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 and a Three day Weekend!!!!!

It's football season, if you are looking to see a little bit of the High School gridiron action the Morgantown Mohigans kick off their 2012 season with a home game against Taylor Allderdice (PA) tonight at Pony Lewis Field. The 1-0 University High Hawks will be traveling to Buckhannon tonight to play the Buck Ups. In single A action Clay Battelle will travel to Bishop Donahue. both teams are 1-0 on the season and someone will get their second win tonight.

Tomorrow the Blundering Turds of Moo tech come to town as the Mountaineers look to score see if we can clobber Marshall worse than we clobbered Clemson in the Orange Bowl. It would be a fitting end to that series that the Mountaineers currently lead 11 games to nothing.

Michelle and I, will probably be doing a little bit of relaxing this weekend to get ready for our cruise next weekend. We've traveled or has something to do every weekend for a couple of months now, with the exception of having a little pic nic Sunday afternoon, we're taking it easy.

Let's get this long weekend started

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Photo Flashback Thursday

Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out and look through all of my older pictures and find on to write a blog about. Moments in time that I have captured with a camera and re-living through my blog. Sometimes it's pretty easy to find that one special picture and sometimes it's not so easy but it is always a lot of fun.

This weeks picture goes way back to another millenium, much less another Century or decade. This goes all of the way back to August of 1999 and the time I spent with my Sister Terri, Nick, Randy, Val and Amy at Ocean City Maryland. It was the weekend before In started college, we had all went down to Ocean City for a few days to soak in the sun and atmosphere.

This is a picture I got of Val, Amy and randy down on the beach. Actually I think this is a picture taken by the beach photographer that Terri bought, I just have a digital copy of it.

It was a memorable weekend, one that actually saw me even get my ear pierced..LOL

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It's Football Season

The 2012 College Football season will officially start this weekend for the defending Orange Bowl Champion Mountaineers as they take on the Marshall Thundering herd for the 12th and final time in this series.

The Mountaineers currently hold an 11-0 advantage in the series and the 11th ranked Mountaineers look to extend that streak to 12 games this Saturday as oddmakers establish them as a 24 point favorite to win.

The Mountaineers are lead by two possible Heisman Candidates in Geno Smith and Tavon Austin, when you throw Stedman Bailey into the mix the Mountaineers have what In would consider the best passing attack in the country.

As we start Big XII play this season, this game will probably be the last game in this series for a number of years. We have 9 Big XII conference games a season and that leaves us with just three non-conference games a year.

Pitt is not on the schedule this season, and Oliver Luck has expressed interest in renewing the backyard brawl and Maryland and us has been a long time rivalry that battles over some very hot recruiting areas.

Let's Go Mountaineers!!!!

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Well Monday is once again in our rear view mirrors and we are staring straight down the barrel of a Tuesday, I can't think of a better reason than that to do a tidbits.

* It's been 1,628 magical days since Michelle and I went out on our first date.

* 851 days since we became engaged.

* We've been married for 388 days now, and still going strong.

* There are only 120 shopping days left until Christmas.

* We set sail in 12 more days, I am ready for a vacation too.

* I need to start writing some predated blogs some time soon, I'll have them post while we are out in the Atlantic and update people are where we are and what we will be doing at that time. I'll have no internet connection out there, or at least not one I'm willing to pay that much for.

* The pet store is still going strong, Scales & Tails Reptile and Fish Store has a facebook page now.

* Can you believe are about ready to kick of the college football season? West Virginia closes out their seven game series with Marshall this Saturday.

* We're not planning on doing any traveling this coming weekend. It might be a football weekend where we watch some football.

* Watched the movie Hunger Games on Sunday, two thumbs up. It's a trilogy and this was the first of the three movies to be released.

* Cardio day

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Back to Work Monday

All good things must come to an end and that includes weekends. It's time to take our noses and stick them back on the grindstone so we can continue to do the things that we like to do.

One thing I do like about today, this will be my last Monday until the 24th of September. Next weekend is a holiday weekend and the following two Mondays I will be on vacation. I'll return to work the 25th, I'm just taking an extra day of vacation after my cruise to get our chores such as shopping, and laundry done before we both return to work.

Yesterday was a relaxing day, we dropped off some habanero powder to Steph that we picked up from Amish Country. Then we returned some containers that Jean had delivered some food for us last week while Michelle was recovering from her surgery.

I watched some television as Michelle took a much needed nap to rest from the day before. So much running around after her surgery has kind of took a little bit of a toll on her. She rested up for today so she can hit the workweek strong.

Lifting and cardio day for me, although I think I re-aggravated my shoulder Friday.

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Sunday Morning Ramblings

We had a great day yesterday, headed out of town around 6:00 in the morning and spent a few hours in Amish Country. With such an early start we were able to visit and explore a few places we had never been, Michelle loved the Christmas Store but unfortunately I had to remind her the day wasn't infinite and we had other places to go yesterday. We did manage to hit a couple of the indoor flea markets and of course we tasted some wine at Breitenbach.

The reunion was nice and we found a friend right outside the entrance as you can see. It was a beautiful park, nice pond, has a swimming pool and a small amusement park for the kids to ride a few rides. We manged to get a number of pictures and videos of Michelle's Grandmother Gigi. We'll see her next at Christmas time when we head north.

On the trip home we stopped by Tappan Lake in Ohio and no trip through Wheeling is complete without a stop by Cabelas.

One of my Dad's favorite Pizzas was from a place called DiCarlo's in Wheeling. When my Aunt passed away 25 or so years ago we stayed in Wheeling and Dad went and ordered some Pizza. Long story short, every time I went to Wheeling he had me bring him back some DiCarlos pizza. I had told the story to Michelle a few times and on her suggestion, she wanted to try it. I think we'll be stopping there again next time we head to Wheeling.

We arrived home last night and Michelle was exhausted, she didn't get much sleep the night before because of my snoring this time. It was a very memorable day for both of us.

Today it will be a shopping we will go. Chad is probably headed to Pittsburgh for a reptile show (he bought himself a new iPad with his first paycheck) to gather some snakes for the store off of a breader that they know. They order the other reptiles through a company in I think Florida (He and Johnny are going to Disney World next month through them), but he buys his snakes from someone very reputable that they know.

Anyways, have a great day.

Road Trip

We're heading out this morning and going to Ohio. Michelle has a family reunion in New Philadelphia, Ohio which is the exit on I-77 that you get off of to visit Amish Country.

I know Michelle is wanting to visit the Breitenbach Winery and the Swiss Heritage Winery which are both very close the reunion.

We are also talking about heading to either Berlin Ohio or Sugar Creek before we head on over to the reunion later this morning or early this afternoon.

By the time most of you wake up, we'll already be there. =)

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.

If you are looking for a little bit of free entertainment, BOPARC is doing their final movie in the park for the summer (I think) with the movie Journey 2 The Mysterious Island!

Michelle and I will be heading out early tomorrow morning, one to get away from all the students that are now in town and two to go to her family reunion in New Philadelphia, Ohio. We're heading out early so we can hit Amish Country first and then spend some time with her family. We'll be back tomorrow night, so it's just going to be a one day trip. This will be our last trip until we head out on vacation.

Lifting and cardio

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Photo Flashback Thursday

Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out and reflect upon all of my pictures that I have stored on my computer. Little moments in time that I have captured through the years that I can write a blog about and reflect upon. Sometimes it's easy to find that pic and sometimes it's not so easy. It is never dull or boring ans always a lot of fun to reflect.

This weeks picture goes back to 2005 and Halloween at Jean's place. This is a picture of Rich, I had the opportunity to post a few pictures of him wearing his bonnet, but I chose one from later in the evening.

It's a picture of him holding Bunky, it's a picture taken after everyone had already left for the evening and I caught this very nice picture of Rich and Bunk.

If anyone remembers, this is also the year that we had gotten a foot of snow three weeks earlier while the leaves were still on the trees. If anyone remembers, this caused a lot of power outages around the area.

Happy Birthday Moke

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my nephew Moke a very Happy Birthday today. If my memory serves me correct, that should make him about 24 years old today.

Moke is one that has made everyone in this family proud, he has served his country and he did so in as many as six other foreign lands including the war zone in Iraq.

I'm not sure if he is attending classes this semester or not, he has been attending WVU but has not been going every Semester. I know he has been working at the UPS store on Patterson Drive for a while now.

If you happen to see Moke today, make sure you wish him the Happiest of Birthdays.

Back to Work

I know it's the middle of the week, but I've been off the last two days due to Michelle's surgery and recovering from it. I was under Doctor's advice to not leave her alone for 24 hours and since Chad has the pet store now I stretched it into a four day weekend.

Today however, it's back to the grindstone for a few days. It is going to make for a nice short week, but we're traveling Saturday so that will be a long day.

We stopped over at Scales and tails yesterday, just to give Michelle a chance to get and around a little bit. I wanted to get her up and out of the house, she is supposed to return to work today if she feels up to it. We also stopped down at P and P Auctions Warehouse for a little while to see my Brother in Law Jim.

On a side note if you are looking for a cheap tank, Chad has these on sale for $5.00 each while they last, They are some of the old tanks from the store. There is nothing wrong with the tanks, they are just trying to clear out the store while they remodel.

Back to lifting today so

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Tuesday's Tidbits

* Well Monday is done for most of you, it's still a Tuesday and I can't think of a better reason than that to do a tidbits.

* Michelle's surgery went well, we got her home last night and fed her some soup and chicken. That day is now behind us and today will be a recovery day. I'll be off today as well taking care of her.

* It's been 1,621 magical days since Michelle and I went on our first date.

* It's been 844 days since I proposed.

* 381 days of wedded bliss.

* 126 more shopping days left until Christmas.

* We set sail in 19 more days. It's getting closer and closer!!!!!!

* This weekend it is probably going to be another weekend of travel to Amish Country. This will be our last weekend we have anything scheduled until we set sail on our cruise. The following weekend is a Holiday weekend and the start of football season, we're staying put.

* A thank you to everyone who checked on Michelle yesterday, a special thanks to Ang for showing my lost butt how to get back to the recovery room after I got lost and was wandering around.

* I'm participating in a couple of for fun fantasy football leagues again this year. Michelle's family does a couple of leagues.

* Have a great day.

Surgery Today

I love an extended weekend, but only for the fun things we do to enjoy life. Michelle will be having surgery this morning and hopefully she will be able to come home today or tomorrow.

Note to her Mom and dad and Sisters, I will keep you updated via phone and/or text message today.

Happy Birthday Gloria Jean Hall

I would like to take this opportunity and wish the one everyone refers to an anmaw a very Happy Birthday Today.

jean is someone that Michelle and I still owe a huge debt of gratitude to because she did all of the cooking for our wedding last year. I actually had a friend of mine tell me yesterday he wished Michelle and I would renew our vows so he can get some more of those perogies.

If you happen to see jean today, make sure that you wish her the Happiest of Birthdays today. I know she is someone who has touched and influenced everyone's life in a positive manner, make sure she enjoys the day.

Sunday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit in a quiet household where everyone except me and one of the cats is fighting a losing battle with the sandman. It's been a long few days for everyone with the reunion, the opening of scales and tales and watching my Mother in Laws four dogs for the entire week.

With WVU starting tomorrow I would like to get an early start this morning, but that all depends on how Michelle is feeling. She was a little bit under the weather yesterday evening, so I'll have to see how she feels in a little bit.

Later today I think we are going to go to scales and tails and help them get their inventory into to a database using a the new Point of Sale system they just purchased and installed. That and continue to do a little bit of cleaning at the store, they have made tremendous strides in reorganizing it since they have taken over. Chad and Laiah have been getting home long after I have went to bed.

Pearl, our car, finally hit the 10,000 mile mark. It's been a year since we purchased it so I guess we are doing good on mileage. She has seen a few more miles during the warm summer months. We plan on doing a day trip next weekend to Amish Country and Michelle's family reunion and heading to Baltimore in a couple of weeks after that to set sail.

Enjoy your day.

Reunion Day

With a kickoff last night at Madeline's and "Drinking with Smitty" that turned out to be a big success, today is the day of the pic nic and this evening is the official get together at Archie's this evening.

We missed dinner trying to run around this newly student infested town and get a few things done. We did make it to Gene's and I was actually surprised that we had a very good turn out last night. Jeff Grable provided the evenings entertainment and Smitty was the guy greeting anyone and everyone who walked through the door.

Many people I was able to recognize due to Facebook, some never changed much, and I was siting talking to John Rice and for the life of me could not figure out who he was.

Maybe today I can get around a little better, it was crowded last night, and meet a greet a few of my old classmates.

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.

If you are looking for a little cheap, and in cheap I mean free entertainment tonight, BOPARC is having what I would assume to be their last movies in the park of the summer with a showing of the Movie Spy Kids 4 tonight at 9:00. They will have the bouncy house this evening starting at 7:00. I'm not sure where the movie is being played specifically, they did not list it.

This weekend is my 30th Reunion for my Class at Morgantown High. There was an informal get together last night at Archies, but I didn't go. There will be dinner this evening at 7:00 at Madelines followed by "Drinking with Smitty" at Genes at 9:00. Tomorrow there will be a tour of Morgantown High for all who are interested and a Pic Nic at Coopers Rock tomorrow afternoon followed by a get together at Archies tomorrow night.

Scales and Tails is now open in Westover. They took it over Wednesday officially, they are going to do some remodeling, but they are now open. So if you in the market for a new snake, yes they make great pets, head on over to Scales and Tails in Westover for all your reptile needs. It's just across from the Dairy Mart and up the hill a little, it's not hard to find.

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Photo Flashback Thursday

Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out and look through all of my pictures that I have stored on my computer and select just one picture to tell a little story about. I have to be honest, this weeks picture is not my picture and is just simply one I googled off of the internet.

Why did I google a picture of Elvis? Well today is the 35th Anniversary of his death. It was 35 years ago today that I was out in the back yard playing baseball, something I loved to do, and my Grandmother walked outside crying. I had no idea what was wrong, so I asked her. Wiping away her tears and stuttering she said Elvis died.

It had come across the networks as a special announcement that did nothing short of start a media storm of Elvis and his life. I've never seen anything like it before, and never really seen anything like it since with two notable exceptions. When the Iraq War started about 20 years ago and we bombed Baghdad and 9-11-01. Other than those two events I've never seen such a media storm over an event in my life.

I had another picture I was going to use, one of my own, but when I realized this was the 35th anniversary of Elvis's death I decided to change it up a little bit.

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Hump Day

Well that's two days down, get over that lunchtime hump today and we'll be able to look off in the distance and see another weekend off in the horizon.

Michelle worked late last night to try to get some things done before she has her surgery next week. Her and her partner in crime Lydia are getting some of the taxes done so that Lydia can concentrate on the other things. She's not going to leave her high and dry, so she's making sure everything is good to go before next week.

I'm thinking either today or tomorrow is when Chad and Johnny take over the pet store officially. He was having some complications from his surgery last week, but appears to be feeling much better now.

Is it football season yet? I'm about ready to watch the Mountaineers put a serious hurting on Marshall to close out that lopsided series. A win and that will move the series to 12-0 in our favor before it is shelved after the most recent seven year run.

Lifting and a cardio day so

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Tuesday's Tidbits

* Well Monday is once again behind us and we are staring straight down the barrel of a Tuesday, I for the life of me can't think of a better reason than that to do a tidbits.

* 1,614 days ago was when me and my sweetie went on our first date. The movie stunk, but it was a great date.

* 837 days ago I played the romantic and got down on one knee and proposed marriage to my best friend.

* 374 days ago we partied down at the Marilla Center and exchanged our vows.

* There are still 133 more shopping days left until Christmas.

* There are only 26 more days remaining until we set sail for our tropical vacation.

* The Olympics are now over with. The United States won the overall medal count and had more Gold's and Silver's than any other country. U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A

* We are dog sitting my Mother In Law's dogs this week as they are on vacation in Myrtle Beach.

* Chad takes over as manager and Streets Pet Store in Westover changes owners this Thursday. I think they want to concentrate on reptiles and fish. There are a number of saltwater tanks already set up over there.

* My 30th High School Reunion is this weekend. Michelle and I will be attending.

* Cardio day so

* Hi ho hi ho