On making the bed...

[hippybngstockng]

I think I am going to plead the 5th on making the bed every morning until we resolve "the bedroom issue". In order to truly "make" the bed I would have to rearrange the room fer shit sakes. I hate that room- I only go in there to sleep and put clothing away right now because it's got the Feng Shui of a black hole. If it were a bigger part of my life as my room was when we were living with my mom (read: HIDING PLACE) then I would care and do something, but since it's just where I crawl off to at night and currently where I stash things when someone is coming over I don't feel it makes ANY difference to me whether the bed is made or ON FIRE... Well I guess I would care if it was on fire...

I'll keep wiping out the sink, it does look less gross when I do it even if it doesn't look shiny- after 3 coats of wax the sides look great, but a little hot water made the bottom lose any of the shine the wax created, but it does at least seem to be absorbing less color. Seriously I could pour a cup of coffee in there right after scrubbing it and even if I rinse right away it leaves a stain, and now at least that's not happening, or at least it's not happening YET.


It would be nice to have the bedroom in a kind of shape so when I do get moments where I can retreat in there I could do so and feel better about it, but the room itself is a problem. I'm not talking about the crap in it, though that is certainly also an issue, but the walls themselves are just in this funky-ass configuration that makes simply having a bed an issue... If it were a different time in my life I would likely say screw it and throw the damn thing away and get a few futons and play "Take back the floor" for the duration of the time we live here, but I'm getting older. My arthritic old bones won't let me do the futon on the floor thing anymore, and even if I could there is still no good way to arrange such a thing.

I can't think of a single option to fix this room that doesn't involve spending more money than I can afford to "waste" on decorating (read: none). We just spent a load of cash to convert my son from baby to big kid, and it came in a little over my original investment plan, but I had the realization that in the longer term it would prevent need for replacement (beyond it being only as durable as IKEA ever makes a thing) I could see him having his expensive bed until he is tall enough to need a longer one. We might have to get a new mattress, but that is a much smaller deal than getting one frame, then another frame, and the various mattresses that go along with that...

Well that's all I feel like whining about for now (see previous bitching that has left me too tired to whine)- I promise to pimp my dish cloth alternative later....

the short version of it is PVA cloth rocks, and saves the earth. Making extra laundry by using a new dish towel every day is wasteful and bad, at least I think so. I've done the math, I think it saves money.

Comments

[dartfaerie.livejournal.com]

I totally get you on the bedroom issue. We're doing the futon on the floor, baby crib in the corner, everyone crammed into one room with boxes and boxes of things we can't get rid of, but have no room for and everything mommy doesn't want visitors to see. *sigh* I broke down and bought new sheets and comforters and a quilt, but I bought it all for a queen sized bed, and don't intend on actually using it until we can move into a bigger place and buy a bigger bed. *laugh* I had been making the bed every morning (by that I mean covering the bed with the blanket), but have recently gotten out of the habit. I did get it made today though, at 6pm. heh... My sinks are awful though *cringe* Flylady is going to come beat me with her fishing rod!!!