Good Morning All. Clear and a cool 55°, headed up to only 81° later. That's a change in the forecast from yesterday, with regular weather returning tomorrow. Didn't quite hit 90° yesterday, just 89°. Pleasant though with a light wind from the west.
Feeling a tiny bit sore today, as I split about a weeks worth of firewood yesterday. One Advil should take care of it. Picked a few tomatoes and Jalapenos later on, lots of green tomatoes out there. I did remove some remnants of squash plants and a few weeds to keep things looking a bit more orderly. Wife and I sorta took inventory of part of the freezer later on; it's full and as usual we don't really have any idea what hidden treasures lurk in there. We did find a Ziploc of frozen chopped onions dated 2009 that we missed last time we did this. While they looked good, I have 30 pounds of fresh ones from this past spring still.
Weekly grocery trek again today. On the trip to town, I'll get a scheduled chest X-ray and who knows what else. We haven't discussed it yet. It's probably time again for the Vitamin Shoppe, did the Wine Store last week so that's out.
Thanks to all who liked or commented on the post yesterday, always appreciated.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I did some minor stuff. I painted a figure that I am going to use in an upcoming scene.
Here he is before I cut the base off.
Painted him a bit but didn't take a picture yet.
Then added figures and a vehicle to another building.
Then I continued my quarterly layout cleaning project by visually inspecting some track. Oooops! I found a stray part.
It's a platform to a double-stack car. Now to find it.
I looked some more for the missing raccoons without any luck.
Patrick - We still have the A/C on for a couple of hours most days still. I use window units, but I'll take out the one in the bedroom next week. We tend to still use them, usually just the kitchen/dining one all of the way through October. A floor fan suffices to direct cool air to the rest of the house.
Changing that wake up time still hasn't happened for me, even after seven years of being retired. I don't use an alarm, it just happens no matter how late I stay up.
Smudge -
I can't find the thread it was on, but someone was asking about a Hornby P2 locomotive that they had been given but was having problems with the wheels running on the rail ties due to the deeper wheel flange, anyone remember who that was ??
The thread was
Track Problem
Tom O - Your post regarding the "girls" sending stuff to paradise reminds me of my late friend. His Dad owned a place in Alaska and my friend would go there for vacation every summer. He fished for Halibut and Salmon. When he was ready to come home, he sent his clothes by FedEx so he could carry two coolers of iced down fish on the plane with him. His Mom who spent all summer up there, would send boxes of Salmon that she canned to our house and picked it up when she returned. The game regulations up there only allowed "x" amount in your possession at one time and that's how she got around that. She sent it to us instead of her other six kids because they would eat it all before she returned! She was always generous to us when she picked it all up.
I suspect that my glucose number was also from fasting, however it is always close to being under 100 when I test at home. The A1C is more important to me.
James - Thanks again. You are correct about the yellow car being a Camaro, as verified by the taillight picture that
Terry posted.
Troy - No NOLA suggestions from me. The French Quarter is really the only thing that I know that survived Katrina. I like looking at bridges and boats which you'll see anyway.
Today is the Navy's birthday. It is also National No Bra Day which I celebrate every day.
Everybody have a great day.
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