#15 Go to a pro baseball game

Well, it took 38 years, but i finally made it to a pro baseball game, and man was it fun. Definitely more exciting then watching it on tv. The atmosphere was extraordinary. The fans, the noise, the fly balls. Better keep a watch out on those. I got to go, because i went to the Baltimore Fire convention and a friend and myself stayed over to catch the game. i took my glove to see if i could catch a few homeruns. There were 3 hit in my area, and two were just over my head. As a matter of fact the guy 4 rows behind me got both homeruns hit to him. Would have liked to got one for the game, but maybe next time. The game atmosphere was exciting as well as the game. The O's got down early, but fought back. Twice with two outs, the O's scored in different innings, the last feat coming in the bottom on the 9th. O's had two outs and one guy on down 6-5 that would have given them the win, but the angels secured the game on a ground out by luke scott. Most definitely will go back again to see another pro game. I think i'm hooked. So, with this accomplished another item falls from my list. Now on to august.

#78 Make my bed each day for a week

This may not seem like a big deal, but for a single man, making the bed each day kinda just gets passed over. So i made a conscious effort to add this to my list in hoping that by doing it each day for a week, well help me in making the bed every day when i get up, or at least more then i did before. Actually, i went beyond 7 days on making my bed, because i mis-counted the days, but thats good. So far im doing pretty good, so we'll see how long it lasts. anyway, on to the next 101 list.

#55 Have a yard sale

Yup, i had my yard sale. What a great way to get rid of some unwanted things and make some extra cash along the way. It took alot of work to get it together since i had to price stuff and move things out to see what i wanted to sell. It was a big 3 day joint yard sale with my dad. I did fairly good, made a few bucks and dad did real well. It definitely was a success. The next item that i was gonna mark off my list is put on hold for the moment, because we made have one more sale before summer is out. After the next yard sale, im gonna donate all remaining items to charity, and then i can mark another item off the BIG list. Can't wait til the next sale.

#65 Take niece and nephrew to a museum/re-enactment

The first post of july and it was an exciting time and a busy day, but we made the most of it. I got to take my oldest niece and nephrew to Gettysburg to several museums and the big re-enactment that was held that afternoon. We started the day off by going to the visitor center and seeing a short documentary on the battle of Gettysburg. From there we traveled to a few other museums, including the Lincoln train museum. There was a big crowd on hand that day in town, since it was the 145th anniversary of the actual battle. We had lunch and stopped in a few shops along the way and then made our way out to a huge farm where the re-enactment was held. This was not on the actual battlefield, since its protected as a national park, but still got the feel of how things felt that hot july day. Boom, Boom. The cannon blasted as the opening of the engagement started with a good half hour to forty-five minute artillery dual between the north and the south, then the infantry moved in for small arms combat. There was a huge turnout of 12,000 re-enactors and at least that many spectators if not a few several thousand more on hand. The whole thing lasted about an hour and a half, but we sat in traffic about 45 minutes getting out the big field we were in. We went back into town and toured a few places in town, such as the one building that still has a visible cannon ball lodged under the second story window. Also, we looked at farnswroth house that has over 150 holes in the south wall from shots being fired by union troops at a confederate sniper in the window. Then lastly we stopped in to see the Jennie Wade house, where the only civilian casaulty of the war occurred. Mrs. Jennie Wade herself was struck by a stray bullet that pierced two doors and struck her in the back and killed her instantly. Only 20 years of age, so sad.
After touring that, we stopped and re-fueled and headed back to ole virginia. About a 2 1/2 hour trip. The niece and nephrew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and they both said that they like to go back, maybe even do the the ghost tours. There's definitely to much to do and see in one day, so we've already made plans to go back.

#81 Take a nap in a hammock

Ahh, talk about taking it easy on a nice warm, sunny, breezy summer day, this is the way to do it. This has been my inspiration all winter, to buy myself a hammock and take a nap hours on end. Talk about the good life, man I've been enjoying the hammock like crazy. Nothing like a good book, a beer and swinging in the hammock til ya nod off. Definitely a very peaceful and tranquil setting. I surely do plan on some more R & R in the very near future. Enjoying the summer to no end.

#96 Say a prayer for someone in need

This may seem like such a silly task to put on a 101 list, because all of us are in need of prayer. But i had to really look around and see who REALLY needed a sincere and heartfelt prayer. Someone that has been suffering or has been through so much, not just in the past few weeks, but years as well. I have a friend that i went to high school with and she has been through he wringer, so to speak with one tragedy after another, but yet she continues to plug along. A very strong willed lady. She lost her 5 year old son to a horrific tractor accident with her father while bush hogging a field. then about a year later, she lost her father when he fell off a roof while working on it, and he eventually died from his injuries. Several months or a year later, she lost her ex-husband to an accident on I-81 involving a tractor trailer. Now all of this you say would be enough in itself to make somone to just give up on life, but this is not even the worst of the worst. During this whole time period she battled cervical cancer, AND a brain tumor at the stem on her brain. The docs told her she had only 6 months to live, but she proved them wrong. She did actually die on the operating table, but was brought back. The cancer was treated and she had surgery for a hysterectomy and the tumor was removed, or course she lost all her hair from chemo. now, today, she is cancer free, but her tumor has grown back at the base of her brain again, so she has to have surgery again to remove the tumor. So she has to shave her head again to have the surgery, but the docs have told her she is at risk for surgery because of her weight, so she has to lose this weight before they can operate. And thats where she is today, currently. So after sitting down and talking with her on two different occasions for serveral hours, i thought, here is a good friend of mine that most definitely needs prayer and lots of it, because she has suffered so hard and for so long, that its amazing she's still so strong and upbeat on life. She still cuts jokes, but that's how she handles life everyday. My friend, she gets the prayer.

#82 Go through file cabinet and throw away old stuff

Wow, this is my first post in June. I started off completing items on my list in May with a bang, but june has been a diferent story. I do have a good explanation for my lapse though. I have been taking numerous classes and working plenty of overtime at my current job, plus i have several items on my list that i am currently working on and will complete in the next few months. This task that i completed is something that has been in need of some attention since i got out of college, so since the item was added to my list, gives me all the more reason to knock it off the list and move on to the next item. I will make at least 2 more posts this month, so look for those in the next few days.