Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 3:25 a.m. in "The City", where the current Wind Chill temperature is a brisk seven degrees with a strong wind out of the west @ 15 mph. The actual temperature under cloudy skies is better at 20°, and that will be our overnight low temperature. 

The NWS has once again issued a Small Craft Advisory from St. Joseph to Manistee, in effect until 7:00 a.m. Thursday, with wind speeds of 15 to 25 knots and gusts up to 30 knots, producing waves up to eight feet in height.

Today, the high temperature will be 29°, with an overnight low of 28°. Oddly, while temperatures will continue to rise as the days progress, the NWS is forecasting that Friday's high temperature will only reach 15 chilly degrees. No complaints from me, as I don't have to go anywhere until a podiatric appointment next week.

The sunrise today will be at 8:00 a.m. with sunset @ 5:57 p.m. 

I had my latest orthopedist appointment with Dr. Baszler yesterday. I love his bedside manner, and he pronounced my progress super and told me that my professional rehab was now complete and that I just had to work on my own to improve the strength of my left knee. 👍😀

In addition, we scheduled my right knee replacement for late March. I could have waited for summer or next fall, but I want this to be over. If there were an alternative to another knee replacement, I'd do it, but my right knee is not much better than my left was, so...  

We also stopped by the Hulst-Jensen rehab facility to schedule the appointments for that knee. 

As is all too often the case, I went to bed early to watch a Hallmark Channel movie with Ginger and promptly fell asleep. Mary arrived later, turned on The DaVinci Code, starring Tom Hanks, and soon fell asleep herself. I was awake, then I wasn't, and then I was, viewing the ending before getting up to blog etc.

I finished my novel yesterday and worked some crossword puzzles. We continued to ear-read our shared book, while Mary continued her personal ear-read. 

Late yesterday evening, Mary went upstairs to view a ZOOM presentation. I failed to ask the subject, which I had forgotten, and how the program turned out. Today, for sure, if I remember. 

Before I sat down to blog, I took time to order more books for curbside pickup at the library. 

Today, Mary plans to do as little as possible. I concur with her thinking about that. 

More of both types of reading, more puzzle solving, more cross-stitching, more retirement. What's not to like? Ciao.