Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.

'War Stories'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


flea - Feb 05, 2011 1:27:22 pm PST #21243 of 30001
information libertarian

I would love to have a wardrobe of sheets. I also have expensive tastes in sheets and I'm cheap, so in actuality we have 1 set of percale and 1 of flannel per bed, with most of the beds having a backup older percale set that's mostly used in case of bodily fluid emergencies. The grownups have a queen, the kids each have a twin, and we have sheets for a double for our futon (which used to be our grownup bed.)

I adore really good quality sheets. I prefer Garnet Hill. I have become my mother.


Scrappy - Feb 05, 2011 1:37:06 pm PST #21244 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I like sleeping naked, but I live with a polar bear so in the winter the temp is at 68 and even in the summer a fan has to be blowing on the bed. Hence, pajamas.


Sue - Feb 05, 2011 1:54:35 pm PST #21245 of 30001
hip deep in pie

I have two pairs of flannel sheets, 2-3 sets of cotten sheets, and thne a few random fitted and flat sheets. I don't use a top sheet, so they mostly get used in the guest bed.

The flannel sheets are almost too warm for me, and I hate being constricted by clothes when I am sleeping, so I sleep in a tank and boxers year round


Connie Neil - Feb 05, 2011 1:58:05 pm PST #21246 of 30001
brillig

Socks are all I need in the winter, in addition to the quilt my grandma made me when I was 3. I could be sleeping in a mink coat, but if my feet are bare, I'm freezing. Hubby's in multiple blankets plus sweats, but his internal temperature is whacked as well. The air conditioner lives in the bedroom in summer.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 05, 2011 2:03:03 pm PST #21247 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I alternate sets of Charter Club damask stripe sheets. I like the silky feel rather than something softer and more flannel-y.

I probably should get some use out of that ultra-fancy synthetic silk sheet I treated myself to years ago. But I don't know what I did with the cleaning fluid for it, and the place I bought it from went out of business.


Lee - Feb 05, 2011 2:10:56 pm PST #21248 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I have lots and lots of sheets, because I tend to only throw away/repurpose whatever part of the set gets stained or wornout, but I don't have many sets outside the ones I keep for the guest room.


Liese S. - Feb 05, 2011 2:15:56 pm PST #21249 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, we have only the one set per season. Flannel for winter, cotton for summer. They're expensive sheets, but I refuse to buy them at full price, so they're nice sheets bought cheaply at overstock or tj maxx or whatever.

I probably should have more because of the dog. But the next freshly laundered set is just going to get dirty anyway, so...

How often do you launder/switch your sheets? And how often do your turn your mattress? Except ita, I know you don't have to turn the tempurpedics.


beekaytee - Feb 05, 2011 2:16:04 pm PST #21250 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

I have about 10 sheet sets...all cotton...but I no longer use the top sheet. And sleep better for it, oddly enough. In summer, I have a light flannel blanket that I use on the top and in winter, I go European and use a flannel duvet cover. Something about not getting caught up in multiple layers causes me to rest easier. Also, I sweat less.


Scrappy - Feb 05, 2011 2:17:20 pm PST #21251 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

We wash ours once a week. We turned the mattress every other week, but our cheap-ass mattress got lumpy, so we we have a memory foam topper and just leave it be.


beekaytee - Feb 05, 2011 2:18:25 pm PST #21252 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

And how often do your turn your mattress?

Probably twice a year.

laundering sheets

I do it less often now that I'm not sharing them with anyone. When someone else is in, I wash them once or twice a fortnight.

When I'm nga, um, when I think of it.