Pirates make trades.

Well, the trading deadline has come and gone, and it looks like the Pirates have made a major trade. Jason Bay is going to the red sox, and the pirates are getting 4 minor league players. One is believed to be Andy LaRoche, the younger brother of Adam LaRoche. Lets hope he starts off the year better than his brother. I am not too thrilled about this trade yet. I liked Jason Bay. I thought he was a good fit with the Pirates. Apparently, money was a factor, as usual. Bay will be a free agent next year, and the pirates don't have the money too pay him what he is worth. The Pirates also traded Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte to the Yankees earlier this week. They did not get much for them either. Guess time will tell on both trades. At least they didn't trade Jack Wilson. My wife would have a fit if they did that. More updates later if I get any.

Scooter Babe

This is my wife, Dawna. Just call her "Scooter Babe". Her mother took this picture the other day. Her mother thinks she looks like someone from outer space. I think she looks like someone who likes riding scooters! We are having a ball riding them. We took a ride to Mindie and Jim's house in Transfer yesterday. Today we just took a long ride up Donation Road, across St. Glory Road, and back down Fredonia Road. Was a lot of fun! Problem is, I can't keep up with her, riding my black and gold scooter. It just isn't fast enough. Once we get our other new one, we will be able to fly all over town. I can't wait!

Pirates just lost 3 out of 4 to the padres, and now they play the Rockies again. They just lost 4 in a row to them last week. I am ready for football season! Steelers opened training camp yesterday. Won't be long, and they will be playing their first game. I think they should have a good season. Coach Tomlin put Casey Hampton the Physically unable to perform list today. He could not run all the drills today. He is too fat. Weighs 325 lbs. Hopefully he will be able to play once the season starts. Tomlin won't put up with any crap from any player. I like that. They are all overpaid anyhow. Wish I had some of their money.

Dad is home from the hospital. He went back in to the Greenville Hospital this past Friday. Running a fever. Possible infection. They sent him home this morning. I talked to him earlier today, and he sounds good. Keep praying for him.

Going to go watch the Pirates now. Guess I am a glutton for punishment. Maybe they will actually win a game. We'll see. Have a great day!

Problems with scooters

This second scooter we bought (the blue one) has been nothing but problems since we got it. When we first got it, it had a scratch on one side of the left fender. The odometer did not work. The front brakes didn't work. We finally got the brakes fixed. The company sent us a new odometer, which I replaced. Once I got it in, I realized the speedometer only showed kilometers per hour, and no miles per hour. The odometer worked, though. I called scooter domain, and they said the replacement speedometers they received from china all had kilometer and no miles per hour. Figures. Made in China. They are going to try and find a local replacement for me. Probably take a month or so. In the meantime, we have been waiting for another scooter to get here, which we ordered July 10Th. I found out today, they had no more blue ones, so, that's why we haven't got it yet. All they had is red. Dawna said Red is OK with her! It will be shipped tomorrow. Amazing! All we had to do was specify any other color, and it would be here now. They should have called us, and told us they had no blue, but, they didn't.

Anyhow, how about those Pirates? They swept Houston after being swept by Colorado. What a strange season it has been for them. They now play San Diego for the next 4 games. San Diego has the worst record in baseball. I sure hope we sweep them. We are winning 2-0 right now in the 3rd inning, so I am going to watch them win. See you all later!

Happy Birthday, Mindie!

Today was Mindie's 29Th Birthday. This is her, in the nurse's uniform. Doesn't she look like her mother? We took her out to dinner at Perkins. Had a nice time. Then, Dawna and I went for a ride on our scooters out to my sister Paula's in Kennard. While we were there, my mother called. They were on their way home from Pittsburgh, bringing my Dad home from the hospital. Wanted us to meet them at their house in Jamestown to help get Dad in the house. We got there 5 minutes after they did, and he was already in the house, checking emails on his computer. That's my dad! He probably should have been in bed, after the long ride home, but, he wanted to see how many emails he had. He had 169! That should keep him busy for awhile!

Dawna sang at the Nazarene church this afternoon for a kids picnic they had today. Was very nice, but, we had to dodge the raindrops. They had another Southern Gospel band too, and they were very enjoyable to listen too. Was a very productive day. Oh, and the Pirates lost again! They are starting their second half collapse again. Seems like every year after the all star break, they lose a bunch of games in a row. Its a 4 and counting now. Time to trade some players!

The Pirates are not very good.

I am sitting here tonight watching the Pirates play the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies started this series as one of the worst teams in baseball. I think the Pirates might be the worst now. The Pirates lost the first 2 games of this 4 game series. And tonight they are losing 7-1 in the 4th inning. Not good. The Rockies scored 5 runs in the first inning, and haven't stopped. Seems like every year after the all-star break, the Pirates play poorly. Maybe it's time to start trading away some of these players, while we can still get something in return. Good news is, football training camps open very soon! Here we go Steelers, Here we go!
Talked to my Mom tonight, and she said my Dad is doing OK, but Doesn't look like he will be home tomorrow. Maybe Monday? He has gotten out of bed and walked some, but, his appetite is not good, and he had to have a catheter put back in. Keep him in your prayers. Will try and get more updates tomorrow on him.

Been a busy week!

Yes, it has been a very busy week. I have not had much time to write anything in my blog since Sunday. Dawna and I went to Pittsburgh on Wednesday for my Dad's back surgery. We left here at 6 am, and went through a lot of bad traffic in Pittsburgh. Plus, there was a detour we had to follow to get to the hospital. We must have sat in traffic without moving hardly at all for 30 minutes. We finally arrived at the hospital around 8:30 am. Dad was already in surgery. We sat with Mom and Rose and her husband, Dave, in the busy waiting room. The place was packed. People had little kids there, and other people were hogging the rocking chairs which was not a nice thing to do when my 75 year old mother would have loved to have a comfortable seat to sit in. Anyhow, the doctor finally came and talked to us after the surgery was over, around 1:15 Pm. All went well, which was good. He had back surgery about 1 1/2 years ago, and Dr. Kang said he had to pretty much redo the whole surgery. Screws were loose, and he had to fuse the discs. He stayed in recovery until 5:30 PM. They told us, they had to wait for a room to clear out, and then to have it cleaned. Was a long day for us all. We saw Dad, and he looked okay, and was cracking jokes, so, we felt it was okay to head home. We got home around 8 PM. Had to work today, and boy was it hot! Dawna turned on the Air Conditioning this morning. Feels good in the house. Talked to Rose tonight, and she said they had Dad up out of bed today, which is very good. He could be home by Monday.
Pirates and Rockies are on TV now. Gonna go watch some of it and then head to bed. Old guys like me can't stay up late anymore. Need my beauty sleep! Talk to you all later!

Party on!

We got my mom last night. I told you she just celebrated her 75Th birthday this past week. We had a surprise party for her last night at the Pit and Pub in Conneaut Lake. She had no idea! We had all her friends and all my brothers and sisters (except for Chris, She is in Switzerland for a month). I think they had 80 people there. Was a great time by all. My sister Rose and her husband Dave stayed with us for the weekend. We all had a wonderful time. It was nice to have company here. I will post pics of her party early on this week. After we got home from the party, I turned on the pirate game to see how they were doing. They were down 9-3 in the 6Th inning. I really didn't want to watch them get hammered by the Cardinals, so, I put on the movie "Charlies Angels" on Cinemax. Went to bed after the movie, without checking how the game went. I got up this morning, and after 2-3 cups of coffee, I got on the Internet, and checked on the scores. I could not believe my eyes! The Pirates came back and won 12-11 in 10 innings! Nate Mclouth hit a 3 run homer in the ninth inning, and Jason Michaels hit a game winning 2 run homer in the bottom of the 10Th! Unbelievable! They have a remarkable record this year in extra innings. I guess you can never turn off the game, and give up on the buccos. They just never give up.
Looks like I may have sold my scooter. Had a guy come look at it today from Farrell. Dawna and I are going to have matching blue scooters. And they both go 60 miles per hour! Pretty cool. We will have loads of fun on them. Our other new one should be here this week sometime.
My Dad is having back surgery on Wednesday of this week. He will be at Montifiore Hospital in Pittsburgh. Please keep him in your prayers this week. The same surgeon that did Dawna's back is doing his. I will be there with him on Wednesday.
Got to go watch the Pirates now. Maybe I will watch the whole game today! Later.......