Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 12:30 a.m. in "The City."

I had a busy day yesterday. I got up early due to the ache in my shoulder, but that allowed me time to accomplish several things around the manse before I was ready for the fur-children's arrival downstairs for their breakfast. I let the fur-children out for their morning constitutional afterwards.

By then, Mary had come down and she made a great breakfast/lunch of tuno casserole. I say breakfast/lunch, since it was now past 12:00 p.m. I think that this was her best effort to date. She believes her success was due to the inclusion of her homemade vegetable broth. Who am I to argue?

Before lunch, I had mixed up a loaf of English muffin toasting bread and set it aside to rise. Once the desired rise had been achieved, I popped the loaf into the 400° oven and 25 minutes later, I was finished. During the baking of the bread, I partially finished the indoor chores that Mary had started the night before. I finished the balance just before dinner last night. Our dinner was the leftover chickpea loaf from the day before, along with some mixed vegetables.

I was able to spot both runs of the train on the RST yesterday. The southbound run happened @ 8:40 a.m. when MMRR locomotive #2025 was seen heading towards Holland towing four DBTCs, one DWTC, and one GTC. This time, the train was moving at a good clip. Later in the afternoon, @ 3:00 p.m., I watched that same locomotive pass by heading north, towing eight CHCs, four DBTCs, two GTCs, and two DWTCs.

We made a mid-afternoon run to the grocery store in Spring Lake, followed by a stop at the resale store for a table for Mary's office and then and we finished our outing with a stop at Stan's. Home to feed the fur-children and then some TV news, followed by Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. By then, I was ready for some Hallmark movie time in our media room.

We have a current temperature of 38° that feels more like 29°. There is a Small Craft Advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. Thursday for the "Big Lake." It is the winds driving that advisory that are causing that Wind-Chill Effect temperature of 29. The sun will rise today @ 8:12 a.m. and set later @ 5:11 p.m.

Today, we'll be making those stops that I mentioned in my previous blog. Since the magnifying glass that I want is only $1.99, no need for a discount coupon. We still have to get to the Social Security office in Muskegon on that leg of our trip north. I dread that visit for many reasons.

Otherwise, not much is on tap. Ciao.