The dachsund and the half poodle/jack russell are part of the night time bed ritual and yes they do take up about half the bed or more. However no batteries that I can think of.
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The dachsund and the half poodle/jack russell are part of the night time bed ritual and yes they do take up about half the bed or more. However no batteries that I can think of.
Fabulous! Horde all the way here - Variastrix, lvl 47 Troll Hunter and her Prairie Wolf Alpha, ThurstonQuote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
Couldn't think of a good avatar until I remembered how cool female trolls look.
twin--I can't imagine that a doxie or jack russell/poodle would need batteries--they run on kinetic energy!
Sometimes I lay out my ride clothes the night before, but I almost always lay out my run clothes. If I don't, I pull on something else when I get up and don't just head out the door. Then it's too hot to run, etc. Best to get up and -----------> go. Riding I'm always more eager to do, but usually takes more prep.
My "athletic" clothes are on the same shelf, and they fraternize shamelessly. In theory, there's a stack of bike shorts, a stack of running shorts, and a stack of mixed tshirts and jerseys. Really, there's a mess. I know what everything is pretty much by feel! :p
Well, after all of this naughty talk, I am almost embarrassed to admit that it is just a pillow, no toys in it at all. I think it came from Hallmark one Valentine's Day:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by chickwhorips
ok, what's a "wife beater"? That's the 2nd time I've read that term here...
barb
One Green Lion (who goes by the same name) that I caught at the Zulu parade a few years ago, and who has a big belly (comforting to put my hand on when the BF isn't there with his belly) :D. Green Lion was recently joined by "Kissy Kat," and of course there are the three real kitties who frequently adorn (or hog) the bed.
(Geez, I read that as "Green Loin...")
On my bed, (king-size soft-sided waterbed in a sleigh-bed frame with wrought iron flowers and leaves in the middle of the headboard) I have a quilt I made for my mom over the footboard, seven pillows for me and four for BF, usually some jammies hanging on the footboard, and BF's contribution, a (real) coyote skin- head, feet, tail and all. We call him Mr. Coyote. He lays quietly at the foot of the bed. His fur is very think and soft. My mom collected bears- I have two that I gave her that I got back when she died, but they live on a chair. I also have a few Beanie Babies here and there.
I usually get my cycling clothes out the night before. I decide by wearing something I didn't wear last time. I always wear the same shorts, unless they are in the wash.
Two cats share my bed too. You are all right, pets take up way more room than they should, but I don't have the heart to tell my two loveable siamese they have to move. Sometimes I am even willing to take a smaller section of the bed than they have! One of my siamese, has to use one of my pillows too....and just for his head (he isnt curled up on it)! He sleeps with his head on the pillow, and then stretched long like a person beside me. It makes e laugh, so I put up with it.
We've got 3 poodles (a standard poodle, a miniature, and a cockapoo) and a Maine Coon cat. And they all sleep on the bed. Which is why DH and I have a California King bed - everyone sleeps on the bed, and DH and I would be on the floor if we didn't have the extra space. Because between the standard (who manages to stretch himself out to the largest size possible), and the Maine Coon (who requires a Certain Amount of Space From The Dogs), it is pretty cozy! But we'd be lost without them! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashgarth
And only on the perpendicular, of course, and please don't move the pillows that you insist on calling feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Liz
K..We have a few small stuffed animals but have never put them on the bed-they're on the computer & book cases-
We have-Mikey the Canadian Moose, Penny the Polar bear, Pete the Pukeko, Kip the Kiwi, two wererabbits of wallace & gromit fame(we're known as thunderbunnies), walter the wombat ,bob the buzzy bee, and a penguin looking for a name..
:)
And you thought i was this mean Canadian biker chick that likes to run over kiddies......
Can't wait to buy a house & get an animal that can sleep at the end of our bed..Don't think they'd like me though as move around alot in my sleep......
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wow never knew there were so many people that sleep with their pets.
i tried sleeping with my two dogs while BF was away. didn't go so well. the big one that's my size took up a good deal of the bed, and the other one took up WAY to much bed. i had them on the top of the sheets so they tucked me in. though they tucked me in a bit to much. they lasted on the bed for about an hour before i kicked them off.
i like sharing the bed with either BF or my big body pillow when he's not there and the longer clean sheet day lasts the happier i am. i love clean sheet day.:)
My 4 penguins are: Penguin, Lego, Milton, and Sigmund.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
Yes, I have 4 penguins on my bed. Lego goes with us on vacation because he's cylindrical and therefore gets used as lumbar support if the driver needs it.
Bed attire... fortunately I read the entire attire thread because I was gonna just punch reply as say:
"What attire? This dog sleeps nekkid..." So now ya know.
But I read... and laughed as the expected drift piled up. So, anyway, back to the question posed:
Assuming I remember to 'make' my bed, it gets 3 decorative chenille pillows (2 royal purple, 1 deep crimson), 1 red teddy bear and one purple Tinky Winky doll.
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....and all this time I thought I had a lot of "stuff"! Considering the images in my head at this moment, our bedroom is very sleek and tidy!
Our bed has no extra pillows nor any other ornamentation. I would hate having to tidy it all up everytime one of the two huge border collies (much larger than average) or the two cats decided to move them about! Of course, the four of them are, at least during the cool nights of winter, ornament of their own. And, yes, it is truly amazing how much room one average sized cat can take!
We need a king sized bed. :rolleyes:
~T~
This thread makes me feel a bit better about our stuffed toys. We have Eeyore, 'blind ted', possum, and Gorilla on (and usually in) bed. Eeyore and gorilla are mine, possum and Ted are BFs. Blind Ted is 50 ish and showing his age (I haven't quite figured out why Ted is a few years older than BF - he is more BFs brothers age but if that was the explanation I'm not sure why we have him)
I have a not so normal sized cat - my Big Kitty is 20 pounds and almost 20 years old! He definitely takes up more room than I do in the bed and of course scoots me out of they way if I get too hoggish! Between the cat and my husband, I'm just a little speck on the bed
No Tux? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by hurleygirl
You mean Tux the Linux penguin? I have one of those by my computer at home and a little clay penguin at work that my son made me. And yes, I use Linux. My bed holds nothing but a sheet, a blanket which has been on the floor most of this summer, 2 pillows, and occasionally a body or two. My only conflict is if I get cold in the night and want the blanket and the dog is sleeping on it on the floor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
*exactly* that Tux! (OT for a sec) Knoppix? Red Hat?
Red Hat Fedora Core 5. Just upgraded from RH9. Geek interlude over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
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Originally Posted by Kitsune06
I only got to name Sigmund - the rest were named by my husband. I got the name from the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter book series. Anita has a collection of stuffed penguins, and her favorite one is named Sigmund. I just thought that was so cool.
I sooooo need a post a picture of my bed.
Thanks for the laugh! Thread drift, indeed!:eek: :D I have to admit to reading the question when it was first posed and thought - Well, since I hardly ever make my bed...:o Then... the drift! I could respond to THAT!;) But I won't. I'll just giggle... and wonder - yet again - what in the world will happen to my *toys* if something were to happen to ME!:eek: Of course, I wouldn't be around to care, but my dear sweet daughter may have a coronary!:(
Back to the original question, however... I always love the look of the beautifully made beds in the magazines. Have even gone so far as to buy all that stuff - pillows and all. Had a heck of a time keeping the silk duvet cover from slipping onto the floor, and no place to put the clothes that need to be folded!:eek:
We produced culturally deprived children when it came to bed attire. Never had bedspreads or anything nonfunctional on the beds. When my daughter was 4 we stayed in a motel and there was a bedspread. She asked what it was and we said that it was a decoration. She was most concerned that we not sleep on the decoration.
We have our bed adorned with a combination of one to two out of 3 kitties.
There are never all three at the same time.
"making" the bed means that someone pulled the blanket up to the pillows.
My husband (who was in the military) really tried to train me to MAKE the bed
but it did'nt work. My sons are even worse. They don't like sheets.
Sometimes i wonder how THEY find their beds. but I am digressing.
i lost all of my beloved stuffed animals when my mother ran off to California when I was 12 and left it to friends to sell all our stuff.
Since then my husband has given me a small assortment of stuffed animals (mostly cats of course) to replace those lost so long ago. They are smart stuffed animals; and do NOT
sleep on the bed.
I'm surprised by the number of pets on the bed here. :D Of course cats are excused, they go wherever they want.
My mutt sleeps on the floor or is crated, she's crate trained and she has HER stuffed animals in there, usually her fave a squeeky heart-shaped toy, and/or her favorite pink bear.
It's the whole alpha-animal thing, I'm the alpha, therefore I get the bed, she has her own furniture throughout the house. :rolleyes: When if/ever the bed gets shared at some point in future Mutt remains the "omega dog". spoiled Omega dog but bottom of the pack nonetheless.
She's only been on the bed a couple of times, both in thunderstorms, she was very scared and I allowed it.