Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:30 a.m. in "The City."

Ahhh that feels more like it. Given, that my last blog was a scant 13 hours ago, I don't have a lot to say.

We have a current temperature of 44° that feels like 44° under cloudy skies. Later today, after the sun rises @ 8:14 a.m., well have a forecast high of 60° under partly cloudy skies. That will last until the sun sets @ 6:41 p.m. Saturday promises 61°, also under partly cloudy skies.

That forecast is good news for the game between Michigan State and Michigan which kicks off  @ 12:00 p.m. We plan to be @ the Post for that game. While I generally root for the Spartans, Jim Harbaugh's Wolverines lost to MSU last year on a freak play so they will be out for revenge. Plus, this year's 2 - 5 Spartans are not a very good football team, especially when compared to this year's 7 - 0 Wolverine squad. I know that anything can happen, witness the 69 Cubs, but somehow I doubt that the Spartans have the players to defeat Michigan.

Speaking of the Cubs, they face the underdog Cleveland Indians tonight @ 7:00 p.m. One sports pundit has likened the Indians to a group of explorers going uphill wearing snowshoes. But as we all know, anything can happen. My money or at least my hopes are riding with the Cubs. This is a very special team, with the moxie to win the big games. Kyle Schwarber's return from a horrific injury five games into the season certainly proves something.  In addition, the Cubs Kyle Hendricks takes the mound tonight. I read somewhere that some Wrigleyville bars are charging $250.00 to watch the game on TV.

We got the index out yesterday by early afternoon. That gives us a breathing spell until December.

Mary made sandwiches for lunch yesterday accompanied by a small salad and cottage tofu. Dinner was also a variation on those sandwiches which Mary has dubbed spicy tomato loaf, lettuce, and tomato (STLLT) sandwiches accompanied by potato salad. Both meals were excellent.

I've recently returned from the vast lawns of the PE after giving Ginger her early morning out. She was very accommodating. That allowed me to rescue Mary from her comfortable perch in the La-Z-Boy and move her to the bedroom where she and Ginger have returned to their previous symbiotic and peaceful resting state. All good.

Today we have our handyman, John, coming to begin the task of painting the kitchen, the mudroom, and the downstairs bathroom. His work is what precipitated our visit to the paint store on Wednesday. He anticipates that his painting will take three or four days as no patching of walls is required.

Otherwise today, we have the morning safari on our schedule, a visit to the vet for the fur-children, a chat session for Mary, and a stop at the chiropractor followed by collapse. I think that's enough for one day.

I still have books to pick up, books to read and the girls to play. Ciao.