Waking up early

Waking up early is NOT my thing.  However, my doggie (childhood dog) thinks otherwise.  My parents have been getting up about 5:30 am to go to work for years, and she has gotten into a routine.  It's not quite that early now, but she's rarin' to go by 7am.  I think she is humoring me, when I pretend to ignore her until 7:30, or even 8 am, but I feel bad!  So, I get out of bed.

And you know, I'm not upset about it.  Because my (14 year old) puppy needs me.

It's very interesting to how much you can get done in the mornings.  It is so peaceful, and quiet, but productive.  I'm pretty sure I'll be getting a house (renting) in June, when my lease is up, and maybe I'll try and change.  Also, I LOVE sunshine streaming in, and I have none in my loft!  :(

By 8:30 am I had already walked the dog, prepared her breakfast, watered all the houseplants and plants outside, and ran the vacuum.  It's not much, but I do feel like I accomplished something!  Oh, and I picked the mushrooms from the lawn outside, because the gardener comes today.  Who knows when he comes though!  I wish he would hurry up and come, because I have to close the puppy door so she doesn't bother him.

This dog LOVES corn muffins.  She's old, and lost some weight when she had her teeth pulled two months ago, so we're trying to put the weight back on her.  She's still sparky (sometimes!) and loves to walk.  Her food amazes me though!  It's really good for her nutrition to have the dog food, so we always mix in Benefit, but we make her pork, chicken, anything really.  Her breakfast this morning was a leftover pork burrito, some dog food, and two corn muffins.  I ran out, so I'm going to have to figure out how to make more.  I, of course, know HOW to cook them, but which mix do I use?  :)

Well, it's now 9:15 and still no gardeners, so I'm going to go outside and read in the sunshine.   :)