I currently have a very cheap mattress from Sears that's about 10 years old and is only comfortable with two foamies on top.

You sleep on buffistas?

I would totally say, "ha ha ha, we're having Spring and you're not" except that we're possibly getting snow sometime this weekend. . . although I don't think we're expecting a snowpacalypse.

Really not worth saying twice.

Has anyone here seen Blood Ties the series? I saw an ad for it in a magazine and want to know if it's worth checking out.

I liked the first one. Took some serious liberties with the book, but basically good. I didn’t like the characterization of Henry, and one of the big characters has been swapped out for a pretty goth girl, but I’ll keep watching.

i I've been forced to consider my wedding because my mother thinks about it often. If I don't shut down an idea immediately, she takes it as gospel.

You're totally going to do the naked-in-the-surf-at-sunset hippie wedding just to see how high her blood pressure can go, aren't you?

Nah, I want a traditional wedding. Although that would be fun :)

My foolproof method of mattress-buying is to go to the store in comfy clothes and lie down on each mattress, starting on the super-duper most-expensive model and working my way down until I can tell the difference. Then I buy the next-to-last mattress I've tried.

The reason for the existence of firm/extra-firm is that they'll last longer before getting saggy BUT you'll sleep better on softer ones. So it's a tradeoff of $$$ for comfort. As I've gotten older, I'm much more in favor of comfort.

My paralegal just made me laugh so hard just now: he always accuses me of never doing any work, and today he came into my office as I was halfway under my desk, taking off my socks. I sheepishly said, "this is what I do all day." He couldn't see what I was doing so he replied, "is there a ball of string under there?!"

If and when I move to an apartment with a corner tower, I'm hoping Ikea will still feature their round beds so I can fit one into the round alcove. Though depending on the traffic noise I might have to sleep with my pillows away from the windows rather than back against them.

My mattress is 10+ years old; I did not buy it myself; and I sleep best on the hardest mattress in the galaxy. Which mine still is, to date. (I once slept on a featherbed + mattress, and woke up with the worst back trouble in the world. Firm + me = happy.)

(Hec will now arrive and make discipline jokes about my back pain.)

My problem is putting the mattress on a futon frame. Those puppies squeak when you move on them. A lot. So, I should be in the market for a bed frame.

Firm + me = happy.)

(Hec will now arrive and make discipline jokes about my back pain.)

My problem is putting the mattress on a futon frame. Those puppies squeak when you move on them. A lot. So, I should be in the market for a bed frame.

I'm sure Hec won't make any jokes, how could anyone make jokes or read extra meanings into statements like those?

The mattresses I have had the best experiences with are not from the big names. I find a local mattress company and go test theirs. much cheaper from my experience.