It’s Monday. It was a gloomy rainy weekend here in Illinois. One would expect it to be snow at this time of year, but not so. Instead we have spring-like temperatures in the 50s and rain all day long. Weird.

Had a very lazy weekend. A buddy and I went and saw Nosferatu on Saturday afternoon. I had never seen the 1922 original, but this latest version was creepy as hell. That night the girlfriend and I went out for one last Christmas lights cruise. We went out many times over the past 4 weeks and each time we were surprised that so many had chosen to decorate their homes over the holidays. We really enjoyed seeing so many creative displays.

On Sunday while she was baking banana bread and making Italian Sausage & Lentil soup (both were fantastic!), we watched the AKC Dog Show and just enjoyed taking it easy at home. Not a bad way to spend a rainy afternoon.

Oh, and then there are the Bears. They had played and lost on Thursday night, so they didn’t play Sunday. They have only one game remaining and it’s against the Packers, so that’ll be disappointing for sure. I’m greatly looking forward to Nascar returning in February.

Well, I have off until Thursday so I’ll be sleeping in!

-keep