Good Saturday morning, everyone! Looks like it's going to be another fairly nice day; not expecting any rain at all, until around early evening (5 to 7p.m Eastern time). Cannonball, I didn't think you sent the quake our way! Didn't ruin anything around our house. But, when the house started shaking, I was holding onto my coffee mug, for dear life!!
Got a biiiiiiiigg breakfast/brunch ready for everyone, and on the warmer bar: turkey bacon, sausage patties & links (yes, they're pork sausages), scrambled eggs, hash browns, tater tots, buttermilk pancakes with several flavors of syrup, including maple syrup, fresh pineapple slices, blueberry muffins and strawberry muffins, and cinnamon rolls, fresh out of the oven w/sour cream icing on the rolls.
Got an email from JHH this morning. He's been sick all week, with a very bad stomach flu. Going to call him later this morning, and check on him, see if he's feeling better now.
You all have a great day, and see you all back in tonight, for our Saturday Night Pizza Fest.
.....60 degrees in Muncie. Looks like we'll see some rain today at times. Not to rain all day.
Must watch for a "window" of sunshine to get in another mowing. Looks like it will be Monday which is to be nice as well as tomorrow.
Winter tires are off little S10 Xtreme now, so winter's officially over. Actually, I've been putting it off for several weeks now and could have had it done some time ago. Now it's so much quieter. Hate that singing sound they make but they do help it get around a bit when it is winter weather and snow. That and two special sandbags.
Our total snowfall {unofficial}, at our location this past season: 28". Normal is 27".
Quentin
Ah - spring has finally sprung. High 60's maybe 70's - sunny. Birds are singing to the squirrels and the squirrels are eating all the bird seed.
Spring game for our Husker football team. I am excited. Our coach has won a bowl game as an interim coach, a national title as a defensive coordinator and he will win this game cuz he is the head coach of both sides. And he has yet to coach a game for the Huskers. Whata country!
Off to see the BNSF do its thing! May they perform well today!
Mook
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie wrote: he will win this game cuz he is the head coach of both sides.
Nice day here in Central NY. Haven't been out yet, but the view out my hotel window is great! Lots of sun, and I can see the CSX Chicago line from my window...
Wine train went well last night, although just walking through the cars was almost enough to get you a Rule G violation!
Off to take care of a couple of errands, watch trains, then work another wine train. I'm the only trainman tonight, so I have my work cut out for me.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Mookie wrote: Ah - spring has finally sprung. High 60's maybe 70's - sunny. Birds are singing to the squirrels and the squirrels are eating all the bird seed.
It is quite strange to wake up on April 19th out here with 8" of fresh snow, and more on the way. Totally unacceptable!
I'm sure some of our insect eating birds like swallows and warblers will not make it through the weekend.
cherokee woman wrote: Got a biiiiiiiigg breakfast/brunch ready for everyone, and on the warmer bar: turkey bacon, sausage patties & links (yes, they're pork sausages), scrambled eggs, hash browns, tater tots, buttermilk pancakes with several flavors of syrup, including maple syrup, fresh pineapple slices, blueberry muffins and strawberry muffins, and cinnamon rolls, fresh out of the oven w/sour cream icing on the rolls.
I'll take the sausage paties, tater tots, and strawberry muffins along with my big mug of coffee!
As for spring--surely you jest. It's windy and cold outside, with highs only in the low 60's! Especially in light of 90 degrees F. high last weekend.
cw thanks for the pizza fest.we had a great time camping out in deshler.we have some rain that has moved in but all in all a good time.matt and I made some new friends too.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Well, we're getting that rain now. Mostly a very light drizzle. Didn't get too wet when I went out for my walk. (Just enough to mess up my eyeglasses, with all the little specks of rain drops on them.)
Here is our Saturday Night Pizza Fest menu:
1. Anchovie2. Cheese3. Chicago style4. Goetta5. Hawaiian6. Pepperoni/mushroom7. Pepperoni/sausage/mushroom8. Supreme9. Calzones
And the following dessert pizzas:
1. Apple2. Cherry3. Peach4. Strawberry
Hope you all enjoy these pizzas tonight, and I hope everyone has had a very nice day. See ya later!!
Ate out again. It was good. Actually did have pizza, but wasn't as good as the ones in here.
Perfect day - but busy, busy. Weather couldn't have been any more 100% after a week of rain, cold and mess.....
We were all over town and heard that the coach did win! And I am not sure, but think his defense did a very admirable job doing so. 80,149 fans in one spot kinda gives one a headache, but they are very loyal. And noisy.
BNSF did well, but we just didn't have that much time to spend with them. Will rectify that tomorrow.
Ah, life is good!
good morning
juice coffee and cinnamon rolls are ready to go.time to get matt ready for sunday school.might go see what csx is doing later.
Good Sunday morning, everyone! Joe, thanks for getting breakfast ready this morning. I've been up, just very slow getting in here this morning. Think I'll get myself a cup of coffee, and a couple of cinnamon rolls. And if I'm still hungry after that, maybe I'll get a slice of pizza left from last night. Looks like there's plenty of leftover pizzas.
Hmmm, going to see what CSX is doing sounds pretty good. Looks like you'll have a nice afternoon for it.
And a good Sunday morning to the rest of you out there. I reckon it's been a while since my last visit to the Flat Wheel Cafe. I too, am a bit slow in moving this morning, I got out of bed within the last half hour. Sioux Falls is shrouded in heavy fog this morning and we have a temp of 45 degrees. It is supposed to warm up to about 68 here later this afternoon. Yesterday our weather here was absolutely gorgeous, not a cloud in the sky and nearly 70 degrees here. I guess we can't have perfect weather all the time.
I don't have to leave for work until 11:00 this morning, so I've got some time to kill, and I think I'll grab a cinnamon roll while I am here. Special thanks to Joe for making the rolls and coffee.
Ray
I am leaving for 8 days in Colorado within the hour so you won't have to put up with my appetite hogging all the great food. But I will return with my fork ready and elbows extended.
I will be in BNSF territory like La Junta and Trinidad where the coal trains to Texas are frequent.
You all take care and keep em on the rails.
Jack
Good morning everyone. (Grabs leftover calzone from last night)
It's cold this morning--it was only 45 degrees outside when I did my morning walk!
Wonder if he will find our missing chicken....?
That'll be kinda tough....
(Jack is gonna have to look hard for a loaded coal train at Trinidad....those are running on the better piece of railroad to the east.)
PHX(Peoria), AZ w/ BossHens flock
Good to see several of you have been in this morning! Have SUNDAY DINNER ready: meat loaf w/mashed taters & gravy, and the following veggies you can choose from: broccoli w/cheese sauce, cauliflower w/cheese sauce, peas w/butter sauce, and yellow and white corn w/butter sauce. Also made some fresh-from-the-oven biscuits (made from scratch, no mix or canned biscuits).
Desserts today: chocolate cake, homemade chocolate pudding, and banana pudding, and a coconut cream pie.
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
CW; so glad you have some Chocolate cake left. The wind has been rippin' over the ridge line sumpin' feerce here in the Jct. . It caught the door and jerked the knob into my mouse clickin' finger. The cake is better than any pain pill~~~ cake w/ carmel ice cream please. LOL Have any kind of evening youins' want.
Respectfully, Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Good Monday morning, everyone. A very pleasant morning, with the temp in the upper 50s, and patchy fog in the outlying areas. I don't notice much, if any, fog in our area. Looking for a high today in the upper 60s, low 70s.
This morning, I'll be doing two jobs here: cooking and waitressing. On today's breakfast menu: your choice of turkey bacon, pork sausage links or patties, and buttermilk pancakes w/plenty of maple syrup, and scrambled eggs.
Tom, here's your plate, along with a Crystal Light for you. Tom, I can empathize with your wife this morning: my allergies are going off also. But so far, they aren't making me sick.
Okay, they say we had another earthquake around 1:30, 1:40 this morning. If so, I really slept through it this time, cause I didn't feel a thing. Said it registered 4.something on the Riechter (sp?) Scale.
Mookie, here's your coffee mug, filled with coffee for you.
Mookie is passed out due to heatstroke overnite and not a lot of sleep. Furnace ran on Friday and was 80 yesterday. Still have winter bedding on, so miserable nite.
Leave coffee cup w/in reach....it will be appreciated.
(Might want to leave a beagle, a side of bacon, a bowl of kibbles, toast (ww since it is good for you) cantaloupe, fresh oj, milk and ........maybe one more cup of coffee?) (think I feel another nap coming on... ) (must keep up my strength you know...)
wow
glad we could make it in here this morning.very foggy outside.matt is delayed 2 hrs this morning.In another school system parents are unhappy because their infomation system about delays didn't work.so mom and dads have to take thier kids back home.Cw thanks for breakfast.I hope our canadian foamer makes it safe home but hes not leaving until this afternoon.
.....52.9 right now and foggy. To be bright and sunny and 75 today.
Can see it's brighter in the east so the sun is punching thru some of the fog and we'll be seeing it soon.....
Good....need to open some doors and windows today as the carpet cleaner will be here to do some work....Need to have fresh air to support drying quickly.
Ms Mook - I'll see your passed out and raise you exhausted.
Ran on the wine trains Friday night (what a rowdy crowd!) and Saturday, plus some switching of the train on Saturday, then had to make the four hour round trip again on Sunday when I discovered I'd left some stuff I needed for today on the train. On returning from that trip, I had to head for our local PBS station to run camera until midnight. Then to work this morning. No break until Wednesday - I'm running camera tonight and Tuesday, too.
Back to the grind. Have to stay busy so I don't doze offfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Oops...
Mookie, you are not the only one who had trouble sleeping this lat night. It seems like I was up half the night with heartburn, I ate a little too much of something I like, I had buttermilk bisquits topped with creamed chicken for dinner last night, and I was out of ant-acid tablets. And what was left of a quart of milk in my refrigerator was a little sour. Ice water does the trick for me if I drink plenty of it though.
During the winter months I sleep under several layers; a flannel sheet, two knitted blankets, a wool indian banket, a star quilt which my sister made for me, and a sleeping bag which I have unzipped all the way to form sort of a comforter. I could probably remove the wool blanket and maybe a couple other layers. It will not be too much longer berore I will need to switch on the central air conditioning here.
I have the day off today, we have 47 or 48 degrees here in Sioux Falls and it is shaping up to be a very nice day here. I might grab my Nikon FE and see if I can find some trains to shoot this afternoon. I hope the rest of you out there are having a good day!
Bob, we'll have the cook-out tonight. Sounds like a good menu. Getting the beans ready now, and making fresh slaw, and will be washing baking taters in a little bit.
For now, though, how about this for lunch: meat loaf sandwiches from dinner yesterday, along with mashed taters & gravy, and corn in butter sauce, and brussel sprouts in a creamy cheese sauce?
I'll fire up the grill about 6:15, and start grilling about 6:45.
Cw
thanks for lunch.I woke up and heard"hi daddy".Matt is closed today due to fog.that means he has another day to make up.going to get outside and mow and do other chores.
Joe
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