Where Did You Sleep Last Night

[JustGeorge]

Wash down every week. Unless it's raining then more often.

Walls etc are white furniture is white but the floor is grey so It's not too bad

You must have a better laundry detergent(or washing machine, or both) than I. Dirty paw prints are hard to get out.

 

[Quagmire]

Well, where?

A little while ago, my husband and I's sleeping situation changed greatly. We went from having an average bed, in an average room to sleeping on a roll out mat in the library(which was once a dining room).

Why did it change? Are you still doing renovations?

At first, we had just taken the mattress off the bed and laid it in the library, pushing it against a wall during the day, but it got cumbersome. The mat can be stored in a tote during the day without much trouble.

When we were using the mattress, there wasn't a lot of change in comfortability for me. My husband experienced positive change. However, when we went from mattress to mat, some pain I'd been dealing with for years significantly decreased.

I guess where you sleep matters.

I bought a pretty expensive camping pad earlier this year (found it for $5 at a thrift store ), And it's nice and cushy and reflects a lot of your body heat back up, which is good. It's great when I'm laying on my side watching movies on my tablet.

But strangely enough I find that I sleep better and wake up with fewer aches and pains when I just sleep on the bare ground, even with all the little bumps and hallows and general uneveness.

 

[ChristineM]

You must have a better laundry detergent(or washing machine, or both) than I. Dirty paw prints are hard to get out.

I don't have any (much) problem. Any stubborn stains may require a second wash with "vanish".

Or perhaps french muck is not ad stubborn os American muck ;-)

 

[exchemist]

35 years! You got your money's worth with that one.



White on white! I almost fainted at that idea... how do you keep all the kitty paw prints off of everything?

Eh? The mattress isn't white, its covering is a practical pattern with a yellowish background, no doubt to disguise the various slight, erm, stains it has acquired over a long sex life, sadly now at an end. I did always keep a mattress protector on it which is white and got washed every so often.

But I don't have cats. I'd quite like a couple of them (to keep one another company), but can't face the hassle and the risk of them getting run over on the London streets.

That mattress was expensive, I think over £1000 back in 1987, but it was a damned good investment. As they say, you spend a third of your life in bed. I'd just come back from a spell in an oil state so was feeling flush with cash. Bought a house, a car and a bed. Set me up nicely.

 

[JustGeorge]

Why did it change? Are you still doing renovations?



I bought a pretty expensive camping pad earlier this year (found it for $5 at a thrift store ), And it's nice and cushy and reflects a lot of your body heat back up, which is good. It's great when I'm laying on my side watching movies on my tablet.

But strangely enough I find that I sleep better and wake up with fewer aches and pains when I just sleep on the bare ground, even with all the little bumps and hallows and general uneveness.

There are a few renovations going on, but these are minor and things I chose. They're also funded by Dad(at his offering), as opposed to the spawn of the underworld. So, less stress over all. The latest two projects are an overhaul of the puja room and a mural in the living room.

The bedroom change came because my husband was using it as a place to hoard his never ending supply of clothing, and I felt like I was sleeping in a rat's nest. The bedroom is becoming a dressing room(hoping to go Victorian style with it). Its functional as one now, but still has a lot of organizing and decorating to go.

I like sleeping in the library better anyways, being able to see outside(the only window in the bedroom only viewed the house next door). (The library was the dining room, which no one ate in.)

Basically, I'm tossing any housing conventions out the window, and taking stock of what our family personally needs and uses.

I'm not terribly surprised to hear sleeping on the ground does you best. I think that connection with the earth is more vital than folks realize.

Eh? The mattress isn't white, its covering is a practical pattern with a yellowish background, no doubt to disguise the various slight, erm, stains it has acquired over a long sex life, sadly now at an end. I did always keep a mattress protector on it which is white and got washed every so often.

But I don't have cats. I'd quite like a couple of them (to keep one another company), but can't face the hassle and the risk of them getting run over on the London streets.

That mattress was expensive, I think over £1000 back in 1987, but it was a damned good investment. As they say, you spend a third of your life in bed. I'd just come back from a spell in an oil state so was feeling flush with cash. Bought a house, a car and a bed. Set me up nicely.

The white comment was meant for @ChristineM .

Yes, sometimes cats attract tragedies when it comes to traffic... very sad when it happens.

 

[exchemist]

There are a few renovations going on, but these are minor and things I chose. They're also funded by Dad(at his offering), as opposed to the spawn of the underworld. So, less stress over all. The latest two projects are an overhaul of the puja room and a mural in the living room.

The bedroom change came because my husband was using it as a place to hoard his never ending supply of clothing, and I felt like I was sleeping in a rat's nest. The bedroom is becoming a dressing room(hoping to go Victorian style with it). Its functional as one now, but still has a lot of organizing and decorating to go.

I like sleeping in the library better anyways, being able to see outside(the only window in the bedroom only viewed the house next door). (The library was the dining room, which no one ate in.)

Basically, I'm tossing any housing conventions out the window, and taking stock of what our family personally needs and uses.

I'm not terribly surprised to hear sleeping on the ground does you best. I think that connection with the earth is more vital than folks realize.



The white comment was meant for @ChristineM .

Yes, sometimes cats attract tragedies when it comes to traffic... very sad when it happens.

Has your husband turned your bedroom into a "floordrobe", as my Youtube crush from County Durham calls it?

 

[JustGeorge]

Has your husband turned your bedroom into a "floordrobe", as my Youtube crush from County Durham calls it?

If it was just the floor, I could have put up with it.

There was a stack that was taller than me behind the door. The dresser was stuffed full, with stuff hanging out. All the surfaces were covered. There were small piles in front of my closet. Under the bed was full of socks.

In his mind, these were organized piles, and had a method. To me, the room was so stuffed, I couldn't get through it. He didn't want me to do his laundry, but he wouldn't do any more than he needed than for just a day or two. He has more clothing than a runway model, and I couldn't tell what pile was clean, and what was dirty(and sometimes clean piles would go into dirty piles, and then they were both dirty).

Enough was enough.

Since we've 'moved out', we've gotten him a mega sized dresser for his stuff. It holds most of it. He's got things he'll never wear again that I've been going through to put in totes(he won't let me be rid of it; I don't know why). After that, he can store it in the basement or shed, but we can have a decently enjoyable room again.

Sleeping in the library is nice, too, because when he throws them on the floor in the morning, I can squirrel them off to the laundry... and he doesn't even realize they're gone(until he goes to open a drawer and finds them clean in there).

 

[exchemist]

If it was just the floor, I could have put up with it.

There was a stack that was taller than me behind the door. The dresser was stuffed full, with stuff hanging out. All the surfaces were covered. There were small piles in front of my closet. Under the bed was full of socks.

In his mind, these were organized piles, and had a method. To me, the room was so stuffed, I couldn't get through it. He didn't want me to do his laundry, but he wouldn't do any more than he needed than for just a day or two. He has more clothing than a runway model, and I couldn't tell what pile was clean, and what was dirty(and sometimes clean piles would go into dirty piles, and then they were both dirty).

Enough was enough.

Since we've 'moved out', we've gotten him a mega sized dresser for his stuff. It holds most of it. He's got things he'll never wear again that I've been going through to put in totes(he won't let me be rid of it; I don't know why). After that, he can store it in the basement or shed, but we can have a decently enjoyable room again.

Sleeping in the library is nice, too, because when he throws them on the floor in the morning, I can squirrel them off to the laundry... and he doesn't even realize they're gone(until he goes to open a drawer and finds them clean in there).

Sounds like you do far too much for this reprobate.

 

[JustGeorge]

Sounds like you do far too much for this reprobate.

He pays me in an endless supply of comic material...

 

[exchemist]

He pays me in an endless supply of comic material...

Ah, that's the currency I used with my wife, too, much of the time.

 

[Viker]

With my trusty sleeping bag laid out in a tent among a forest next to a crackling fire.... paradise.

 

[JustGeorge]

With my trusty sleeping bag laid out in a tent among a forest next to a crackling fire.... paradise.

That does sound pretty awesome.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Well, where?

A little while ago, my husband and I's sleeping situation changed greatly. We went from having an average bed, in an average room to sleeping on a roll out mat in the library(which was once a dining room).

At first, we had just taken the mattress off the bed and laid it in the library, pushing it against a wall during the day, but it got cumbersome. The mat can be stored in a tote during the day without much trouble.

When we were using the mattress, there wasn't a lot of change in comfortability for me. My husband experienced positive change. However, when we went from mattress to mat, some pain I'd been dealing with for years significantly decreased.

I guess where you sleep matters.

So, where did you sleep last night?

Have you had any other places that you slept that were memorable? (Either positive or negative?)

I slept on my mattress at home.
But remember anywhere i go i am always at home. So i kind of never sleep away from home.

 

[Heyo]

With my trusty sleeping bag laid out in a tent among a forest next to a crackling fire.... paradise.

I'm going to sleep in a tent over the WE, though I have a straw sack and woolen blankets.
I'll be at a medieval market assisting the falconer.

 

[JustGeorge]

I'm going to sleep in a tent over the WE, though I have a straw sack and woolen blankets.
I'll be at a medieval market assisting the falconer.

Is the straw sack fairly comfortable? I'm sure the blankets are warm...

 

[mangalavara]

We went from having an average bed, in an average room to sleeping on a roll out mat in the library(which was once a dining room).

I get the impression that you are eccentric.

Well, where?

On top of a big pile of money with many beautiful ladies.

 

[JustGeorge]

I get the impression that you are eccentric.



On top of a big pile of money with many beautiful ladies.

Well, its no secret that I'm weird...

But I had no idea that all this time you were Mr. Krabs in disguise!

 

[mangalavara]

But I had no idea that all this time you were Mr. Krabs in disguise!

His first name happens to be my middle name.

In all seriousness, I sleep on a mattress that is held up by two low, adjacent platforms in a studio apartment on the fourth floor of a building that might have been constructed in the 50s. I really do like it here.

 

[Heyo]

Is the straw sack fairly comfortable?

It was. It's the end of the season now and the straw is bit harder. I change it usually once a year.

I'm sure the blankets are warm...

They are but it wasn't important as I was decadent this time. My friend had a cold so I borrowed a
catalytic furnace.
.