Not Afraid of a Little Rain at our Family Reunion!

Sunday was our annual Gaffron Family Reunion. It was held at the same venue we’ve had it for the last several years. We were also at the same pavilion, and boy did the indoor building come in handy. The forecast trended wet and windy. Despite the rain and the chill in the air, it didn’tContinue reading “Not Afraid of a Little Rain at our Family Reunion!”

Kicking off my Vacation at Fort Ligonier Days!

The plan for my first full day of vacation was to go to Fort Ligonier Days, after a laid back Friday afternoon. After working seven straight nights leading up to my vacation, I needed some time to recover. I went to the gym a few times during the week and a few days I walkedContinue reading “Kicking off my Vacation at Fort Ligonier Days!”

In My ‘90s Era!

Welcome back to myself after some time off from the blog! I started the month of October taking a much needed vacation from writing, as I celebrated the posting of my 1000th blog. During that time, I changed the name of this blog as well as my Instagram handle. The ‘90s called my name asContinue reading “In My ‘90s Era!”

Trying the Gilmore Girls Menu/Reflections

This morning I used my free time to take a drive out to Ligonier. It was something that I had planned for a while. When I’m there, I always like to stop at Abigail’s Coffehouse. One of the specials they’ve had is usually during the holidays, called the Twelve Coffees of Christmas. This month, toContinue reading “Trying the Gilmore Girls Menu/Reflections”

Area 62 Speech Contest!

I had the morning off on Saturday as I was en route to Morgantown for the Area 62 Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest. As a Toastmaster of 15 years, this wasn’t my first rodeo. For the area director and contest chair, it was his first rodeo. The contest was held at the Morgantown PublicContinue reading “Area 62 Speech Contest!”

How I’m Spending my Fall Vacation!

My next week off is coming in just 11 days. Amid a busy October, my vacation week is filling up. I am off the week of Columbus Day. My vacation starts October 9 (the Friday before). The reason that I asked off the two days before my week off was because of our family reunion. IContinue reading “How I’m Spending my Fall Vacation!”

What’s My Multiverse?

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe wraps up this week. The Big Bang Theory spinoff produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady aired on HBO Max. In it, Stuart and other side characters from the iconic sitcom go to different multiverses to save the world from certain doom. The show has appearances from others who appearedContinue reading “What’s My Multiverse?”

Fall Is In The Air!

Fall officially arrived this evening at 8:04pm. Our Toastmasters theme this evening at Laurel Highlands Toastmasters was Fall is in the Air. I came up with the theme and the Word of the Day, which was Bountiful. Mother Nature got the memo for the Autumnal Equinox and blessed us with no humidity and highs inContinue reading “Fall Is In The Air!”

Counting Down to October!

We‘re in the closing days of summer, and the weather will be trending cool and damp this week. Even though we’re tired of the rain and it seems like a broken record at this point, there’s just something about Fall. Drinking coffee and watching the rain fall outside is just relaxing and therapeutic. It’s likeContinue reading “Counting Down to October!”