What happens when the wife leaves town and ...

Many of us are struggling with the guilt thing I guess!

It's the old work ethics, and being a serious grown up. And modelling, electric trains and so on aren't the easiest hobbies in that way it's often considered as 'just playing'.

And there's the money too...

I love to comb the internet. But bidding or buying, there's always that little preacher man in the back of my head, singing the guilt song. I guess he'll be still nagging even if I had a few million on the bank.

Good for you!...... It's fun to have a project take over the kitchen table for a few days... usually for me it's a large building kit like from BTS.....

Everyone needs a break for the routine and a chance to indludge their wishes to complete some projects.  Working on hobby projects is a way to recharge the batteries and decompress from the pressure of work, and life. 

I am lucky enough to have a small workshop which I generally leave cluttered and on which benches I can keep projects half completde, etc.  There is no greater happiness than when I am left alone for an entire afternoon to work in peace on a project.  I don't feel the least bit guilty but I do recognize that my wife is giving me a wonderful gift my leaving me undistrubed for the afternoon - but then I help her with her projects, which can be fun, so it works out both ways.

I have the whole basement for electric trains so the upstairs is off limits. When the wife flys out west to visit family the standard Gauge stuff is pulled out and the upstairs becomes a giant standard gauge carpet layout.

Guilty!

I love my peace and quite time in my train barn. I don't do ant projects in the house. The biggest mistake I made was to put a two way intercom to it from the house. Half the time she buzzes me it's "THE QUESTION! "When you get a chance can you come in the house?"

But, she don't complain about trains. So life is good.

When my wife and kids are out of town in July I plan to do a major addition to the layout.  This means dry wall work and removing a closet that my sump pump is in.  This will allow me to have a larger layout area!  I have to wait until then since our 2nd living room is in our basement and the kids use it daily.  

What it all means is that I have to cook or go out to eat which the family loves because Dad always pays or cooks! Non factor for RR activity!

Don't let the knife slip off that cutting sheet or your going to have to explain to the wife when she returns. All that fun and work for naught. Course maybe you could blame it on the cigar and poker party you had.

My wife would kill me if i ever did that on the dining room table, especially since I have a whole garage workshop and a basement that is mine to use. You might get away with it but as has been noted, one slip with a knife or drill or a paint spill and to quote Rickie Ricardo, "You got some splaining to do!"

Jerry

Unless she visits the Forum and recognizes your name and her kitchen table.

Nice work, though  .  .  .

I painted the living room...

Tonight I finished the NW-2, assembled the C&O 3-bay hopper I lettered last night, lettered and assembled the C&O 2-bay hopper I painted last night, worked a little more on the GP-7 and primed a 40 ft boxcar that I'll paint and letter for the TH&B in the future.  Below are a few views of the finishes products.  Oh, I also enjoyed a few more Templeton Rye's.  There's not to many things better then trains and rye whiskey.

James