You wondered, didn’t you?
You wondered if there’s something I do that’s World Class?
What?! Did I just hear you say that I’m a world class procrastinator?
Wow…that’s mean; I thought we were friends.
Okay, we’re friends and that’s true… I forgive you.
BUT…I’ve been doing this thing since I was a little girl. They say that if you want to be good at something it takes practice and hard work. I have definitely had a lot of practice!
Perhaps you think it’s this:
Yep, that’s nine-year-old me ruling the rink. (I’m actually asking Santa for a set of outdoor quad skates this Christmas because I do looooove to skate and the neighborhood needs a new spectacle.)
Also…that hairdo! My sweet mother did that to me, by the way. Mom always boufed me up and gave me excellent “lady hair” before any major event in my life… school pictures, concerts, birthday parties. Don’t you think every nine year old should look like she could use a cocktail? To be fair, I was certain that I looked VERY chic. Surely boys want to date someone with hair like their grandmother.
Shockingly, my penchant for lady hair did not result in my being voted “most popular”….but, again, I digress…
Also, no, I am not a World Class roller skater.
If you follow my sporadic posts on Instagram, you already know that I am a World Class SLEEPER!
Look at the sheer joy on my face (I was eight here, fyi)!
…..which brings us to this month’s installment of “Where Bloggers Live: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.”
I shared a peek into our room a few years ago when I remade ready-made curtains because Mr suggested he’d be able to sleep later if the room was darker. Hey, Honey: you could also sleep in if you didn’t set a first alarm for 4:30, then a second for 5:30, only to actually get up at 6:30.
As a World Class Sleeper, I am rarely disturbed by his bizarre game of “Hey, I don’t have to get up yet,” otherwise I might have called an attorney to discuss it.
Back in the day–even in our first house when our family was very young–we didn’t want the kiddos to have televisions in their rooms. They often watched TV with us in ours and, on weekends, they “camped” in our room. When we moved to this house, we actually reversed the function of the sitting area with the sleeping area so the tribe (who had gotten bigger) had more flop space.
Eventually, school-issued iPads allowed the kids to circumvent the no-TV rule and we put the room back to the way it was meant to be.
This is where I sleep (and yes, there’s Old Lady Glass on the nightstands):
Mr gets 1/3 of the bed on the left, haha.
Actually, our room used to look like that. But NOW, Mr works from home, so these days it LOOKS LIKE THIS:
SERIOUSLY. Freaking COVID.
“Working from home” used to sound like such a delightful concept. Eight months later, we’ve decided it should ACTUALLY be called “living at work.” The charm is gone from the title, but at least the description is accurate.
But sleep! Blissful, lovely sleep that makes any problems of the day disappear (…unless you sleep on the left side of the bed where you get to see what’s waiting for you in the morning).
But on the RIGHT side….
Being a World Class sleeper requires discipline…and for me, adherence to my own BIZARRE set of rules. I don’t think Mr knows that I have rules, but I do. Everything has to be JUST right. The covers have to meld with the room temp so that I am warm enough in the winter and cool enough in the summer. There needs to be white noise, which is why we run a fan every night, but the air can’t blow on me (he does know I have that rule). I like a chunk of pillow under my neck that’s less than but nearly as fluffy as what cradles my weirdly discerning noggin. I’m a side sleeper and I like my hair to cover my exposed ear otherwise it gets cold (my ear, not my hair). The covers also have to cover my ear, can’t cover my nose, but should cover my mouth.
I know, there’s DEFINITELY something wrong with me!!!! What a whack job.
Want to know something weirder? (I mean, could it GET any weirder?)
I have a different set of rules for sleeping downstairs.
Here they are:
I need a chair.
Yep, that’s it.
Every. Single. Night. TV goes on, Em goes out…UGH! I would have to STAND in order to not fall asleep.
I don’t WANT to fall asleep but I can’t NOT fall asleep!!!
But, damn I’m good at it! …that appears to be the price of being World Class.
Join me and visit my blogging buds to see if there is any possibility that one of them might be weirder than me! I wouldn’t place any bets, but check out:
Bettye at Fashion Schlub
Daenel at Living Outside the Stacks
Iris at Iris’ Original Ramblings
Jodie at Jodie’s Touch of Style
Em at Dust and Doghair
Leslie at Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After
Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes? Over the next few months, a group of seven bloggers will be sharing their workspaces, their homes, towns and more!
Make sure you visit everyone to see where the magic happens!
Ha!! Being absolutely hysterical and adorable and a mom to four, wife, responsible pet owner and world class seamstress (seriously) is exhausting!! Not that I would know. But I can only imagine. That’s why I don’t sew. Too much hard work.
Love Mr.’s office corner of the room. And the labeling he has done on the shelves for his piles of work. It appears he works hard, too.
When PC was working from home, early in the pandemic, he set up a laptop on the kitchen island then sat on the couch playing ‘Tankville’ – my name for his WWII tank fighting computer game. We both got slightly spoiled over those 3 months. Then he was deemed mission essential and had to show up to work at the office wearing a mask rather than working from home.
Love that your kids watched TV in your bedroom with you guys. It’s a wonder you have 4 kids!! Unless that didn’t start til they were all born!! I appreciate the no TV in the kids’ rooms rule. My girls weren’t allowed to have TVs either. But when computer technology became a ‘thing,’ they didn’t care about TV at all. I had to start packing the modem, keyboard, USB cord in my purse everyday and take it with me wherever I went to limit their screen time.
You ALWAYS make me laugh, and better than that even, smile!! Thank you, doll.
So many similarities! I, too, have the man who sets multiple alarms. I also need white noise (we use a loud air purifier), I don’t like wind blowing on me, I need my ear covered by my hair, and I’m a side sleeper. In addition, I also need MY OWN COMFORTER. I just could not get used to the man rolling over and yanking my covers off in the middle of the night. It’s a real shock to the system and my instinctive response in that moment is to punch him really hard, so now we have two duvets. We each get our own! It’s glorious. Of course, the bed is never properly made, but the cats do seem to enjoy the uneven, poufy terrain for daytime naps.
Well I have to say – your ‘where I sleep’ was very entertaining. I’m kinda like you though with the pillow. And, I used to be able to go to sleep most anywhere – the but older I get the more difficult it is – and I’m awake at an incredibly early hour.
Enjoyed your bedroom tour – the pics – the before and after.
Grace & Peace, Iris
http://www.IrisOriginalsRamblings.com
Hello, and thank you, Iris.
I do love my downstairs naps…but I think getting too much sleep downstairs makes “the rules” more important once I get upstairs.
Mr. and I will both enjoy when he is able to return the office to the office.
Can you get any funnier?? Seriously, when we meet, I’m going to have to make sure my abs are in shape so they aren’t sore from all of the laughing!!!
BTW, I used to need a blankie to rub against my cheek before falling asleep…luckily I grew out of that, LOL!!!
As for the presto chango with working from home…OMG, I wouldn’t have recognized the space. Where did all of the couches go?? I swear your bedroom is bigger than our entire house!!! (And you know that somehow I would have used that extra space for clothes storage….it would be inevitable).
XOOX
Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com
Awww…a blankie! (I slept with stuffed animals for years…forgot all about that.) Well, now you have Rob, so who needs a blankie?
The sectional went to Doschie’s place, and the loveseat moved into one of the boys’ rooms for now. There’s going to be lots of extra space down the road with the kiddos flying the coop, so I see a future guest room for when you visit. That will be SO fun!!!
Working from home = living at work YES!!! I hate working from home, and like going in to the office – I’m too social to be isolated. I’m desperate to renovate our bedroom, but that also means we “make do” until that happens. The half of the room I sleep on has pictures on the wall, books on the shelf…the half of the room where hubs’ side of the bed is looks like a storeroom. Sigh. I do feel better seeing other people’s that DON’T look like an Instagram Sanctuary of Dreams.
More like a sanctuary of nightmares, if Mr were to weigh in! It’s really just the opposite of restful, having to close your eyes with your office looking at you. It’s so surreal.
Our daughter uses the office downstairs since her room is pretty small, but I agree, she would MUCH rather be in the office…she’s very social, too.
Thank you for visiting, MK!
“my own BIZARRE set of [sleep] rules” YES! I was just commenting over on Jodie’s page and revealed that I also have sleep THINGS. I never really thought of them of RULES…as much as GUIDELINES (there’s a story to that reference) (OF COURSE).
But yeah, the just-right pillow tucked just right underneath the hollow of your neck, supporting your head without all your head WEIGHT being on the pillow, YES. And my “just-right” pillow is one I’ve had since I was like 14 years old still living at home with my parents. I would LOVE a new pillow that’s not 73 years old but because I’m so freaking PARTICULAR about EVERYTHING I can’t find one that is acceptable. And affordable. Good pillow prices are INSANE.
But…other than hubby’s work-from-home/home-from-work space, your bedroom looks lovely. So neat and welcoming and BEDROOMY. Mine is like GET THE EFF OUT WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING IN HERE, ugh. Ha.
Thanks for playing!
Bettye
https://fashionschlub.com
I haven’t made the rounds yet…still cleaning a few things up here… BUT…saw your comment.
It’s so weird to me that I can fall asleep on the floor, in a chair, or practically standing up…but if I’m in an actual bed then all of the stars have to align.
The pillow thing is crucial!! I used to take mine on the road with me because it makes such a difference and–now that I won’t–it’s one of the reasons I have trouble sleeping in hotels. I’ve had a $60 white down pillow from Target for about 10 years now… it gets dryer fluffed often but just isn’t enough these days, so for the last month I’ve been shopping for a new one as well. And you’re right, they are UBER KA-CHING! Mr always buys the $5 pillows. Hates them, but doesn’t juxtapose the value of a good sleep against the cost of the pillow. Not me! I loooove a good sleep. We are odd creatures, haha.