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Post by ontheway on Mar 20, 2011 18:05:39 GMT -5
I used to go I don't know months without changing on sleeps or there was a time in my depression i am pretty sure i was sleeping right on the mattress, but now i wash them once a week and have found no problem keeping it up. Ggal, very spookey - I was going to write exactly the same thing as you and then saw your post!- both about not changing sheets frequently and not evening bothering to put any on the bed It is possible to change, however. It has been about 8 months that I have started doing laundry on a weekly basis (not 3-6 weeks when all my clean clothing ran out). I'd begun to change the sheets every other week, but am now done to weekly, with sometimes more frequent pillowcase changing (trying to get my allergies under control). I no longer use a flat sheet - just fitted, and am now making my bed daily - which does not mean hospital corners, tight blankets tucked in. It means draping my blankets as if they were bedspreads. It looks neat, but is real quick. Sorry mom - am going for the superficial effect now. It's been gradual, but now it feels more automatic. I still sometimes forget to strip the bed before doing the laundry - and will do it anyway and put on a clean sheet and the old goes in the laundry basket (drives me crazy that it never seems to stay empty!). I have gotten rid of stained, ripped sheets or ones very faded. Good luck. It is a nice feeling slipping into crisp sheets and leaving in the morning with a made bed! Ontheway
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Post by catcat on Mar 20, 2011 23:47:04 GMT -5
This is not about sheets exactly---but I have found something luscious to me---I keep a bar, unwrapped, of Yardley's English Lavender soap near my pillow all the time. All day under the blanket & spread & even when I sleep. It smells sooooo good when I get to bed & lavender is sort of relaxing. note---Does not substitute for washing ! Cat fur---My Siamese does not shed too much but my orange tabby is constantly giving off orange striped fur. If you find a fool-proof answer, please tell me first. catcat
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Post by shosha on Mar 21, 2011 3:16:48 GMT -5
I also think it's worth noting that for many of us, if we tell ourselves we have to change the duvet cover every time, we may find it hard to get round to doing it at all (because of all that fighting with the cover, though I quite like doing that...) and it's definitely better to have clean sheets and a duvet that was clean on a week or two ago, than to leave everything indefinitely until we feel up to doing the duvet cover as well.
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Post by maggie on Mar 21, 2011 18:55:26 GMT -5
I'm currently on your multi month system, but ideally, I'd like to change the sheets every week. However, I don't think that will ever happen, but that's because we are a family of 6, and even though we are sharing beds (sometimes we are ALL in my bed!!), changing every sheet of every bed in the house would be at least two loads of laundry, probably more (I've never done all the sheets on all the beds at the same time). And that's on top of all the other loads of laundry that a family this size creates, which is a darn lot. Now, I don't mind laundry (I DO NOT IRON) because the machines do most of the work, but still, there are other things I'd like to fit into my day! So my goal, once I get my other more important goals accomplished, is going to be to change sheets every two weeks (ideal) or at least once a month.
As for sheets, I'd say at least two sets. Right now I have two, but I've also had nights when someone threw up, then someone else threw up, and by the end of the night we are sleeping on towels on the airmattress in the living room. I just got a big bag of sheets from someone, so when I get to the area where I've stashed them, I will pull out a couple more sets of sheets.
If you have an extra fluffy mattress, make sure your sheets are deep enough. I have one that fits my bed easily and one that is a struggle to put on, and I suspect that if it were easier to do, I would change them more often.
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Post by Ally on Jul 18, 2012 5:53:48 GMT -5
As for the sheets, I was raised in a house where the sheets were washed every Monday. I loved the feeling of freshly washed sheets. I wash my sheets about twice per month. My DH sleeps in a different room. His get washed a couple times a year, often he sleeps directly on the mattress... which really, really, bothers me. Generally I use the same set of sheets over and over. I take them off, wash them, dry them and then put them back on the bed. ... As for the cat, ... in the spring and fall when he is shedding like mad and barfing up hairballs daily, I do sometimes have to grab him and hold him down and use the good brush that he doesn't like and just have at him. I get enough fur off him to create another cat. ... Or you could.. create a cat finger puppet. Check out this book: www.amazon.com/Crafting-Cat-Hair-Cute-Handicrafts/dp/1594745250/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342608141&sr=8-1&keywords=cat+fur+felt+crafts.
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Post by ClutterBlind on Jul 18, 2012 7:09:27 GMT -5
I can't help on the bed sheets. I am having a problem myself. I have noticed I have a bad odor now, due to my thyroid problem. Usually people don't smell themselves, as they get used to their own scent. Even if I shower every day, I can smell myself AND the sheets now, so it is bad. I like to have 3 sets of sheets. This way, if I have to change sheets right away, and one set is already dirty, I still have a back-up set. As for anyone with pets that shed, I recommend this for anyone with pets that shed, you must INVEST in the FURminator. It's pricey but really worth the INVESTMENT. It has over 4000 positive Amazon reviews. This brush is amazing at getting rid of all the pet hair! It works on long and short hair. www.amazon.com/FURminator-medium-Yellow-deShedding-4-Inch/dp/B000FSN0A4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1258840806&sr=8-1 Link to one of many Youtube videos of people brushing their pets. It looks like the the hair is being pulled out but it's not. That is all the LOOSE hair that comes off anyway. Cat being Furminated: I got the medium size for my cat, so I wouldn't have to take so many strokes as a small brush. There are no more dust bunnies around the house, or hair all over the couch or hairball problems! Instead of brushing it into a pile like in the videos, which may end up as a pile that doesn't get removed for a long time. I fold in half a paper towel into my free hand. As the brush fills up with hair, I gently fold the paper towel over the teeth & slide the hair into the paper towel in a big thick wad. Close up the paper towel and toss out.
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Post by fluffernut - now Jannie on Jul 18, 2012 9:17:54 GMT -5
I have 2 sets of sheets, one to be on the bed, the other gets washed and put away in nthe closet. I try to change sheets once a week, if I can't I just wash the pillowcases. I try to wash the blankets at least every 3 months. It's Heaven getting to sleep on a completely clean fresh-smelling newly made bed!
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Post by Rory on Jul 18, 2012 9:56:13 GMT -5
Every two weeks for the bottom sheet and I turn over the duvet cover every two weeks so it is four weeks for that.
I love cats and am so sorry that I live in a first floor flat and can't share my life with one.
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Post by procrastinator on Jul 24, 2012 18:53:45 GMT -5
Once a week. Duvet cover gets washed about once a month. Quilts and quilted shams washed 4 times a year.
I have 3 sets of sheet. 2 regular and 1 set of flannel sheets.
And I try and make my bed daily. For me the world seems more manageable if I have a made bed.
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Post by CaringFriend on Jul 24, 2012 22:14:54 GMT -5
I have 2 sets of sheets per bed. Strip, wash, dry, put back on the same day on a weekly basis. Once you get in the habit, it becomes a mindless activity, as opposed to a "chore." When I tire of one set of sheets, I use the other one for a change of pace.
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Post by rededen on Jul 25, 2012 5:05:10 GMT -5
I have 6 sets of sheets for each bed. SIX ? Yes. 3 sets of cotton and 3 sets of flannelette. We don't use electric blankets in our house and the flannelette are nice and warm. I have the view of 1 set on the bed, one in the cupboard, and one in the wash. That way I always have a spare set if need be. I change my sheets and pillow slips once per week. (Doona = duvet - yes, we call them doonas) cover once per fortnight. Bath towels twice per week.
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Post by catherina on Jul 25, 2012 5:12:23 GMT -5
I have some really cheap fleecey blankets that I use instead of sheets in the winter. I love the brushed cotton /flannellette, but they take so long to dry, and they don't feel right to me if they're tumbled dried. Fleece dries in no time, and the rest of the year I use them as throws in the living room, or put them over the bed to collect cat fur
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Post by stackattack on Jul 26, 2012 20:54:10 GMT -5
Two or three sets of sheets should be fine.
Changing sheets once per week is a good goal for many people, but if you've been changing them once every 3-6 months, then once per month might be a good enough goal for you for a while. You don't want to get overloaded with laundry all at once before you get a routine going.
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Post by momofgirls on Jul 26, 2012 23:58:23 GMT -5
cat hair - what has worked the best for me is to rub them down with a damp washcloth. I get a lot more hair out that way
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