Ah, yes.... The early morning jolt into wakefulness. I have a cat who gets the other two kitties going at 5:00a.m. Bear licks whatever's available on my body usually face or underarm (aauuggghh!) and UP I BOLT.
I was sick two weeks ago, stayed home to go back to sleep after my DD left for school. I was just drifting off when there was a banging at the door. My ex- the DD chauffeur wanted to know if I wanted breakfast!! I got back to sleep at 9:00 p.m. I'ts the only time I really hate having family and pets - I just want to be left alone and be sick and sleep. :)
My 2 kids played roller hockey years ago -it was fun for them and me, but a Big time committment. Best of everything to your Daughter and her fans. Jeannie

Congrats to Bethany!! Sympathies to YOU, however. Ha! Maybe it's about time you rethought the whole coffee thing, hmmm? That Andy--what a guy!
xxoo

GO BETHANY! As a die hard hockey fan and a pretty-darn-good skater, I always wished that the girls could go farther than peewee hockey!!!!! Well, now you are a not just a band mom, but a hockey mom! Yeah, Dan turns on the light to get up to use the bathroom... but he leaves it on. *sigh* we're moving in together at the end of the month (1st cohabitation for each of us)... I guess I will learn to live with the quirks, right? He'll have to learn to step over blocking sweaters! :) Tell Bethany congrats... sorry all the practices have to be at hockey town (in my backyard, FYI).
:) Kate (PS- I have attempted thrums 3 times... it's not working :( so, i have moved onto regular mittens,but oh, the thrums... they taunt me!)

I like the fact that hubby is obviously VERY well trained and hasn't decided that it's a job for you!

You've got to be kidding!! I know ice time is tightly scheduled. Thanks so much for logging on my Frappr map! Any chance you've a minute to tell me how to get buttons up?? Dense in CT.

Congratulations to your daughter! That is wonderful!!

I think we're married to the same man ... my husband does the exact same thing with the lights every morning when he gets up. This is after, of course, his alarm goes off, he gets up, hits the snooze; it goes off again, he gets up hits the snooze ... and then it goes off again. *sigh* Then there are the times when he can't find something so thinking whispering actually makes a difference, he comes back into the room and says "Hon, where's my such and such?" Um, ya, like I'm supposed to know ... like I'll even remember at 5:30 in the morning. Find it yourself buddy! *lol* Gotta love him. :)

Oh good heavens! I'm so pleased for Bethany, but 4:45 am? This is hockey, not crew! ;-)

For the love of all things holy. Congratulations to Bethany, but don't you think the real mark of a civilization would be making it so that hockey doesn't start then?

Oh Sandy m'dear I have a husband who also gets up with chickens. Well actually before chickens they are smarter and I'm a believer in late nights and sleeping in :)

Here was my fix. He has a dimmer light hooked up to a remote (like you buy to turn on outside lights) and turns that on in the bedroom when I'm sleeping :) My main problem with him though was he was so hard of hearing he's blasting the news at O'darkthirty. So guess what I got him last year? Cordless headset!!!! Now it's peace and he can stick his headset on and run all over the house and still hear his stuff!

Take care chickie it's okay to veg and I hate cold and mornings!!!! Oh and Mondays!!!!

Ahhh... the joys of having a child play hockey (not that I know first hand, but I'm around alot of hockey players). Pretty soon you'll start noticing your second home is in a rink (heck, Jason is the Asst. Coach and I still feel like I'm always in a rink).

I get dressed in the dark everyday since I get up first. I had to get rid of the navy tights because TWICE I went to work in a black skirt, black loafers, and navy tights.

I do turn the lights on in the rest of the apartment but really, once you're dressed, do you ever look at what you are wearing? Not me.

Tell him to lay out his clothes the night before.

Ice hockey - yikes!! My DD managed to break her top front teeth multiple times just with color guard (guess where the rifle lands if you don't catch it with your hands?). I can't imagine how often she'd break them in ice hockey! Of course, she's now planning to join a rugby team. Good luck getting some sleep!!

If he continues to flick the light on when getting dressed, roll over and start making cat calls and whistling at him. Maybe you'll get a "show" or maybe you'll embarass him into getting dressed in another room. Either way it's win win. :)

Congrats to your daughter. I wanted to play hockey in school. The most we got to do was to practice with the team but they never let us play in games.

I'm usually up before my husband; I'm the early bird, he's the night owl. But when he does get up earlier than I do (5 a.m.), the lights go on, and I'm awake. It isn't fun at 3 a.m.

Good luck to your hockey daughter! That is very cool!

My husband now (after a little talk about such things) keeps his nightshirt in the hall draped over the door of another room, and he changes there before slipping carefully into bed. He's a peach about it. I hate the clothes around the house, because sometimes he doesn't pick up the shed jeans for a few days, but it's worth it to not wake up. Congrats to your hockey player!

Tell him to dress in the bathroom! Sometimes a grrl deserves to stare at the tv (or wall). It's all good.

Congrats to your daughter! That is an ungodly hour to have practice.

HA! Like my husband would ever let me stay in bed!
I get up at 5 am every day, and get dressed in the dark, because I am so nice, haha! Once in a while, I pull up the pants, and realize that I have them backwards, but it is easy enough to re-do without a light. Around here, we do not want to wake the sleeping bear....
I've been told many times that I am TOO cheerful in the morning.....
This past summer I had a weird virus, or something, that the doctors could not figure out, but I was so tired, I had to nap right after taking a shower, because it was so exhausting. I was too tired to even hold a book to read. Luckily, it went away, whatever it was.

Ack - my dearest does the same thing when he's up pre-crack-of dawn. What is it with them? I drive right by Hockeytown USA, and would offer to do one-way, but even I am not up that early!

Oh dear. I'm losing the Mother of the Year award, then. The child skipped going to choir practice this morning at 8:00am. Why? Because I was way too cold and sleepy to haul my carcass out of bed at 7:30. Told her I know she can sing already, she's great without the practice.

Other than that, the mitten is going fine, even if socks draw me over to the dark side. I even show off my horrible mess of fair isle innards on the blog. Ah well, practice makes perfect.

We have a light in the closet and my husband dresses in there. I'm afraid to think of him dressing in the dark! Could be funny, though...

Congrats to her! And as a hockey mom myself, I totally commiserate with you. The agony is unrelenting some days, but that first game, it's all worth it.

Good luck to her!

Girl, you are too funny! Have you ever thought about writing yourmemoirs? Life of a Mad Mother/Knitter/Wife/etc...
My husband has been leaving the house before 5:00 am for umpteen years now, I guess I am used to it and never even hear him anymore. Which is probably not a good thing, what if it wasn't him?

WOW. I feel like you and I've go no excuse. Does it help to know you earn extra mom points? At least I think you do!

Dale gets up at 5 am to go to work. He uses the light from his cell phone to find anything he needs a light for - but mostly he's pretty good at getting dressed in the dark. It's the pulling on of the socks while he sits on the side of the bed that wakes me up. I swear, he's doing jumping jacks!

ROFL. You make me laugh. And you don't want to know what I call that hour for getting up. Ok, I'll tell you anyway, even though this is a swear-free zone. Oh-fuck-thirty. That's what I call it.