Good Morning Everyone.....over cast day after a light snowfall over night leaving approximately an inch of snow on the grassy areas.
Another day of Doggie Sitting for Riley while Cathy goes shopping. Riley needs some supervision when left alone, but will sleep a lot during the day and not be a problem. Riley is growing as a puppy and is getting use to the household routines and follows our rule that Riley recieves no "People Food" and she will not beg or ask for handouts when we are eating.
We solved the "Puppy Gate" problem on the top of the basement stairway. The gate's door was too small for me to comfortably walk through either going up or down the stairs. Coming up was a disaster soon to happen! Now we have a moveable gate that can be removed entirely from the stairs when I want to go down or come up from the basement. The stairs are in a back hallway with doors blocking Riley's access to the stairway. Riley being a mini-Dachshund will likely never be able to travel up and down the stairs by herself. She so small and her body style, being like a real "Wiener" makes the stairs a challenge.
Watched a series of programs late last night on homes for sale in Alaska. In each program a family was shown three different homes in various parts of Alaska at different price points. Some of log style homes were spectacular!!! I've been against making a move at this stage in our lives, the thought of packing, a new house to decorate and the overall expenses beyond the cost of the house. and, start a new layout along with the room preparation. But, after seeing the different homes in the program, at least I can think about moving. Some updating at the cabin is on the front burner like the bathroom and kitchen which will take the place of moving from our house and off my mind.
I found in the carpet of the train room, near the work bench, a small thrush washer from a Bachman 70 tonner locomotive that I lost over two years ago. The tiny washer is silver and I saw just the light color of the washer in the room's light on the dark carpet. Some how it avoided many carpet vacuum cleanings and searches for other parts that I dropped when working at the bench..
Save businesses? I heard that many of these small business loans are not loans, but rather gifts that never have to be repaid. I wonder where and how the accounting of these monies is being handled and who's checking on how the money is used?
Stay tuned for some new photos of the layout. A patched Southern Pacific locomotive for the Union Pacific just may make it first appearance on the CM&N Railroad layout after traveling from North Carolina.
My lower back feels better since my backwards fall, but my right leg, in the hip region, has some pain when I move it. I'm going to see if exercise isn't the answer to heal the hip or leg joint. (Maybe lost a few pounds that showed up over the last year.)
Cathy is having a fog lamp replaced on my Silverado pickup for $27.00, much better price than the dealer who wants $50.00. A real case of highway robbery.
That Eric Brooman's Utah Belt box car finally sold for $197.50 on E-Bay. Quite a number for a box car that's weathered, but it has history being a Utah Belt custom box car.
Nice weathering and detailing on this Eric Brooman's Utah Belt box car.
I've considering doing a few custom box cars for the CM&N Railroad, but its on the back burner for now.
That's about all for now.....
Greg
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