When I first rejoined the work force after having my girls, my manager at the bank was a lovely Jamaican woman. She would tell us stories of her life in Jamaica, before she came to the states.
One of the ‘lessons’ she gave us, was telling us how her mother told her, to never leave the house without making her bed, and putting on clean underwear, BECAUSE, if you got hit by a car and they had to bring you home and put you in your bed, that bed needed to be made, and your underwear needed to be clean!
Making my bed before I leave for the day is something I always make sure to do, but not because I’m worried someone is going to bring me home and put me to bed. No, I make my bed for another reason.
Some people, when they sleep, are restless and move all over the place. They get up in the morning and their bed coverings are all over the place. It looks like a WWE match took place there.
You gotta smooth those covers out, and make that bed look nice.
WHAT was I thinking when I sponged that wall?
I’m not (at this menopausal stage of my life) what could be termed a ‘restful’ sleeper. What that means is most nights, I sleep, but I wouldn’t consider it a deep sleep. I wake up frequently, to shift positions, or flip that pillow over, or get up to pee. But even in my restlessness, I take care with those covers.
Maybe it comes from the days of kids climbing in bed with me, or the days when both dogs slept on the bed. Whatever the reason, most mornings I can get up and my bed mostly looks made.
We have dog beds all over the house. Two in the living room (plus the dog’s couch,) one dog bed in my room, and a crib mattress (that doubles as a dog bed) also in my room.
And yet, there’s a certain dog in my home, that loves to snuggle down on the Mama’s bed, when the Mama is at work.
I’m truly okay with that. Both dogs are in those senior years where I really want them to have comfortable, happy lives.
What I don’t want, is for my bed to be mussed and trussed like it’s a Thanksgiving turkey. Nor do I want to climb into my bed and have the sheets look like someone dumped a container of chocolate sprinkles on them.
After that fiasco, and having to change my bed sheets at bedtime, I started making my bed in the morning.
For Delilah.
Shhhhh……All this yapping makes it hard for me to get my beauty rest.
I determined, based upon her habit of pulling the bedspread back, and sleeping on the sheets, that she likes the feel of the sheets.
And while it’s true, I want her to be happy and comfortable, I also don’t want to have to change the sheets every night, so I came up with a compromise.
Okay, you don’t have to point out that I am the one compromising. I understand that. She is after-all a dog, and has no verbal negotiating skills. Unless you count her barking, groaning, sighing….okay, so she does have some verbal skills, but NO reasoning skills. Of course, she’d argue she has reasons for ALL her skills.
Sigh.
Back to the subject at hand.
I had an old, over-sized queen sheet, and my little futon (if I’m being generous,) is a full-size bed.
You follow?
So every morning, I get up, walk both dogs, and then come home and make my bed for the day.
Siriusly, that wall.
For Delilah.
Yes, I always make my bed before leaving the house, but I don’t make it for me, I make my bed for my dog.
What do you do to spoil your pets?
Sometimes I tell Taylor that Mo was on my pillow snoring in my ear or he had plastered himself right up against me and when I wanted to roll or turn in another direction I couldn’t, because he was there. She’d always say: “move him!” And I always say: “I didn’t move YOU when your leg was across my throat, so why I move him?!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣💜💜💜
I also make the bed for Merlin. When he was younge, after i made the bed he would jump and spin around on it messing it up lol. He does sleep on the bare mattress when i’ve stripped the bed so i don’t think it matters to him either way, but i like him to be comfy.
Mom is an overly organized, orderly person, so she makes her bed every morning no matter what because it looks better. We think Delilah likes the bed because it smells like you. Bailie and Madison sleep in bed with Mom every night. Mom gets up too early for their liking, so when she leaves, they both go to her spot on the bed to sleep more. Mom thinks they like that spot because it has all of her smell on it. Delilah probably uses the same reasoning.
I love it! I make the bed every day because I’m compulsive about it. However, some mornings it’s more challenging than others, because often Luke is on it when I’m trying to do so! If that’s the case, then I wait until later.
Also, if it’s rainy and wet out, I throw a sheet over the bed like you do, but in order to keep the quilt cleaner, since Luke lays on the bed off and on all day long (that way he can watch the street for comings and goings), sometimes with dirty paws. However, Luke does not like the sheet, and often moves it out of the way! LOL
I think I would make the bed regardless. Or at least, I’d like to think that.
As for the smart lab in your house, that is why I use the larger sheet. I tuck it under the mattress making it harder for her to move it out of the way. 🙂
You’re such a good dog mom.
That is just the way it should be all the time. The Dad is retired but he makes the bed for us each day too!
That is beyond precious. 💞
I had to laugh at somebody actually giving that reason for wearing clean underwear and making their bed.
Lucky Delilah. Now I feel like a meanie. I make my bed for MYSELF, shut the bedroom door, and leave Cupcake to the rocking chair, sofa, leather chair, her bed, or the choice of 3 throw rugs and an area rug. Ugh. Poor neglected pup – roughing it like an animal all day.
Poor Cupcake. You’re lucky she hasn’t reported you for cruelty to animals. 🙂
I make my bed every morning because I’ve been doing so since I was old enough to do so. Four, maybe? I spoil my dogs with kisses and playtime. I have to watch what they eat, so I give them love. Shadow can’t get up on the beds unassisted any more and wants to do it on her own. Ducky’s not allowed on the beds because she chews on the sheets if we don’t watch her closely.
You’re such a good dog mom. <3
But Honey has Delilah beat for wanting to be comfy in bed. She can't jump up onto the v-berth on her own. So when I start to get ready for bed, she'll stand in the aisle until one of us lifts her up.
Last night, she decided she was too hot at 2:30 a.m. So I got up and lifted her down into the cooler part of the cabin. If I can figure out how to build a ramp/stairs for her, I'll probably get more sleep. And she'll get more exercise when she gets tired of sleeping in one spot and wants to switch to another.