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.

Today is my last day on this task with Parsons, our funding ends today, but before any more funding can be provided on the contract, this one needs to be completed first. So it looks like I may have a week or so of some free time as the next task gets put into place. 

So what is on our agenda for the weekend? No idea yet. Sunday is Phil's day and I may need to run to Punxatawney to throw salt in his eyes so he can't see his shadow. I'm already done with winter and am ready for Spring and Springtime weather. 

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 weeks pic goes back to the summer of 1978, back to the time when I was tall and lanky and my brother Gary was much shorter and pudgier than me. I think I was like 14 at the time, it was the year after Elvis had died (see my T-shirt). There is the infamous picture of the five us together for the first time, but this picture was also taken that day as well. 

The building in the background is Grandma and Grandpa Hall's garage, today that garage is next door to what is a Starbucks on Van Voorhis. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is once against completed, you know what that means. 

* It has been 22,314 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,567 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. I love what I do and am thankful to still be working on my field. 

* 6,154 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Ironically the theatre we went to see the movie in just closed for business this past weekend. 

* 5,365 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. I've been the luckiest guy since that fateful day. 

* It was 5,403 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, it was a great day with friends and family. 

* I have now lived 2,540 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 1,198 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 1,057 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,562 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.

* 337 more days to go until my Goodbye 2025 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year.

* There are 330 more shopping days left until Christmas 2025.

* There are 308 days until I hit the age of 62. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* Pitt comes back to Morgantown in 229 more days. I can't wait. Revenge time for Rich Rod!!!!

* There are 190 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 41 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 6 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.   

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

* I have written 7,827 blogs in what is now 20 years since I started blogging. Two decades ago.   

* 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.   

* Yes the Air conditioner is still in the bedroom window, now we are thinking about leaving it in for the winter. 

* Life is much better when you eat Girl Scout Cookies, just saying. 

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 5th place among friends and family. It's been a back and forth and I currently sit at 4th place again. 

* This is my favorite Tiktok for this week. With a lot of misinformation out there especially about Oil and Gas, this guy is more than worth a follow. 

* 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.

This is my last week of work on this project, I have a few other things in the hopper so it's just a matter of waiting to see what happens after his week work wise for me. The good news is Michelle is secure in her career this time unlike us both being unemployed in early October at the same time. Time to wait and see. 

Other than that no plans for the week other than working. I'm sure Peanut and Kiwi will keep me busy taking care of them and occupying my time. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Sunday

Here I sit once again in a quiet household, of course except a couple of rowdy pets that live here and are in constant need of attention. I think their plans are to watch some Football to see who the two teams are who will be vying for the Super Bowl Championship in a couple of weeks. They love watching football as does their daddy. 

I worked yesterday, so I am taking my one day off this weekend today. I'm going to be relaxing today (and trying to stay warm) and watching the NFL playoffs. Do I have a prediction who the two teams that will be playing in the Superbowl this year? Kansas City vs Philadelphia would be my guess as to the two participants. Nothing against Buffalo or Washington, but KC and Philadelphia are just a little better. 

I know Amy and Terri are talking about a family game night this spring up at her place. They are talking about doing it wither out in their garage or under their back pavilion. I have a Magnetic Chess game I could bring if we are looking for suggestions for games. 

Have yourselves a great day. Make it memorable. 

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit in a quiet household, if that is what you call it because Kiwi is up singing show tunes. Does he care what time of the morning it is? He says no his singing voice is much better during the wee hours of the morning and everyone should be paying him extra seeds to be entertained by him. 

I'm probably working today, our project is pretty much done but we have the go-ahead to work overtime this week as we might be down a couple of weeks as the next contract is put in place with our client, so I'll turn in some hours this coming week as we are waiting for the next phase to be approved.

Did get about half a dozen calls from head hunters yesterday, all of which for different jobs, all paying pretty well and all of them could turn into the next contract for me. I'm remaining with Parsons as I am a Parsons employee, but I have the ability to seek other contracts on the side. 

I think Michelle and I will be going out to dinner with her Sisters this evening. Roy wants to take Dani to Fusion and wants everyone to come. All three of them celebrate birthdays this month. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Got this from my sister Kim, wanting to warn people especially with AI getting better and better. \=

I typically don't post stuff like this, but I wanted to share. Today I missed a phone call from a WV 681 number, assuming it was someone from work, I called it back, no one answered. I figured they'd call back. They did. The woman on the phone sounded like my sister so much so that you would have a hard time convincing me otherwise. She was sobbing, saying "Sissy, please come get me. Please help me." Only one person in the world calls me that, and it's my sister. Then a man gets on the phone, and says he's with the Los Angeles County Sherriff Department and needs me to come get my sister. When I say I'm in WV, he tells me "I know, we brought her to WV." He tells me my sister is fine but needs me to pick her up, and if I will just text the number he's calling from he will drop me a pin with the location to meet him. The whole time I can hear the woman that sounds like my sister begging me to help her. So I hung up and called my sister. She is perfectly fine. So I called Beckley PD to report the scam. They said this is an on-going investigation, they are aware, and it is a trafficking/ransom scam. They said the scammers are using AI and accessing people's Facebook, Instagram, and other social media to make it sound like a family member. The number they called from was WV number 681-358-2991. Be safe out there people.

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.

Not too much going on other than it's Friday. I'm getting ready for all of these cold and frigid temperatures to be over with and for Spring to be upon us, I am not a cold weather kind of person and I am so ready for Springtime and warm weather. A time when snow is just a memory. 

Just hoping to get through the day and enjoy another relaxing weekend. No big plans, nut that's just how it is for us this time of the year. 

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.

For this weeks pic let's go back over half a century, back to the Summer of 1974 when I was playing Little League Baseball. I was in my last year of B Ball before getting promoted to A ball. This was back in a time when the A and B teams were associated with each other and had the same sponsor. We were Citizens Savings and Loans and that is yours truly in the front row and center. I was the lead off hitter and the second baseman for this group of misfits. 

This was the first season after I had broken my leg and was in a body cast and debilitated for about 7 months as I had surgery, was hospitalized twice, was in traction with a pin through my leg and was just getting back to a normal life. We had a great coach whom I maintained a friendship with until his passing a few years ago. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Hi ho hi ho

Wednesday

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is once against completed, you know what that means. 

* It has been 22,307 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,560 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. I love what I do and am thankful to still be working on my field. 

* 6,147 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Ironically the theatre we went to see the movie in just closed for business this past weekend. 

* 5,358 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. I've been the luckiest guy since that fateful day. 

* It was 5,396 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, it was a great day with friends and family. 

* I have now lived 2,533 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 1,191 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 1,050 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,569 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.

* 344 more days to go until my Goodbye 2025 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year.

* There are 337 more shopping days left until Christmas 2025.

* There are 315 days until I hit the age of 62. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* Pitt comes back to Morgantown in 236 more days. I can't wait. Revenge time for Rich Rod!!!!

* There are 197 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 48 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 13 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.   

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

* I have written 7,819 blogs in what is now 20 years since I started blogging. Two decades ago.   

* 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.   

* Yes the Air conditioner is still in the bedroom window, now we are thinking about leaving it in for the winter. 

* Life is much better when you eat Girl Scout Cookies, just saying. 

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 5th place among friends and family. It's been a back and forth and I currently sit at 5th place. 

* This is my favorite Tiktok for this week. It's not too often I agree with Rand Paul. this is one of those time I agree with him 100%.  

* 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.

For many of you, you get to extend your weekend another day as today is Martin Luther King Jr Day, a Federal Holiday for many of the working stiffs, for me however a Contractor it's just another day that I am working. Banks and other things such as mail will not be available today, so keep that in mind. 

One thing that does come to an end today is the College Football Season, when Ohio State and Notre Dame are the last two teams standing in the 12-team playoff and it's winner-take-all all tonight for the National Championship. Do I have any predictions for the game? I think the Ohio State Buckeyes are going to be the last team standing when the game is completed. I could be wrong, but I think the Buckeyes will win this one. 

Have yourselves a great day.

Hi ho hi ho

Sunday

Here I sit in the remains of camp Kiwi and Peanut as their fort just didn't uphold from them playing all day together on it yesterday. They seemed to have a good time fighting some imaginary enemy together, team work is always good but now they are just waiting for us to burn the remains as they lay around and be animals for the day. It was interesting in here yesterday, especially when they somehow had their canon fire my rolled up socks as they were yelling die winter die. I don't think they like the snow and cold weather either. 

So what are our plans for the day? Not too much, Michelle managed to get all of the shopping done between Friday evening and yesterday Morning, which means I just have some chores around the house (like cleaning up cat and bird poop) and disposing of it, sorting my weeks worth of prescriptions, and just the general things we do around the house for the start of the week. Dinner is going to be a good one today, Michelle is making some home made beef stew in the crock pot and may even do a homemade loaf of bread. Just some relaxing things at the house, kind of a lazy day as I would refer to them. 

I am waiting to see what is going to happen to Tiktok. I know most of you don't use it, but I am always streaming lives when I'm working listening to people like you and me discuss a wide array of topics (I mostly pay attention to the political discussions) where there are some very educational debates taking place. Now you can find the whackadoodle nutjob discussions where it is one viewpoint and all they want to do is belittle people, but I tend to scroll post those looking for the better ones that I want to listen to. I personally think Congress and the Supreme Court have not upheld their oaths and are violating my constitutionally protected first amendment rights. I think of people like my Brother in Law Nick who has really put forth a lot of effort and expenses to build his platform for his product lines of what he is selling. I feel sorry for the people who have built a following and established themselves for financial security on the platform and how our Government and Courts are violating the Constitution, the First Amendment specifically, to pass an unconstitutional law. I guess we'll have to wait and see how this all plays out, if it goes away I will miss it. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Saturday Morning Rambling

Here I sit in a semi-quiet household, Kiwi and Peanut have been up all night constructing their fort as they call it. It's good to see that these two are working well together rather than arguing who the better chess player is. I'm not sure who they think is going to invade their castle of the pets, I'm kind of worried about what they have put into that canon as a projectile, if it fires and why is it pointed in my direction. 

Is anyone ready for a break from all this snow and cold weather? It's supposed to get colder next week believe it or not. Maybe I need to order a nice gift basket and send to Phil for Groundhogs Day. A nice selection of his favorite flavored corns, seeds and nut and a bottle of liquor to impair his eye site for a brief period of time. 

No plans for the day other than what we would normally do on a weekend at home other than trying to stay warm. Have I ever mentioned that I am not a big fan of the snow and winter weather? What I am probably going to do today is let the creative juices flowing to write a few blogs and create some AI Imagery with my cast of characters as seen in this post. 

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.

Hopefully the weather will be better this weekend than it has the past couple. Snowfall and more snowfall is not how I like to spend my weekends, but if you know anything about me you would know I don't like snow. Not even a little bit.

No plans for the weekend as of press time, but I guess I shouldn't be complaining. Weather permitting we might try to get out and get some things done this weekend that we normally wouldn't do because of the bad weather. 

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.

One of the most special times of the year around here is usually mid October, that is when the leaves all change colors and the view at some scenic places is absolutely breathtaking. Notice the time frame I started/

At the end of October Michelle and I went to Coopers Rock to see of we could witness any of the fall colors even though we were on the very back end if not past time time when it would have been optimal. 

I grabbed this picture of my wonderful wife as we were walking towards the overlook, they put a few of these types of setting around the state and now Coopers Rock has at least one (or at least that I saw) heading to the big rock. 

Have yourselves a great day.

Hi ho hi ho

Happy Birthday Michelle Dawn Hall

I would like to take this opportunity to wish what I truly believe as the best wife in the Universe a Very Happy Birthday today. This is my soulmate and the absolute love of my life. I do not know what I would do without her, she is an absolutely amazing woman.

 
Mother, Wife, Daughter, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Cat Mom, and Bird Mom are things she does and does very well. I have to say that I am very lucky to be able to witness all that she does on a daily basis.

 
She is lucky to share this Birthday with her Sister Chris who is also celebrating a birthday today. So if you see either of these lovely ladies, make sure you take a little bit of time out and wish each of them a very Happy Birthday today.

 
Michelle, I Love You with all my heart and I truly appreciate everything that you do. 

Happy Birthday.

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is once against completed, you know what that means. 

* It has been 22,300 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,045-day Calendar. 

* It has been 7,553 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. I love what I do and am thankful to still be working on my field. 

* 6,140 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together. Ironically the theatre we went to see the movie in just closed for business this past weekend. 

* 5,351 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. I've been the luckiest guy since that fateful day. 

* It was 5,389 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, it was a great day with friends and family. 

* I have now lived 2,526 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 1,184 days ago today. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,273 days, I've now outlived him by 1,043 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! 

* I have 2,576 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.

* 351 more days to go until my Goodbye 2025 Blog is posted. Hopefully, I can put some better content together this year.

* There are 344 more shopping days left until Christmas 2025.

* There are 322 days until I hit the age of 62. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* Pitt comes back to Morgantown in 243 more days. I can't wait. Revenge time for Rich Rod!!!!

* There are 204 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 55 days to go until Spring 2025, my favorite season of the year.  

* 20 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.   

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

* I have written 7,819 blogs in what is now 20 years since I started blogging. Two decades ago.   

* 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.   

* Yes the Air conditioner is still in the bedroom window, now we are thinking about leaving it in for the winter. Now Michelle wants to take it out. 

* Life is much better when you eat Girl Scout Cookies, just saying. 

* Still playing Monopoly Go. I'm still in 4th place among friends and family. 

* This is my favorite Tiktok for this week. Might be something to try. 

* 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.

If you want my opinion, weekends move by way too quickly. I did have a little bit of entertainment this past weekend as I watched people try to navigate the roads who are unfamiliar with driving in wintery conditions and are also unfamiliar in terrain driving (meaning you have hills as obstacles). It was cheap and fun entertainment to say the least. 

So what is on the week ahead? There is not much coming up this week as far as work related things. Still chugging along as is Michelle. Just your typical week. 

Have yourselves a great day.

Hui ho hi ho