Strip

Blog 12 ...

             Except for one task, there are not many chores about which I grudge doing.  In winter time especially, bed making takes a lot of energy out of me, and it takes much too much time to complete.  I once timed it.  It took more or less 30 trying minutes!  Why and how, you ask? 

         Stripping a bed begins the dreadful chore.  Layer one, the thick and bulky comforter, gets pulled off first.  A second heavy blanket follows, and then a top electric blanket is lifted to give way for the sweaty, week-old sheets to come off.  Then there is the bottom electric covering that last must get aired before disinfectant spraying could begin.  Of course pillows need tender care too.  Each of the four I have is stripped, run through the dryer for disinfecting, and then "re-dressed".  Afterwards, I must haul everything back, layer at a time, and make sure each piece is placed, and smoothed out for looks!

          All these steps are not must do's weekly.  It could be done twice a week if I so choose.  However, I must painstakingly go through this energy-draining process if I want to sleep in an A-OK bed and guard my health!  There they are ... the comfort and gain, but I still dislike doing it over and over!