Legend says, when you can't sleep, ----

Well, it's only a legend, but (always that "big butt")-maybe it's true--

  Our daughter called this morning, and I told her that that I'd been thinking of her all morning --She told me that was weird because she was up all night wandering around a dark cold house--could not sleep!. ----Maybe I was dreaming of her--- Who knows?---  but--Isn't it terrible when one can't sleep?--And everyone else in the house is asleep?----  And the house is freezing cold---And if you get up and quietly sneak down to the kitchen, and if you turn on the Kitchen T.V., the dog will wake up, and before you know it, everyone in the house will be sitting in the kitchen with you.-----I usually grab a few cook books and quietly read them ---and sometimes---munch on something from the frig- -- I HATE IT! ----

I do find if I've had enough exercise the day before--AND IF----  I'm not hungry, that usually, I don't wake up like that! ---Himself has never, ever ever, had that problem----so he finds it a tad weird when I try to explain it to him---And--I'm figuring out, that people with Chihuahuas, never  have that problem---mostly because they are completely worn out after chasing them around all day!-and--that becomes another story--How on earth do these tiny wee dogs survive to old age?---  I pull pieces from the broom out of his mouth--tags from the bread, pieces of kleenex, stones, grass --The list is endless! ---Lopez needs 24 hr service-----

The lake is not frozen--but we do have snow! Lord love a Duck! Yesterday  I shovelled walkways---  Chihuahua trails--and-Beau and I were out there playing ball!--

 I managed to spend time in the kitchen before dinner, as I've decided that if we ever desire cake--(like in the middle of the night)--it must be made by the resident cook (who is me!)_-- banana bread, jello, and applesauce was made--yesterday--before dinner-- (You see, I had to be in the kitchen/nursery  --to watch the Chihuahua--)