Saturday

Here I sit in a semi-noisy household, both Kiwi and Peanut are super excited to cheer on the WVU Women's Basketball Team this afternoon in the sold-out Hope Gas Coliseum at 5:00. The game will be on ESPNU, but Kiwi is flying through the roof, unrecognized and plans to have courtside seats for today's game. They are super excited for the game. 

This is a sold-out game, and traffic is going to be heavy this weekend. The students are coming back from Spring Break, the NCAA Tournament here and there is a statewide swimming and diving Championships here as well at Mylan Park. Not to mention that the WVU Baseball team is hosting BYU for the rest of the series today. Morgantown is going to be busy, and there is going to be a much heavier flow of traffic than normal, so allow yourself a little extra time to get to where you are going if you are anywhere near being on this side of town. 

Michelle is going to do the grocery shopping this morning and is talking about going up to visit Hayley later this morning. Gracie is getting a little old and is having trouble getting around. They are thinking it might be getting close to that time, so Michelle is going to go up and visit her. 

Have yourself a great day, make it memorable. 

Big Ole Hairy Friday

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

Kiwi and Peanut said they are going to spend the whole day watching the NCAA Basketball Tournament. They love watching it and cheering for the underdogs. Needless to say they will both be preoccupied all weekend watching College Basketball. 

It's the end of another week at work, and I have now trained 3 of the 4 groups on the new Outage Management System that we are implementing at work. I started last week and did two more this week, now I'm looking at the home stretch early next week. Don't worry, I have plenty of other things to be doing as well, I'm getting pretty good at this multi-tasking...lol

Have yourselves a great day

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 somewhere on the internet. I like to find just one and post it up, recalling or reliving the picture to the best of my ability. Sometimes this is a pretty easy task, and sometimes it's not that easy, but one thing it has always been a lot of fun.

Yes, this is a real picture of the celebrities of Lucy's Journal that posts every Wednesday, the Quackers. Kynlea bought a couple of Ducks last year at I think Rural King and they named them the Quackers. They stay in the back yard and were a couple of really fun birds when I met them last Summer. 

Have yourselves a great day.

Quack Quack Hi ho 

Happy Birthday Amy Dalton

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my wonderful niece Amy a very Happy Birthday today and it is a very special birthday for this amazing young woman, it's her 21st (actually it's her 40th) Birthday!!!

Amy is amazing and inspiring to all, she is one who sets out goals and goes out and accomplishes them, no matter how big or how small. Whether it be raising a family, career path or simply building and paying for a new house for her and her family. She is always focused and goal-driven. 

Amy is also a very creative photographer as well as a number of other things like organizing fundraisers and cookouts.  She has that photographer's eye on how to create a great shot that I wish I had but do not. It takes a certain level of creativity that she exhibits and I don't have.

She's an amazing mother with two kids with all the tools and guidance to accomplish anything they choose and that starts in the home that Amy and Ralph have created.

If you happen to see this amazing young woman today, make sure you wish her a Happy 40th Birthday.

Happy Birthday, Amy.

Lucy's Journal

Lucy’s Journal – March 18, 2026

Today the whole gang decided we needed a proper night out, so Peanut, Kiwi, the Quackers, and I headed to the movies. Someone had heard the theater was showing Howard the Duck, and apparently that was all the convincing everyone needed.

Peanut immediately took his movie-going duties very seriously. He inspected the seats, the screen, and most importantly the snack counter. Within minutes we were carrying the biggest tub of popcorn they would sell us.

Kiwi rode on my shoulder all the way to our seats, chattering excitedly like he was expecting the movie to be about him. The Quackers waddled behind us in a neat little line, trying very hard to look like respectable moviegoers.

For about the first ten minutes, everything was calm.

Then Kiwi grabbed a big beakful of popcorn.

No one knows exactly why, but he suddenly flung it straight at the Quackers.

A kernel bounced off one duck’s head, and that was all it took.

The Quackers quacked loudly and started scooping popcorn out of the tub like tiny feathery pitchers. Popcorn started flying in every direction. Kiwi dove into the tub again and again like a little green popcorn fighter plane.

Peanut tried to stop the chaos for a moment, but after a kernel bounced off his nose he just started batting popcorn out of the air like it was a game.

I tried to whisper, “Shhh! We’re in a movie theater!” but I was laughing too hard to sound very serious.

By the end of the movie, the floor around our seats looked like it had been hit by a buttery snowstorm. Peanut was covered in crumbs, Kiwi looked extremely proud of himself, and the Quackers were still quietly tossing the occasional kernel when they thought no one was looking.

I’m not sure anyone fully followed the plot of the movie.

But one thing is certain…

Movie night with this crew is never boring.

— Lucy

Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is over, now we are staring straight down at a Tuesday. Good time for a tidbits. 

* It has been 22,728 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, new, and improved 1,069-day Calendar. Mom is at 30,382, which would make her 28 according to my new and improved calendar. 

* It has been 7,980 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. I love what I do and am thankful to still be working in my field. 

* 6,574 days ago, Michelle and I had our first date together. Life has been much better since then. 

* 5,778 days ago, I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. I've been the luckiest guy since that fateful day. 

* It was 5,815 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, it was a great day with friends and family. 

* I have now lived 2,953 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong, slowing down but still going. 

* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 1,607 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 1,470 days, making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* Old roommate Gregg proposed to his fiancée 185 days ago, I'm happy for those two. I asked him a couple weeks ago if they set a date yet, he said we would be the first to know. 

* I have 2,164 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows, though, doing what I do I may never retire.

* 322 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day. I'm still mad at the damn rat

* 289 more days to go until my Goodbye 2026 Blog is posted. 

* There are 282 more shopping days left until Christmas 2026. 

* There are 267 days until I hit the age of 63. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are only 150 more days to go until Michelle and I will celebrate our 15th Wedding Anniversary......maybe

* There are 2 days until my favorite season begins, a lot of people love different seasons, I am a Spring person who loves the Springtime. 

* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) days since I have hated both Pitt and Penn State.

* I have written 8,284 blogs in what is now 21 years of Blogging. 

* Sunday was 18 years since Michelle and I had our first date. 10,000 BC was the movie. 

* Are you wearing Green? It's St Patricks Day!!!!!

* I'm still waiting for Parsons to send a carrier for their equipment. 

* Progress on my Selfie in Space, right here. We are ready for liftoff and holding. 

* Looking for Girl Scout Cookies? Ryleigh's Page

* Looking for Girl Scout Cookies still? Arabellas Page

* This is my favorite TicTok of the week. I know it is AI, but it is funny. 

* Hi ho hi ho

Monday

All good things must come to an end—but if you’ve got to wrap up the weekend, today’s a pretty exciting way to do it. Now it’s time to take our collective noses and press them firmly back onto the grindstone of life. Back to work, back to the hustle, back to doing our part to make this spinning rock a better place.

As Michelle and I head out to our offices today, Kiwi and Peanut have decided to alter their plans a little bit concerning the water flow into the backyard for their waterfall. I need to tell them that the stream is going to have to rise up and possibly cross itself for this thing to work, but they are both hard-headed and want to do it their own way. Far be it from me to tell those two what to do, like they ever listen to begin with. At least they are wearing safety equipment.  

So whats up for me? I'll teach my second and third classes this week for our outage management system. I may have to travel for a day, but I would prefer to do it through Microsoft Teams and screen share rather than travel 2.25 hours each way. You can't get anything done when the majority of your day is spent driving. 

Other than that SPRING Starts this week!!!

On that note, have a great day

Hi ho hi ho

18 Years Ago

It was 18 years ago today that Kiwi and Peanut's Mommy and Daddy went out on their first date together. Kiwi was tell us about the date Dad, so I sat them down and told them the story. 

18 Years ago, Michelle and I went out on our first official date together. I had asked her out to go get some Pizza and see a movie, which, in case anyone didn't know, was 10,000 BC. 

Michelle had spent all day getting ready and getting advice from Hayley, like don't drink Pop it will make you burp. 

I did pick her up and I think we went to Pizza Hut first to eat, then it was on to the movies to see this movie that I actually picked to see. Don't Mess with the Zohan and Semi-Pro weree both playing and I chose this movie. Don't ask me why.

I told Kiwi and Peanut I made Mommy wait 777 days before I actually asked her to Marry me and we have been together since that date. There is an old saying that today is the first day of the rest of your life, that could not be any truer for me on that evening. 

Best 18 years of my life and we have a Conure and a Cat to boot. 

Have yoursleves a great day.