Good morning GH. It is just past 7:00 AM, and we are currently at 51 degrees under partly cloudy skies. No storms or showers on tap until a 40% chance on Thursday. So that means another great week until  at least then.

On Sunday, Mary and I decided to go to our favorite watering hole in the PM to watch the Bears v. Lions. It was a great time for all in attendance regardless of their team loyalties. I was asked at one point, given my mixed loyalties, did I favor one team over the other. I answered truthfully, yes. Truth is, since I have adopted this state, the Bears or Lions could have won and I was okay with that. Turns out that the Lions won, as often happens in Detroit when the Bears visit. The Lions won with a final score of 32 - 40. The Bears QB didn't look good. I was remembering a Thanksgiving Day game years ago when a then unknown Detroit OB seemed to crush the Bears all by himself. He was never heard from again.

That's about it for yesterday. We had dinner from a local taco place that Adam had recommended and it was great. It seems as though they have been there a long time as compared to the chicken shack that recently went under, the latest in a long line of places to occupy that location. Some have been good, some very short lived, but all have one thing in common, they don't last. I think I'll start a pool on the one that is going to open there in the near future.

Oh, I should mention that my buttermilk pancakes turned out great. Given all the things that could have gone wrong, I did okay. I got a little help from Mary on the temperature of the griddle, but that's about it. Since I have a lot of buttermilk left over, Mary has been looking up other possible uses. I may have found one for onion rings and other vegetables. It is all about being willing to try new things.

Today, Mary has to get back to work and I have to walk with Sugar. I think that's a fair trade-off. I get to enjoy the weather and Mary get's to enjoy her office. I also have to call the doctor in GR, as his office hasn't gotten back to me yet with the results of my recent MRI. I'd like to think that that portends good news, so I have a positive attitude. Fingers and toes crossed and a lucky coin in my pocket too.

I have a few other calls to make too, but those are not pressing. I have to call a couple of local HVAC contractors to get an estimate on our oddly configured duct-work. We own a one-hundred year old house that used to be heated by a coal-fired furnace in the basement. That furnace was replaced years ago, but since this house used gravity feed to distribute the heat, is not well suited to modern HVAC systems. We seem to have no cold-air returns upstairs and no heating or cooling circulation in my office/music room or the media room. I can't wait.

In sports, my last report on the boys in blue. Sadly, they finished with a 66 - 96 record, following an 0 - 4 loss to the Cardinals. I wonder who will be managing the team next season. If it's the same guy, I'll be totally surprised. The Tigers ended the regular season with an 0 - 1 loss to the Marlins as they await the A's. I don't like going into the playoffs with several losses in a row. I have been a Cubs fan too long. My beloved Red Sox also fell, 6 - 7 to the Orioles. Same sentiment for their recent record. The Lions defeated the Bears as mentioned earlier, 40 - 32.

So that'ts about it. Time to return to the bed and get in a little additional nap time. Ciao.