Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 7:45 a.m. in "The City", where the display on my DTWS shows 37°, which matches the forecast from the NWS under rainy-skies which the NWS has forecast to continue throughout the day. Our current temperature is also our overnight low, with today's high predicted to reach 42° with an overnight low-temperature of 35°.

Well, it is that time of year when the forecasts begin to predict wintry weather for our little corner of the word. The NWS has added a Winter Weather Advisory to the forecast for Southwest and South Central Michigan until 4:00 p.m. today. Areas north of GR may see from one to three inches of heavy-wet snow.

In addition, the NWS has continued the Small Craft Advisory from St. Joseph to Manistee until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, with winds from 15 to 25 knots and gusts up to 30 knots. Those winds starting in the Southwest this morning and changing to Northwest winds this afternoon pushing waves up to eight feet in height! The sun rose into leaden skies this morning @ 7:36 a.m. and it will set tonight @ 5:21 p.m.

College football yesterday was boring in the early afternoon, as the 9 - 1 Wolverines of MI visited the 6 - 4 Nittany Lions of Penn State in Happy Valley, PA, where the Wolverines eked out a slim victory over the Nittany Lions, 21 - 17. Michigan did not look strong offensively and it was their defense that kept them in the game. I expect their national ranking to drop once again. 

On the other hand, the also 9 - 1 Spartans of MSU hosted the 5 - 5 Terrapins of Maryland and soundly defeated the Terrapins, 40 - 21. I expect that their national ranking will improve.

We took some abbreviated individual walks with the fur-children yesterday afternoon. Whereas STWD and I never stray far from the manse, Mary and Ginger like to go for longer sojourns. That was their plan, but the raindrops that were falling on our heads forced the return of Mary and Ginger about the same time that STWD and I were getting back to the manse. After that, we stayed indoors and out of the weather.

Mary made two of my favorite things for meals yesterday. Brunch was grilled tofu with tartar sauce and a salad, while tempeh bacon and lettuce sandwiches with a side of cheesy grits for dinner was dinner. In both cases, iceberg lettuce was one of the featured ingredients. What's not to like?

We completed the indoor chores too. 

Mary is making solid progress on her cross-stitching and I am being retired. We collectively watched another episode of Chuck and then I watched what seems to be another in an endless stream of Christmas Hallmark movies after dinner last night. I'm a sucker for a Christmas romance.

Today, we are scheduled to visit that aforementioned cell-phone provider in Holland to get a new SIM card and also get help with setting up my new phone. I admit to needing help, because the phone won't accept my email password. Maybe I don't need it anyway. We'll see.

Is that enough for one day? Yes! Ciao.