Once Upon a Mattress....

After several months of pain when I would awake each morning to begin my day, Blaine and I finally went mattress shopping. We only were "looking" not "purchasing." But only after two short hours of laying on a million mattresses all of which were 10 times better than ours, we pulled the trigger. Once upon a mattress - welcome to Snoozeville!

We had to leave it in the store for one more night of despair on our old mattress, but after a short mishap last night (another story below), Blaine was off to fetch our new heavenly dream-getter. Let me be the first to admit - a new mattress takes a little getting used to....especially when you have sleeping in a hole.

Blaine asked me this morning, "so what's the verdict?" I said, "I felt like I was sleeping on a brick." Ironically, that was a good thing!

I can guess after a couple of weeks, I will be saying, "Once upon a mattress, I finally had a good night's sleep!"

** BONUS STORY ** And now to the mishap from last night. Bottom line - Katie, our Yorkie, got in trouble.

While Blaine was loading the old mattress to dispose of it because Lord knows no one would ever want to use it, Katie decided it was time she run away from home. With orange bow nicely placed on her head, she darted out the door.

By the time I got home from work, Katie had been missing for about 40 minutes with no indication of what direction she had gone. We searched and searched, the neighbors were out looking, passersby stopped to help - I bet I walked 10 miles in the snow around the neighborhood....nothing. (Okay 10 miles and snow is stretching it a bit especially since it is summer in Missouri and 75 degrees out- but that is what my butt and legs feel like today.)

Just short of two hours later, Blaine spotted her among the trees and bushes across the street. When he yelled out, "Katie, let's go" she fell over dead....play dead that is.

Remember that cute bow on her head - not so cute anymore as it is sideways barely hanging on. I wasn't there when she crawled back home like she had been beaten. I was down the hill trying to make my way back up - if you have seen the hill in my neighborhood, you know that you don't want to walk up and down it too many times.

But all turned out well: Katie is home and the mattress is making home better.