So, on the Sunday of President’s Day weekend, just after last year’s Challenge, I was in the backyard admiring my livery stable and wondering how to go about preserving it on my layout in its then-current state of burned-outness when I noticed that there were now three livery stables and they were at weird angles to each other. Thinking this might be something of interest to post on my Facebook page, I decided to call my HMO. Four doctors later, three surgeries (two of which were emergencies), numerous laser treatments, some of the most intense pain I have ever experienced, and my fourth and hopefully final surgery coming up January 17 (having been postponed from November), I’m excited to join in again this year.
I have not done any significant modeling since last year’s Challenge. What I have been able to do over the last few months, however, is to oversee the renovation of our mid-century suburban modern house into an Arts and Crafts revival home. So I think I’m going to build a Craftsman home for the layout. Not sure what form its going to take yet, but that’s the plan.
