Waking from sleep mode on its own

My macbook, that I got in August, was working perfectly until a week ago. I try to put it to sleep and it wakes up automatically, even when still closed. I didn't change anything in my preferences that would have changed this but I can't figure out how to fix it. Anyone know how to keep my comp alseep until I'm ready for it to be awake!?

And you're sure you haven't made a schedule for your computer in the Energy Saver preference pane?
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Update everything in Software Updater.
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-benny

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