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I have changed our bed linens three times in the past 10 days. The first time it had been about two weeks and they were due. Three days later, Moose ate something that didn’t agree with him (Dudo, too). Moose threw up on the bed. Twice. Before walking into the dining room and throwing up on the rug. Dudo joined him on the rug but with less drama.
Moose left one pile on each top sheet (we have separate ones because San Geraldo hogs the bed; it’s my blog and I can tell it however I want). It soaked through, so I washed the top sheets, bottom sheet, and mattress cover. I left the pillow cases on and put everything else back on the bed an hour later.
After lunch today (another three days later), San Geraldo came walking down the hall and said, “Mussy just stepped in his own shit in the litter box and ran into the bedroom. He cleaned his paw on my top sheet.”
I told him I’d wash it right away and he should use mine for his siesta. He stripped it from the bed and said, it’s on both sheets. He stripped the other, as well. While I was at it this time I decided to simply strip the entire bed and start over. I put on fresh linens and threw the others in the wash at 4. They dried quickly on the roof, I’m sure, in the 42˚C/107.6˚F heat. Thanks — loads — Moose!
Are there official bed linens guidelines? Once a week? Once every two weeks? San Geraldo would leave the sheets on the bed until they walked themselves to the laundry room. How often do you change yours? Maybe you’re like SG. But maybe you don’t want us to know.
He cambiado la ropa de cama tres veces en los últimos 10 días. La primera vez habían pasado unas dos semanas y ya era hora. Tres días después, Moose comió algo que le sentó mal (a Dudo también). Moose vomitó en la cama. Dos veces. Antes de entrar al comedor y vomitar en la alfombra. Dudo se unió a él en la alfombra, pero con menos drama.
Moose dejó un montón en cada sábana de arriba (tenemos sábanas separadas porque San Geraldo acapara la cama; es mi blog y puedo contarlo como quiera). Se empapó, así que lavé las sábanas de arriba, la de abajo y la funda del colchón. Dejé las fundas de las almohadas puestas y volví a poner todo lo demás en la cama una hora después.
Hoy, después del almuerzo (otros tres días después), San Geraldo vino caminando por el pasillo y dijo: «Mussy acaba de pisar su propia caca en la caja de arena y corrió a la habitación. Se limpió la pata en mi sábana de arriba».
Le dije que la lavaría enseguida y que usara la mía para la siesta. Lo quitó de la cama y dijo que estaba en ambas sábanas. Quitó también la otra. Mientras estaba en ello, decidí quitar toda la ropa de cama y empezar de cero. Puse sábanas limpias y lavé las demás a las 4. Seguro que se secaron rápido en el tejado, con los 42°C/107,6°F de calor. ¡Muchísimas gracias, Moose!
¿Hay normas oficiales para la ropa de cama? ¿Una vez a la semana? ¿Una vez cada dos semanas? San Geraldo dejaba las sábanas en la cama hasta que iban solos a la lavandería. ¿Con qué frecuencia cambias las tuyas? Quizás seas como SG. Pero quizás no quieras que lo sepamos.
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Such sweet little kitties! Can’t imagine them doing what you said! lol
Oh the joys of felines!
Jim:
It’s a good thing they’re cute… and sweet and gentle.
Once a week changing here unless something happens! Poor Dudo and Moose, a messy few days for them.❤️
Robin:
Once a week seems like the mature thing to do! Poor San Geraldo. On clean-up.
Wow, you have sure been doing a lot of laundry! I try and change the sheets more than I actually do. Maybe once every two weeks.
Michael:
Since I don’t let our cleaning lady do laundry, I would like to change the sheets once a week to impress her with our cleanliness. But I usually end up doing them once every two weeks. Besides, she knows all.
I don’t always change everything at once. This week the pillow cases and top sheet. Next week the bottom sheet and probably pillowcases. No law about doing everything! I cut my hair likewise. Cut the bits that stick out, to keep the shape nice. Ish. It’s the equivalent of a need to know approach. Boud
Boud:
I like your approach. My hair (and missing hair) is another matter.
Once a week unless some sort of accident happens which is rare. Maurice isn’t a puker and we don’t have a litter box. She goes outside. And sheet changing always happens on Friday. That is how it is done here. Our washing machine is broken at the moment (NO! NO!) and so I could not wash the sheets I stripped from the bed today but I replaced them with clean sheets from the drawer. As I told Glen, “It isn’t Friday without clean sheets.”
Mary Moon
Mary Moon:
I like your style. I tend to hate weekly schedules. Maybe I don’t want today to do laundry day! It complicates my life.
I am a once a week linen washer, and that day was today!
Of course, hairballs and such can alter the timeline!
Bob:
I’m at least grateful the cats didn’t make these messes during their first many years. Now throw-up and skid markes are an almost daily event. Would Carlos be a once-a-week linen washer, too?
I think Carlos would be more of a What’s-The-Smell on the bed sheet washer!
Once a week, just love your pussy cats, face of an Angel.
Anonymous:
Yes, so angelic!
We bathe in the mornings, so sheets are changed weekly. If we bathed in the evening, I would wait two weeks. Actually, on sheet day (Saturday) I do like to bathe before bed.
Sweet boys. You have to forgive their puke and poop. 😄
Kelly:
You’re such an adult! We DO forgive their puke and poop. It’s easier for me, though, since SG does most of the clean-up and even has the litter box in his office.
Oh, they are such darlings 🙂
Judy C:
And it’s a good thing, too!
Moose & Dudo are such pampered pussycats! Hope you marked the Fourth of July with something more fun than laundry, Scoot…. at least some chocolate treats?
Tundra Bunny:
We let the 4th pass by. But we did have ice cream. And Ines Rosales. Last night, SG called her Inez Romano.
What is this “change the bed linens” thing you speak of?
(I’m more on the SG side than on the Mitchell side of the spectrum. I will say no more.)
Walt the Fourth:
I think maybe you and SG should never be roommates.
As I have a very finite supply of sheets, I change them once a week. But then I don’t have cats.
Kirk:
We have I think 6 sets of sheets, but some are getting tired. I blame the cats.
Oh my! My own readings of D & M’s photos are rather different from the comments above. I see a “Don’t you mess with me!” and a “Give us what WE want, you mere servant!”. They even begin to frighten me – just a little. 🙂
Raybeard,
Oh no, these are all “I’m adorable, content, and loved” poses.
Well, I’m relieved to hear that. Maybe I’ve been spoilt by a non-variable ‘You’re on earth just to please US!” attitude from my troublesome twosome. Nonetheless, must admit I still love the both of them to bits
Raybeard:
LOL. Our boys know we’re on Earth just to please them. But they at least show gratitude sometimes and allow us to love them. As a matter of fact, Dudo stopped by a little while ago with a toy mouse for me. Oh, never mind. I then had to play fetch with him for 10 minutes until he had enough and walked away with the mouse.
🙂
My bed, when I get around to it. Jay’s bed, I am sure there is an official schedule, with severe penalties for variation.
David:
No wonder SG likes J so much (I do, too, but clearly for different reasons).
VERY severe penalties. Anywho, I realized a while back that I actually didn’t have a schedule, which is so unlike me I could scarce believe it. What I’ve gone to is marking the calendar when I change the sheets, so that way I know how long they’ve been on. I’m pretty easy on the sheets (let your mind go where it will on that one) unless I sweat at night. I take steps to prevent that, but sometimes my metabolism has a mind of its own. If that happens, the bed gets stripped at once. One thing I’ve found helpful is every morning after I wake up, I pull the top sheet down, leave the pillowswhere they landed, and run an oscillating fan blowing on the bed. (I have one in the bedroom anyway to aid air circulation.) Then I make the bed. That seems to keep the bed fresher longer.
wickedhamster:
I’m with you when it comes to sweating on the sheets. We both have actually had towels on our top pillows lately to absorb the sweat. I tend to be overheated when I first go to bed (don’t bother reading anything into that). I pick up around the house, finish loading the dishwasher and start it, and just get myself worked up. Even with the AC going all the time, I’m usually warm when I hit the bed. I cool off quickly, but I hate a sweaty pillow! I tend to leave the bed unmade so the sheets get the air-conditioned air. But then I hate when the cats, especially Moose, take naps on the bed and get their hair all over the bottom sheet. You can’t win!
I’m so glad SG likes me! (I’m also glad you like me too… 😘)
wickedhamster:
We did so immediately. We find you easy to like!
Clean sheets….its a lovely smell feeling and experience
finlaygray:
I agree. I love that feeling and fragrance. It doesn’t last, so maybe I should thank the cats for making me change the sheets so often.
Well, all the rules change when animals are involved, don’t they? (And I don’t mean SG. LOL)
I don’t think I’ll reveal the details of our sheet maintenance, lest I be judged.
Steve:
Hee hee! No one would ever judge. (Ahem)
We change bed linens once a week on Friday morning. Towels on Wednesday.
larrymuffin:
Of course you do both weekly. And of course they’re on a schedule. I aspire to be like you guys when I grow up.
our poor dying dog is often incontinent and then tracks it onto the bed; we have covers on it which are almostly daily changed.
Urspo:
The story of life with older pets.