I woke up at 3 this morning and ironed.

[leftyladyfrommo]

My ironing is obsessive compulsive. So when I wake up and can't sleep I just get up and iron.

Trouble is I have run out of ironing and have starting ironing things the second time. But it is very calming. Watching the wrinkles just melt away.

[lildreamer316]

1. Maybe I should try that.

I can't sleep.

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. Really - it works well

Then about 4 I went back to bed and fell back asleep until time to get up. But boy was I havings strange dreams. And it gets the ironing done. But I just love to iron and I love the way things that have been ironed look.

I dreamed that all the fixutures on the bathroom sink were gone and the holes that were left were all plugged up.

Is that not too wierd?

[Heidi]

3. I don't think it's too weird.

I get in moods where I love iron. And all of our sheets and pillowcases have to be ironed, so I get it out of my system once a week. :hi:

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. You iron the sheets and pillowcases?

Boy, you are a diehard. I don't do that but it's because they are just too big for me to handle.

Do you iron the underwear?

I learned to iron from my Aunt Wilma - who was just the best. And she even ironed the underwear.

I don't do that.

And don't you love the way ironed stuff feels and smells? There is now some stuff in a bottle that you can spray on while you iron that smells just like linen. Wish I had thought of that.

[Heidi]

5. Oh, no! The sheets and pillowcases are 100 percent cotton,

so they _have_ to be ironed. We don't own an electric dryer (don't feel sorry for us; this is our choice), and the sheets aren't permanent press, anyway.

Other than the sheets, I only iron clothing and linen dinner napkins. The story behind the sheets is that I knew when I bought them a year ago that's I'd have to iron them, and they were a giant extravagance because they're absolutely _exquisite_, sand-colored sheets that match our ivory comforter cover. Even the fitted sheets are 100 percent cotton (not stretch jersey). But it's worth the work. :thumbsup:

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I'll bet that they look wonderful!

I noticed that Bed Bath and Beyond now carries some kind of luxury sheets called "Hotel" sheets - I think. Boy were they classy.

But I have animals so I don't spend much on bedding. I need stuff that washes well and that I can just toss. I tried buying more expensive sheets but the dog's claws went thru those just as fast as they did thru the cheap ones.

I usually try to find my bedding at the Benedictine Nun's Thrift store. They have the best deals in town and it helps the poor at the same time.

[Heidi]

7. I wish we had a place like the Benedictine store here.

When I married Call Me Wesley, I "inherited" a bunch of pastel-colored fitted and flat sheets that wealthy that his (now dead) aunt had had handmade for her. Talk about _gorgeous_, and something I could _never_ afford to buy.

Since we don't have children, we consider our nice stuff also the property of The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger. He's pretty gentle, though. :hi: If I had a dog, I'd probably be a lot more careful with the nice stuff. ;)

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Dogs are hard on bedding - it's their nails.

See if you have a Mission Thrift Store. That's what this one is called and maybe they use the same name for all of their Thrift Stores.

All of their shirts are $1.50 - and you can get some really nice ones - but you have to look.

[yvr girl]

9. I could send you some

I HATE ironing.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. Do they have you on meds for this?

And they need to throw in some sleep meds too...
Duckie

[WritingIsMyReligion]

11. Care to do some of the ironing collecting at my house?

I'll fax it to ya...

:D

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. You know I would love to but faxing them over would

probably take the wrinkles all out before they got to me.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

13. LOL!

:rofl::rofl: