Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just passing 10:30 p.m. in "The City." A current temperature of 33° feels more like 26° with the wind directly out of the north @ nine mph. It was a bit cooler today than yesterday, but tomorrow will be a little warmer as we rise to the forecast high temperature of 38° before dropping to the overnight low temperature of 31° The sun will rise tomorrow @ 8:15 a.m. and set later  5:15 p.m. There are no alerts in the forecast at this time. 

We had a great Christmas today. We didn't get up too early, and then we came down to find our stockings filled with goodies for ourselves and the fur-children. They each got a new toy to play with and a dental bone to chew. I got two new journals, and I also received an adult coloring book of flowers for my winter enjoyment. Plus, Mary cross-stitched a bookmark that depicts the various crew members of the Starship Enterprise. As you may know, you don't want to be one of the red shirt-wearing crew members who beam down with Captain Kirk. Mary got a dragon snow-globe for her desk. 

In case you feel a need to forget, the 2 - 11 - 1 Detroit Lions are in Atlanta tomorrow to play the 6 - 8 Falcons @ 1:00 p.m. The almost as terrible, 4 - 10 Chicago Bears visit Seattle tomorrow to play the 5 - 9 Seahawks @ 4:05 p.m. Is it any wonder that I like to watch Hallmark Channel™ movies versus watching the ineptitude that is passing for professional football? That doesn't even factor in the decimation being caused in all professional sports by the Covid-19 virus.

Speaking of football, the MI Wolverines will be playing in the Orange Bowl versus the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday, December 31, 2021, @ 7:30 p.m. The MSU Spartans are slotted into the Peach Bowl versus the Pitt Panthers the day before, December 30, 2021, @ 7:00 p.m.

But back to today here at the manse. We had a nice brunch of one of my favorites, vegan hot dog wraps with a side of cheezy broccoli, and then we each retired to our corners to take advantage of the sunlight for painting and cross-stitching. Mid-afternoon, we took the fur-children for a short walkabout. I came home to the manse and fell asleep as Mary once again repaired to her office for more cross stitching before she prepared our dinner repast of hammish with baked potatoes and for me, another of my personal faves, Ocean Spray™ jellied cranberry sauce. 

While we ate, we finished watching Love Actually. Then I came up to fall asleep in the media room before traveling to my own office for this blog. 

Tomorrow, we have no specific plans and that's fine with me. I may or may not do some indoor chores, I hope to paint more and play music too. Mary is nearly finished with the cross-stitch project she plans to frame. Otherwise, it looks like an average day here on the Palatial Estate. Ciao.