Good Morning All. Happy Valentines Day, and Ash Wednesday. Clear and 40°; might hit 70° today and tomorrow. Ten day forecast looks great with chilly temperatures just Friday and Saturday nights.
Valentines Day and my wife's birthday fall close together, just two days apart. Before we married, I told her it was one or the other, she picked birthday. Last night we celebrated both by going out to eat at Houlihan's. What was already an overpriced place is even more overpriced now, but that's where she wanted to go. It was a bit disappointing though; the food was great, but they were crowded and the waitress admitted that it was her first night there. She also had five tables instead of the normal four, so that didn't help. We got the appetizer before the drinks and she got my order wrong, the Kansas City burger instead of the Kansas City Strip Steak. The manager stepped in and fixed that and comped half the cost of the steak ($15). Overall we spent an hour and 45 minutes there instead of our normal hour. Not really a big deal as we had nothing else to do.
Earlier in the day she surprised me by informing me that I had to drive her to her eye doctor appointment, since they intended to dilate both of her eyes. It was at a really inconvenient time which interfered with my time out in the train shed later.
During that shortened visit to the train shed, I only spread ground cover and started placement of the stone pillars and entry gates. I also built one of the two mausoleums that came with the second cemetery kit, but I left the camera outside so no pictures until tomorrow.
Here we go with some more from the archive that I may have posted before, but I don't remember all that I have posted.
Terry - Good luck with the transition between jobs. I wish you well. I agree with reading about the death of model railroading, which I have been reading since the mid-70's. It ain't happening. Using cell phones to drive trains should bring more youngsters into the hobby, as their cell phones are a permanent part of their bodies.
Patrick - Belated Happy Birthday.
Your wife thinks that you need a hairpiece? Mine keeps reminding me that I didn't have a beard when she married me 51 years ago...I was too young to have a decent one at the time. But I've had it for 49 or 50 years now and she's stuck with it.
Guy - I never purchased dead flowers for any occasion. I have however, picked wildflowers from my property to decorate the house interior. I like the idea of buying seed packets.
Cheri - Welcome to the Coffee Shop.
Swal - I admire all good Boogie Woogie piano players, especially since I have never been any good on any musical instrument. And I have tried playing several over the years. That's why I switched over to strictly listening many years ago.
Mike (Old 97) - You want rock history, I'm your guy.
Today could have been Jimmy Hoffa's 111th birthday had he not gone into hiding.
Y'all have a wonderful day.
