I did not enjoy my evening, nor did I accomplish anything towards completing the reflooring project. I think I have recovered from whatever made me ill (probably bad salad greens), but I am wary.

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The pest control guy came by the house just as I was leaving for work this morning. The ringing of the doorbell caused cats to scatter in all ( Read more... )

After spending Saturday continuing the re-re-wiring project and having a fantastic meal at Lindsey Graham's place (yes, THAT Lindsey Graham) we refocussed our efforts to improve Ealdercote. ealdthryth started by pulling up the carpet near the fireplace while I cut it free from the office. We then spent the remainder of the afternoon picking staples out of ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, spaghetti was a regular part of our diet (as in once or twice a month). Over the last couple of years, in response to ealdthryth's readings on nutrition and health, we abandoned pasta and pretty much anything tomato-based. Last week, I found a rice and spinach pasta and a fairly healthy sauce with only a few simple ingredients and no ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the forecast called for "wintry mix" starting around noon. I figured that it wasn't worth the risk to drive in to the office and come back around lunchtime because people get even more stupid on the Interstate in bad weather. So today is telecommuting day. I dislike telecommuting because I have no distraction-free space in which to ( Read more... )

Some pictures and a brief railfan report got delivered to me last night, and I spent some time cropping the images and editing the text. It was slightly distressing to find that the article was written as if it were a text message from a smartphone--which it may very well have been. Lots of abbreviations and no capitalization. At least the ( Read more... )

My poor sweetie is not feeling good. She was feeling ill Monday evening, and decided to take part of yesterday off to rest. It helped, but not enough. Good thing she has today off, but it kind of stinks to be ill on your day off--it feels like a waste. With the cooler weather, the cats tend to be more cuddly, so she'll have her "nurses" ( Read more... )

I started looking through back issues of the club newsletter looking for inspiration. It looks like a number of articles I was hoping to do have already been done. Articles on local passenger service, named freight trains, etc. There were programs while I was gone that covered some of these topics, so I don't want to recycle material that way. ( Read more... )

ealdthryth and I spent a bunch of time at the railroad museum helping rewire and detail the portable layout for the upcoming train show. Unfortunately, some of the tools are old and dull, so in order to strip the plastic off of the wires, I had to use a carpet blade. At some point, the blade slipped and I hit the back of a couple of knuckles on my left ( Read more... )

I feel like I got a lot accomplished this weekend. The first order of business was painting the "wainscot" on the "outside" wall of the library, and it looks like new. I'm not sure what prompted us to visit the DiY this weekend, but I think it was my notion of changing the outlet and switch plates. ealdthryth and I came to a relatively swift agreement ( Read more... )

My arm is hurting again. I'm not sure what is triggering it since I've been trying to keep up with my daily regimen of exercises. It is more like a muscle spasm now, though. The reason I bring it up is because I only did a little bit of preparation for painting and it hurt. I cleaned off the crown molding and door frames, deliberately using my ( Read more... )