The sleeping-in plans were interrupted this morning by about 1,000 singing, screeching, tweeting, cawing birds. I don't know what got them so riled up! We slept with the bedroom window all the way open last night. Around 6:10, the birds started up with their concert. Linda really loves nature and the birds did sound amazing, but they would have sounded better an hour later. At least we don't have a wood pecker outside our bedroom window like Tierney does. She should come and get Chip Cat to spend the night on her bedroom balcony. She'll scare it away with her menacing meows. (Except Chip Cat isn't really up to guarding houses and chasing much of anything anymore.) Tier could buy a sling shot and try to shoo it away by launching water balloons at it. I hope she doesn't resort to any kind of violence (like said BB Gun comment!)