Sometime last year I wrote a post about our daughter finally staying in her own bed through the night. Her success was short-lived, unfortunately, but she did show definite signs of progress. By late fall, she was in her room most nights from bedtime until morning. So, finally, mom and dad could get some uninterrupted sleep, right? Wrong. In December, one of our cats died. His brother was lonely and decided that the best place for him to sleep at night was with me. More specifically, with my feet/Idaho Dad, A Family Runs Through It. More here.

• Reeling in the years, stowing away the time/Atmospheric Ruminations
• News and stuff/Bay Views
• 2-fer: People: Best cure for world's ills, and: The pope and the president -- mere men/Dogwalk Musings
• My heart today/Live, Love, Laugh, Hope
• A place to come (to up-end your line)/Skookum Photography
• Slow Motion Wreck/Tumblewords
• More below

Question: Is there anything external that prevents you from getting a good night's sleep?

• A Word A Day -- poltergeist/Community Comment
• We have to die and pay taxes/From A Simple Mind
• It's Friday and it's snowing/JeanC's Cat House & Shooting Gallery
• 3BT: Jesus emptied himself, world lit, new scheduled/Kellogg Bloggin'
• Frugal Friday and Mani of the Week: Zoya Gwin/Prime Beauty
• Birthday baseball surprise at 41 South/Slight Detour

HBO Numbers (for month of March): 209,154/127,265; Year-to-Date: 634,616/376,686