In the door decorations, try 3

So I drove home yesterday and walked in the door to a house that was decorated for Christmas, it was awesome. Ali had set up most of our indoor Christmas decorations.  Later in the evening I helped her put up some of the high items.   We also set up our tree although we didn’t hang the decorations on it yet.

I decided this year I would once again set up the old wind up train set that we got from Pop Pop’s house.  It used to be Ali’s dad’s train set when he was a kid.  I love this thing.

I have always had an affinity for old items.  I also loved Pop Pop even though he was not my actual grandfather.  Setting up a 60 year old toy and have it still work is just a very cool thing to me.

I shot a brief video of it in action if you would like to see what a 60 year old, made in America toy looks like.  I highly doubt any toy made in China will still be usable in 2071.

Last night I also made my third attempt at normal mode in this month’s Bar-barian challenge.  This was my first indoor attempt, facilitated by rainy weather and lack of daylight.  Ali was nice enough to be my camera woman.

For the attempt I utilized my Iron Gym and the walker that Randall gave me awhile back for dips.  The walker did not work out real well for fast dips, it almost flipped over at one point.  My overall time was about 15 seconds slower than my best attempt which was a bit of a bummer.  I need to be able to crank out the push ups at a faster clip.

Here is the video.

Today I go for my hand x-ray.  Hopefully between that and the results of my blood tests last week we can figure out what exactly is going on with my thumb.