WIXY's Gone Bananas

A few notes for this Saturday before the Super Bowl. Mrs74, WIXYjr, and I were in the Evil Big Box Store(tm) to get a few items and it was a mad house there. Really a shame to make a holiday out of a bunch of entertaining commercials. Amias has started a new blog called, The Prayer Hubs . She was astonished at all the response she got from the prayer request she posted on behalf of her daughter Mary Elizabeth. Mary Elizabeth has had surgery and will be going through chemotherapy. Prayer is still needed for that family. And if you have prayed or posted a request on your blog for them, post a link on the new blog. I now own an official Kinky Shovel (tm Wynn and Wilson Morning Show). I called and looked around and finally found it at Lowes. I can now get some relief for my 53 year old back. What I should do is go on Freecycle and see if anyone has a snow blower they aren't using. I doubt if that's going to happen though. A new blog on my sidebar is called Awake in Rochester . Awa...

To those who are unfamiliar with this series, I began this exactly one year ago today. It was only going to be a one shot affair at the time as I was writing the post for the sake of cheering up the one I was writing it about, which was Amias. I got the concept from a recording of motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who, like Amias, is a native of Mississippi. It became a very popular series on this blog and I ended up writing about 18 posts about bloggers on my list. My goal is to introduce all of my friends to each other and Lord willing, I will do 2 posts of this nature a week for the next few months. Last weekend, Amias told me that I was the Ambassador to the blog world. I kinda like that. I met Amias as a result of my friendship with Liquid . I could see that there was a definite chemistry between the two and I eventually started reading Amias' blog. One day I commented and she come here to comment, almost being apologetic because of her writing style, which she called "so...

Most bloggers in their right minds would do as Maggie suggested in the comments of my last post, "Get a cup of hot coffee and stay warm on the Blogs." But nobody ever accused me of being in my right mind, so I took the WIXYcam, hopped in the WIXYmobile and drove around town, snapping some pictures. In the first photo, is the WIXYmobile in the driveway at the WIXYranch. City crews were out trying to make all the streets passable This photo was taken at the corner of Main Street and Ohio Avenue, considered as "downtown Rittman" Rittman, Ohio is the only town in the United Staates with that name. It's original name was Milton Station, but was changed to it's present name after Frederick Rittman, treasurer of the railroad that went through town. The long time regulars have seen this location during the spring and summer months. I write quite a bit about the Rittman IGA. Too bad Donny Foutty, the owner, wasn't in town to enjoy the weather. He is currently in...

I decided to take a snow and mental health day from work today. I got up early and and left early, but when I get as far as Wadsworth, I decided to turn around and go back home. We had snow, and a nice crust of rain on top of that. 5X5: I've been trying to do this 5X5 meme that Jen has tagged me with and I had a special planned. The photo is on my desktop and it's not cooperating with blogger. I tried emailing it to myself so I could upload it from my laptop with no avail. I will be taking the desktop in for some service. The photo I wanted to use was a shot I took for the Barnbuster.net site. If you ever ate at the old Red Barn restaurants, you will love this site. Rich Perrot has done a fantastic job in posting memorabilia of the chain and there are many pages of old Red Barn buildings and what they are used for now. Going on 2 years ago, I went around and took photos of some. That was one of my first assignme nts with the WIXYcam. I have been given another honor. Matthew ,...

I sit here at my desk at work during my morning break typing this. I keep hearing about a blast coming from the southwest that is supposed to give us 3-5 inches of snow. I would insert a global warming crack here, but I won't in respect to those "green" bloggers on my list. I was supposed to respond to a tag by Jen and I had every intention to, but my desktop at home wouldn't cooperate and I even had a pretty good post planned. It will be posted in the next day or so. I'm also humbled at the number of 12 steppers who have been following this blog. We can all learn something by reading their musings. I'm also impressed by the fact that they realized couldn't handle their struggles by their selves and recognize a need for a higher power. And the fact that they are able to call for help. That's something I have a problem with and I'm not addicted to anything but food, although I do have the urge at times to say "My name is Cliff, and I'm a (...

January's almost over which means we are about over the hump as far as winter is concerned. A week from tomorrow is Groundhog day, the chronological halfway point of winter. The movie, Groundhog Day, is one I can watch over and over. Bill Murray is one of my favorite former Saturday Night Live cast members. I have a meme to do and hopefully I will get this up in the next few days. I think everybody knows that I like to promote other blogs and their authors. Those who have been coming here for about a year or more remember the regular feature I wrote last year called, I Like....Because. The first "I like" post was one to try to another blogger. This grew to a regular series which lasted into last May. Since I have a much larger blogroll which is growing constantly, I will be doing this more often. Look for the first of this series for 2009 to be posted by the end of the week. And to all others who are new visitors, I will get around to visiting you soon.

Betty Ann , of Diary of a Frugal Hen fame, presented me with the Attitude and Gratitude award. Here are the rules: put the logo on your blog or post nominate at least 10 blogs, which show great attitude and/or gratitude! be sure to link to your nominees within your post let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award. How did you get a great attitude and gratitude Now I don't usually do the pass on awards, but this one goes well with some of my philosophy. I'm grateful that I have the friends I do in the blog world, and for those who have come to know me in the past little bit. I'm also grateful that I have this blog where I can express my feelings. I'm grateful that at this time I have a job. And although I have some conditions I could do without, I am in relatively good health. Now I don't know if I will get to 10 people, but I will try. These fol...