I loved getting out and about on Friday morning. I used the still fairly new No. 28 that skirts around Kettering from the hospital to The Greene. It’s so convenient and connects with No. 17 for even greater convenience. The cold weather did not bother me, in the least, and even the snow was easy to manage.

I left at 11 AM, hit Dollar General, picked up my preordered supper (Friday and Saturday) at Subway, ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant, grabbed a few things from Kroger, and was home via No. 17, arriving at 1:10 PM. Not bad. And I managed to accumulate 6,046 steps. Again, not bad.

I spent time working on a writing project, lounging on the study floor with five dogs snuggled about me (and I rose with little difficulty), completed prepping for tomorrow and put the newly arrived dog tags on the collars. The tags had arrived in mid-December, and I recently ordered one for Hoskins. Sadly, Bailey’s tag had arrived with the others.

When I lay on the floor with the pooches, Chief, the most loving, yet least demonstrative dog of the five, immediately rolled onto his side and pressed against me. I placed my arm around him, and he moved his head back so that it was touching mine. I loved it. Of course, the highly animated Hekyll and Jekyll, more commonly known as Hoskins and Colonel Deeds, were hopping all over me, and finding every conceivable way to take charge of the moment.

It is January 20^th, one of my favorite days, but only every fourth year. I absolutely love presidential inaugurations. I have watched every inauguration since 1969 when President Richard Nixon was sworn in for the first time.

On with my day! Make it a great day!