Good early morning GH. It is currently 73 degrees here in the Weather Center and 52 outdoors as we head for a high of 70 today. Sunrise will happen at 6:06 AM. Sugar the Weather Dog and I like it.

The contractor came as scheduled on Friday and nearly finished the job. One window to go, and his work appears to be excellent. We think that the exterior of the house should be done once he is finished. Of course, there are those things that you can't anticipate, but there isn't anything that appears on the horizon.

I have to water the hanging baskets and pots today, as the rain that is coming on Sunday won't be soon enough. One of the reasons that I am up is that it got warm in the bedroom, since we had forgotten that the windows were closed as the contractor worked earlier.

I was tasked with working for my ogre of a boss today, and she is a slave driver. However, I was rewarded with my usual salary at day's end. I'd complain, but she wouldn't listen.

I had two walks with Sugar on Friday. After the first one, I made two kinds of salsa, one green and one red. While the green salsa followed our traditional recipe, the red followed a recipe that I found in one of the cookbooks from Mary's collection. Since Mary usually wings the red one and puts in this and that, she didn't have a recipe in her book of favorites. I've not tried either, but if you can judge by looks, they look great. I may have overdone the garlic in the red, but as Adam often says, "You never have too much garlic." I hope he is right.

Today, more nose to the grindstone and more chances to walk with Sugar, possibly to the farmer's market. I used up all of the fresh tomatoes that Mary bought the other day when I made the red salsa, so they need to be replaced. I had planned to do some bike riding yesterday, but I was so engrossed on my work that I didn't get to it; maybe today. There is also a camper show by real people at one of the state parks near here that I'd like to see. The newspaper says it should have vintage campers which would be interesting. One of our own local fests is occurring today too, so there is much to be done.

I have to take time to listen to Auto Talk this morning. One can  never get enough of 200,000 mile 1992 trucks and cars you know.

I have an appointment at the car dealer on Wednesday to have the alignment checked on our new car. Mary insists that the car drives straight, but if the spoke on the steering wheel isn't straight, then the alignment isn't right. A new car should be right in spite of her protestations.

In sports on Friday, the boys in blue lost to the Pirates 0 - 2. The Tigers beat the Tribe of Cleveland 7 - 5 and they play again this afternoon. My beloved Red Sox were postponed due to the rain and wind caused by Tropical Storm Andrea on the East Coast. They should be fine today. The Caps fell hard to the Loons of the Great Lakes, 4 - 10. The Blackhawks play again tonight and they hope to close out the series and move on to the finals against the Bruins of Boston. The next NBA game is on Sunday with the Heat trailing the Spurs by one game.

That all being said, not much to be done today other than...Tea time. Ciao.