Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:45 a.m. in "The City."

I had plans to go to bed after waking up in my chair in the media room. Ginger, and then later STWD, had other plans. I went downstairs with Ginger and then STWD followed, so that by 1:00 a.m., they had both had their final out for the night. Of course, by then, I was awake and so, here I am.

I got started on the indoor Christmas decorating yesterday with some help from Mary. We set up our new tree and adjusted the branches so that the tree looks quite natural, in an artificial tree sort of fashion. At this point in our lives, we are quite content with a tree that won't attract the attention of either of the fur-children. Plus, this tree is much taller than the one that is now part of our outdoor decorations. I'll finish hanging the ornaments later today after I get up late. Also today, I have to do more of those indoor chores that seem to be part and parcel to my days.

Yesterday, I thought that I'd miss at least one leg of the train run on the RSTL. I was wrong. At 8:52 a.m., I sprang from my bed to watch as MMRR EMD GP-38-2 locomotive @ 2025 passed by @ heading south towing one CHC, three, DBTCs, and two DWTCs. Later, @ 3:13 p.m., we had returned home fro mour various appointments and I espied that same locomotive heading north, towing five CHCs, two DBTCs, one DWTC, and one GTC.

By the by, I don't know how I missed it. Directly across from our house, the southbound train in the morning hit a car that was parked too near the tracks. The car was damaged and the train did not stop. Even the owner  of the car was unaware of the accident. The scene was caught on the video camera of a local business. 

I'd include a link to the video of the accident, from the Grand Haven Tribune web site, but I don't know if that is legal. However, if you are interested, go to YouTube™ and search for "Train hits car in Grand Haven, MI, 11/27/2018."

Also yesterday.

Mary tried that new recipe for hammish, and it was, to say the least, a grand failure. No taste without the glaze. Mary plans to keep the glaze recipe for other hammish recipes.

We made it to my orthopedist appointment and then lunch at the hospital. I learned that I needed to get a pulley system to increase the range of motion in my aching shoulder. We purchased one on the way home and I installed it earlier this-morning. I'll put it to use later this a.m.

We also stopped in at the grocery store in Spring Lake and got some purified water in refillable bottles for our humidifier. We won't have to be incessantly recycling gallon jugs anymore.

We picked up yesterday's edition of the Grand Haven Tribune while we were out, but I have not yet perused it. I am assuming that the train hitting the car will be in today's edition.

We have a current temperature of 28° that feels like 20° with the wind-chill. No precipitation is on tap until later tonight. We have received a dusting of snow over the last few hours. The sun will rise later this morning @ 7:53 a.m. and then set @ 5:12 p.m.

Otherwise, that's about it for today. I'll add some pix of our Christmas tree once I am done. Ciao.