Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "The City."

Well, I'd like to say that I had a good night's sleep last night. Yes, I'd like to say that, but I can't. My shoulder still won't let me lie in a bed for an extended period of time and La Z Boy chairs are not conducive to sleeping in comfort. So, I am running on about five hours of sleep. I suppose that's not all that different than my regular sleeping pattern, but it would be great to have that be a choice, not a happenstance. Oh well, I'll grin and bear it.

We have a current temperature of 31° under partly-cloudy skies as we drop towards our overnight low of 27°. Today's high is forecast to reach 30° with only a 10% chance for precipitation. However, there is another Small Craft Advisory in effect for Lake Michigan. The sun will rise later this morning @ 8:12 a.m. and set laer @ 5:38 p.m.

Many people are gearing up for the NFL playoffs this coming Sunday that will determine which teams play in the Super Bowl. I'm counting the days until the pitchers and catchers report to spring training. My beloved Red Sox and our own Detroit Tigers report to training camp on Feb 12, a mere 25 days from today. That's enough to get any baseball fan's heart beating faster.

We had a good day yesterday. We all stayed in resting mode, bith us humans and the fur-children, until after 12:00 p.m. We humans ran a couple of errands and then Mary put her considerable kitchen skills to work and made a modified version of a meatloaf recipe that I had found on the internet. This vegan version of meatloaf probably wouldn't fool a carnivore, but for me, it is a keeper. I've included a few pix that Mary took both before and during our repast.

Ready for the oven.

Me impatiently awaiting dinner, with my horseradish at the ready.

Mary's plat with the meatlo0af and the mix of sweet potato and russet potato fries.

Worthy of note, is that Mary employed her new French fry cutter, but she quickly discovered that sweet potatoes are much harder to cut than russet potatoes and she ended up with a bruised hand. I could only provide minimal assistance due to my one-armed status.

Today, Mary will be dropping the car off to have those brakes repaired/replaced. I am doubtful as to the efficacy of the fix, but that is their plan. Otherwise, Mary has some indoor chores to do and we also want to do some trip planning. That's enough for a one-handed blogger. Ciao.