Back to Work

After a five day time period from hell, where Jack Bauer would have even said that's enough, It's time for me and everyone else to start to get back to work.

Let me recap. Mom goes in for a Cardiac catheterization on Wednesday Morning. If they found a problem a stent or a balloon would have been inserted to fix any problems with Mom's ticker. She comes back from surgery and we are told that surgery was needed and that they were admitting her.

All while Mom is in surgery, I get a call from a hysterical Michelle that the house next to her sisters, a friend of hers had blown up and that a friend of hers died in the house fire, all while screaming for help that her children could hear. Upsetting to say the least.

Thursday Mom goes in for surgery that we were hoping could be done with a robot, but her asthma caused it to lead to opening up her chest and doing a double bypass open heart surgery. She was placed in ICU after the surgery until Friday evening.

Friday evening they moved her back up to the 10th floor as the recovery process had started...or so we thought.

Saturday when I first arrived she was very confused. Had trouble trusting people and for the most part of the day seemed to have maybe taken a step back.

Saturday evening was the day from absolute hell. It started off with Mom attempting to walk for the first time since her open heart surgery. She was so excited to actually be walking again that she just took off down the hallway as free as one could be. When she got to the end of the hallway she was very out of breath, starting to panic and frantically crying that she could not breath. A small dose of pain medication was administered and she calmed down.

A little time passed and she was calling out names and phrases much like my Dad did when he was in ICU before he passed away. One or two word phrases that they continually say over and over again.

Doctors walk in and start to examine her, the word stroke is mentioned and as of yet has not been ruled out. During all the chaos and frantic times, I get a call that Jean is bringing Nana into the emergency room as she has just had a stroke. However when I met Jean in the Emergency Room doorway she told me that she thought Nana had a TIA and it appears that may be what had happened. They have admitted Nana, she is doing great, but they are still running a series of tests on her.

Back upstairs and Mom is now being moved to a step down unit (more monitored) and starts having paranoid illusions. Let's just say it was not a pretty night and it was a long night.

Sunday they had moved Mom back to her "Normal" room and the paranoid illusions were still very prevalent, but milder as there was not a room full of people causing her to panic. We did finally get her relaxed and to sleep yesterday evening (she had been going since the night before) and when I called to get an update status on her this morning they said she had rested well throughout the night and was starting to trust and recognize people a little more.

Today I am back at work, then back to the hospital as Michelle is returning to work for the first time since last Wed, she will be going with me to the hospital initially then is going to attend the funeral for her friend who died in the house explosion last week this evening.

It's back to work this morning. So how was everyone else's weekend?

Another Update

Long night last night to say the least and it turned into a little bit of double duty. In a nutshell for a brief moment in time last night we thought mom was having a stroke. She had just had open heart surgery a couple days before and yesterday was a little bit of a setback for her.

While the ordeal of the fear mom was having a stroke, Jean called and told me an Ambulance was bringing Nana to the Emergency thinking she had a stroke. It turns out she had a mini stroke and snapped out of it and Mom did not have one.

Kim stayed with Mom last night and it was a long hard night where paranoia and illusions were thrown into the mix. Long night that's for sure.

Everything is stable today. Nana is having a few tests and Mom is physically feeling better. Maybe it's two steps forward after one step back.

Update

Well we all left the hospital last night feeling much better than we did the night before. Mom is doing good, is feeling spunky and is well on the road to recovery after open heart surgery.

She is starting to get and walking around a little, talking to people and having a good ole time considering the situation.

There is talk of her even being able to get out of the hospital by Monday if all goes well, and she gets to moving around properly. Thanks to everyone for the prayers and well wishes, she is doing much, much better now.

Update on BLOG

Obviously my blog just posted and it is the next morning. They removed the ventilator tube from my mother early this morning after her blood gas numbers returned to normal. She has been stabilized and they are going to try to give her some solid foods this morning as well as get her up out of bed.

She is doing OK and well on the road back to recovery.

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.

For me my day is very much up in the air at this point. As many of you know my mother had open heart surgery yesterday. As we were getting ready to leave the hospital last night she was starting to come out of it all. She was fearful to have the breathing tubes (yes plural) down her throat and inserted into her neck and was giving a natural resistance to them.

I sometimes write my blog the previous night and have it post the next morning, like I am doing right now. At the time I am writing this I have no idea what the night is going to hold. My sister Kim and my sweetheart Michelle are both still at the hospital in loving support of my mother.

Hopefully by the time that this blog posts, things will have settled down and mom will be doing better. Hopefully the fresh smell of coffee (yuck) will be filling our kitchen and I will need to wake Michelle up and tell her to get ready for work. This is the best case scenario, I am hoping this is what happens in about 8 hours. Time will tell though.

Update on Mom

Mom went into surgery at about 7:15 this morning. They had hoped to do her procedure with robot controlled probes, but this turned out to not be the case. Complications with deflating one her lungs due to the asthma caused the surgeon to have to go in through the chest cavity.

While they were operating they must have seen something beyond what they saw yesterday with the cathader and ended up doing double bypass surgery.

We are currently sitting in the waiting room waiting for her to recover and wake up. She has a breathing tube down her throat and another one in her neck to assist her in her breathing.

I just received word she is starting to wake up.

Open Heart Surgery

Well we went in yesterday for my mother to have a Cathader in my mom to check out her heart and it's condition. If there were any problems they were either going to stick a stent in it or a balloon to open up an artery if there was any trouble with it.

Procedure took an hour and we thought she was done, until the Doctor came in and talked to us about it. Seems one artery is over 50% blocked and it was one that was hard to get to so with that procedure, so it's off to the next set of plans.

She is going to have open heart surgery this morning. First they are going to go in with three small incisions and try to do it roboticly, but if that is unsuccessful they are going to have to open her chest up and do the bi-pass that way.

It's fairly routine, but will take a few hours and recovery will be 49 hours of they don't have to open her up and up to five days if they do.

Surgery scheduled for 6:30 this morning.

Hump Day

Woo Hoo, It's Humpday...even though I am off for the day. The rest of you can enjoy a nice hump day and a middle of the week type of day.

Mom is having a heart cathader done this morning and I am taking to day off and going to be at the hospital with her. If they find anything they are going to take measures to correct it then, probably just placing a stent in if need be, but they are not going to let her go home unless someone is there with her to take her home.

Oh well, I hope everyone has a great day.

Second Practice of the Year

Well, the Softball team got together again last night for the second practice of the season. We had a pretty good turnout, better than last weeks and it was once again nice to assemble the boys of summer again.

A special thanks to my sweetie Michelle for running and getting the field rented for us first thing this morning so we could have our field of choice, day of choice and time of choice to hold practice. She went out at 8:30 and got us all legal for yesterday evening.

I think next week we are going to scrimmage March Westin and both teams will get consecutive time slots so that we can do a two hour scrimmage.

I've been doing a lot of walking lately and losing a few pounds, so my preparation for the year is ahead of last years pace.

Does Anyone Like Mondays

Dear Monday, why do you always have to come around and ruin a good weekend? I mean we had a couple of nice days and you have to come and throw a monkey wrench into the whole nice relaxing weekend. Thanks Monday, but can't we do a do-over for Sunday?

Oh well, I guess we're only four days till Friday so we'll make the most of this. We are going to try and have our second softball practice of the year this evening. We had our first one last Wed, but half the team wasn't there for one reason or another, so we will try once again tonight to assemble the boys of summer.

Well reality is it is Monday, and as much as I don't to start this week.....Hi ho hi ho...

Early Morning Ramblngs

Like every other morning I am the first to bed and the first to rise, I think I learned this trait from my grandparents some years ago as they were the early to bed early to rise types. I love the early morning, I think I always have and always will.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish one of my oldest and dearest friends a very Happy Birthday today. Smitty is turning 21 just like me today! Happy Birthday Buddy.

Michelle managed to do some yard work yesterday, she is a plant and flower person, so we stopped by Lowes, Tathams and the other Lowes yesterday looking for annuals for her to plant in some of the planters around the house. She was doing that and I continued to reinstall software on my computer.

The evening ended with a nice stroll along the rails to trails.

Back Online

I don;t know why I keep visiting ebaums world, it has caused me more trouble than all the midget porn sites my mother is addicted to.


However the computer is back up and running like new after bring infested with some nasty spy-ware. You would think I would have learned my lesson after the first few times...LOL

Not sure what is on the agenda for the day, Michelle bought a couple of beds from a co-worker for Chad and Hayley, so we'll be waiting on them to be delivered this morning, after that the day is pretty much ours.

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.

Well let's see, you know when you tell a kid not to touch the stove because it is hot and they do it anyhow just for spite, that would be bad. However when the kid keeping touching it after they have been burnt, it shows complete stupidity. Ed is just that stupid.

You know when you go to that specific website and you have had to reformat your computer at least 1/2 dozen times that you would learn. Ed is that stupid, he is once again reformatting his computer.

Hope your day is going better then his. I am going to quote his famous line, "sucks to be you"

Have a great weekend everyone

First Practice

I guess you can say that the off season is now officially over with for the softball team. Last night the boys of Summer assembled for the first time of the season and had the first initial practice of the 2010 season.

Mostly old faces and one new one so far with a few more to come. A few of the regulars had other commitments and things to do tonight, but we should probably be able to assemble the full allotment of softball players ranging from guys in their prime to old guys like me starting my 4th decade of playing softball at BOPARC.

This season was no different for me, I'm in spring training form and a long way to go to get to my playing form. I'm way past my prime and remember the days of when I was making plays, but I still love going out and spending time with the guys.

I love this time of the year.

Happy Birthday Terri Rehmani

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my beautiful Sister Terri Beth a very happy Birthday today. If you should happen to see Terri, make sure you wish her a lets see she is three years younger than me and I'm 21, so that would make her 17 today.

Anyways, Happy Birthday Terri, I hope it is a very special day for you and that all of your hopes and dreams come true today.

If there is one thing I can say for her, she is blessed with an absolute multitude of lifelong friends.

Tuesday's Tidbits

* It's Tuesday,. it is definitely time for a good tidbits.

* It is day 753 on the Ed and Michelle count. 753 days ago she made me watch that horrible movie that she picked, 10,000 BC.

* 263 Shopping days until Christmas. Time is running out...LOL

* We tried a new pizza place her in Morgantown yesterday. They recently opened up a Ledo Pizza in the Suncrest Towne Center that was actually pretty good. Light flaky crust and heavy on top quality toppings. We'll eat there again someday.

* Michelle's Great-Niece Page will be five years old today. Happy Birthday Page.

* Michelle's Nephew Corey was rushed in over the weekend for an emergency appendix operation. All went well and he is at home now relaxing.

* Michelle and I stopped in to Kassar Foods yesterday to get some ideas for new dinners. They sell Gyro meat and I think we may do some Gyro's in the near future.

* Would you believe the chain I wear around my neck broke yesterday. I have taken it in to Jane V Jewelers close to my home, they are one of the few places that actually do repairs here in shop. I've had to have it repaired before, but it has been a number of years and it hasn't been off my neck in that time period for any length of time other than cleaning.

* Mom put down the midget porn, I'm off to work.

Back to Monday

Well I guess it is time to put our noses to the grind stone once again and return to our labors for the week. I guess it's just a little harder to head back after a weekend of so much fun and great weather.

Michelle made an awesome Easter dinner of Ham, Home made mashed potatoes, Home made gravy, fresh home made rolls, steamed mixed vegetables and we found a great use for all of the old Easter Eggs when we made deviled eggs...YUMM.

Let's see, what does the week ahead have planned for me. First softball practice of the year will take place one day this week. It'll be great to once again assemble my boys of summer for the first time of the year and hit the field. Very special group of guys who I look forward all winter to spending the summer with.

I am pretty sure Nasrin hinted she would be in town today also.

Did anyone notice all the pretty colors and foliage that just seemed to pop up over the weekend? Oh yeah, winter is now a distance memory!!!!

Hi Ho Hi Ho...

Happy Easter

I would like to take this chance to wish everyone a very Happy Easter this morning. I hope everyone has plans and will be spending it with some special people. We will be having our second Easter Dinner here today. Michelle is a great cook and I know everyone is looking forward to it.

Yesterday we had our Easter Egg hunt at the house, it turned out great and the weather was very cooperative. I think for the most part everyone had a very good time and I did get a number of pictures that I have uploaded all of them to my site here. I had put a good number of them on facebook, but not all of them.

There was a lot of sadness in Mountaineer nation last night, the Men's season ended with a 78-57 loss to the Duke Blue Devils. I am very proud of the Mountaineers who end up 31-7 on the season. For those of you not knowing yet, DeSean Butler got injured and it turned out to be a Sprained Knee.

Have a Great Day

Easter Egg Hunt

Well it has been about a month in the planning stages, Michelle and I decided quite some time ago to do an Easter Egg hunt on this day. When planning an event so far in advance you take a risk of bad weather, considering there was probably still snow on the ground when we decided to do this. We are going to be blessed with sunny skys and temperatures in the 80's today!!!!!

I just wanted to do something for the young children, create some memories and get some pictures and capture very special moments in time.

I don;t know who is more excited about this, me or Michelle as we are both looking forward to having a little fun, creating a few memories and spending time with some very special people.

Let's not forget to cheer on the Mountaineers tonight also as we play Duke in the Final 4 Semi-Finals and try to reach the NCAA Championship game Monday night!!!!

Big Ole Hairy Good 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 Good Friday.

For those of you lucky enough to have the day off, good for you. For those of us that have to work, it sucks to be us but today is at least Friday.

Just to clear everything up, yesterdays BLOG was in accordance with April Fools Day. Michelle and I got together and came up with something that we thought would be believable and went with that. Needless to say we got a very good response out of that one, much better than anticipated.

Hayley will be coming home tomorrow from Alabama. She flies into Pittsburgh tomorrow morning and Chad and Laiah will be going to go and pick her up from the Pittsburgh Airport as Michelle and I host the Easter Egg Hunt here. Weather is going to be in the 80's tomorrow, so I hope everyone has a great time.

Hi Ho Hi Ho....

We Tied the Knot

Late last night Michelle and I went to the Mon County Courthouse and did a midnight wedding and got married. It was a spur of the moment and we were tired of waiting, so we called the courthouse and went down in the middle of the night and got married at midnight.

We know it is a surprise, but this is how we decided to do it, we didn't want to burden anyone of having top come and sit through the long tedious ceremony. We just thought it would be best on everyone if we just ran away in the middle of the night and did it.

I was going to have pictures taken, but stupid me forgot the film for the camera.

Midweek Tidbits

* I'm due to do a tidbits BLOG, maybe I should make this one it.

* If you are not doing anything this afternoon and want something memorable to do, go to the Coliseum (Gates open at 3:30) to send off our West Virginia University Mountaineer Basketball team as it sets off for Indianapolis to play in the Final 4 and try to return with a National Championship. Give coach Huggins and this team the love they have earned if you have the time.

* I guess it is pretty sad when you have to learn about what is going on within your own family on Facebook. However my sister Kim had Oral Surgery yesterday morning. I tried calling yesterday morning, but realized the timing might not be right as she was probably in surgery.

* We're continuing getting ready for Saturday, it's calling for 81 degrees and sunny so hopefully everyone can have a great time and create a few memories. Michelle has been busting her butt trying to pull this off.

* 747 days since Michelle and I had our first date. Just in case anyone was wondering.

* 269 Shopping days left until Christmas.

* This is Blog post 1,940 for me. I should top 2,000 posts sometime in the near future. It's amazing the information and the history you create about yourself and the events around you simply by doing the following:

1. Start a BLOG
2. Write in the blog on a consistant basis
3. Keep that blog going. Every time you stop or change it, you lose a piece of your own history.
   
4. Make it your own

* Everyone have a great day, and Mom, put down the midget porn.

Easter Egg Coloring

Your Tuesdays Tidbits has been temporarily replaced this week for the Easter Egg Coloring that we did last night. Tidbits will be another day.

I can't remember how long it has been since I colored Easter Eggs, it's been years since I did it or had anything to do with it. That streak ended last night however when we colored eggs and started stuffing plastic eggs for the East Egg hunt this Saturday.

Chad and Laiah, Chad's girlfriend had a blast coloring and decorating the eggs as Michelle and I worked at filling the plastic eggs. It was a great evening and a lot of fun. it was nice working in teams of two to get a lot of things done that we needed to finish by this weekend.

Great evening, but now it's Hi Ho Hi Ho....

Second Post Op Followup

I have a second post op follow up this morning from my cataract surgery ten days ago. Eye is doing great and everything is just peachy keen, just a follow up.

It rained all day yesterday and that made it a "Take a Nap" kind of a day and that is exactly what we did yesterday afternoon. With such an irregular sleep pattern this weekend due to running Hayley to the Airport and the excitement from the post game celebration. it was nice to curl up next to my sweetie on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

We have some eggs to color and need to start putting things together for the Easter Egg hunt this weekend.

MSNsportsNET.Com -- West Virginia University Mountaineers

MSNsportsNET.Com -- West Virginia University Mountaineers

Final 4

Man what a day yesterday was. It started out with us taking Hayley to the airport, we she has arrived safely in Alabama, and turned out to be a trip to the Grove City Outlets.

That wasn't the big news of the day. The big news came with WVU playing a basketball team against a team I had picked to win it all. A team with 4 projected Lottery Picks in this years upcoming NBA draft, three of them are Freshmen, including everyone's top pick John Wall. Had we been beaten by this team of future Millionaires that includes possibly a couple more NBA players also on the roster, I don't think anyone would have been too surprised.

However this Mountaineer basketball team is different that any team I have seen before them. They have been in the top 10 all year, but when selection Sunday came and they bids were announced and we were not given a #1 seed, you could just tell by the looks on their faces they were not happy. They had earned it, yet they were denied that seed. To make matters worse, they put us in a bracket that with a team that I had winning it all which was Kentucky.

I guess there is a reason I am a Geographer and not a sports analyst. West Virginia playing without Truck Bryant our starting Point Guard, re-introduced the nation to Joe Mazulla and brought him center stage.

The Mountaineers beat East Region #1 seed Kentucky 73-66 to claim the East Regional Championship and advance to the Final 4 for the first time since 1959 when Jerry West led us to the Championship game.

Next up for the Mountaineers, the winner of todays South Region game between #1 seed Duke and #3 seed Baylor. Anyone remember the last time WVU and Duke played? We will play the Final 4 Semi-Finals next Saturday evening. Rumor has it Truck Bryant, who had a season ending injury, has a screw in his foot and just may be ready to go.

After the game Michelle and I drove around down town a couple of times, blowing the car horn and yelping it up. I would have loved to have met the team on its return, if they came back today, but they have already returned early this morning to a crowd of people waiting at the Coliseum. I would have loved to have been there, but it was a long day.

Word has it the team will leave for Indianapolis Wed.

Four down, two go.

Hayley off to Alabama

Michelle and I will be taking a trip to Pittsburgh this morning and today, specifically to the Pittsburgh International Airport. Hayley started her spring break yesterday and will be flying to Alabama today to go see her boyfriend Phil.

Michelle and I will be using the day for a few other things as well, we are going to stop in and see a few of her family members and pay a visit to them. We're also wanting to head to stop by Tanger Outlets to do a little shopping and maybe getting a chance to see Nasrin and possibly do lunch or dinner.

It should be a fun filled 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.

It looks like Michelle and I will be doing a little bit of running around this weekend, we'll be helping Hayley getting ready tonight as she will start her Spring Break. Tomorrow morning she'll be all packed up and we're going to take her to the Pittsburgh Airport for a 10:00 AM flight to Alabama to see her boyfriend who attends the University of Auburn. She'll return next week.

Speaking of Spring Break, traffic should be reduced dramatically over the next seven or eight days due to the WVU students also being on Spring Break next week and today being their last day of classes.

Could some PA geocaches be in the works for tomorrow? Strong possibility.

Let's get this Friday started.

Elite 8

The WVU Men's basketball team set a school record for victories tonight as they beat the Washington Huskies 69-56 to run their record to 30-6 on the year and advance to the Elite 7 for the second time in six seasons.

We will play Saturday for a chance to advance to the Final 4 for the first time since 1959.

Congrats guys, three to go.

Let's Do This

Well we have once again made it to the Sweet 16. We play the Washington Huskies tonight at 7:30 on ESPN for a chance to advance to the Elite 8 on Saturday.

West Virginia will have to play the rest of the 2010 season without starting Point Guard Darryl "Truck" Bryant as he is now out for the rest of the season with a broken foot. I think we will be OK, we still have Joe Mazzulla who was the starter last season before getting hurt. He's had a slow recovery from shoulder surgery and now appears to be 100% over the last 5 or 6 games that we have played.

The Mountaineers will be looking for the school record 30th season victory tonight, surpassing the 1959 NCAA Championship Game team's record of 29-5. We are currently 29-6.

On a special side note the WVU Womens team who also set a school record for wins with a 29-6 final record.

Let's Goooo Mountaineers.

It's Softball !!!!!!!!!

Just got the first official call of the year from Coach, the 2010 softball team now needs to re-assemble from the winter break and start to get ready for a new season.

Once again we will be sponsored by MiHaley's as we were last year. And so far it looks like everyone with the exception of one player who blew his knee out will be returning this season. Our 3rd basemen Ryno was supposed to move back home after he graduated, but it looks like he is still here and will be here for the summer.

I'm ready to hit the field and spend the summer with the greatest group of guys you would ever want to be associated with.

Hump Day

OK, that's two down, one to go over the hump and two to go until the weekend. We're getting there.

We've had a couple of days of rain, we should have a couple more days of rain but today is calling for it to be sunny. I don;t know if that is will be accurate, but we know there will be no snowfall accumulation for today in the Morgantown area.

Michelle was a little under the weather yesterday evening and went and laid down early, hopefully today she will be chipper and feeling much better and ready to face the world.

Hi Ho Hi Ho.....

Tuesdays Tidbits

Well it's Tuesday, and I can't find a better reason to do a tidbits that that.

* There was a little bit of hometown sadness yesterday when local bar owner Charlie Kosten, the owner of Crocketts Lodge, died in a home fire early yesterday morning. Crocketts is one of Morgantown's oldest "Happening" taverns in town. It has been in operation fro 27 years.

* If you are keeping count, this is day 739 of my life with Michelle. Each and everyone of them have been very memorable and some of the best days of my life.

* While we are keeping track, 277 Shopping days till Christmas.

* Michelle and I will be taking Hayley to the Pittsburgh Airport Saturday morning. She is going to fly down to see her boyfriend Phil in Alabama during spring break. I know she has been counting down the days.

* Not much else to say, I did enjoy the nice weather we had yesterday as Michelle and I took Sadie out for a nice walk on the rails to trails.

Sweet 16!!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!! I Hate Mondays, but this one is a lot more bearable as the WVU Mountaineers defeated Missouri 68-59 yesterday afternoon advance to the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in the past six seasons. DeSean Butler wasn't ready for his WVU career to be over with just yet and was the man once again by pouring in 28 points in the Mountaineer win.

The team will return to action this week against the Washington Huskies on Thursday at 7:30 PM. We will be in semi-familiar grounds as the next round for us will be played at the Home Court of fellow Big East member and regular season Champion Syracuse.

WVU and Syracuse are the only two Big East teams to survive the first two rounds of the tournament. 48 teams have went home, but WVU and Syracuse are not in that group.

I guess this makes today a little more bearable. Hi Ho Hi Ho

Sunday Morning

I sit here this early Sunday morning trying to rack my brain in all of this silence with a few thoughts rambling through my head.

My NCAA Basketball bracket is blown up for this year. It was bad enough when one of my Final 4 teams didn't even make it to the Sweet 16 and an Elite 8 team losing in the first round, now Kansas a team I had in the National Championship game loses last night and just completely blows my bracket apart. All the brackets look good when you pick them, but you have to account for the unaccountable and hope the teams you picked don't tank early.

The Mountaineers play this afternoon against Missouri. The winner of this game advances to the Sweet 16 to tale on the 10th seeded Washington Huskies. Hopefully we can put together a god 40 minutes of basketball today and advance to the Sweet 15 for the 4th in the last six seasons.

Weather is going to be awesome today, put down the computer, get outside and enjoy the springtime.

HAPPY SPRING!!!!!!!

In can't believe that I missed this, today is the FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!!!!!!!!!


Winter's outta here.

Gecaching

OK< I suffer from GDS (Geocaching Deficiency Syndrome) and need to get out and get the first caches of the year today. The weather is going to be nice and beautiful, almost too nice to be sitting inside the house and I can't think of a better thing to do on such a nice day.

I got the GPS all ready to go a couple of days ago, I reinstalled the drivers that I needed and will put a fresh set of batteries in this morning. Now it is just a matter of deciding just where we want to go look for them. I'm thinking about picking up some of the new ones around Morgantown for our first official time out. I still have a travel bug in my inventory that I need to get rid of and a cache that I have set up and ready to go that I need to get placed this season.

Temps in the upper 60's and 70's, I love it!!!!!

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.

Well it's March Madness time and the Mountaineers will play today at 12:15. Would you believe with me returning to work that I actually have a meeting scheduled at 12:00. Anyone want to bet it will be a short meeting, I'm just thankful that all I have to do is call in.

I'm doing fine, some slight headaches with the new interocular lens implanted in my eye. My head is still adjusting, so it will go away soon and life will return to normal for me.

Can't start the weekend until I finish Friday, so Hi ho hi ho

Happy Birthday Amy

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my beautiful niece a very Happy Birthday today.

If I am not mistaken, and I am on occasion she is turning 24 today. She is now three years older than me, since I stopped aging at 21 and now celebrate anniversaries of birthdays.

Anyways, to Amy, I would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday today. May you be surrounded by the people you love and have a great day.

AAAAARRRRRRRR

Ahoy Matey's, Captain George here about to set sail to parts unknown. Actually that is a picture of me right before I was released from the Hospital yesterday from my surgery.

I have been told it is one of the easiest surgeries you will ever go through and I think I have to agree. Of course I was a little bit nervous knowing they were going to work on my eye while I was wide awake, but the procedure was quick, simple and painless. I was curious if I could see anything while they operated on it, well the answer to that question is basically no. I could see everything out of my left eye, but it was covered.

My surgery was scheduled for 11:15, but they had me going in about 20 minutes after 10 and once I got back to my area and Michelle got back to me in recovery it was 11:20. I have to wear this patch until 8:00 when I go to see my doctor and have it removed. My guess is he is going to dilate it again and take a good look at it once again. I'm anxious to be able to see again out of that eye. I was blind as a bat, I could make out shapes but that was about it.

Ironically Mom is also going in today to have surgery on her second eye. She had her first procedure done a few weeks back and this surgery couldn't come quick enough for her. She said it was a major improvement and looks forward to having the other rye fixed today.

Everything is good, the operation went well and I am recovering nicely. Thanks to Michelle for being by my side through this whole procedure.

Hump Day Surgery

Well today is the big day, the day of my Cataract Surgery. I need to be at the Hospital by 9:15 and am scheduled for surgery at 11:15 AM this morning. No food after 1:00 this morning until I get out of surgery and recover.

Mom had one eye done a few weeks back and will have her other eye done tomorrow, now if they can just do something for her hearing and obsession with midget porn...LOL

Michelle will be with me and I'm sure she'll keep everyone updated as to how I am doing. I'll be off work the next day too with a follow up appointment to have the patch removed.

Hope everything goes well today and am glad I get a surgeon still sober in the morning of St. Patricks Day.

Oh, HAPPY St. PATRICKS day, remember to wear green.

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....

Weekend Slow Down

Ok Mr Weekend, you need to stop living on the fast track and slow down already. It should still be like, Saturday Morning and we are at Sunday already. If you want to speed up, wait till tomorrow and then speed up.

We managed to make it up to the Morgantown Mall yesterday for the Health Fair. We saw Pam at her station and walked around and did a little shopping. I love it when JC Penny's has 80% off their Big and Tall section. You got to love when you can buy $60.00 sweaters for $4.95. I guess you have to hit it just right, I did the same thing a few years ago with shirts.

Hayley has been busting her butt all weekend doing a self paced online Algebra class. She was doing homework Friday evening and was doing homework last night working on getting through this class. Needless to say both Michelle and I are very proud of her right now. Of course she also went and got a lot of tank tops and some clothes with us yesterday, I guess she found a great deal at one of her favorite stores.

Today, we have grocery shopping on the agenda. We tried to find a new snow shovel yesterday, since I seemed to have snapped the last one in half. You would think that after so much snow this season, that a new snow shovel would not be hard to find. I could understand if it was a new snow or we were just getting hit with it, but this white stuff has basically been on the ground since before Christmas, so you think people would have their shovels and stores would have been replenished. I guessed wrong.

Have a great Sunday.

Snow Snow Go Away

Snow, Snow go away, and come back again some other year. I don't know about anyone else, but I think I have seen about enough of this white stuff this winter. We had a heavy snow fall prior to Christmas.

The Month of February should be changed to Snowbuary for the amount of snow that we have seen since that damn rat popped his head out from under his hole. Thanks a lot Phil.

I'm ready for the birds to start singing, for trees to start with their little initial buds and first signs of that wonderful green foliage that I love so much. I'm ready for the spring time and fresh springtime air that emanates freshness and the dawn of summer. I'm ready for the flowers to awaken from their long winter hibernation to fill the landscape with beautiful colors. I'm ready for a fresh clean spring rain to wash the memories of winter away as if to just clean everything up with a spring cleaning.

I'm ready for spring, where you have cookouts and Easter Egg hunts, when you hear the sounds of softballs pinging off aluminum bats being swung by older people like me surrounded by friends. I'm ready for nice evenings when the sun stays up and you fire up the grill with the smell of charcoal (propane in our case) and hear the searing steaks and brats that tickle your nostrils with aroma.

I'm ready for springtime and I'm ready for the snow to stop. Have I ever mentioned I HATE SNOW!!!!

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 Sports fans the Mountaineers Men's and Women's basketball teams (both ranked in the top 10 in the Nation) will both be playing at home this weekend. The men play Bob Huggin's old team, the Cincinnati Bearcats tomorrow at 2:00 and the women take on Marquette at 7:00 tomorrow night at the WVU Coliseum. Both teams are ranked #8 in the Associated Press AND Both teams are ranked #7 in the USAToday Coaches Polls. We are very lucky here in Morgantown to have two teams, and coaches of this caliber.

Not sure what mine and Michelle's plans are for this weekend, she is still recovering from her surgery but doing much, much better with every passing day.

I know Michelle said she would like to go to the Mon General HealthFair sometime this weekend at the Morgantown Mall. My sister Pam will be working at one of the booths.

An early heads up, Michelle's Brother in law Jim will be having his monthly auction NEXT weekend at the Blue Horizon Flea Market. So plan ahead and go bargain hunting on what will hopefully be a nice weekend.

A Nice Dinner

As Michelle is still recovering from her surgery, we decided (or should I say she decided) to go out for dinner last night. Michelle said she had a big hunkering for a steak, so off to the Texas Roadhouse we went for dinner.

I have to say it has been a number of years since I actually went to and ate at the Roadhouse, I'm pretty sure that I was still in college if you can believe that.

Anyways it was a nice dinner with some pleasant company. Dinner was awesome, steaks were perfect and the ribs were a little on the burnt side, but overall a good dinner.

Is it softball yet?

Hump Day

It's up and over that hump and on the way to the weekend kind of a day. I do have to say that this week is moving right along.

Michelle is still recovering from her surgery, she has been able to remove the first set of bandages yesterday. There is some slight bruising and you can see where her stitches are located. She had a rough night sleeping her first night due to the pain. She went to bed early last night to be able to get a little bit of rest. Hopefully today there will be a little less pain.

Anyone have any magical solutions to shut a cat up that is in heat? If I could just temporarily remove that Meow Box my life would be so much simpler. Cloe is a great cat, very friendly and you never hear a peep out of her until she goes into heat which isn't that often. It's Sophie who is in heat 31 out of 30 days of the month. At least they aren't both in heat at the same time.

Tuesdays Tidbits

* I swear I just did a Tuesday's Tibits, but I guess it has been a whole week. Wow did that week just fly by.

* Michelle is still recovering from her surgery yesterday, last night she was still numb from the local drugs, but I figure she will start to have a great deal of pain today.

* Speaking of Michelle, it has been 711 marvelous days since we had our first date. I really am a lucky man to find someone who will put up with me as long as she has.

* Since there is still snow on the ground, I'll remind everyone that there are only 305 shopping days left until Christmas and we are halfway through the six weeks of winter that Phil decided we needed. I think he dropped the whole winters worth in a few short weeks.

* I've been wanting to buy a bigger external storage drive for my computer, over 10,000 pictures, lot's of software and files I do not ever want to lose are the reason I run and external drive. I upgraded from 160 GB to 1 TB. for less money than I bought that HUGE 160 GB drive a few years back. Storage wasn't really an issue, and it is less of an issue now.

* We bought a nice safe last night too, somewhere to keep the important stuff in case of a fire and to keep what we need private, private and secure. My Old Drive is probably going to go in there as another safe place for most of my files.

* Michelle and I are thinking about having an Easter Egg hunt here this spring, details are incomplete right now and will be determined later.

* Hi Ho Hi Ho, Tuesday here we go.

Back to the Grindstone

Time to stop reaping the rewards and getting back to the grindstone, it's Monday again and the start f another workweek.

I think the weekends are too short and the workweeks are too long, even though I can;t complain very much with this nice weather we have been having.

Michelle is having surgery this afternoon, she has a basil cell carcinoma on her arm that needs to be removed. She will have the procedure done today at her Doctor's office. She caught it early and it should be a simple procedure that may take a few days for her arm to heal.

I can;t start another weekend until I get Monday in, so Hi Ho Hi Ho....

A Mild Weekend

We have been quite fortunate this weekend so far when it comes to the weather. The past few weeks have been filled with sub freezing temperatures and more snow that I would care to see. Yesterday however the temps pushed the upper 30's and allowed for a little bit of the snow to be returned to the form it should be.....water.

Hopefully today we are going to see a little bit of the same as temps should get in the 40's today through at least Wed. Maybe that can melt the majority of this snow and melt it slow enough that flooding won;t be much of an issue.

We have snakes here at the household again. Chad brought his and Leah's snakes over ans we now have 2 Pythons, a Boa and a corn snake. That and two cats, something tells me mice don;t want to stop by and pay a visit for very long.

Computer Repair

Computer repairman to the rescue. Mom called me a couple of days ago and said her computer was having some serious problems, could not connect to the internet. Her and Gerald brought it over here and I tried to connect to my network with no luck so I started trouble shooting.

I tried to connect to the network and it could not find it either wirelessly or even if I hardwired it in. Tried repairing the network and got some windows error message. Tried to turn the computer back and once again a windows error telling me something was corrupt.

Well when we bought the computer we had a set of recovery discs and Mom still had them. I re-installed her system last night and am spending this morning getting it safe and secure with the software she needs.

It's as good as new now, just installing the windows updates and Office for her.

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.

Is anyone else getting tired of the snow? Today at 10:00 AM Jimmy Buffet tickets will be going on sale. I will be hitting refresh until the option for me to purchase them becomes available. I could use a little August 12th weather for a day or so to make me forget the snow on the ground.

The WVU Men's Basketball team will be playing at home at noon tomorrow. The Women's team and the Gymnastics team will be competing in locations other than Morgantown. Today is the start of WVU baseball season, but they won;t be playing in Morgantown until next month. They start their season at Coastal Carolina. *Think Spring

Hi Ho Hi Ho.....

Is the Snow Ever Going to Stop

I think I have mentioned on more than one occasion on my blog that I am not that fond of old man winter. I hate snow even when there is not much of it and only a threat of it.

This is getting flat our ridiculous. Maybe we should all pitch in and order a professional hit on not only Phil the Groundhog, but Mother nature and Jack Frost also. Those three have teamed up to make this winter less than pleasurable for me and everyone here.

Let me have the spring time, warm and long days when you can walk around in shorts and sandals and enjoy the nice warm nights. This winter thing is starting to really wear thin on me.

Summer time please!!!

Calling All Parrot Heads

Calling all Parrot Heads, Jimmy Buffet will bring his 2010 tour to Pittsburgh at the FIRST NIAGARA PAVILION on August 12, 201o. Tickets go on sale THIS FRIDAY at 10:00. Michelle and I have been to the last two concerts and I was at one other, so this will be my fourth and her third concert.

If you want tickets you need to be online at before 10:00 and act quickly, these tickets will sell out in a matter of a couple of minutes. We'll be sitting in the lawn again this year as we did last year, tickets are about $100.00 a seat cheaper and I learned that the hard way a couple of years ago.

Tickets are $38.00 each plus the $17.00 per ticket ticketmaster charge if anyone else is interested in going. It is early in the year, but the tickets always sell out quick and they sell out early.

Tuesdays Tidbits

* It's Tuesday, can't think of a better day or time to do a tidbits.

* 704 Days ago I went on my first date with the love of my life.

* I went and did my pre-admission surgical testing for next month. All I have to do is meet my Doctor on March 1 and finish everything up and we should be good to go with my surgery on March 17th.

* I talked to Mom a little bit yesterday, she informed me she is going to have her second Cataract surgery of the year the day after I have mine. She had her first surgery about a week and a half ago and is due to have the second. She said her vision is about 95% better and said the 18th can't get here quick enough for her.

* Speaking of surgeries, Michelle is going to have surgery this coming Monday. They are going to cut out a Basil Cell Carcinoma off of her arm.

* It turned out to be a great three day weekend. Michelle and I bought each other a Home Entertainment System as a Valentine's Day gift for each other. We have a Sony Bravia TV, so this system works well with my system. I had three HDMI ports on my TV, and this allowed me to maximize them. The RokuHD getting the other port.

* When is this snow ever going to stop? I don't know about everyone else, but I am really ready for the foliage of the trees to return and the smell of springtime instead of what we have been getting.

* Haley finally returned to school yesterday, she had been off since February 4th as the rest of the kids in Mon County due to the excess snow fall.

* Anyone else watching the Winter Olympics? I have to say that HDTV's and surround sound brings out vibrant colors and brings listening to them into a whole new perspective.

* Only 312 more shopping days till Christmas.

* Hi Ho Hi Ho, at least Monday is over with.

Thank You Phil (Caskey)

Had a great valentines day but made a very bad mistake. I left my new Camera that Michelle bought me for Christmas at the Coliseum. We came home from the day and took a nap, I woke up in the middle of the nap and could not remember bringing the camera back to the car.

I went and checked my desk, no camera, I checked the car, no camera. Luckily I looked up at what section we sat in initially and remembered we were in section 62.

Phil Caskey. the Mayor of Mihaley's and long time softball team mate is the SID for Women's basketball and his office is in the coliseum. Before I had a coronary I called Phil and asked him if he was still in the Coliseum, fortunately he was and his office os close to where we were sitting.

Phil went out to check and WALLA!!!! My camera was still sitting where I left it. Phil picked it up and we went to the Coliseum to see Phil and pick it up.

I owe Phil some beer and a big debt of gratitude. It wasn't the economic aspect that bothered me, I could have replaced it no problem, it was the fact that this was what Michelle had bought me for Christmas after doing months worth of research.

Thank you once again Phil, I owe you a few beers.

Happy Valentines Day

I would like to wish the love of my life a very Happy Valentines Day.

It's been almost two years and I consider myself a very lucky man. Michelle came into my life and breathed a breath of fresh life into a dull and boring existence that was tired of being lonely.

She is the absolute love of my life and I want to wish her a very Happy Valentines day.

I think we are going to spend the afternoon at the Pink Zone. A Women's basketball game where all the women will be wearing pink uniforms to show a unison to support the fight of Breast Cancer.