Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:30 a.m. in "The City."

I've just finished reading my latest pulp-fiction novel, Heartbreak Hotel, by Jonathan Kellerman. Overall, I liked the book/storyline, but by the end, it seemed as though Kellerman was rushing to wrap it up. If I had to rate this book on a scale of 1 - 10, I'd give it a 7.5. Good, but not great. Now I can get on to reading the book for our book club. I should have enough time for that as I don't have anything on this week's agenda that can't wait.

We finally got out with the fur-children yesterday in spite of the drastic change in the weather conditions from the day before. It was colder and rainier.

Today, as forecast by the NWS, it will be warmer, but the rain is expected to continue with an 80% chance and the possibility of T-storms. STWD will not be happy. I guess that it was a good thing that I took both of the girls out just before midnight last night. As the week progresses, the temperatures should stay in the mid-50s, with rain a relatively slight possibility.

We have a current temperature of 41° with rain occurring off and on. Today's high is expected to reach 57° so it will be more pleasant to walk with the fur-children. The sun will rise @ 7:37 a.m. and set @ 8:04 p.m.

Speaking of getting out, we also traveled to a craft fair at the City Farmer. Due to the inclement weather, the majority of the vendors had moved indoors. There were many nice things on display, but we ended up with a piece of sculpture made of old wood and steel for the side of the house, or garage, or the fence at the rear of the back-forty. It is up to Mary to decide. At any rate, Mary, in her usual hard bargaining style managed to bring the price down by $20.00 from the asking price. All good as far as I'm concerned. However, now I have to hang the piece. We stopped in @ Sporty's since it was a short distance away and then headed home to feed our fur-children. We watched some TV as we ate our dinner of extraordinary beest with broccoli slaw salad that Mary had prepared earlier

Earlier in the afternoon, I took some time to bake my easy peasy oatmeal raisin cookies and they turned out great, as usual. You can't go wrong with the simplicity of the recipe that is included in every box of Quaker™ oatmeal. Sadly, the sous-dogs were unable to sample any of the cookies due to the toxicity to dogs of the raisins.

After dinner, I headed up to the media room for more TV and reading where I fell asleep. I soon went to bed after I awoke and that was that until I got up to read and write this blog.

We don't have any plans for today other than the morning safari with the fur-children, so that should make the day easier. Ciao