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Not being a very domesticated person, some things I let slide.

But Im trying to sort out my hovel (an ongoing project) and have realised I have my bedding strewn around no less than FIVE different locations!

So Im organising it better.

Im putting the double bed stuff in the drawers underneath it and the single will go in the airing coupboard where I can get at it easily. (I never use the double)

I have found I own over thirty pillowcases...

I am embriodering a `S` on the corners of the single sheets, and a `D` on the double. A small thing but will help me keep track of them.

but how do I tell one size from the other? (bear in mind my single bed is a kingsize single)

and how do I keep the linen from going stale? a lot of my items are smelling foul and would have to be washed before use despite being clean. Should I rotate better?

(this goes for clothing too. for a person who never clothes shops, I seem to have an awful lot of clothes)

(I normaly have two lots on the go, and replace from my reserves when one wears out and has to be discarded...meaning used as dusters, packaging or given to my garage for rags. )

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Sounds like you have too many for one person. Are they still in good enough shape to donate?

Embroidering? Why not permanent marker? If bottom sheet, all corners are under the mattress. If top sheet, that end goes on the bottom and still under the mattress.

As for the size, if it fits and looks good on the double, then it is one. If not, then is probably single. If it fits neither, then isn't for you. (I've some elasticized sheets that shrunk and are a real struggle to get on the bed. One of these days, I'll turn them into rags.)

If the linen is really clean in the first place, and very very dry, and kept in a dry place, it shouldn't go stale. Dry is key. Fresh out of the dryer may not be dry enough.

I get frustrated with stains. Things look perfectly clean when you put them away, but the parts of the stain you can't see still exist and react chemically over the months and get darker. Sugar is bad for this.

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I have indeed too many; I inherited a lot. (some are my great grans linen ones, which must be pre war. They are in great condition, which means that either they havent been used much...or are very good quality.) But i wont give them away because I will use them eventually. (and I have lots of storage space...just need to organise it better.)

I embriodered because it lasts longer. (and I need to hone my embriodering skills) it only takes a minute.

Ill have to get the junk off of the double to try this. (Im going to quarter the sheets and stack them up on the floor. logically they will form two size groups...unfolding and refolding sheets on your own is a pain.)

I know what you mean about staining; Im going to try soaking the really bad ones in a stain cleaning solution. Its shameful how dirty a clean sheet can get.

Im going to try and find a sewing machine; bedding for me consists of duvet (down for winter, artifical fibre for summer) duvet cover and fitted undersheet. Most of my spares are all unfitted. I could also turn a pair into a new duvet cover.

Do you find that if you put your foot though a sheet, its always a good one and not the one you have worn to tissue paper thinness????

The man over the road has yellow sheets with red sunflowers on. He must be Zoltar. (he wears red Y fronts too) I expect BK has purple satin ones.

(hers are all plain or some kind of roses...)

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I've just got this awful vision of BK's bedroom having the purple satin sheets with orange ribbon decoration, purple walls with orange coving and skirting and door, and a big chandelier.

Naaaaah.

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I also need to sort out my hovel as well. Once a long, long time ago, I kept my hovel in a reasonable tidy if not cleanish place, but I have now notice that couple of years ago I I have clothes strewn everywhere (my god what have I done) not vacumed my rooms (except when shaving my head). Crying4

I have tried to do tidy things and vacum a bit more but I just don't seem to have the energy. Sigh.
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What, what, what. Your neighbour is wearing red Y fronts. Why? How do you know? No I don't want to know.


There was a programme in Britain called How Cean Is Your House, where 2 biddies go to extremem bad houses and clean and tidy them and try to get the owner/owners to do the same thing. Maybe this can help us both.

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No, we are unsavable.

I know he wears red Y fronts because I have seen a line of them on the washing line. (also aforesaid sheets)

I will be content to have an organised hovel...no matter if its not clean and tidy.

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Why were you looking at his red Y Fronts for? Or shouldn't I ask.

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Maybe he likes to think he's Superman

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Does he also have blue tights then?

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I am not sure.

A sudden horrible thought; how do I tell a tablecloth from a sheet????

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Sheets have a wider hem at one of the short ends. Tablecloth hems are of equal width all the way around.

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<sighs with relief>

Thank you. I was very worried there

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I am more worried that you look at red Y fronts. Scared

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Well...they're bound to be more interesting than white Y fronts.

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What about pink Y Fronts?

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Ooooooh. PINK Y fronts!

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No, Thats what Mala wears. (she stole them off of her brother in revegnge for his girl thing filches)

Or Mark (He sent his washing to Princess after the machine he inherited off his dad broke down. (it was over 20 years old) only to discover that the dye in her clotrhes wasnt colour fast...or else she with typical swan slovenliness, accidentaly turned the tempreture up too high.)

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Reflective of my motto for years: If you want the washing done right, do it yourself. I am a lazy/experimentative launderer, and have even dangerously discovered that some of my " Dry-clean only" garments do just fine in the wash (though I do hang them rather than put them in the dryer...not entirely stupid...)

Edit: Removed the smiley hijack.

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Ah, yes, the care and feeding of the beloved's clothing.

If it's not already too late, I strongly recommend that you prove to your target mate that you are not the one who should be responsible for the laundry.

Speaking of which, the dryer just buzzed. Fourth load of the day.

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Or Mark (He sent his washing to Princess after the machine he inherited off his dad broke down. (it was over 20 years old) only to discover that the dye in her clotrhes wasnt colour fast...or else she with typical swan slovenliness, accidentaly turned the tempreture up too high.)


Or she, having also just received a load from Keyop, Tiny and Jason, decided to nip this show of male chauvanism in the bud and "accidentally on purpose" dropped a little red dye into the water...

The result of the pink briefs on Mark severely underimined his authority onboard the next Mecha, as underneath his white uniform, the delicate shade could be seen after he was forced to take to the water and the dye ran even further.....

Yeah - I'm in a quirky mood today.

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