Day 90 - 3/31/11 - Concert

Ashley and I went to a concert tonight at our church. We got to see some pretty good bands (Jars of Clay, Matt Maher, Derek Webb, and Audrey Assad). I could have posted some pictures of the acts and all the lights, but I kind of liked this kind of abstract picture. It's of a guy in the sound booth working the controls.

Day 89 - 3/30/11 - New Tripods

I have been using old cheap tripods for my time lapse. They weren't sturdy enough to keep the camera from swaying on the track. So I went looking for some old ones on ebay. Trying to find thos old timey sturdy kind for cheap. I couldn't find any but I did find two of these on Amazon.com. They were cheap, and they are sturdy! Now my rig will be nice and sturdy!

Day 88 - 3/29/11 - Extension.

I decided that my time lapse rig wasn't long enough so I wanted to put an extension to make it longer. So I built a smaller 2' track and connected it to my original with these hinges. It works perfectly and then folds up when I'm not using it.

Day 87 - 3/28/11 - Just Another Manic Monday.

Another Monday. Another night of basketball. I created a time lapse video of us playing and you can take a look at it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAccelwZ6xQ Here's one of the pictures with me going in for an easy layup.

Day 86 - 3/27/11 - Dead campus.

I went out today to do a few time laps videos around the WVU campus on this beautiful Sunday afternoon. I forgot that last week was spring break so there was no one anywhere. Here's a picture showing how dead it was out there. It should get better once it gets warmer too.

Day 85 - 3/26/11 - Free Desert.

Well we failed to judge correctly how much time it would take to eat at this nice restaurant (Sargasso) in Morgantown after church before Ashley had to go to work. They took a little longer getting our food to us than normal, but Ashley probably would have had to leave early anyway. When Ashley asked for her food to go cause she had to be at work soon, the head chef came out to apologize for the lengthy wait and said he would make it up to us. Ashley left, Adam, Nicki and I stayed to finish our food. Then the Chef brought out what's in the picture. Delicious Cheesecake! mmm. He even gave us one for Ashley that I took to her at work. Overall, it was good.

Day 84 - 3/25/11 - What's on the table?

Nothing interesting today. So here's a quick random shot of what's on my coffee table right now. A Puma hat, a quarter, a cell phone, a DirecTV remote, and a coaster. Riveting blog post huh?...

Day 83 - 3/24/11 - Coal.

I had to run out to one of the mine sites that I work with to go over some permitting issues with the superintendent. While I was there I snapped this shot from above the highwall looking down into the "pit". The size of the machines these guys operate just amazes me!

Day 82 - 3/23/11 - STRIKE!

Wednesday nights are made for bowling! This was a strike from Tony Etris.

Day 81 - 3/22/11 - Grafton

I have been making numerous trips to Philippi lately for work. On the way, I have to drive right through downtown Grafton. This building has always stood out with all the painted advertisements on it. I stopped today and took a picture.

Day 80 - 3-21-11 - Monday Nights

For the past 6 years from every fall to spring, Monday nights have been basketball nights. I've met a lot of great people who've come and gone in our group and made some great friends. This is my $14 Sams Club special. We use it every week and it's held up nicely.

Day 79 - 3-20-11 - Water Pump

My jeep just keeps getting newer and newer! Today the newest part of the jeep is the water pump. I did a time lapse video of my work. This is when Ashley and Zoie decided to visit and see my handy work.

Day 78 - 3-19-11 - Anna Marie

We went down to Charleston today to visit my brother and his new baby girl. Here's Anna Marie Griffith. She looks mad. But she was really just sleeping.

Day 77 - 3-18-11 - Zoie's Bone

Zoie loves her bone. Not much going on today.

Day 76 - 3-17-11 -Spontaneous Photo Shoot

Ashley and I went for a walk today at the Cheat lake park after I got off work. I had my camera and it turned into a spur of the moment maternitay photo Shoot. Here's the best one of the day.

Day 75 - 3/16/11 - Work

Here's a picture I took at work today. I have a map wheel that broke, so I took the plastic lense and put it over my eye as if it was a monacle. Work is boring sometimes. You have to entertain yourself somehow.

Day 74 - 3/15/11 - Beware the Ides Of March

Or at least beware of the little kids laundry. This is all of Eli's washable belongings. Clothes, Bed sheets, towels,...anything. I was very surprised at how much stuff the baby already has. Ashley's due date is 5 weeks from today. It won't be long. However I fear it may take me five weeks just to get all this laundry done. It's a good thing Ashley is going to help out and do most of it!!! She's wonderful.

Day 73 - 3/14/11 - Not the Best Day for the Park

I went to Cheat Lake Park on my lunch break today. It was cold, cloudy, and windy. Not the best day for a walk in the park. It'll be nice once the warmer weather comes.

Day 72 - 3/13/11 - Not Quite Ready (Yet)

Still have a lot of organizing/putting stuff away before Elijah comes into the world. Not too much longer so we have to get on the ball.

Day 71 - 3/12/11 - Black Bear

After going to our usual Saturday night church service at CRC, we went out to eat at on of Morgantown's greatest eateries. MMMM. Black Bear!

Day 70 - 3/11/11 - Babying up the House

We are still about 5 weeks away from our due date, but Ashley has began "nesting" I believe. She has started setting up the house for the baby. Already out is this baby monitor. Don't worry. It will be used soon enough.

Day 69 - 3/10/11 - Copper Beech

Here's a picture of the Copper Beech Townhouse Development in Morgantown. This was my baby, my first development project that I designed by myself. You can see West Run on the right side of the picture flowing pretty high today from all the rain. Everything you see, except the actual building structures, I designed. Everything from the elevation and slope of the roadways, parking, stormwater systems, sanitary sewer systems, etc. Not the best picture, but It's all I got.

Day 68 - 3/9/11 - Ices Ferry Islands

Here's a sight you don't see very often. Did you know that before they built the Lake Lynn (Cheat Lake) Dam in 1926, there were 3 islands in the Cheat River? Once the water backed up to create Cheat Lake (officially named Lake Lynn), they disappeared. These Islands are under about 6 to 10 feet of water at all times in the summer and the majority of the time in the winter. Every now and then in the winter they lower the lake level in preparation of a big storm event and you can see these islands. This is a picture of the first one you would come to in the River.

Day 67 - 3/8/11 - New Road

Here's a picture of the new road in Morgantown that will connect Uniontown, PA, to I-68 Cheat lake Exit. It looks finished doesn't it? Well it almost is. They just have to finish up the connections to the existing exit 10 on I-68. I will be taking this exit a lot in the future since I'll be living out there someday and this will be the exit to get to church, home, work, etc. My jeep will be on this road a lot in the future.

Day 66 - 3/7/11 - PUG

Not much happened today so here's a picture of my pug, Zoie, cuddling with me in the recliner trying to sleep.

Day 65 - 3/6/11 - Unsanitary?

Our community group from church decided that we were going to go see a movie together. We saw "The Adjustment Bureau" and I highly recommend it. Anyway, I showed you in a earlier post that I got my new 2011 popcorn bucket. After further inspection I found this disclaimer on the side of my bucket that just cracked me up.

Day 64 - 3/5/11 - Gone

I was away from my computer all weekend, but am back now. I did have my camera with me so I kept up with my picture a day. Here's one I took Saturday. What is it?

Day 63 - 3/4/11 - Unfortunate Deletion.

I got up on Friday morning to see a beautiful sunrise. I took a few pictures but unfortunately I inadvertently deleted the good picture once I got the settings right. So all I have left is this picture with the white balance was way off. Sorry.

Day 62 - 3/3/11 - Twilight in Morgantown

I love this town!

Day 61 - 3/2/11 - Strike!

Another night of bowling. Love it!

Day 60 - 3/1/11 - From the Back Porch

There's really nothing going on today, so I jumped out on the back porch and snapped this picture for you of the WVU water tower in the evening sun.