Good very early morning GH. It has just passed 12:00 AM and the forecast is for continued dark followed by periods of more dark. The current temperature is 52 partly cloudy degrees as we head for a low in the low 40s. Later today we are expecting a high of 68 sunny degrees. Looks like a good day for living here in "The City."

On Sunday, Mary and I visited a local antiques dealer that was having a flea market. While we didn't get anything at the outdoor flea market, indoors I was able to get a Sears Craftsman clock just like the one I had before we moved. Mary got a really cool cookbook. I guess you could say we both came away happy.

Afterwards we went to the big box retailer and picked up some additional things. We started out for just some French dressing and came away with much more. That's the problem with a big box retailer. One of the things we got was a cucumber which became part of lunch along with the killer meatless Reuben sandwiches that Mary has perfected. Some great sourdough bread, some name brand Swiss cheese, and some really excellent sauerkraut combined to make the sandwiches perfect. Mary and I discovered that if you put on some mustard to go with the Thousand Island dressing, perfection happens.

Post lunch, I finished yesterday's newspaper and did some crosswords. I never got to my music, but I felt like doing very little yesterday. Mary, Sugar, and I did go walk-about and that pleased Sugar immensely. In the early evening, Mary tried out a new recipe for stuffed mushrooms and I have to admit that while they won't replace a great beefsteak, they were very good. Along with the mushrooms, Mary brought out the spinach dip and a tofu salad that she had made previously and it was a great dinner meal too.

Today, since I have already finished the highlighting that I had to do for Mary, I should be able to get to my music. I decided that the new book I tried out just wasn't working for me, so I'll be returning that to the library today when I walk with Sugar. I have several others to read, so I won't have to check any others out.

I have to find just the right place to hand my new to me clock in the man-cave, but that means that I get to spend some time down there. I don't spend the kind of time I used to, but an occasional visit is just fine with me.

In sports, the Bears beat the Steelers to go to 3 - 0 behind a 40 - 23 mauling. The Lions were winners too, with a 27 - 20 final score. The boys in blue fell to the Braves, 2 - 5. The Tigers also lost to that other team from Chicago, 3 - 6. My beloved Red Sox triumphed over the Blue Jays, making them the American League East Division champs. With the exception of another loss by the boys in blue and a meaningless loss by the Tigers, things went well in sports.

So that's about it for yesterday and today. Now it is time for bed and in the morning...Tea time. Ciao.