Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 29° under cloudy skies with windy conditions,. Today's high is forecast to reach 35° under skies that have a 40% chance for snow-showers. I watched @ 4:12, 4:19, and 4:32 a.m. as the city plows passed by in front of the manse, depositing more snow into our shared drivewa

Fortunately, our snow-removal service came by early yesterday morning and cleared the deck, the driveway and the front porch. All I had left was to spread some ice-melter on the deck to complete the task. Well not exactly all, as the front porch still had some ice on it when I went out to get a package from that big-box inter net retailer, and later when Mary went out to get the mail. I didn't use any ice-melter on the porch. But overall, we are totally satisfied with the efforts of the snow-removal service.

The sun will rise today @ 8:14 a.m. and set later @ 5:32 p.m.

That River Flood Warning remains in effect, but only until 5:00 p.m. today! In addition, there is another Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. this morning too. Patchy freezing drizzle and ice accumulations of a light glaze are possible over portions of central, south central, southwest and west central Michigan. Drivers should plan on some slick spots on roads. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute. Secondary roads, back roads and sidewalks may be the most affected. Everyone should exercise caution as overpasses usually freeze first due to their elevated surface. In other words, slow down and use caution while traveling.  Ya think?

I snapped a few pix yesterday to give those of you in warm places like Puerto Rico, a sense of what you are missing.

Just enough snow and ice to make the steps dangerous.

Although the snow was gone, the ice remained on the sidewalk.

I worked hard in the kitchen yesterday, making that aforementioned batch of vegan Italian meatballs. However, I used some of the pre-cooked dough to make a couple of vegan Italian burgers. We had those for dinner and they were even better than we had hoped. One caveat, I think I'll do the burgerts separate from the meatballs next time to facilitate the process.

A little vegan mayo and a side-salad with mushrooms and dinner was served!

I watched some football yesterday as the Chiefs demolished the Texans, 51 - 31 and the Packers took care of the Seahawks, 28 - 23 in the divisional rounds, setting up match-ups between the Chiefs and the Titans and the Packers and the 49ers next week.

Otherwise, I accompanied Mary to the grocery store followed by a stop at Stan's before dinner. Oh, I also had to play the tough-guy role last night and come down from the media-room to take care of a ferocious flying beetle in the dining room. I vacuumed him up and gave him his freedom outside the backdoor. Mary then went back to knitting my newest hat and I returned to fall asleep inthe media-room.

Today, I have plans to go to the movies, but I won't go if I don't like the driving conditions. As I don't drive that much anymore, I like everything to be perfect when I do. If not today, then Wednesday will be soon enough. Ciao.