Mornin’ boys and girls. Damp and 65 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Ran trains last night for FifeMax during a brief [li]. No pile-ups, but the main had an conductivity “hiccup” that I’m gonna have to remedy.
Having breakfast with engineer buddy this morning. Not much planned after that.
Yesterday BIG train with Moorefield grade-schoolers. Didn’t lose anybody. [Y]
NRHS Chapter museum has a N-scale display layout that doesn’t run, so maybe I’ll try to fix that this week.
Got a birthday present from Buckeye! Thanks!
My neighbor took a turn for the worse. Hoping he can at least return home…[sigh]
Continued [angel] for Chief, and Roy, and Dougnotta, and everyone else in need of a boost.
Working late on Dispatch - queue has cleared up so I have a few -
Busy last night - at 6, arrived for softball game where I went 2 for 2 with an RBI, played first and catcher - alternating.
Finished up in time for Mercer County Fireman’s Association Trustees meeting at 730, 745, the Exempt Association Meeting and then full County Association Meeting at 8.
Done at 930, ran over to my house for a quick measurement and spoke to my future SIL. Off to the Firehouse to fill out a service award form so all attendees would get credit for the meeting(s)
So, I’m a bit sore and tired. Obviously, I’m skipping the drill tonight.
Continued Prayers for Chief, Doug and all in need
Say, there are at least 3 diners within 1.5 miles of here —
I move to FLA USA in 1992 and moved BACK to NJ USA in 2010 -say what you want - there is nothing like Jersey - if we could remove the corrupt politicians and lower the taxes ---- lol
Diner Food is THE Bomb diggity - Engagement Partyt of the Proncess and her betrothed on Saturday - I’ll see my Ex then, she’s coming up - this
Ah, Entenmann’s! We got lucky, they followed us down here. Not everything in the product line though, I love the “Apple Puffs” but can only get them when I’m up north.
(Why they call them “Apple Puffs” beats me, they’re so heavy I call 'em “Apple Bombs,” but man are they good! Nuke 'em for about 30 seconds in the microwave for a hot treat that’s great with a cup of coffee!
One other tasty treat thing that I can only get up north is Drake’s “Funny Bones.” Kind of like a “Twinkie” but made of devil’s food with a chocolate coating and a peanut butter filling. I loved 'em when I was a kid! I remember the taste being a bit more gutsy when I was a kid but I have to be fair, my taste buds have 50+ years of wear on them now since the last time I had 'em.
It still ticks me off that they discontinued that Yummy Coffee Cake with all that streussel topping and powdered sugar. They replaced them, out here at least, with those crappy little individualy packaged ones. [+o(]
Spent Memorial Day Weekend down in Virginia, working on the the Maw-In-Law’s house in anticipation of him living there when he goes to school this fall. We drove down Thursday after Tyler finished school, got in about 11:40, then drove back Tuesday afternoon. The weather really cooperated, because if it hadn’t stayed cool we probably would have headed back on Saturday. And that is due to…the HVAC system being shot. Guy came over Friday morning to recharge it, well, that didn’t even happen as we couldn’t get the damn thing to come on. The compressor kept shorting out the breaker. It’s a 1996 unit, so, well, it’s done. He got back to Linda’s mom with the replacement cost, so that’s on the horizon.
Busy time in VA. After we got that done on Friday, took Tyler over to a park where one of his friends was throwing a birthday party. He got to reconnect with 5 people he went to school with down there, which is great. Saturday, Sunday and Monday we worked on the house - finished up the front door we installed the last time, insulated around it and installed the interior molding. Trimmed the front bushes which were badly overgrown, probably hadn’t been trimmed in 2-3 years. Ripped out a ton of stuff growing into them - I HATE Virginia Creeper.
Sunday we were in the backyard, and we both noticed a squirrel on the roof. Uh-oh! So Monday got out the ladder, worked on the side of the house to trim all the tree branches which were next to or overhanging the house. Then moved to the front, got on the roof, and trimmed more branches I couldn’t reach from the ladder. Also ended up cleaning out a few gutters that were clogged.
One good thing came out of this. Back in 2010 I built a two level table for our Halloween display which included Department 56 pieces along with 2 running Halloween trains. I was able to deconstruct it and bring it up here in the car. We used it for 2 years, 2010 and 2011, so it will be nice to set it up
Been nuts on The North Bluff last few days. [banghead]
We had an end-tail on the house that looked to be rotting. After looking closer I found it was full of THEM!!! What a mess, but it is put back together today. Price you pay to live in the woods.
So it has been tear it apart to fix it and kill the ants along the way. I found a pile of sawdust on the train layout under where they were having their house party. Looked like the layout had been invaded by monsters. [(-D] Most had jumped to their death from the top of the basement wall and landed dead on the table. Ant killer is working.
I remember when I was a kid my father used to treat the area around the house with an insecticide called “Chlordane.” Good stuff, Dad always followed the directions and we never had a bug problem of any kind.
The trouble was, some people didn’t follow the directions ([banghead]) and wound up poisoning the areas around their houses! So, then it was no more Chlordane, it was pulled off the market.
The same thing happened to Diazinon, I used it around our house and never had a bug problem either. Now I let Loyal Pest Control deal with it.
Been quite a week. A laid back Memorial Day was capped with a family get together at daughters place. Picnic/Birthday Party for Grandaughters 14th.
Tuesday started with a bang. We had a steer penned ready to load for the butcher shop. While getting ready I was shocked to see him standing in the yard. How he squeezed out the window I’ll never know. The chase was on. Son was afoot and I grabbed granddaughters 4 wheeler. It took almost an hour but with help from Mrs, daughter, SIL and one of SIL’s employees we got him back on the right side of the fence. He was so wound up we didn’t try to get him in the trailer after that. I had to manhandle the 4 wheeler out of ditches hidden in the weeds several times and a couple of places it wouldn’t fit. Took a toll on this fat old guy, still recouping from that.
Then last evening about 7 I got a call from daughter, grandson had been hit by a car while bike riding. God was watching over him, the most serious injury was a broken wrist. It happened in a community park, the driver was purportedly going 5MPH.
Spent today trying to catch up on yard work. Drag tomorrow
Mornin’ boys. Sunny & 62 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Wedding day for niece, so Fifey has to get all dolled up.
Wifey and I went on our little shopping tour yesterday, with visits to CVS, Lowe’s, and Tractor Supply. She picked out some cute outfits for the grandbabes, and almost bought a camo outfit for newborn, but thought better. When we dropped the outfit off to Middle Princess’s castle, there was the youngest babe in camo, to celebrate National Bubba day…
Banks - I had a similar accident in middle school;totally my fault. Glad boy is ok. Glad you didn’t get the bull by the horns.
If you want SPF tomorrow, best start it, as Fifey will be tied up. Well, hopefully.
