Lacombe Siding 12 Train Station: A Whole New Year!

Here we are - 2007! On January 2, 2006 we had no guarantee that we would be building the station. We were working on the steps to prepare for such an undertaking - but we had no idea at that point we would be where we are one year later! God leaves those things for Himself to know!

Over the "holidays" we did bits more of this and that in the building. A good general tidying up in the building happened one day with the strength of Brent and Kev moving around left over lumber and removing the remaining concrete sills no longer needed. Yes, our sills are all on! This was only possible because the weather co-operated. One day Peter and Kev framed the walls for our southernmost tenant. While they did that I went around preparing windows for staining. Holes needed filling, drywall mud needed removing and windows generally cleaned up for the next step.

Over the New Year's weekend (Saturday and Monday) Eric and Becky came visiting with the express purpose of helping us in the building. While the guys worked upstairs priming all the walls in our suite, Becky and I stained and put the first coat of varnish on the windows in our northernmost tenant's suite. That's eight "man" days in two! We made a nice dent into the finishing process of the building. Prep work always seems to take so long! Wiping down walls, cleaning up the floor, taping off the beams to protect them from paint, blocking windows with extruded foam to keep the cool air out while windows were removed for staining/varnishing.

All the help we get is muchly appreciated - believe me! Working with two is more fun - counting the trains going by - imagining where they are going - pretending they are really circus trains. Yes, us girls were getting pretty tired downstairs by the time the imaginary circus train flew by!
We know there is a long way to go yet - especially with our area upstairs with lots of fir trim woodwork - but we know we will move our office THIS YEAR!