tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post2643419247194194534..comments2023-10-26T14:01:08.426+03:30Comments on Orange Tangerine: Linens and thingsOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-81439210210867977412008-08-18T23:21:00.000+04:302008-08-18T23:21:00.000+04:30We make the bed, and generally leave the sheets cr...We make the bed, and generally leave the sheets crusty for a while. Yuk.Mona Buonanottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809435868294190789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-7381993063635212302008-08-18T07:59:00.000+04:302008-08-18T07:59:00.000+04:30I have to admit I'm disturbed by the quarterly she...I have to admit I'm disturbed by the quarterly sheet changing! I've only just starting leaving the bedlinen for a week and a half rather than the strict weekly rotation I've always stuck to. And will go back to in summer (it's winter here in Australia). If you watch a documentary about dust mites, like I did once, I guarantee you'd change them more often! Dust mites LOVE skin cells, and we shedMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363681572935590516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-32078892887600735762008-08-17T11:44:00.000+04:302008-08-17T11:44:00.000+04:30At least once a month, more frequently if it's goo...At least once a month, more frequently if it's good drying weather (never use the drier). A warm, windy, day makes bedding washing almost compulsory.<BR/>I wash my son's weekly mimimum but then he sometimes leaks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-30165823087726206462008-08-17T09:37:00.000+04:302008-08-17T09:37:00.000+04:30I make the bed every day. But about half the time,...I make the bed every day. But about half the time, I make the bed right before getting into it. I just like to go to sleep in a bed that's made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-47008686586776477852008-08-15T20:11:00.000+04:302008-08-15T20:11:00.000+04:30i make the bed every morning (or try to) but chang...i make the bed every morning (or try to) but change the linens after a, uh, gentleman caller or quarterly - whichever comes first. hey! a pun.Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-14172735351999913392008-08-15T08:27:00.000+04:302008-08-15T08:27:00.000+04:30Try to change the sheets every two weeks, but that...Try to change the sheets every two weeks, but that doesn't happen sometimes and I am ok with it. I am always clean before I get into bed, so I don't really freak about it.<BR/>I make up the bed when people are coming over or when I change the sheets.<BR/>Actually, when people are coming over I usually just shut my bedroom door.<BR/>So it only really gets made up if extra nosy people are coming Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-90008575804207492442008-08-13T18:10:00.000+04:302008-08-13T18:10:00.000+04:30I'm clean but not neat. Therefore, I wash the shee...I'm clean but not neat. Therefore, I wash the sheets once/week (don't like wallowing in my own filth), but never ever make the bed. I am very amused by people who do the opposite and think that I'm the slob.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747382929049494704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-1083856114697667532008-08-13T09:54:00.000+04:302008-08-13T09:54:00.000+04:30I love the feel and smell of fresh sheets. I chang...I love the feel and smell of fresh sheets. I change them every week and in a consequence-free world I'd live like Oprah and have them changed daily. <BR/><BR/>I try and have the beds always made because they make the bedrooms look tidier. We're co-sleepers, 3 in a bed, so usually only one giant bed to make. Problem is I am the only one who cares about a made bed so it is hard to get people to blue milkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341937205299573052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-55427981985679026402008-08-13T03:42:00.000+04:302008-08-13T03:42:00.000+04:30I make my own bed about every day. I change the l...I make my own bed about every day. I change the linens about once a month...meh. It depends on how sweaty we get and how much the cat sheds on them.<BR/><BR/>My kids...I don't make them make their beds. Blah. I don't even give them a top sheet so what's the point? The top sheet is something that would never stay in place anyway and is more likely to be used as brother mummy wrappings.The Absent Minded Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367710044518218570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-515725149572968992008-08-13T03:15:00.000+04:302008-08-13T03:15:00.000+04:30change the sheets once a week. pillow cases as wel...change the sheets once a week. pillow cases as well.<BR/><BR/>make the bed fully once a week, but throw the comforter across so it looks relatively together daily.<BR/><BR/>ps. oprah probably overnights the sheets to minnesota for special french cleaning (that's what you do with sheets that cost $2500 a set).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-75900895454522373042008-08-13T01:53:00.000+04:302008-08-13T01:53:00.000+04:30In yet another instance of history repeating itsel...In yet another instance of history repeating itself... I only make my bed when I know someone else will see it (like when we have company over, about 3 times a year). Washing sheets, well, I leave that to my husband. He gets dirtier at work (and play) than I do, and he's ctually the better housekeeper, so when he says they need changed, I let him do it. Generally, every 3-4 weeks. My childrenCharlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18186683556096242477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-10507503161174268432008-08-12T21:14:00.000+04:302008-08-12T21:14:00.000+04:30Yup... i also change my sheets every two weeks or ...Yup... i also change my sheets every two weeks or so, though I always sort of intend to make it once a week. I slept with my 2 kids with me in a room and in the same bed... so i need to wash and change it every 2 weeks.. And now.. i'm trying to make it once a week...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-30008110302535325332008-08-12T19:46:00.000+04:302008-08-12T19:46:00.000+04:30I change my sheets every two months or so, though ...I change my sheets every two months or so, though I always sort of intend to make it once a month. But that rarely happens. I do wash the pillowcases every week or two.<BR/><BR/>I do make the bed, at least most days. And I feel bad about not making it on days I don't. My house can be really messy, but if the beds are made, that sort of seems like insurance against full-on squalor. Plus it's just E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10023959769203103393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-31490852996938201252008-08-12T19:15:00.000+04:302008-08-12T19:15:00.000+04:30mmm your poll needs a "biweekly" for washing! in t...mmm your poll needs a "biweekly" for washing! in the summer, I may do them every week. In the winter, it's 2-3. Sweat, you know, and we don't wera PJs. Big factor, imho.<BR/>As for making it, I don't like to sleep in cat hair, so I fluff em straight and lay out a towel or blanket to entice felines.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772999231462021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-41177898928668102292008-08-12T18:04:00.000+04:302008-08-12T18:04:00.000+04:30I once vowed that there were two things I would ne...I once vowed that there were two things I would never do when I moved out of my parents' house (because my parents made us do it all the time):<BR/>1) dry dishes, because it's something that will occur ALL BY ITSELF, with no help from me, if I just leave them in the rack, and <BR/>2) make my bed, because, why? Even worse: sometimes, as in when I do laundry or have pulled clothes out of the Naryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369280617520806983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-70381262766276671392008-08-12T17:56:00.000+04:302008-08-12T17:56:00.000+04:30I had to make my bed every day for 18 years. I li...I had to make my bed every day for 18 years. I like to think I've earned the right to leave it be now. Yeah, unless we've washed the sheets, changed bedding, or there's probable reason to suspect my mother will see my bed, it's unmade. I straighten it all out before I climb in, though. And I am going to remain silent on the wash/change issue. Or at least anonymous. Damn, I wish I had a Elissa J. Hoolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651430885573630053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-20455542808810725022008-08-12T17:06:00.000+04:302008-08-12T17:06:00.000+04:30The beds get made in our house when we're having c...The beds get made in our house when we're having company over. Otherwise, we're of the opinion, why make the bed when you're just going to mess it up again tonight?<BR/><BR/>The sheets get washed when they really need it (something spilled or messy...ahem...or just really funky), or when I finish the rest of the wash early on the weekend, and actually have time to run them through and put the Klynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660732347810470100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-49936403809706767312008-08-12T15:56:00.000+04:302008-08-12T15:56:00.000+04:30My mom was big into the bed-making; so big into it...My mom was big into the bed-making; so big into it that I usually just slept on top of my bedspread with a blanket, then tossed said blanket into closet and straightened spread every morning. We make the bed the following times: 1) when we change the sheets; 2) when someone else will see it. I hate to sleep in messy sheets though, so I pull them up before bed at night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-25695918272814318472008-08-12T08:06:00.000+04:302008-08-12T08:06:00.000+04:30Wait a minute--I'm trying to picture it. You mean ...Wait a minute--I'm trying to picture it. You mean your beds are unmade all day, and you get into unmade beds at night? Do you have a live-in maid who makes the beds?<BR/><BR/>No, really--I'm trying to understand.<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, I grew up making my bed every day, and not to make the bed feels like not brushing my teeth. I change the sheets once a week, usually on the same day of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-48092282663084742612008-08-12T06:20:00.000+04:302008-08-12T06:20:00.000+04:30I tuck the bottom of the sheet back in before I go...I tuck the bottom of the sheet back in before I go to bed most nights, and I actually make the bed about once a month. When I have to do it myself, I change the sheets about as often as you do, but our cleaning service does it for us and so it gets done every week these days. Which I actually like, but not enough to do it myself.<BR/><BR/>My daughter, OTOH, makes her bed about four days a week Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886225476339783827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-68615849710392037792008-08-12T06:19:00.000+04:302008-08-12T06:19:00.000+04:30Ohmygod --- I thought I was the only one who washe...Ohmygod --- I thought I was the only one who washed the pillowcases more frequently than the sheets. I tend toward 4-6 weeks on the sheets, though, depending on several factors that will remain unspecified...<BR/><BR/>JessieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com