Good Morning All. Clear ad 41° to start our day here. It's headed up to 78° later on, and headed upward the next few days. The current forecast calls for 92° on Sunday, but slowly dropping after that, dropping into the 70's by Wednesday.
I finally received the blood draw results yesterday from last week's doctor visit. A1C which has hovered in the 6.9 range for the last two years, dropped to 5.6!
Hope that this is a real reading. My daily glucose test levels have dropped to below 115 for the past six months or so.
Went out to eat at a local Mexican food place last night, that we don't normally go to, and had some good food. Despite the chips, beer, tortillas and rice, my glucose this morning was just 118.
Another successful grocery trek yesterday. Our Kroger store seems to have returned to normal pre-pandemic levels. While I was shopping, my wife was at the orthopedic surgeon's office where she got the final release from last fall's surgery. Of course that means that we lose the temporary handicap parking permit which was real convenient.
Gasoline has dropped to $3.64/gal in most places in Denton TX. I doubt that it will last long. It was $4.07 less than three weeks ago.
Thanks as always for the comments, feedback and likes on yesterday's archive photos;
Guy, Troy, Steve J, James, Patrick, Smudge, Hughie, Louis, Chad, Dave B, Sherrel, Lee, Mikey, George, Tom O, Curt, Rick, OB Ken, Tom, Joe, IB Ken,
Another abbreviated day in the train shed since we went out to eat. Returned to infrastructure work and ran another 42' of 12-2 wire for light fixtures.
Let's review a couple of eating establishments that I installed on the layout from the archives.
First is a Walther's pre-assembled model that my daughter gave me for Christmas a few years ago, Paul's Pizzeria.
I didn't do any modification to the structure, but I added figures, a small flower bed to the side and an outdoor seating area.
In the next town over there's Don's Pizza. This is a DPM structure that I added a sidewalk and signage to.
Upstairs is a palm reader and detective agency.
Last but not least is Pizzaland. I recently posted pictures of this laser-cut wood kit.
Louis - Further comments on music - I liked Lemmy's time with Hawkwind prior to Motörhead, but lost some interest after that. I still think that he is an excellent bass player but some of their overall sounds did not impress me. You since brought up Ian Gillan, who is much better known for his work with Deep Purple than the single album and tour with Black Sabbath.
Sweet Child in Time and
Smoke on the Water being two of my favorites that he wrote. Ronnie James Dio has always been impressive, but for me it's more for his work with Rainbow than Black Sabbath. Guitarist Tommy Iommi however is on my all time top ten list. Many of the other bands you mention in post #1262 to me are indistinguishable from one another, same chords, same rhythm, same head-banging vocals. I once went to a concert in the early 80's featuring Metallica as the headliner along with Def Leppard and The Scorpions, and could barely tell the difference between the three of them. That concert is probably why I wear hearing aids today!
I think that most of us favor the music that we grew up with more than other genres. My years are mainly 1958-1980.
OB Ken - Making a list of things to attend to this early in your new career is probably a good thing.
Troy - My wife swears by that Two Good yogurt for low carb intake.
Sherrel - Although it is sad to read of your MIL's demise, she has lived a long and fruitful life. I would recommend to Kate to go ahead with the vacation since her sister is planning to go anyway. Memorial services can always be delayed until their return.
Dave B - I had so many safety meetings over the course of my career, had to conduct many of them, that I still think of safety first in all of my activities. That's a good thing though. I am still amazed at how little common sense many employees had. I endured the OSHA 30 hour course three times.
Everyone have a great Friday and an awesome weekend. I'll be in the garden staying out of trouble.
. Hopefully your options pay!!
