Back about almost 8 years now, AB and I moved to the area. We left a city where I was a student and we lived in a noisy apartment building. We ditched many of our possessions and headed north. When we got here we couldn’t wait to be homeowners – and quickly bought a house.
We brought with us our queen sized bed that we had purchased about 1996 when we moved to Reno. It is a nice, comfortable bed. When we bought our house we decided we wanted a Select Comfort bed though and looked forward to turning the old bed into a guest bed in our ultra-huge new house. (Tongue in cheek… I remember thinking our house was SO big… compared to our apartment we moved from, it was huge!)
I am always pleased when someone stays at our house and comments how well they slept. I don’t know if anyone would tell us, “you know that bed in your guest room is really uncomfortable”.
We went to the Select Comfort store with our money burning a hole in our pocket. Picked out our bed and then asked a critical question… one that we look back on our younger selves and scream, “WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?”
That fateful question…
“What do you think, queen or king?”
We debated for awhile and finally decided that since our old bed was a queen, and we already had queen sized sheets (that weren’t even great sheets mind you), that we would get a queen sized Select Comfort.
If ever you are faced with the same dilemma… where you have the spare few hundred bucks to bump up to a king… and you have the space in your bedroom… and you have no real feelings one way or the other on it…
BUY THE KING SIZED BED!
Ok, I think I am done now.
Showing posts with label bedtime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bedtime. Show all posts
Friday, February 19, 2010
Friday, June 29, 2007
How to put a toddler to bed
1. Bribe child with a gummy frog to get in the shower.
2. Put said child in shower after eating gummy frog to clean the grime of the day off of him.
3. Bribe child with ice cream to get out of the shower.
4. Grab a pair of pajamas to put on child.
5. Go back and grab a second pair of pajamas when first pair caused a screaming fit along the lines of "I DON'T WANT MONKEY JAMMIES!"
6. Go back to get the monkey pajamas back when screaming switched to "WANT MONKEY JAMMIES!"
7. Scoop a small scoop of ice cream in the bowl.
8. Decline to add more 14 times.
9. Insist child finish eating ice cream in a timely manner.
10. Put toothpaste on toothbrush and start brushing toddler's teeth.
11. Seriously consider duct tape to keep hands off toothbrush while trying to brush.
12. Give child drink of water in one particular Mater paper cup. (What to do with all the other unacceptable paper cups... see post about bandaids.)
13. Insist child go to the bathroom despite not needing to go.
14. Watch in amazement how much child pees considering he didn't have to go.
15. Night night kisses to sister and daddy.
16. Walk to bedroom.
17. More night night kisses to sister and daddy (with much giggling as he runs across the house).
18. Bribe with books to return to bedroom.
19. Pick out a lesser favorite book to avoid reading favorite book over and over the entire time.
20. Read second place book loudly over whining about The Sneetches, the current favorite.
21. Pick up The Sneetches.
22. Read The Sneetches.
23. Read The Sneetches again.
24. Go cut a star out of construction paper, put tape on the back and return to put on child's belly.
25. Read The Sneetches again WITH a star on child's belly.
26. Say prayers.
27. Kisses and hugs.
28. Take child to bathroom again.
29. Wait while child smiles and giggles and pretends to go potty.
30. Insist child is done.
31. Endure screaming of "NOT DONE!"
32. Cheer about the two drops that fall and then send him back to bed.
33. Decline five invitations to join child in bed.
34. Leave.
35. Return with drink of water.
36. Decline six invitations to join child in bed.
37. Leave.
38. Do your best to ignore screaming.
39. Realize screaming is about the star.
40. Grab flashlight on the way back to the room to find star that fell down between bed and wall.
41. Decline seven invitations to get in bed with child.
42. Leave.
43. Sit on couch.
40. Relish the silence for the 30 minutes before you fall asleep.
2. Put said child in shower after eating gummy frog to clean the grime of the day off of him.
3. Bribe child with ice cream to get out of the shower.
4. Grab a pair of pajamas to put on child.
5. Go back and grab a second pair of pajamas when first pair caused a screaming fit along the lines of "I DON'T WANT MONKEY JAMMIES!"
6. Go back to get the monkey pajamas back when screaming switched to "WANT MONKEY JAMMIES!"
7. Scoop a small scoop of ice cream in the bowl.
8. Decline to add more 14 times.
9. Insist child finish eating ice cream in a timely manner.
10. Put toothpaste on toothbrush and start brushing toddler's teeth.
11. Seriously consider duct tape to keep hands off toothbrush while trying to brush.
12. Give child drink of water in one particular Mater paper cup. (What to do with all the other unacceptable paper cups... see post about bandaids.)
13. Insist child go to the bathroom despite not needing to go.
14. Watch in amazement how much child pees considering he didn't have to go.
15. Night night kisses to sister and daddy.
16. Walk to bedroom.
17. More night night kisses to sister and daddy (with much giggling as he runs across the house).
18. Bribe with books to return to bedroom.
19. Pick out a lesser favorite book to avoid reading favorite book over and over the entire time.
20. Read second place book loudly over whining about The Sneetches, the current favorite.
21. Pick up The Sneetches.
22. Read The Sneetches.
23. Read The Sneetches again.
24. Go cut a star out of construction paper, put tape on the back and return to put on child's belly.
25. Read The Sneetches again WITH a star on child's belly.
26. Say prayers.
27. Kisses and hugs.
28. Take child to bathroom again.
29. Wait while child smiles and giggles and pretends to go potty.
30. Insist child is done.
31. Endure screaming of "NOT DONE!"
32. Cheer about the two drops that fall and then send him back to bed.
33. Decline five invitations to join child in bed.
34. Leave.
35. Return with drink of water.
36. Decline six invitations to join child in bed.
37. Leave.
38. Do your best to ignore screaming.
39. Realize screaming is about the star.
40. Grab flashlight on the way back to the room to find star that fell down between bed and wall.
41. Decline seven invitations to get in bed with child.
42. Leave.
43. Sit on couch.
40. Relish the silence for the 30 minutes before you fall asleep.
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