Good morning or good evening, wherever  you may be. It is just past 1:00 a.m. in "The City."
The weather here in West MI is still cool. A current temperature of 33° feels like° before today's expected high of 43°. According to the NWS, it will be March 29, 2016 before we get out of the 40s. I want to get out and garden in the back forty of the Palatial Estate.

Yesterday was a busy day. I test fit my puzzle in the frame, and it is not the right size, so back it goes. We had a lunch of sloppy joes with broccoli, and then we kicked off the balance of our day with a visit to the eye doctor for our new lenses. I can definitely see better and according to Mary, so can she. Then we traveled to the Ace Hardware™ in Spring Lake and on to Coopersville to get some things at the small store there that specializes in bulk style and low cost food sales. We finished up our shopping at the grocery store in Spring Lake.  It really was a busy day as I have outlined below.

Since it was St. Patrick's Day, we visited the pub in Muskegon to catch a set by Uneven Ground and drink some adult libations. We didn't eat, because we couldn't verify all of the ingredients that were in the offerings. Let's just say that the people in the pub were happily celebrating the day.

We decided to come home and Mary made her now famous sauerkraut and faux Swiss cheese sandwiches with her homemade thousand dresing. The side was potato chips. I guess that the two were Irish in nature.

We watched some TV and I worked the crossword from the Grand Haven Tribune that we picked up when we were out with STWD. Naturally, I grew tired and the intrepid weather dog and I retired for the evening while Mary stayed downstairs and futzed with something.

In sports news, all of my teams won yesterday, but only the Tigers have a winning record this spring.

Mary has a doctor's appointment near Holland this morning. We can take the opportunity to pick up our newly framed items and drop off my jigsaw puzzle for framing. Then in the afternoon, Mary has to visit the chiropractor again, She pronounces herself feeling better and that's all a person can ask.

Otherwise, after the morning safari, I have no specific plans. Ciao.

Addendum: They did indeed build a better mousetrap. Mary need not fear another visit from the critter that has been visiting the last few nights. When I went downstairs to place a return shipping label on the frame box, I discovered that he or she was trapped beneath the sink, so I tossed the trap into the trash and took it outside at about 1:30 a.m. I also placed another trap under there. I baited both traps with some butternut squash which I guess proved too irresistible to the critter.