January 1, 2011 (New Year's Day)

To start off with this morning, Mamaw says it’s hard to remember to write 2011 instead of 2010. I’ll keep remindin her though…

When I woke up this morning I thought I was dreamin—but maybe not! Poppy was telling her that when she put the gate up last night I would go far enough to make sure it was still there twice (that means I can’t join her on the waterbed.) I hung out with Poppy and finally at 10:00 p.m. I just put myself to bed. He didn’t shut my kennel door, but that was okay—I was tired and went into a deep sleep. I don’t know what woke me up at 2:00-2:30 a.m., but I left my kennel and jumped up on the couch with “My Poppy” layin as close as I could get to him and I put my head on his leg to hold him down…

He said he got up at 7:15-7:30 a.m. but I wasn’t ready to get up. I went to the other end of the couch and put my head on the arm rest and didn’t stir a muscle until around 8ish—that’s when Mamaw got up. Mamaw was amazed that Poppy didn’t close my door but she didn’t chew him out or anything…thank God, right Poppy? We got outside and it was COLD AND WINDY! Was it just 2 days ago it was 60 degrees and we went for a great walk? Know what it is now?—7 degrees. It didn’t take me very long to decide I wanted back in the house. Oh—not that I WANTED IN THE HOUSE—my nose didn’t get its workout but it was too darned COLD!

Hangin out today—mostly. I guess they’re goin to a movie with nieces and nephews called The Fockers. It was the matinee they went to so then they decided to go to Legends for a bite to eat and back to John Swanson’s house. They thought they were gonna play pool but instead they all gathered in the kitchen with a New Years drink and watched football. They didn’t stay out late but I can tell ya it was long enough I needed to go outside right away! It was even COLDER!

Poppy had that “want to watch a movie” look in his eyes and said, “Are ya interested in watching some more of Taken? That the mini-series I was telling you about? Well, they watched way into the wee hours (that’s 11:00 p.m. for them). And it was definitely time to HIT THE RACK…Happy New Year, everybody…