BITS AND PIECES

I got up at 6 this morning, fed the dogs and let them out and in. By 6:30 they had been in and out 3 times.

I finally locked the screen and shut the inner door which has become the sign that they are IN TO STAY at least for awhile.

A friend of mine sent me, simply because she does this, a heated mattress pad.

While it may fall short of being one of the seven great wonders of the world-- or is it eight-- it certainly became, in one night, my favorite household item. I sleep in a converted (not by much) garage (actually it is pretty nice as these things go and it does have a built in space heater that is very good.) Nevertheless when I wake up in the morning these days the temp is about 63 which, knowing people who consider that overly warm, it is cold for me. So last night I threw Conley off the bed (he growled at me because I took him off the bed and he got right back on and I removed him again and he resented it)
And I put the new mattress pad on and I plugged it in (that was the worst part, crawling under the bed in the thick dust--and when I crawled, finally, into bed MY FEET HIT WARMTH!!
Awesome.
The dogs usually get me up at 4 to go out and this morning I refused to get up and then went, mumbling, back to sleep. So thank you thankyou.

Next week I am leaving for the Percheron Congress in Des Moines, Iowa. DadPerson will be dogsitting, so I ask for kind thoughts and patience vibes for him, for he will CERTAINLY need it.