Things I HATE in my neighborhood

For those of you who don't know, Abby is the lightest sleeper ever born. It does not take much to wake her. So as I sit here praying nothing will wake her before she has been napping for at least an hour I decided to make a list of all the things in my neighborhood that raise my blood pressure because they wake Abby up.

• The neighbor who starts their loud vehicle every morning at 4:45am which means that Abby is up every morning at 4:45am (and therefore so am I).
• The recycle truck on Tuesdays (Twice- once down the other side of the street and then 15 minutes later down our side of the street)
• The garbage truck on Fridays (Twice- Same as above)
• The guy who has been using power tools in the backyard two doors down all day long for the last 3 weeks.
• The UPS truck
• The FedEx truck
• The little yipper dog in the yard behind us
• The barking beagle in the yard next to the one above
• The pool guy that always slams the tailgate of his truck shut
• The guy across the street who is always scraping a shovel on the bed of his truck and tossing rocks, dirt or brick into a wheelbarrow.
• Oh, and lets not forget about the sun beginning to show its bright and shiny self at 5am if she actually sleeps though number one on my list.

I am sure I left plenty of things out, but you get the idea. I wonder what it would be like if Abby actually slept like a baby! I think it is funny when people can take pictures of their kids napping in their beds. Abby wakes up just from me turning the doorknob!