santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Clear and 64°, another beautiful day in store here. Rain has been added to tomorrow's forecast, maybe hitting just about the same time that we are leaving. It has also been added towards the end of next week. We'll see if anything happens.
Yesterday's short trek into the grocery store went OK, I spent less than $75 which hasn't happened in a long, long time. Filled the car with gas, using my 80¢/gal discount. Regular was $2.49 all across town. Interesting time at the hearing aid place, as we couldn't get the phone app to work at all. Finally went to the Bluetooth settings on the phone and discovered that the app was picking up another customer's hearing aids as well as mine and it was confused. Had to ask her to turn hers off while the tech worked on mine. They're now 95% fixed, but the last 5% will require the RH one to be sent to the shop. Not happening right now. It's just a minor irritant to make an adjustment to the background mode on the phone that should be automatic when I turn them on.
Today I'll be loading the car up with all but the stuff going into the cooler. I still have a couple of toiletry items to pack, but I'll need them first thing in the morning after showering. Otherwise I'm good to go. Everything else inside and out is ready. Tomorrow I will turn off the icemaker in the fridge since we always turn off the water and water heater when we leave town.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I just worked a little bit with the band figures that I posted about last month. I started with the drummer. Either I lost his stool or it didn't exist to begin with, so I needed to fabricate a new one. I used a piece of sprue and a piece of styrene rod.
I carefully cut 2 thin slivers of sprue and drilled a hole for the rod.
Painted it and set it aside to dry. I managed to glue the arms/instruments on the guitarist, fiddler and band leader, and positioned the accordion player without gluing yet. Double bass is giving me issues right now.
Everyone needs to get their hair painted and some minor touchup is needed on all of them.
Never mind the blue fingers. Still need to add the drumsticks and make that whole setup. I think the fiddler's bow is a bit oversized, but it's too late now to fix that. Thought about naming the band "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band", but I can't paint that on the bass drum face!
Stay tuned.
Chad - That's a real drag regarding the interview. I hope that the recruiter understands and gives you another chance. Good luck.
Tom O - Can't say that I was a KISS fan either.
Joe - Good luck with the therapy.
Everyone have a fabulous Friday.
Yesterday's short trek into the grocery store went OK, I spent less than $75 which hasn't happened in a long, long time. Filled the car with gas, using my 80¢/gal discount. Regular was $2.49 all across town. Interesting time at the hearing aid place, as we couldn't get the phone app to work at all. Finally went to the Bluetooth settings on the phone and discovered that the app was picking up another customer's hearing aids as well as mine and it was confused. Had to ask her to turn hers off while the tech worked on mine. They're now 95% fixed, but the last 5% will require the RH one to be sent to the shop. Not happening right now. It's just a minor irritant to make an adjustment to the background mode on the phone that should be automatic when I turn them on.
Today I'll be loading the car up with all but the stuff going into the cooler. I still have a couple of toiletry items to pack, but I'll need them first thing in the morning after showering. Otherwise I'm good to go. Everything else inside and out is ready. Tomorrow I will turn off the icemaker in the fridge since we always turn off the water and water heater when we leave town.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I just worked a little bit with the band figures that I posted about last month. I started with the drummer. Either I lost his stool or it didn't exist to begin with, so I needed to fabricate a new one. I used a piece of sprue and a piece of styrene rod.
I carefully cut 2 thin slivers of sprue and drilled a hole for the rod.
Painted it and set it aside to dry. I managed to glue the arms/instruments on the guitarist, fiddler and band leader, and positioned the accordion player without gluing yet. Double bass is giving me issues right now.
Everyone needs to get their hair painted and some minor touchup is needed on all of them.
Never mind the blue fingers. Still need to add the drumsticks and make that whole setup. I think the fiddler's bow is a bit oversized, but it's too late now to fix that. Thought about naming the band "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band", but I can't paint that on the bass drum face!
Stay tuned.
Chad - That's a real drag regarding the interview. I hope that the recruiter understands and gives you another chance. Good luck.
Tom O - Can't say that I was a KISS fan either.
Joe - Good luck with the therapy.
Everyone have a fabulous Friday.
