I slept poorly last night. Like a frozen stick. I don't remember this much cold this early. I put on the furnace. I got out my flannel nightgown. I changed over to the Flying Geese quilt my sister made, with the wool batt. Every time I added a layer of comfort, in September, I thought, "Well, that will tide me over until winter. Now I'll sleep like a bug in a rug!"
Well, Grrr and Hiss and Spit, like we sometimes hear from Elephant's Child, in Australia, where spring is beginning. This morning I stripped that bed to the bone and stuffed the spoils in the washer. When I put it back together, I added the goose!
See its little blue corner sneaking a peek down there by the leg. Tonight I'll be warm or else! Or else I'll turn up the thermostat. Please don't make me do that. I'm already at sixty eight immoral degrees!
I used to tell my sister, who was in charge of the thermostat, AARP says "if you have an old person living with you, the thermostat should approximate their age". Of course, AARP wasn't paying the gas bill. She kept it at sixty four for years. More than we ever had at home, as kids. It crept to sixty six before the end.
I made a trip to the post office this morning to mail some towels, and a letter, and buy stamps because I didn't have enough stamps to mail the letter. Jarrod, at the post office squished and squeezed the envelope.
I've been mailing that envelope for two stamps, and was curious to have the official verdict. I know it's light enough for one stamp, but possibly not thin enough. And no, it did not pass the slot test.
Jarrod guessed it was cotton fabric. It is cotton lint, stripped from the dryer lint filter, and going to Art, the Beautiful Metaphor, where Boud will make it into paper some day.
I like seeing the towels at work. One helps make dinner, and pictures to substantiate it right up there. I still haven't seen one cleaning up a mess, though there was one in the wash. Don't be shy. Turn yourself in. Send those pictures.
Oh, a mention in Cup on the Bus! Im famous and now I'm excited about more lint. The allergies are abating a bit, so I live in hopes of getting that paper made soon, when I can tolerate being outside. And thank you in advance as they say, except they usually say it when they're asking a favor, mot looking for an exciting package.
ReplyDeleteI do love the Where the Towels are page - and visit it often.
ReplyDeleteHooray for making good use not only of your towels but of the lint. Sustainability at its best.
I hope that you have a deliciously warm night and no need to hiss or spit.
Oh, I have never seen the Where the Towels Are page. I'll look for it. I hope tonight's warmer for you!
ReplyDeleteMy wife, who has an ETSY shop and mails stuff all the time, chuckled at your description of the encounter at the post office. She goes through that on a regular basis. And as for the extra blanket on the bed, we added ours the other night for the first time this fall. Doesn't matter what the calendar says, the colour of the leaves have no bearing on the matter, it's the blanket on the bed that is the way to know that autumn is here!
ReplyDeleteI hardly slept last night myself but not because it was cold. trying to absorb RBG's death and the ramification and not let the afib spiral out of control. I solved that problem by reading ¾ of the night. finished my book this morning. two bouts with a few hours of snooze in between.
ReplyDeletewe keep our winter thermostat at 68 day, 65 night.
I couldn't touch RBG last night, this morning, I don't know when. All I can think is "this was our life time, and now our daughters must do it all over again!"
Deletelint in a parcel, sounds like a tale. I would never clean up a mess with your towels! Unless it was a mess of gold!
ReplyDeleteI could finally open up my bedroom window for fresh air, so I slept better than I have. (except for the worry about what will happen in this country in the next few months) My thermostat is programmed for 70 when I'm up and 60 when I'm sleeping, although it still thinks I go to work during the day. So, I do have to override when it gets chilly. I would show you a towel at work if I had one. :)Stay warm!
ReplyDeleteThanks so very much for the link to that artist's web site. I recognized many techniques that I'd worked in the past. Just wonderful to revisit my art past. It pleases me that she's also into paper AND fabric. So very few of the artists I see work in both realms. Hugs and thanks and many compliments on that wonderful quilt. Just love the colors... you'll be warm tonight!
ReplyDeleteIts "funny" to read someone turn on their heat when we still have the AC running at night (set at 77-78 degrees). We keep the heat thermostat on at about 69 though I bet my hubby will lean towards 70 this year.
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I 'feather' my bed when the weather turns cold enough to make sleeping uncomfortable. I had a queen sized feather quilt that was now too big for my single bed, so I ran a double seam up the middle, cut between that and had two narrower quilts. At the end of April here in Australia, they both go on the bed, one under the bottom sheet, one between the top sheet and the regular year-round doona. They stay on the bed until October. 68F equates to 20C, which is cold to me and I find myself closing doors and adding layers.
ReplyDeleteI'm having night sweats so bad I could sleep on the floor of your bedroom and heat the whole place up. Or you sleep in mine to cool me down in your freezing state. I think it the diuretic combo I'm on. I feel menopausal again.
ReplyDeleteI love how you mail off lint. Seriously. And your towels are to die.
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Well, I'm a wuss. My thermostat is at 21 C 70 f. However it only comes on in the morning. Only 2 blankies at this time.
ReplyDeleteWe are debating whether or not to turn off the AC and open the house because the temperature is supposed to get down into the sixties. I'm always for that but my husband always says, "But it's still so humid!"
ReplyDeleteHe's right about that.
I cannot imagine it being cold.
I did know about the temperature equaling yeats. My goodness, what if you are 94?
ReplyDeleteWe even had a cold winter in Australia this year so expect a real chiller over there.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have AC just open and close the windows, and a indoor fireplace...
Merle........
Isn't 70 degrees just barely room temperature?
ReplyDeleteI dislike that slot test at the post office and remember a time when it was easier and much cheaper to send parcels. I still have to send you a towel photo. I keep forgetting. As for the cold, my goodness these days I cannot go without warmth especially on my feet and legs. No doubt a byproduct of having diabetes for years, not being that old yet. The "fun" I have to look forward to in terms of heating costs, yikes. I hope the goose will keep you warm tonight.
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed. It was cold! We had 12 of my offspring having dinner outside on the deck well wrapped up and there were lots of extra blankets wrapped around people. I could not handle 75degrees! I'd die. I waver between 68 and 70 after it is really cold weather. Next Wednesday it should be rather more normal for September.......Be well! I just ordered some of your green towels.
ReplyDeleteGuaranteed that if I have a mess to clean up, it will be done with a cheap Dollar Store or Walmart towel! Or a good old Bounty. Your towels are far too precious to risk.
ReplyDeleteWe have a real dilemma in our house re the temperature. I need to wear shorts if he is to survive. A few weeks ago, I made him put his little electric heater out in the shed. I discovered that he had it on in his room while the central air was running. Outside temps were in the 90's. I have the ceiling fan above our recliners; look over and see he has donned his thermal shirt. We keep the thermostat at 78 all summer, and at least that in Texas "winter."
Hari Om
ReplyDeleteWe have been having a run of very fine weather in our Bonny Land... which is generally a sign that Ma Nature is about to turn nasty. One wag on the telly mentioned the S word on the climate report yesterday. But then, they also interviewed Santa Claus... YAM xx
Sorry to hear you are already getting the cold weather. Farmer's Almanac has been predicting a hard winter for many of us this year and I have a feeling they are correct. We are not up to a blanket yet but we are using a comforter. I love the Flying Geese quilt your sister made you. I hope that goose will keep you warm!
ReplyDeleteThat rule of thumb about the thermostat setting equating to the age of the resident sounds almost sensible, unless the resident lives to be 105.
ReplyDeleteWe have avoided the furnace but I have been sleeping in a sweat top with a hoodie under the blanket. As I sit here this morning, I have a thick sweater with a hoodie. This is my traditional winter garb. BTW, my granny wife is not the typical old person when it comes to body temperature. She is generally streaming hot.
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is lovely, Joanne. The cold was a shock and after a summer of horrible heat, it was very welcome.
ReplyDeleteI too love that quilt, Joanne. And I sleep with quilts and afghans all year long.
ReplyDeleteIt turned cold here quickly too. Burrr...
ReplyDeleteYes, mam. I will take a few pictures and send them your way.
ReplyDeleteYes. I put a blanket on the bed yesterday too.
We've had some wonderful crisp nights lately, but that means that before you know it the fleece blankets will be on the bed and draped over the couch for daytime use.
ReplyDeleteOne of these days I will remember to photograph my towels, but every time I think about it they're in the laundry.
The colors in that quilt are fabulous.
ReplyDeleteSo I got out the winter bedspread and it kept us warm. But in a few days, it's going to be 80 again. *Sigh* BTW, our woven towels seem to work harder than all the others we have. Much is asked of them.
ReplyDeleteThe very very few times it's been really cold here, I've worn a crochet cap to bed. Helps hold in body heat and kept me warm.
ReplyDeleteWe keep the temperature at 77 in the winter, unless it is severely cold and windy, then it goes to 78. In summer we keep the air conditioner at 79. I don't like being cold in the house in winter or summer. Even with the thermostat set at 77 in winter I always get cold when I go to sleep. I often wear a silky headscarf to keep my ears warm, and socks to keep my feet warm. Our house is drafty in winter.
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