It totally Worked!

So, option 1 for getting more sleep worked like a charm. Closing those blinds allowed me to sleep to a full 8.5 hours. How 'bout that!

What doesn't work so well is not letting the dog out before bed and getting woken up before 5 a.m.

Yup. That just happened.

Daylight Savings? Time

Every year we get so excited about the Fall Backward portion of Daylight Savings time. After all, who doesn't want an extra hour of sleep on a Sunday morning. Waking up refreshed. Able to soak in the morning light. School children everywhere rejoice!

It seems, however, that Dillan missed the memo. C'mon dogs, don't you know that the sun seemingly rising earlier is not earlier at all? Don't you need the same amount of sleep every night? Don't you sleep all night? Don't you know your masters want to sleep ALL night ?!?

Answer to all of the above is "no". Dillan is confused. He's started jingling around the room at 5:30 a.m. since the change in time. Making my struggle for one more hour of rest a lost cause, and my day at work full of coffee.

So, I'm trying to figure out how to get him to lay still at least until 6.

     Option 1: Lower and close the blinds in the bedroom making it seemingly darker.  
(Duh, probably the best idea...ever?)

       Option 2: Don't let him nap. Dillan takes a late evening nap at about 8 p.m. I simply disturb/pester him to prevent napping.  
(This one is not so nice...but I need sleep.)

     Option 3: Make time to take him on super long walks to tucker him out before bed.
(This option requires more time in the day. Daylight Savings accomplished that for farmers but not for Pico's. )

I'll let you all know how that goes...until then, I am getting more coffee.

The Way the Dill Pico Lays (an ongoing series)

I'd like to do a little ongoing series of the different positions that Dillan decides to lay in (lie in, but the rhyming part is more fun)...

He comes up with some very strange ones, and I have no idea how he could possibly be comfortable. 

Here's Position 1:

Again, how is that comfortable?

Movember

I'm sure that you have all heard of "No Shave November".  That special time of year where the 5 o'clock shadow lasts all month and eventually turns into a man's coveted beard.

I truly have no problems with this historic time of year. The husband is no stranger to scruffage, and I have learned to deal with it. 

See the beardage???

However,  this year has a new tradition..."Movember."  Instead of the traditional beard, men worldwide are joining together to grow moustaches to help raise money and support for awareness of men's health and specifically prostate cancer.  Here's a little blurb:

        "During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men."

Check out their website for more info. 

Puppy Stache

While I still prefer beards to their little brother, the moustache, I gotta say I love the look for puppies.