Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is completed and in our rearview mirrors, you know what that means. Time for a Tidbits. 

* It has been 22,132 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,385 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. Smartest move I ever made career-wise. 

* 5,972 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Seems like it was just yesterday and it was the third best decision I ever made in my life. 

* 5,183 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. She knew it was coming, and it was still the best decision I ever made in my life. 

* It was 5,221 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, married by a chiropractor and feasted on food Jeanie made. 

* I have now lived 2,358 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 1,016 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 875 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,743 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.

* There are only 233 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 187 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day. He and French Creek Freddie agreed on their predictions this year,  now let's just wait to see if they come true.  

* 162 more days to go until my Goodbye 2024 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year. 

* There are 148 more shopping days left until Christmas 2024. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 132 days until I hit the age of 61. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 74 days until Brittany and Matt enter into the bonds of matrimony. 

* There are 50 more days until we go to Pittsburgh and beat the Panther's butts in their stadium. 

* There are 41 more days to go until the Mountaineers will try to get some revenge here in Morgantown for last weekend when Penn State comes to Morgantown. 

* There are 6 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

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

* I have written 7,631 blogs in the now over 19 3/4 years of being a blogger. Wow, am I really coming up on 20 years as a Blogger? 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* We are loving both the Blackstone Grille and the Power washer that we have recently purchased. Would you believe that since we bought that thing, we have not made a single dinner in the kitchen. Everything has been on the blackstone. 

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 6th place among friends and family. I'm trying to catch up. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This weeks Tiktok is not meant to be political, but more funny than anything else. What he is saying is about the truth.  

* Have a great day.

* Hi ho hi ho

Monday

All good things must come to an end, but this is an exciting day to end the weekend on. Now we have to take our collective noses and stick them back onto that grindstone known as life and get back to doing what it is that we do for a living to make this a better rock to live on.

First and foremost if you are traveling through Van Voorhis Road this morning, specifically in front of our house don't do it, they are putting the finishing touches on moving the sewer lines so they can start to widen the road and replace the bridge by the house. It shut down early yesterday morning and it should be opened up later this morning, but I would make alternate plans today just in case to alleviate any of the traffic to allow them to finish. 

Looking at my week ahead, nothing special for me but Michelle will be traveling to Ohio next weekend for Brtittany's Bridal shower. They are going to Kalahari water park and staying the night. I hope everyone has a great time. 

Like I said nothing out of the ordinary for me this week, still chugging along at work trying to get a few things done. I do need to schedule to get both cars inspected sometime in the near future. Inspections are now good for two years, so that a big plus. 

Have yourselves a great day.

Hi ho hi ho

Happy Birthday Josh Nicholson

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my great-nephew a very Happy Birthday today. 

 Seems like it was only yesterday that he entered into this world. If my math is correct, this would make this fine young man 18 years old today. 

Josh just recently graduated and picked Penn State as his college choice but later chose to stay closer to home and attend my Alma Mater instead. No one wants to be a Nittany Lion. 

 Not sure if Val has anything planned for this fine young man today, but knowing he is hitting that age just makes me feel a little bit more 21er. 

 If you happen to see Josh today, take a little bit of time out to wish him a Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday Josh.

Sunday Morning Ramblings

Here Kiwi and I sit in a non-quiet household, they sewage moving crews are already out in the front yard and will be trying to move all the commercial sewer lines over the next 24-36 hours. Kiwi isn't too upset, he said he can get his beauty sleep by taking a nap. His little innovative mind is going to town and laughing at us humans, he said he just poops in his cage. 

Yesterday Michelle and I avoided doing anything around the house and managed to go up and visit Hayley, Tyler and Luke at their place. Michelle had been there a number of times, me on the other hand it was my first time visiting their new home. 

Then we headed to Wheeling to get some DiCarlos Pizza for dinner. I had it in the back of my head when we left Hayley's I was going to DiCarlos. I asked Michelle what she wanted for dinner, and jokingly because there used to be a DiCarlos in Washington PA, she said DiCarlos. The one we used to go to on Dallas Pike is no more, so we went to the one on Highlands. It was a good day. 

Todays plans include grocery shopping if we can, and a few chores around the house if we can get out of the house with all the construction that is going on in our front yard of all places.

Have a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Happy Birthday Daniel Bell kind of Saturday

Here Kiwi and I sit on a quiet Saturday Morning, I'm waiting for Tudors to open and Kiwi is in his cage with an abacus trying to figure out if his cage is strong enough for a second story. I think he wants to rent it out to another bird to help support his treat habit, then again it could be to cover up his gambling addiction. I really need to cut his internet access off. 

I would like to wish my Nephew Daniel a very Happy Birthday today, I think he turns 40 years old today. Where have the years gone. I'll try to message him sometime today, if anyone has a chance send him a message, I'm sure he would more than appreciate it. 

No grass cutting for me, they are digging up the yard and have the road shut down in front of the house as they replace the big sewer well in anticipation of the road being widened starting very soon. Van Voorhis in front of hour house will be shut down and won't reopen until Monday Morning. There is a huge backhoe sitting there for the time being. Grass isn't too bad so I might wait another week. I cut it last a couple weeks ago and it really wasn't hight enough to really bother with, same thing today. 

Plans for the day, grocery shopping at Aldi and then Michelle and I will be heading to Hayley's. She's done a lot of work remodeling their home and I have yet to see it. She is very proud of it and wants to show it off, so Michelle and I will be heading up sometime today.

Have yourselves a great day. 

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.

If you are looking for a little bit of cheap entertainment, and by cheap I mean free, Head on down to the Ruby Amphitheater this evening to see Hunter Girl. I'm not really familiar with her, but she seems pretty talented and could end up being a big star. She does have a big voice. 

No plans for us this weekend, although next weekend Michelle is going up north with Brittany's wedding party for a weekend get away. No boys allowed =(

No power washing this weekend, over the past three weekends we have given it a hell of  a workout, it's time for it to relax and have some time off. It's amazing what that thing can do, it has given the front porch, back deck and the garage new life. I'm sure we will find something to get ourselves into. 

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

This weeks pic is very special, my sister Terri found out last summer that she had breast cancer. There was Chemo and when her chemo was done she to ring the bell. After the Chemo there was radiation treatment and another chance to ring that bell one last time to signify she was done with radiation. 

She is still waiting for the all-clear from the oncologist, but she has been through bother her chemo and her radiation and has kicked cancer's ass. 

This is a pic of her final bell ringing. 

Hi ho hi ho

Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is completed and in our rearview mirrors, you know what that means. Time for a Tidbits. 

* It has been 22,125 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,378 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. Smartest move I ever made career-wise. 

* 5,965 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Seems like it was just yesterday and it was the third best decision I ever made in my life. 

* 5,176 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. She knew it was coming, and it was still the best decision I ever made in my life. 

* It was 5,214 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, married by a chiropractor and feasted on food Jeanie made. 

* I have now lived 2,351 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 1,009 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 868 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,750 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.

* There are only 240 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 194 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day. He and French Creek Freddie agreed on their predictions this year,  now let's just wait to see if they come true.  

* 169 more days to go until my Goodbye 2024 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year. 

* There are 155 more shopping days left until Christmas 2024. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 139 days until I hit the age of 61. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 188 days until Brittany and Matt enter into the bonds of matrimony. 

* There are 57 more days until we go to Pittsburgh and beat the Panther's butts in their stadium. 

* There are 48 more days to go until the Mountaineers will try to get some revenge here in Morgantown for last weekend when Penn State comes to Morgantown. 

* There are 13 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

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

* I have written 7,624 blogs in the now over 19 3/4 years of being a blogger. Wow, am I really coming up on 20 years as a Blogger? 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* We are loving both the Blackstone Grille and the Power washer that we have recently purchased. Michelle shampooed the back patio on Saturday...lol

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 6th place among friends and family. I'm trying to catch up. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This weeks Tiktok is Mamie White (Jesco's sister) singing.

* Have a great day.

* Hi ho hi ho

Monday

All good things must come to an end, but this is an exciting day to end the weekend on. Now we have to take our collective noses and stick them back onto that grindstone known as life and get back to doing what it is that we do for a living to make this a better rock to live on.

Another work week ahead of us to be able and shine and change the world, make a difference and earn some money while we at it. Everyone likes money, so there is that. 

Starting a new project at work today, and finished two up on Friday. Today we start a big project for ERCOT that is going to take time and man hours. It's not a big effort like we did when I worked for Duquesne Light, which was all service lines and the network, this is basically transmission from bus to bus in the state of Texas. 

There is not much else going on this week, just working and churning along, one thing I did in fact notice this past weekend. I've done a little scientific research and have determined that weekends are just way too short, they need to be longer. 

Have a great day, go make a difference in this world. 

Hi ho hi ho

Sunday

Here I sit once again in a quiet household, Kiwi and I are up having our normal discussions. Anything from Thermodynamics to the designated hitter in Baseball. He's just a chatty little fellow with a lot to chirp about. 

Had a pretty good day yesterday, we did have a houseguest for a few hours as Mom and Gerald went to a Bell family function. Lucy came and visited and stayed with us for a few hours.  Such a good puppy. 

We as in Michelle, managed to get the back patio and exterior walls powerwashed. She sprayed them down with soap and then used that little powerwasher adaptor to take up all the stuff off the ground. When our neighbors had their AC out their window, all the condensation ran down the side of the house and left a film of a green fungus down the wall and on the ground. A powerwasher solves that problem like no hose could, 1,900 psi of cleansing power going at it. 

Today will be our typical Sunday. I'll do a few chores around the house as Michelle heads to Krogers to finish up any weekly grocery shopping that we may have left to do for the week. 

Pam has to work this afternoon so we put off walking for a week. 

Have a great day. 

Saturday

Here Kiwi and I sit once again in a quiet household, Kiwi and I are up discussing what we are going to be doing today.  He says you humans are so monochromatic, he just does what he wants when he wants. He's such an independent bird, kind of bossy as well. 

I do have to point out and give you a demonstration of how fast time flies by. This is an indication that you need to cherish every moment and make as many of those moments as you can. Memories for you and for those around you. A quarter century ago, that was 25 years, many of those of us reading this had our lives changed forever. My Dad, George Hall Sr, passed away. It is hard to believe that it has been a quarter century has passed since that fateful day. So much has happened, from new family members being born to others passing away including Jean and the son he never met in Jonathan. Days are short and precious, don't waste them.

So with that being said, what is on our agenda for the day? Aldi shopping of course, we go to the one where the old Hills Shopping Center used to be in Star City. The amount of shopping I've done in that plaza during my lifetime, I used to buy all my school clothes from there. 

Depending on the weather, we may powerwash the back patio. We did the front porch a couple of weeks ago, including Michelle painting the chairs. We did the garage last weekend where Michelle basically shampooed it, that just leaves the back patio and the back of the house. This may be on our agenda for the day. 

Yesterday we had to run Peanut to the Vet, she has an upper respiratory and an eye infection and she needed to be treated and get some medication. She'll be fine, just needs a day or so to rest. 

We also went and made some memories as Kynlea had her birthday party yesterday evening at her home. Ralph and Amy are such good hosts and parents, they do an absolutely amazing job. 

I will say that since we bought the blackstone a couple of weeks ago, Michelle has not cooked a meal in the kitchen since, she loves this thing. 

Have yourselves a great day, make some more memories. 

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.

Looking for a little bit of cheap, and by cheap I do mean free entertainment. Well tonight at the Hazel Ruby McQuain Amphitheater Post Modern Jukebox will be performing. They are a vegas act of a number of talented musicians that play other peoples music, but put their own spin on it as if it were done in another era. I've watched their videos for years on Youtube and I've been a fan for a number of years. 

However not to be leaning anyone anywhere else, Kynlea's Birthday Party will be held tonight at Ralph and Amy's. Her Birthday was last week, but Kynlea took it upon herself to organize her own birthday party and is doing it the way she wants to do it, family included. 

Have yourselves a great day and let's get this party started. 

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

This weeks pic was a little bit of a joke that I put up on Facebook a few years ago. It was the first day of school for the local kids and everyone was posting first-day-of-school pictures, so I did a little twist and put a picture of me getting ready to go to work. It got a pretty good response on Facebook. 

That monstrosity of a building you see in the background is now gone. That was Mancave version 1.0. 

Have yourselves a great day

Hi ho hi ho

Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is completed and in our rearview mirrors, you know what that means. Time for a Tidbits. 

* It has been 22,118 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,371 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. Smartest move I ever made career-wise. 

* 5,958 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Seems like it was just yesterday and it was the third best decision I ever made in my life. 

* 5,169 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. She knew it was coming, and it was still the best decision I ever made in my life. 

* It was 5,207 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, married by a chiropractor and feasted on food Jeanie made. 

* I have now lived 2,344 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 1002 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 861 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,743 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.

* There are only 247 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 201 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day. He and French Creek Freddie agreed on their predictions this year,  now let's just wait to see if they come true.  

* 176 more days to go until my Goodbye 2024 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year. 

* There are 162 more shopping days left until Christmas 2024. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 146 days until I hit the age of 61. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 195 days until Brittany and Matt enter into the bonds of matrimony. 

* There are 64 more days until we go to Pittsburgh and beat the Panther's butts in their stadium. 

* There are 55 more days to go until the Mountaineers will try to get some revenge here in Morgantown for last weekend when Penn State comes to Morgantown. 

* There are 20 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

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

* I have written 7,617 blogs in the now over 19 3/4 years of being a blogger. Wow, am I really coming up on 20 years as a Blogger? 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* We are loving both the Blackstone Grille and the Power washer that we have recently purchased. Michelle shampooed the Garage on Saturday...lol

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 6th place among friends and family. I'm trying to catch up. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This weeks TikToc President Camacho (from the movie Idiocracy) makes a modern day appearance. 

* Have a great day.

* Hi ho hi ho

Monday

All good things must come to an end, but this is an exciting day to end the weekend on. Now we have to take our collective noses and stick them back onto that grindstone known as life and get back to doing what it is that we do for a living to make this a better rock to live on.

I actually had a slow but then very productive week last week at work. We got bombarded with work rather than sitting around twittling our thumbs, which does make the the day go so much faster. Same thing this week coming up, we should be bombarded with work ahead of us. 

This is going to be a strange week for us schedule wise, Friday evening we'll be breaking our regular routine and heading up to Amy's for Kynlea's birthday party rather than going and doing our typical Sam's shopping on a Friday Night. 

Have a great day

Hi ho hi ho

I Was Wrong, Today is 1,000 Days

Here I sit in a semi-quiet household. I say Semi-Quiet because Kiwi keeps laughing that I messed my count up and it's actually today that is the 1,000th Day of Michelle's recovery. He says to me Dad, you screwed up Mom's schedule. You should know better and I could do nothing but agree with my little aviary friend. 

So TODAY is Michelle's 1,000th day of being clean and sober. If you happen to see my wonderful wife today, make sure you take a few minutes out and congratulate her on such an accomplishment. She really is an amazing woman. 

So how did yesterday go? Started out ith our Aldi shopping and then we came home and I cut grass, even though it has been two weeks with the lack of rain it did not seem too bad, I honestly could have let it go another week, but it's cut now. As I was doing that, Michelle pulled everything out of Mancave 2.0 (the garage) and basically shampooed the garage. When we bought our powerwasher we upgraded and bought one with a surface cleaner and let me tell you that thing is amazing. We cleaned the front porch last weekend and it looks amazing. Michelle scrubbed the garage floor yesterday using it, so she was shampooing the garage. So we had a pretty busy and productive day yesterday around the house. 

I did take a little time out yesterday to go and visit Ed Cummings. He's been at Encompass for the past couple of weeks. I told him I would stop by nd see him again next weekend, regardless of whether he is there or a long-term rehab facility. He was remembering a lot of things about our youth without issue. He's on the road to recovery, he'll get there. 

Have yourselves a great day, make some memories. 

1,000 Days

If you happen to see my wonderful wife today, take a little bit of time out and congratulate her on a remarkable accomplishment. 

It was 1,000 days ago today that she realized that the alcohol demon was getting the best of her and she knew she needed to stop and take control of her life once again. It was 1,000 days ago today that she started that remarkable journey. 

It was a hospital stay, a trip to rehab, Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings and a whole lot of determination with love and support of everyone, and here was are with the Michelle that I fell in love with and not the one who was the most functional alcoholic that one could imagine. 

I'm very proud of her and am so happy she decided to right the path, and return to being the one that everyone loves. 

Give it up for this amazing woman. 

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.

Looking for a little bit of free entertainment? The Hazel Ruby McQuain Concert series delivers yet once again this evening with Ressurection: A Journey Tribute which goes on at about 8:00 with a local band called Adrian and the Soul Miners opening the evening at 7:00. Grab you a chair and go listen to a little bit of free music on the waterfront. 

Nothing else really planned this weekend, maybe a little bit of grass cutting will be on our agenda weather permitting. I'm sure we can manage to find something to do. Summer is about halfway over with and we really need to do something, just saying. 

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

This week's pic is one of my Dad when he was both alive and working, he was a coalminer by trade and it was something that he loved to do. He would always pack these big elaborate buckets as he called them to take to work with him. 

I have no idea of the timeframe of this picture, but I'm going to guess the late 70's based simply on the style of bucket that he was using. By the time we moved to East Gate I'm pretty sure he was using a plastic coleman lunch pail, a red one as I recall, and not the round metal one seen here. 

Have yourselves  great day

Hi ho hi ho

Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is completed and in our rearview mirrors, you know what that means. Time for a Tidbits. 

* It has been 22,111 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,364 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. Smartest move I ever made career-wise. 

* 5,951 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Seems like it was just yesterday and it was the third best decision I ever made in my life. 

* 5,162 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. She knew it was coming, and it was still the best decision I ever made in my life. 

* It was 5,200 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, married by a chiropractor and feasted on food Jeanie made. 

* I have now lived 2,337 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 996 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 854 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,750 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.

* There are only 254 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 208 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day. He and French Creek Freddie agreed on their predictions this year,  now let's just wait to see if they come true.  

* 183 more days to go until my Goodbye 2024 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year. 

* There are 169 more shopping days left until Christmas 2024. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 153 days until I hit the age of 61. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 102 days until Brittany and Matt enter into the bonds of matrimony. 

* There are 71 more days until we go to Pittsburgh and beat the Panther's butts in their stadium. 

* There are 62 more days to go until the Mountaineers will try to get some revenge here in Morgantown for last weekend when Penn State comes to Morgantown. 

* There are 34 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

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

* I have written 7,610 blogs in the now over 19 3/4 years of being a blogger. Wow, am I really coming up on 20 years as a Blogger? 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* We're still loving that Blackstone grille.  

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 6th place among friends and family. I'm trying to catch up. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This weeks  TikToker is someone called Mr Global, I love all the tiktoks he does and they are unbiased and usually oil and gas related. A solid source of information. 

* Have a great day.

* Hi ho hi ho

Monday

All good things must come to an end, but this is an exciting day to end the weekend on. Now we have to take our collective noses and stick them back onto that grindstone known as life and get back to doing what it is that we do for a living to make this a better rock to live on.

Let me preface by saying a few things, one weekends are way too short and I love our Blackstone, it is an amazing thing to have. 

So what is coming up this week? We hired three new guys last week and have all been doing fine. They showed me for a couple of days and we are about ready to have their project ready and turn them loose. 

I did go walking yesterday for the first time up at the mall, I think my siblings were a  little concerned with my working so much and lack of activity over the past couple of years, that they threatened to beat me up if I didn't go with them and get mobile. One step at a time is the way that I look at it. Maybe it's time to get the treeadmill cleaned off and ready. 

Have a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Sunday Morning Grumblings

Here I sit in a quiet household, just me and Kiwi are up and as usual he is his happy-go-lucky philosophizing self. He's just on his swing swinging away and singing the soundtrack from Grease. Such a talented little bird. He did tell me that a few of my siblings and my wife are talking to him and wanting me to go and walk with them this afternoon. Michelle wants to ride her bike, but we are going walking. 

First of all let me give you a review of the Blackstone, forget just buying a grille. You also have to have all the accessories such as spray bottles, a number of sized spatulas, Avacado Oil, Olive Oil, conditioning grease to season it, a water battle, thermometer, baskets, a rolling food tray that is stainless steel and was sitting in the back of the garage and a few other things. Ay carumba, but let me tell you so far we have cooked on it twice this past week and let me tell you I would buy one again. Chicken fried rice and Hot Sausage Sandwiches were the first couple of things we cooked on it and let me tell you the food was amazing. I can't wait to do a hero burger or a smash burger on it. 

So what is on today's agenda, well Michelle will do grocery shopping as I do a number of house chores this morning. Typical Sunday Morning for us. This afternoon around 3:00 we are scheduled to go to the mall and walk around the mall. It;s climate controlled, and has a lot of seats for my big fat butt to rest on occasion. 

Have a great day, make it memorable. 

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit in a semi-quiet household, Rooster (otherwise known as Kiwi) doesn't believe in sleeping in. He keeps telling me that the early bird gets the worm and I had to remind him that he is a seeditarian, he doesn't eat earthworms. 

We finally broke in the Blackstone this past week, Thursday night we did a chicken stir fry with fried rice and on the 4th of July we grilled up some Hot Sausage and Peppers and Onions as well as toasted the Keyser rolls on it. We had an old stainless steel cart in the back of the garage that we (as in Michelle) cleaned up and sanitized and that's where we store everything we cook on the blackstone or the charcoal grille. 

So what is on our agenda this weekend, well Michelle had planned on going up to Julie's for a Pool Party, but the pool party has been postponed. So I guess that means a trip to Aldi and any other weekend tasks are in store this morning. We have had Gracie the past two weekends, and she is staying home this weekend. No puppies this weekend. 

Have yourselves a great day, make it special and 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.

There are no free concerts this week down at the Amphitheater, but they are not going to disappoint you and this could be one worth attending. Shakespeare in the Park will be performing the Tempest, arguably one of my favorite Shakespearian play. I actually wrote a paper on the Tempest while I was in college. I remember watching a recording of the play where Ron Pallilo played Trinculo and David Graf played Stephano. Horshack (welcome back Kotter) and Tackelberry (Police Academy movies) pretty much stole the show. It's more than worth the time to see, if you have never seen Shakespeare performed you really are culturally missing something. I remember when I was in High School, a troop came through and performed Othello for us and everyone was totally captivated to the point that the troop by their own request wanted to come back to Morgantown to perform a Midsummer Night's Dream. Take the evening, take the kids, you will not be disappointed. 

So wat is on my agenda for the weekend? Michelle was heading up to her Cousin Julie's for the weekend, but Julie rescheduled it until the first week in August when Michelle will be in Ohio for Brittany's Bachalorette party. They were going to have a pool party and I would have been  holding down the fort and taking care of the spoiled animals. Now I have to cancel all the giraffes that were planning to come up and party. 

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

This week I thought I would post a video of an old family picnic down at Marilla Park. Many of these people are gone, and many new people have been added. Time marches on. 

Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is completed and in our rearview mirrors, you know what that means. Time for a Tidbits. 

* It has been 22,104 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,357 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. Smartest move I ever made career-wise. 

* 5,944 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Seems like it was just yesterday and it was the third best decision I ever made in my life. 

* 5,155 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. She knew it was coming, and it was still the best decision I ever made in my life. 

* It was 5,193 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, married by a chiropractor and feasted on food Jeanie made. 

* I have now lived 2,330 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 989 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 847 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,757 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.

* There are only 261 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 215 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day. He and French Creek Freddie agreed on their predictions this year,  now let's just wait to see if they come true.  

* 190 more days to go until my Goodbye 2024 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year. 

* There are 176 more shopping days left until Christmas 2024. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 160 days until I hit the age of 61. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 109 days until Brittany and Matt enter into the bonds of matrimony. 

* There are 78 more days until we go to Pittsburgh and beat the Panther's butts in their stadium. 

* There are 69 more days to go until the Mountaineers will try to get some revenge here in Morgantown for last weekend when Penn State comes to Morgantown. 

* There are 41 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

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

* I have written 7,603 blogs in the now over 19 3/4 years of being a blogger. Wow, am I really coming up on 20 years as a Blogger? 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* \I've been watching a lot of blackstone tips, ready to fire that thing up for real on Thursday. 

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 5th place among friends and family. I'm trying to catch up. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? I saw this one this week and thought to myself I should be doing this. The new dryer we bought earlier this year is like the second one where she removed the entire plate. 

* I think our Cat Sophie is getting closer and closer to crossing that rainbow bridge. We bought her a new drinking bowl this past weekend, one where the water keeps running like a water fountain. She seems to really like it, it's her natural height and it seems like it is easier for her to drink. Peanut, she likes the toilet water. with the Bleach in it. 

* Have a great day.

* Hi ho hi ho

Monday

All good things must come to an end, but this is an exciting day to end the weekend on. Now we have to take our collective noses and stick them back onto that grindstone known as life and get back to doing what it is that we do for a living to make this a better rock to live on.

A fresh new week at work, the two people in charge are traveling today and we have three new hires coming on including one I have worked with at my last couple of jobs. Happy to assist the new guys, and help them get started. 

I don't know what this week holds for us, but we are about to get swamped with work in the very near future. What I have been working on has been non-billable as it is all internal, but we have a lot of billable work coming up and I call that job security. 

Looking at the week ahead, I plan on working if there is work on the 4th. Being a contractor you don't get paid holidays so if you want paid for them you have to work them. Happily this company lets me work, where as Duquense Light needed a staff position supervisor available and Atmos would let you make up the hours throughout the week. I'm not planning on going anywhere, Michelle is off so she can do any running around that is needed on Thursday and we'll treat it like any other day. 

Have yourselves a great day and the start of a productive week. 

Hi ho hi ho