‘Twas the night before New Years and all through the house were . . . five dogs (one of them was a puppy!) . . . two six year olds . . . one four year old . . . one nine month old . . . four tired parents . . . one Grammy and one Papa.
Needless to say, we had a packed house! This frazzled Grammy couldn’t find the matching Christmas jammies that were purchased specifically for this weekend. I wasn’t able to sleep well with my mind trying to go through every place in the house that I may have stashed these jammies.
With all of our family here my mind begins to think of memories and expectations. Since I wasn’t able to sleep I decided to get up and do some journaling to process my thoughts. The house was quiet with all the kiddos, dogs and parents still slumbering. All I wanted was a cup of coffee, journal & pen then I was ready to go!
It was 4:30 am when I quietly got out of bed. I thought this was going to be a great way to start my day! We live in an older home and have a few squeaky places in our floors. I was trying to avoid them and preserve this special quiet time that I had began to anticipate with excitement.
As soon as I nestled into my cozy spot I realized that I had woke up a couple of dogs. Ugh! I quietly got up to put them outside and was hoping they would just stay outside and play while I went back to my plan for the morning.
So again, I nestled into my cozy spot with anticipation to have this quiet time that I had longed for. All of a sudden the doorbell rings. Remember this is between 4:30 and 5:00 am!! I thought who in the world would be ringing our doorbell at this hour!! I was alarmed and a little scared when it hit me – the dogs!! Our new puppy Luna had jumped up and was able to ring the doorbell!
My nice little quiet time was over – it never really began. Some of our guest were awake too, but thankfully most of them slept through this crazy early morning. Lon & I decided we had the smartest puppy since she could just ring the doorbell when she was ready to come back inside!
We may have had a packed house full of family and canines but we were all together and that makes me happy!
By the way – I’m writing this two weeks since that weekend and I have yet to find those Christmas jammies!
“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you.” Matt 7:12
I tried to be quiet and not disturb everyone’s sleep ~ I really did!!