Night Hunt...

Believe it or not this is the best little watch dog. He is not a yapper like most little dogs. If he barks you can bet something is out of place in Missy's yard or the neighbors yard.

Tonight I was laying in bed awake, hoping it was a reasonable time to get out of bed. But I would not chance looking at the clock to see. Then the phone rings and I thought good it must be about 6 because Missy calls me every morning on her way to work. The phone is on Kenzie's side of the bed because we traded sides for a few nights. The ringer is off in my bedroom and bathroom phone but I heard the phone easily, ringing in the rest of the house. I tiptoe out of the bedroom to answer the phone in the living room so I will not wake the kids. Benjamin spent the night and Kenzie always sleeps in my room so tonight there were two that I might wake up.

I glance at the clock and it says 2:30 and I thought Uh-Ho something is wrong somewhere....It was Missy. Her dog, Bruiser, woke her up barking. He had been barking over on the side of the house that she can not see and he had been at it for 45 minutes that she knew of. No telling how long he had barked before he woke her up....

I grabbed a big meg light and hopped in my car, armed with my cell phone. I pull up behind her house and did not see a cat on the fence. Bruiser does bark at cats but her neighbor has caught someone in their back yard recently. So we were concerned. I pull up in front of the house and left the lights on the car and go to the back yard side gate. I am talking to Missy on my cell. I tell Missy I was going in the back yard and if someone 'gets me' call 911....She asked if I was going to stay on the phone or did she just have to guess if I was OK. I told her I would stay on the phone because I knew she would not stick her nose outside to check on me if I did not answer the cell phone.

There was nothing and no one in her back yard but Bruiser was still over by the side fence. He had quit barking when I went into the back yard. When I was ready to leave a big cat ran across in front of her gate and I am sure he had been causing the problem. We both felt better.

Missy said she was going back to sleep...Me I am up for the day.

Benjamin and I am going to make a Birthday cake for Missy's Birthday. We are celebrating it this evening. I was going to keep Benjamin tomorrow but he has a 'Bike-A-Thon' at school and he would not want to miss that even though he wanted to help me decorate and prepair for his Mama's birthday party... So we are moving it up a day since he can not really tell when her Birthday is. We are having a strawberry short cake. Benjamin chose that. It is his favorite. It happens to be his Mom's favorite too but that is beside the point. I guess we will also have spaghetti, another of Benjamin's favorites...

I guess I can make my morning pot of coffee...It is 4 AM and that is a reasonable time to get up...