mostly cloudy, cold

I ate too much junk watching football yesterday.....stayed up late so I could savor the Cowboys getting whupped, slept pretty good....I'll eat more snacks today watching the Sun Bowl probably......can have chicken corn chowder as supper, then do the black-eyed peas Fiscal Tuesday.....might make a fried egg sandwich for lunch today, that's always an option.....not much stirring downtown on my newspaper walk.....I'm going over to the store for OJ and chips.....chips for tonight and OJ for mimosas during the Rose Parade....it's important to be organized about these things.....I'll put the new calendar on the wall above the kitchen table before I fix any breakfast in the morning, a habitual ritual......who knows what tomorrow may bring?

hard frost, 25F windchill

but I could see the sunrise when I went out the door today....no clouds or fog.....but even with a sunny day on tap it's predicted to stay mid-40s.....there's Panthers-Saints today, and Packers-Vikings....and Cowboys-Redskins.....but they won't show Chargers-Raiders this far East.....I did make beef and cheese tacos for Saturday lunch, they were good.....sourdough rye whisky batter french toast with sausage links for Sunday breakfast.....probably french bread pizza while watching football this evening....finished a library book yesterday and got pretty far into another one.....also reading a sci-fi novel on kindle.....read last night after the overseas newscasts instead of looking for any movie to watch.....school will be out for another week, so things will continue muted around here.....

fogged out sunrise

rained all night, trees were still dripping but the last of the drizzle had stopped right when I went out for the paper at 7:30.....some standing water on streets and sidewalks.....the vacant lot is greening up nicely, except the parts that are underwater......was 44 Friday, predicted 54 today as some sun comes out as the day goes by.....maybe I can walk in the afternoon then.....otherwise it's going to be another quiet Saturday for just staying in and reading I guess.....not much on the TV sports.....Hosers play at Gamecocks....good luck with that.....still working with that roast beef for lunches, but it's getting near the end.....maybe I could make tacos today for lunch.....pork chop supper on the menu.....do you eat the black-eyed peas Eve or Day?  Google that....

overcast, freezing

32F ......good chance of rain tonight and on into Saturday morning......did get some champagne at Walmart, and the vitamins I was looking for....the kind for aged persons.....it got almost comfortable outside yesterday afternoon in the sunshine, but it doesn't look like any sunshine today.....I used up the last of the dressing and gravy with a pork chop and butter beans supper.....can finish off the bratwurst and kraut with fried potato today......still some roast beef for lunch sandwiches.....hot oatmeal is good on these cold mornings.....fireworks stands have been open for a few weeks now, for 1/1/13 skyrockets and what-all.....I think I stayed awake 'til the ball dropped last time, but I'm not sure about that.....champagne brunch during the Rose Parade is a favorite tradition in this house, looking forward to that......I'll try walking the park after lunch again, might warm up some by then.....

black ice likely

on your early morning commute.....I don't have to worry about that.....pretty hard frost this morning, windchill 26 at sunrise.....might get up to 50 today.....now it's sunny and calm at least, the wind event seems to be mostly over with....power went on and off again a few times last night....but everything boots back up usually....you might have to hit the wifi from your device again.....modern life....fixed a cheddar-jack beef melt on sourdough for lunch on Boxing Day.....supper was bratwurst, sauerkraut, cornbread dressing with gravy.....today maybe a pork chop platter.....I got my black-eyed peas, cornbread, collard greens for New Year.....I'll put diced Bacon Spam and sweet onion in the pot with the peas.....I forgot to get champagne.....maybe I'll remember that at Walmart, I need to go there today.....after the sun melts the ice off the Jeep windows.....what's going to happen in 2013?  we'll see....

maybe it's gone past now

the rain front......things are soaked from what came through late night and early morning....the vacant lot looks like a lake.....a cold front is expected now .....I guess I'll go do a small grocery trip, I still have some holiday food to eat up.....I do need more coffee though this time.....and something like trail mix for snacking.....it's going to be soup weather, I can get some of that chicken corn chowder I like.....I made cheese taquitos for Christmas lunch......probably back to a roast beef sandwich today.....swiss cheese, I could get that too at the store.....I'll go now while it's not raining....

hard to tell

which carol the church bells are playing.....it echos around too much to figure if it's Silent Night or Joy to the World.....and when two churches get going at once it's really confusing....part of the charm of downtown, the church bells.....they are a little more active this time of year.....fog this morning, not many people were out at 7:30 when I went walking.....the paper says 97% chance of rain for Laurens today.....it was a good soak yesterday,  and Wednesday is predicted wet too.....but with all the humidity it isn't freezing cold.....went hog wild with Eve dinner, meat and THREE sides.....roasted potato wedges with onion, cornbread dressing, and those real tiny sweet peas.....thinly sliced roast beef....all with gravy.....and I ate other treats later too....pecan cream cake, chocolate cashews, port cheese log with port wine to wash it down.....egg-nog.....slept well.....I'll gain weight like I did at Thanksgiving, but it only takes a week to lose it again, when I go back to my regular habits.....Merry Christmas, ya'll!

could have walked

 but it looked like the storm was almost here on the radar and I drove for the paper.....but I would have made it back to the house before the rain.....oh well, I'll get some walking done some time, it won't rain the whole day....maybe.....warmer today with the cloud cover anyway.....when the 49ers got behind by three touchdowns I went on to bed, I'd seen enough football by then.....there were some good games Sunday, from my point of view.....looks like some folks in the neighborhood didn't get the message as regards no trash pick-up on Xmas Eve, their trash is out in the rain, nothing gets picked up 'til Wednesday.....so it's an awfully quiet Monday with no trash trucks and no school traffic....and I haven't even heard a train this morning, which is odd.....it would be silly to go near Walmart today, I made that mistake one other Christmas Eve....don't need anything there anyway today.....I've got lots of food for sure.....that rare roast beef makes a good sandwich.....

expecting wet weather

for the next two or three days.....70% chance of rain on Christmas day.....this morning it's partly cloudy and cold, 25 windchill at sunrise.....so I've gone through the Sunday paper....looks like some good games on today as the NFL season gets down to the nitty-gritty....can the Panthers win another?  they host the Raiders I think it is at 1:00.....and the 49ers will be on the late game.....gravy on sausage and stuffing worked for Saturday supper.....today I'll either nuke a roast beef platter, or just convection a french bread pizza to eat while watching the middle game, the Ravens or something......yesterday it got warm enough to sit on the porch for a while in the sun, but it doesn't look like it will be that nice out today any time.....I used the last of the 15 grain bread for brandy-batter french toast breakfast, so my lunch sandwich will be the first of the sour dough loaf, with brat and kraut?   anyway, it's looking like the kind of day to just hunker down with football and egg-nog....the President said to do that in his speech the other night....drink some egg-nog....so it must be our national duty to do so....

frozen puddles

over on the vacant lot next door.....out walking by there at sunrise it was 23 windchill.....last night on the 5 o'clock news it was still 32 windchill in Laurens, after a day of sunshine.....snow in the mountains.....I can either have a roast beef sandwich for lunch, or a brat sandwich....or even cheese taquitos I guess.....I'm thinking bratwurst with onion-apple cornbread dressing and peas, all with the roast beef gravy for supper....got lots of gravy......I might go out later and buy eggnog and brandy.....and some kind of cake or pie as a special Holiday treat.....gas is under 3 bucks for regular here....AAA says this coming week is the deadliest period of the year on the highways.....glad I'm not going anywhere.....this town is going to look mostly empty until after New Year's......

Winter begins

and it's doing a good job of it so far.....wind chill of 28 on the sunrise walk.....12mph wind from the west, some branches down on Pitts St, and Academy....lights were flickering on and off some about the time I went to bed last night.....the wind came after the rain front went through.....some real downpours after suppertime while I was watching TV.....solstice at 6:12 AM for this longitude, so I was still in bed and didn't do any like solstice dance or whatever......world did not end?   sometimes it's hard to tell.....it might all just be an illusion anyway.....the skillet meal with bratwurst and etcetera worked well, will fix that again some time....might do the roast beef today......it's too dang windy and nippy outside to walk again right now....the heater is working to keep it warm inside.....

39F at sunrise

mostly clear, no wind, high humidity, large storm heading this way.....don't know when it will get here.....tonight I'll do something with bratwurst.....and sometime I want to make onion and apple cornbread dressing.....I read a recipe like that in the special section of the Clinton paper that comes out for the holidays.....it's got recipes that folks send in describing their special treats and cooking tricks, etc....some strange things in there...lots of sweets, and stuff like Coca-Cola Fried Chicken?  The washing machine I bought second hand when I moved in here has conked out.....it was made in 2003, according to the serial number....I gave $250 for the washer-dryer pair.....so I'm just going to go ahead and get a new washer, rather than put any money into parts and labor for something that old.....I followed some online troubleshooting advice and came to the conclusion that it wasn't anything I could fix myself anyway....the dryer works fine still.....always something......I can do my bit to stimulate the durable goods statistics for the Christmas buying season.....and I'll Shop Laurens County First.....I checked various stores online, and the store two blocks from here comes out ahead mainly because the bigger stores are further away and want more to deliver, install, and haul the old washer off.....I'm going over there right now to talk to them.....

A warmer day

Got my shopping and walking done.....it will be roast beef for Christmas weekend .....there's a four day weekend this year it seems.....got a small eye of round roast, to cook with potato wedges....serve with gravy and sweet peas.....also got bratwurst and sauerkraut, and another box of French bread pizza....got country sourdough bread, new variety in the store.....got eggs, orange juice, burgundy....the little fruitcakes were all gone, should have picked that up last week.....did get a port cheese log, to have with wheat thins and port wine on Xmas Eve.....so it's clear today but predicted to be rainy Thursday.....and then clear on the weekend until rainy Eve and Day.....but not cold enough for any snow, they say.....was mid-30 s at sunrise today, crisp out and bright.....had a kraut dog for lunch.....will do the hamburger steak tonight again.....yesterday the enchilada and frijoles bowl with an egg over easy on top and sour cream around the rim was a tasty treat, and filling enough....don't know which day I'll cook the roast, it will be enough for several meals....

a choice to make

I have enough hamburger and leftover sides to do that fake steak thing again for supper today, or I could use the last of the enchilada and frijoles with a fried egg on top like I saw online.....the hamburger steak was pretty good really.....and Wednesday is shopping.....the grocery store ad already came in the mail, with one page featuring "the 12 roasts of Christmas".....cheapest thing there was the Boston Butt, of course.....so maybe crock pot pork shoulder with veggies leading up to Xmas.....one recipe I looked at had  applesauce in it.....that sounds good....with potato wedges.....can I find pearl onions?  The sun is out today, after a bit of rain around 6:30 am.....pink and grey clouds on the newspaper walk, 52F then....never did get a second walk done Monday, with the rain coming and going.....but I can go walk now looks like.....

hamburger steak

that's what I'll make....I can use the ground beef I stuck in the freezer last week, when I used the rest in the enchilada pie.....I've done this before, it's like meatloaf done in a frying pan....I have the sweet onion, and can kick it up a notch with cilantro.....the rice and green beans can be the sides, same as with the rib-eye Sunday night.....I watched a lot of NFL yesterday, as it rained a lot outside....the vacant lot next door is mud, with a big puddle in the middle.....100% chance of more rain today, says one source.....the light bulb in the kitchen burned out, so I stole the one off the back porch....couldn't find any spares around.....so when I go over to the library right now I'll go next door to Fred's and get some curly bulbs.....this weather is coming from the South, so it's not really very cold this morning....mid-50s, should get into the 60s later.....the central heat hasn't kicked on in a couple days, but I have used the space heaters in the living room and bedroom to take the chill off some.....I made three taquitos with cheese and beans for Sunday lunch, today back to the chili dog and Fritos.....

storm front to the West

but the way it's moving on the radar I don't know if it will get here or not.....maybe part of it in the afternoon will.....so far just another overcast morning, in the 50s.....gloomy enough to have the lights on where I'm sitting.....should be some football on to watch....the newspaper characterized the Panthers-Chargers at 4:00 as an exercise in mediocrity......pretty cold comment, maybe true.....
     I was gone there for a few minutes, Dan called me on FaceTime from the Farmer Boy where he was eating breakfast....it was raining in S.B.   ......but I guess nothing much more to say anyway.....looks like I could run the vacuum some....already took the trash to the curb, when I emptied the kitchen and bathroom trash....I do that when I remember it or I'll forget it.....

Life's little problems

And small pleasures......I usually buy my kitchen calendar at CVS, but this morning the guy there said they didn't have any this year.....the Valantine stuff had shipped to him already, and calendars would have come before that if they we're going to come at all....and all of the vitamins were two for one, except multiple vitamins, which is what I'm gettin low on.....but I did get two cans of dark chocolate coated cashews for half price....seven dollars for two.....so that trip wasn't a total lose.....I found a calendar with "Beautiful Bouquets" at the dollar store for one dollar....but I didn't have any coin in my pocket so I had to give two ones to pay a dollar seven cents.....and I got some ruby port while I was over in that direction, so a small pleasure can be four or five chocolate cashews and a glass of port for dessert.....decadent, but actually antioxidant and healthful also....and now just after the Saturday noon siren, the sun has come out pretty good and it's in the mid 50s.....might get up to 60 later.....anyway, that was my Saturday morning pretty much...

one sunny day

and that was yesterday, looks like.....today back to cloudy plus cold....60-70% chance of showers or thunderstorms Sunday and Monday....then mostly cloudy going towards Christmas.....the City will not pick up trash Monday Christmas Eve....so that makes Wednesday my trash day that week.....the Clinton online thing helpfully tells you this stuff.....I still haven't gone anywhere after dark to see the decorations lit up on the streets.....don't think I saw them last year either....don't drive at night, generally speaking.....I might drive over to the CVS drugstore this morning....was 35 windchill at sunrise when I went for the newspaper.....I took a little piece of rib-eye and pounded it with sea salt and chopped cilantro and did it in olive oil in the iron skillet.....delicious.....also had rice, and "Kentucky broad green beans" sauteed with sweet onion as sides.....there will be another platter like that for Sunday, and today can be a return to enchilada.....stayed up late and slept through 'til 6 am pretty well....the town looks deserted so far today, hardly any traffic in evidence.....

frosty

clear, bright, cold at dawn.....couple degrees below freezing....but the clouds are gone....high today should be in the 50s.....I forgot that the rice takes a half hour to cook, so I just went ahead and had leftover enchilada and frijoles for supper yesterday....today I will try to be more organized at meal time, remember to put the rice on the stove.....I have cheese and bean tostadas as a lunch option too I guess, if I get tired of chili dogs.....I'll try to remember too to look for a 2013 calendar for the kitchen wall some time soon.....they usually have those at the drug store.....it was pretty cold on my walk by the park Thursday, and I guess it will be today again.....sunny, but not warm right now.....probably get below freezing Saturday morning early.....I wonder when the schools get out for Christmas, maybe the break starts the 17th, Monday?

ain't no sunshine

they claim that it's sunny today.....but I just can't see it.....overcast and low 40s, wind.....maybe it will clear off later.....was raining as I fell asleep again last night.....the enchilada pie, or New Mexico enchilada, came out just right....tasty stuff....one New Mexico enchilada recipe online is three or four tortillas layered up with chili sauce and cheese (meat optional) and topped with a fried egg and maybe some avocado in there somewhere....have to try that sometime, like a Sunday breakfast for supper thing....a variation of huevos rancheros.....today I will fix rib-eye in the evening.....chili-cheese dog lunch....these boots are made for walking.....when you have bad feet it's important to have good boots....I'm going to go walk some even though it's still cold out, 'cause I don't think it's going to get much warmer later anyway.....the natural gas bill came yesterday, reflecting the colder weather in dollars and cents.....not too bad though.....did I mention that my Medicare card came the other day?  Effective 04-01-2013.....that's a sure sign of old age.....

Looks like a rainstorm coming

And it's too cold to walk anyway.....from the radar it looks like it might rain a while this afternoon.....so I'll wait until another day to try out my new Doc Martens Industrial Wellingtons.....they came today in the mail.....Fed Ex ships them to USPS , and then they do the local delivery.....it was weird because Amazon tracking said my parcel was in Clinton last Friday, but I finally called the PO yesterday because no parcel had reached my address yet....they said the tracking thing was bogus, they got a lot of calls about packages that were not in any local office yet, they were merely in the mail stream somewhere....anyway, the boots are as advertised, very comfortable fit and appear to be well made.....of course they aren't made in England anymore, but in the orient somewhere.....they have padding where your ankles hit, that's nice....I don't think they'll need inserts for comfort, they have the AirWair soles, and padded heels already.....

enchilada pie

got the fixin's for that at the store, it's cold enough to cook something in the oven for sure....windchill 40 still, was 37 when I went out at dawn.....another clouded over and windy day....the rain today is south and east of here, closer to the coast....I stopped yesterday and got a one dollar double burger and sweet tea at McDonald's.....over near the music store when I was getting spare guitar strings.....and last night I woke up in the small hours with a stomach ache.....cause and effect?  I'm also going to do more rib-eye this week, with long grain and wild rice and sweet peas.....chili dog lunches....going to read the local weekly paper now, and maybe by the afternoon it will warm up some to go walking.....the central heat is running this morning still.....

from 4 until 10

afternoon on through the evening it rained.....when I looked out front before going to bed it was just starting to clear out.....colder air should be moving in today on a dry front from the north.....so mid-50s predicted for a high instead of the warmer days we've had.....things got a good soak anyway.....might be in the 30s overnight for a couple three days.....the roast beef is slowly getting eaten up, might make the box of rice this evening for a side, the potato wedges are all gone now.....might go over to Laurens later, broke a guitar string yesterday and don't have any replacements left.....variable clouds this morning, around 50 at dawn.....maybe the Pharmacy School is on break, no cars there when I walked by.....enough cheddar left for a grilled cheese sandwich at lunch time, then I'll need more at the store tomorrow.....need shampoo too.....have to figure out what else....

showers likely, thunderstorms possible

another overcast damp morning.....rain before sunrise, then low clouds and fog....it got up to 70 after all Sunday, with some break-up in the overcast during the afternoon allowing things to get warm.....Carolina actually beat Atlanta, much to my surprise.....maybe I want french bread pizza on Sunday because of all the pizza commercials on during football games.....one of those is enough to take care of the craving, without ending up with a big thing of cold pizza in the fridge leftover.....still have leftover roast beef for a couple meals.....sometime the week before Christmas I'll get some fruitcake and a cheese ball of some sort.....maybe more eggnog.....that's the extent of holiday partying for me....don't know what I'll get for meals next shopping.....guess I haven't done enchiladas in a while, or anything mexican style.....

some rain, some fog

55F at sunrise....it had just stopped raining so I got my newspaper walk done OK.....paper thick with more Xmas ads.....should get up to 70 again this afternoon.....might be more drizzles on into Tuesday.....Falcons and Panthers on at 1:00......Army-Navy was an interesting game.....roast beef supper was easy, today I might just have another french bread pizza, like last Sunday.....maybe a beef cheddar melt for lunch......pretty much just dreary-looking outside, damp.....but not too chilly anyway......2 sausage links and 15 grain french toast for breakfast.....black coffee, juice with bitters....went to sleep last night to the sound of rain, and slept through pretty well.....no noise at all on Sunday morning....

open the blinds

let some sun shine in.....at least there is some sun shine this morning, unlike the last few mornings....got down around 40 overnight, might get up  close to 70 late this afternoon is what they say.....my Amazon order is coming FedEx Smart Post again this time, which means it goes to the Clinton Post Office and then the mail man brings it here.....it was scanned into Clinton Friday morning, so just maybe it will be on my front porch this morning.....my Doc Martens boots.....they say to shop local, but when nobody local sells what you want, what can you do?  there was a lot of meat on those ribs last night, so I got plenty full....today I can nuke a roast beef platter, with potatoes, peas, gravy.....I don't know if Dan will do GoToMeeting today or not.....the only thing on TV sports-wise looks like Army-Navy.....I think PC is out now until next year.....but they still have basketball games?  A neighbor who has started working in their food services said that the dining is closed from 12/7 to 1/7, but maybe some people still hang around campus, don't know how that works.....seems like a long holiday break .....

another grey day

but the wind isn't as biting as yesterday.....the roast beef came out tender and moist, and I made quite a bit of gravy with the drippings.....potato wedges and peas as the sides.....today I can microwave a rib platter for supper.....and I can use the last of the corned beef for lunch today, and then start in on roast beef sandwiches in the days to follow....going beyond 12 grain, I got some 15 grain bread at Walmart.....I also got a package with 5 pairs of Dickies work socks, for warm feet in boots this Winter....it's pretty wintry looking already, but another fairly warm weekend is predicted....this area is now ten inches down on the rain gauge for the year.....lake front property is going for a discount right now at Hartwell, etc....because the boat docks aren't even close to the waterline......

spilling down into the Upstate

cold air from Canada, coming down the eastern edge of the mountains they say.....but it's still in the 50s early on, not down in the 30s or anything like that....but its dark and gloomy looking, with a chilly wind.....the ribs last night were good, and there's half a baked potato and 4 or 5 ribs leftover for another supper.....this afternoon I'll do the roast beef and red potatoes.....they had those little fruitcakes from Texas out at the grocery store yesterday, but I didn't get one....maybe closer to Christmas .....today sure looks like December so far.....they sell Christmas trees at the high school it said in the paper, that's a new one on me.....the Future Farmers or something like that?

Rain staying north of here so far

High clouds and 70F at noon.....they finally came and took away the track hoe that had been sitting near my front porch since before Thanksgiving.....my boots have shipped.....I got a 2lb. sirloin tip roast, and a pound and a half of those St. Louis style ribs I like....think I'll do the ribs today, with baked potato.....the beef roast should be plenty for lunch sandwiches for quite a while.....I've got little red potatoes to cook with it....also got some long grain and wild rice mix in a box for a side with beef after the potatoes are eaten up....it should make gravy, the roast.....corned beef for lunch today....

73 yesterday afternoon, 57 this morning

rain and cold are rumored to be on the way for later today, just a few clouds in evidence so far.....coming back from the corner store with my newspaper I was surprised to see the house next door to Roscoe burned out .....Roscoe is a dog.....I didn't hear any sirens in the night....the street was still wet from the fire engine it looked like....maybe since that house is about a block from the fire station they didn't use any sirens.....nothing woke me up anyway.....I'm thinking of looking at beef roast this week, been a while since I cooked that.....maybe something will be on special when I go to the store here in a few minutes....otherwise I have no idea of what I'm going to get....I'm low on eggs and orange juice I suppose....could probably get more olive oil this week too.....I got wine at Walmart the other day, since the Franzia boxes are maybe three dollars cheaper there, something like that.....well, off we go.....

mid-50s this morning, cloudy

the front is supposed to come through tonight late, so colder and rainy Wednesday.....didn't see much inspiring in the grocery ads this week, don't know what I'll do for a menu.....I looked for wellingtons at Walmart and Tractor Supply but didn't see what I wanted.....so I went ahead and ordered Doc Martens Industrial Wellingtons (not hard toe) from Amazon.....Super Saver Free Shipping.....might be here next Monday.....the Wolverines I got last time have about had it, I wear out boots.....so no mail today....nice walking weather.... not too hot, not too cold......

lots of fog early

but it looks like it will burn off pretty quick.....did get up to 70 yesterday, might again today.....fog predicted tomorrow early again.....rain by Tuesday night.....just watched random bits and pieces of football games Sunday afternoon and evening.....couldn't work up the concentration to watch a whole game anyway....read quite a bit, played dobro, guitar, and piano.....sat on the front porch in the sunshine.....this morning I'll drive over to Walmart to look for a few things.....can have a pork chop supper tonight, rib-eye Tuesday, grocery shopping Wednesday.....

not sunny

for Sunday morning.....it has been bright early lately, but not today.....clouded over but not all that cold, mid-40s.....was a warm parade morning Saturday....I found a bench in the sun over in front of the school district office, and watched for an hour or so, and then got hungry and went home and made a sandwich.....look at GoClinton.com for a slideshow of the event.....the parade, not the sandwich.....I guess our parade is pretty funky compared to other localities, but Clinton is in fact pretty funky in general.....a small piece of rib-eye, half a baked potato, and some veggies was supper.....Georgia came dang close to winning, but no cigar.....might just have a french bread pizza for Sunday supper....must be some NFL games on....besides the Panthers.....it got warm enough yesterday to open a couple windows for a while....and to sit on the front porch eating pecans from the back yard again.....pecans have multiple health benefits, google it......I didn't have any ham or sausage left for Sunday breakfast, so I just had the french toast, coffee, juice.....I'll have a curried turkey salad sandwich for lunch.....

it was midnight

before the Pac12 championship game was over....they were slipping and sliding in the rain at Stanford....so I slept through to 6am pretty well.....around 40 for the early walk.....the parade should start at 10, but it never does....so maybe I'll take a walk over there at 10:30.....see if they are ready by then.....should be mid50s at that time.....stay on the sunny side of the street.....at 4 this afternoon Georgia plays Alabama for the SEC championship.....if Georgia beats them and then beats Norte Dame then the BCS trophy would be local sort of.....it's not far from here to Athens.....what are the odds?  Curried turkey salad sandwich made a good lunch yesterday.....more of that left for more sandwiches.....but today maybe back to the corned beef and cheddar, just to mix things up....I can have steak and baked potato later today, with mixed vegetables.....mid60s predicted for today's high.....