My next door neighbors are among the nicest and most generous people you'll ever want to meet. He also hunts: mostly quail and deer. They were planning a quail hunt this past Saturday morning and their dogs must have known about it because Lexie, the 10-year-old Brittany, barked all night! She's deaf as a stone so asking her to "Be quiet!" is not at all effective. Fortunately, she is not particularly loud (actually hubby's snoring was more annoying) so I was able to roll over and ignore it. Shutting the window and putting on a fan also helped.

What I find more difficult to deal with is the Labs on the other side of us wrestling on their deck at 5:00 a.m.!