SHEETS, SHEETS in Postcards 4
- June 5, 2017, 11:44 a.m.
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Lately, I’ve been more concerned with my friends and myself wearing out than my things wearing out. Silly me. I went to use my favorite heavy frying pan, and the Teflon was bubbling off. I went to bed on my favorite mended sheets only to discover I could see through them…we both loved those flying flannel sheep. The towels we bought for the big house are now very gentle and soft. They are also so worn that they barely absorb much water before they are full.
I can see stoves, refrigerators, and even my old bed quilt wear out, but I hadn’t expanded my horizon to bed sheets. Everything around us wears out in the end, so why hadn’t I expanded my thinking to sheets?
Mother bought only white sheets. Her flannel and percale sheets were on carefully marked shelves in the long, dark linen closet upstairs. It was a real closet in those days. Everything went with everything else though there were two sizes of sheets. Twin and double. I have two kinds of sheets, cotton and flannel, but they offer the eye wildly differing patterns and colors. I bag them in carefully labeled plastic bags, and I think no further about them.
I’m reduced now to one thin flannel set of sheets and two sets of cotton in solid colors. How boring life is when reduced to thinning sheets.
- Himself: Dawdled the morning away. Visited Poolie, and never looked at the appointment book. We had an appointment with the Comic Con volunteer folks who now must think us total flakes. G sent an apology this morning. Great speaker last night. Today: Working hard on other’s wrecks. Waiting for Thursday’s CT scan. Meeting tonight.
- Herself: Very embarrassed about the Comic Con foul up. Checked the book first thing this morning. Today: Write, exercise, do the laundry and shop for three or four days of dinners. Antiques Roadshow this evening.
- Reading: My very own 99 cent plus shipping copy of Schlesingers “Journals” arrived. I’m happily finishing it.
- Gratitude’s: Books…even getting rid of badly written or unappealing books is a good thing.
Zipster ⋅ June 05, 2017
I do that with clothes. Just the other day I slipped on my black jacket only to discover that the back side of the right sleeve was falling apart exposing the liner beneath. I held it up and noticed several other spots where the threads of fabric were failing.
GypsyWynd ⋅ June 05, 2017
I'm down to two sets of sheets, too.......one of which has a huge patch in the middle of the bottom sheet. My favorite set has a few small holes from where Nougat has grabbed the top sheet to pull it off me.
I can't find nice cotton sheets with deep enough pockets for my extra thick mattress.
NorthernSeeker ⋅ June 06, 2017
Everything wears out. Vets like to take old towels and sheets for animals to rest on. It might make it easier to give them up if you give them away.
MageB NorthernSeeker ⋅ June 06, 2017
So do thhe Rescue centers...blankets and bed spreads too. We save them at the shop for a shelter.
NorthernSeeker MageB ⋅ June 06, 2017
Good on you.
Hillbilly Princess ⋅ June 06, 2017
Deleted user ⋅ June 06, 2017
I have flannel and microfleece as I am always cold :-) I have three sets now and the guys each have their own sets I bought this year for their beds. Probably this year I should get a new set for our room. My towels are all worn and soft. I need to think about buying some new ones but I have lots of the old . I am going to recycle some into cleaning rags and towels for drying off dogs ...I wish my linen closet was as organized as your Mom's . I think I will use that bag idea ! Thanks !
Deleted user ⋅ June 06, 2017
I love bookcase headboards !
Marg ⋅ June 07, 2017
I used to buy sheets in all sorts of lovely colours but they get clarted in so much cat hair that I find white is better. Also I had to buy deeper ones as I found getting the corners over the mattress was beginning to be a Herculean task! So I think it's me wearing out more than the sheets😊
Makes me wonder how badly written books make it out into the world. Is that bad editing or bad publishing?