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[oesdog]

I got him to do his train set in the garage. He found it when we were clearing out what was left from the kids being here. And now it lives in the garage and he is expanding it daily. ( We will need an extention on the garage soon!) He is in the garage which is the man cave and out from under my feet! - lol He is into Wine making too but lost interest in it for a good while. I am trying to get him doing more of that though I must say I do have my own motives! - lol

oes

 

[3goodeggs]

Trains sound like fun.
With his artistic abilities -didn't he make fabulous cakes? -he could make some lovely set ups.
Pictures may be in order later.

 

[KentuckyMom]

Train sets can be a lot of fun and time consuming. My husband built one years ago, but it is now sitting in boxes in the attic until he has time for it again some day...
I think God puts into men that need to work and "do." It is difficult when physical limitations steal that ability away, especially when just the simple, every day things that are taken for granted become hard . And then, we, as wives, don't know exactly what to do to help. Help is sometimes needed but not always wanted. You will be in my prayers. Keep updating.

 

[oesdog]

You are right he did make some lovely cakes.
Remember this one!



He made it for Jess for her first Birthday - would you believe she is 5 in a August already!!!!! Starts school in September!

He loved to do that but he has to watch the weight because of the heart and so we have to "remove" temptation. He used to eat lots and it was hard for me because he always wanted to try them out on me. I gained so much weight myself! - Now I am back in control and the cakes are not on the menue right now. Sadly he drops stuff all the time so simple things like getting them in and out of the oven has become a bit of a danger anyhow. I can only "help" so much - as pointed out sometimes help is needed but not always wanted! Yeap I sure know how that one feels. DH gets very frustrated and sometimes is better left alone to deal with his own disability bounderies. He gets to figure the bounderies very quickly when he drops a scolding hot coffee or tea in his lap!

I will encourage him to take pics of the trains. Though I am not at all sure what he is doing? He spends ages in the garage "creating" and I see this magnificent set up only to go back a few hours later to find it all taken apart again and he is starting something different? He now has two different set ups? Neither of which actually has a workable circuit - but he has lots of houses and sheds and stations and lots of little gardens and farms etc? Just the trains don't get to run that often or for long? Am I missing something?

Oes

 

[3goodeggs]

He probably does his trains like I do landscaping. I get it were I think I want it, then I think about it all night, and the dig it all up and replant it the next day. I apologize to the plants a lot.

 

[oesdog]

I do that with chickens! - lol

Oes

 

[KentuckyMom]

My husband spent hours putting together and painting the buildings along the tracks. He made his own set up and even bought special textured paint to look like gravel under the tracks. I was amazed at the details possible. The buildings and trains were put in boxes and the board with the tracks and landscape was put away somewhere for awhile. After we moved a couple of times, it became pretty beat up, and he scrapped it. He said when he has somewhere to set it up again some day, he'll just start over. He works with N-scale trains. What scale does your husband work with?

 

[wyoDreamer]

I had a boss that worked on a train layout with his young daughters. They made it in the three season porch at the back of the house, working on it all winter. Then, in the spring, he made an extension of the set-up while they were gone with his wife to visit their grandparents in another state for easter break. He made a tunnel through the wall and ran the tracks out through the garden, around the waterfall and back into the porch. They were so tickled at his surprise when they got home.

 

[3goodeggs]

How cool! I bet he had fun making it too.

 

[KentuckyMom]

I had a boss that worked on a train layout with his young daughters.  They made it in the three season porch at the back of the house, working on it all winter.  Then, in the spring, he made an extension of the set-up while they were gone with his wife to visit their grandparents in another state for easter break.  He made a tunnel through the wall and ran the tracks out through the garden, around the waterfall and back into the porch.  They were so tickled at his surprise when they got home.

That is awesome! And what great memories those girls will have of time spent with Dad!