side, as you can tell I am now a twitter and have the feed running to my BLOG. I thought that I would just give it a try to see what it's like to see if I want to keep it. Not sure if I'll keep it, so this is nothing more than a test for a few days to see if I like it.

I'm still a Blogger by heart though.

A Traumatic Day

Yesterday afternoon Hayley and her friends received some rather traumatic news. When we grow up we all have our "Circle of Friends", the people that when we are young we spend pretty much most of our time with, stay at each others houses and years later always remember.

Hayley like any other teenager has her circle of close friends. AS I type this most of them are spread about my living room. Not the first time it has happened, it is a regular occurrence only this time it may be for the wrong reason, one of them is in the hospital from a car wreck yesterday afternoon on Summers School Road.

Gracie was in a very traumatic car accident yesterday, she had to have her left arm amputated from the shoulder down. A very sad and traumatic incident for all of these kids. Please keep Gracie and all of this circle of friends in your thoughts and prayers.

The kids will be waking up here soon and heading back to the hospital early this morning.

Midweek

Wow has this week just flown by for me, two long days at work followed by two late night softball games (10:00 PM) later that night. When we do that we get home and unwound kind of late, so the amount of sleep is a little on the not enough side.

I found out yesterday Rich (Snider) is in the hospital. I read on Val's Facebook that her and Amy were heading to Mon General and then Ruby yesterday. So out of obvious concern I called to get the scoop. They are just keeping him for observation, I do not know anything beyond that at this point.

On the WVU Football recruiting front coach Bill Stewart has continued to show he is a great recruiter. They reveived a verbal commitment from Barry Brunetti. Listed as Rivals.coms #1 Dual Threat QB in the country. We will have no less than three High School All-American QB's on the roster for the start of the 2010 season. Parade All-American Geno Smith will be here this fall.

Hi Ho Hi Ho....

Tuesdays Tidbits

* We are already at Tuesday for the week, being I had a very busy day at work yesterday and a late night (10:00PM) softball game last night.

* Late night again tonight, only this time we are matching up against Riverside Church and my old boss (great guy) and the guy I used to play trivia with at work. I know they will be out today warming up with a little wiffle ball, so we'll have to bring our "A" game tonight.

* Hey if you are looking for a nice auction to go to, Michelle's Brother in Law is now an auctioneer (they used to own High Moon Stables for you older readers) and will be having his first auction this Saturday. HERE is a list of what is being auctioned off. Jim has a knack for it, I've heard him do a little of it. Michelle and I will be there.

* One week. I am once again week or seven days from once again embarking on the Parrot Head Nation. I tried to sell to hard to Michelle last year, but if you have ever been to a Buffet concert you know words don't do it justice.

* I'm wanting to do another Music/Image movie. I think I would like to do one for Brittany being she just graduated and Michelle has given me a nice theme type idea to do.

* I think I am needing to take more pictures. I have an external Hard Drive that I use to store them, currently I have just under 12,000 memories that I have captured since I bought my first camera and took an interest in Photography.

* Finally I think I have really found a social networking site that I really like. I was a a member of MySpace for a while and I still use it, but Facebook just offers so much more including the ability to meet up again with people that I would actually want to meet up with again.

* It was a short night and a long day ahead, so Hi Ho Hi Ho........

Relaxing Day

If there is any one day of the week you need to take time out and relax, it has to be Sunday. After me deciding to retire a little early Saturday Night, my best friend, room mate and most importantly girlfriend posted on facebook that she was a lone again. When I woke up the next morning Pam asked her to help her Babysit, Val wanted her to help paint, her sister Chris was worried about her, Amy volunteered for Michelle to watch Kaiden and she would drink the six pack and Jane give the worst advice of all, dump ice water on me. Sheesh.
I figured I better do something to make her happy on Sunday or I was in for a loooooooooong week.

We decided to take a nice trip to Valley Falls in Fairmont and have a nice little pic nic somewhere close to the falls.

Michelle had a hankering for Kielbasa and I was not about to argue with her, since she is such a great cook and I do like to eat.

It was a good time, food was great, the company was great and the aesthetics of being their laying under the trees on a blanket and just staring up into the sky for a little while was very relaxing.

It was a good day, but that was yesterday. Today is work, meetings, WebX's and a late night softball game. It will be a full day to say the least.