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Fred
you hang it? Does it unroll from the top or under? I bet this can be
an obsessive thing with some people. As for me, I don't know. I have
3 bathrooms in the house and I can't tell you which way I hang it.
This would be a good question for Monk.
Jo
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Over the top. Looks better, easier to access, not 'backwards" looking, and
less of a cat toy.
Also, DON"T USE COLORED TOILET PAPER! It's made with dyes that aren't good
for you!
I'd like to suggest to folks to try an ecologically friendly and healthier
product for washing dishes and clothes called "EcoVer".
It's pure, natural, cleans as well or better than Cascade, Tide, All-free,
etc. You can buy it at Stop and Shop or health food stores or in the organic
section of many supermarkets. it's a bit more expensive perhaps but SO MUCH
HEALTHIER! I am slowly switching out all my household and personal products
to natural, chemical and dye/additive free ones. I believe it makes a big
difference with tics, mood, allergies, and general immune system
functioning. You can also use a product line called "Seventh Generation"
which is good too. They make paper products as well. Also Simple Green for
cleaning or basically baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice, and tea tree oil
and you can clean almost anything in your house cheaply and toxin free!
And while I'm on the subject, PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM LYSOL! It's a
neuro-toxin!!!
Ok off my toxinfree soapbox now!
jo
Sandy L
Over the top, but I don't go off the deep end if it is done otherwise. I
have read that it really does matter to some folks.
WWWSC #4
> O.K. everyone. When it comes to hanging the toilet roll, which way do
> you hang it?
We are all short here, and it is much easier to reach if it comes from
the top. Not a moral issue. More one of easy access.
--
WWWSC #4
Charter member of the Wicked, Wicked Woman Shrew Crew
Formerly known as Karen R.
WWWSC #4
> I'd like to suggest to folks to try an ecologically friendly and healthier
> product for washing dishes and clothes called "EcoVer".
Trader Joes also has a non-phosphate dishwasher soap that works well. I'm
making my own laundry soap these days. Borax, washing soda (a stronger
form of baking soda) and real laundry soap -- Fels Napatha or Zote.
Goggle homemade laundry detergent for several recipes. I only use a
tablespoon in each washload, and my clothes are coming out so clean and
soft. I've also been using a mix of borax, washing soda, and oxygen
bleach to substitute for half of my dishwasher detergent. And vinegar in
the rinse dispenser. With a child in college I need to save everywhere I
can. :-)
MothWrangler
> Jo wrote the following on 5/2/2008 9:06 PM:
>
>> I'd like to suggest to folks to try an ecologically friendly and
>> healthier product for washing dishes and clothes called "EcoVer".
>
>
> Trader Joes also has a non-phosphate dishwasher soap that works well.
> I'm making my own laundry soap these days. Borax, washing soda (a
> stronger form of baking soda) and real laundry soap -- Fels Napatha or
> Zote.
Where do you buy laundry soap? I've been looking for laundry soap
locally without success, although I did find a web site selling a brand
of laundry soap on-line.
My new (and pricey) fabric shower curtains (extra wide to fit my "L"
shaped rod) need to be washed with "soap," and not "detergent" according
to the care tag.
I found out only when I started looking that production of Ivory Soap
flakes stopped years ago. Darn.
Nancy
Unique, like everyone else
--
Proud member since 2007, WWWSC #1
Ann/Emma Anne #4
MothWrangler
From the top.
Unless I'm not paying attention to how I'm replacing the roller, or I'm
doing it in the dark, and I accidentally hang it the other way.
How about bed sheets? If your sheets have a pattern, do you put the top
sheet on the bed so the right side of the pattern faces "up" or "down."
I'd always thought the pattern was supposed to face "up," and that's the
way the catalogs usually show the beds made.
But apparently that's "incorrect" according to the bed making expert(s)
who write about such things. I've read articles that say that the
patterns should go right side facing the mattress, and ultimately the
sleeper. Here's an example of one such expert opinion.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2070733_bed-print-top-sheet.html
How will I ever sleep, worrying about the fact that I may have my top
sheet upside down?!
Sandy L
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They go pattern down so that you can fold it back over the top(s) of the
blanket(s) and the pattern will show when you first pull back the bedspread.
I can't say I get any great thrill out of it either way.
Sandy L
My father-in-law saved bacon drippings and ashes from his fireplace, leached
the ashes to get potash/lye, and made his own for a while after he retired.
You could use Crisco instead of lard but I don't think you can buy lye in a
hardware store any more.
Jo
Not sure, but Ivory soap is not so pure; like people think it is.
Jo
Jo
Bed sheets- my mom taught me to put them pretty side down, so when you turn
down the top over the blanket to make the bed, it shows nicely. BUT, I put
them nice side up, because my quilt or comfortere/pillows covers that part
when the bed is fully made. and I think the softer side tends to be the
underside.....but then if you throw the blanket off, the nice side is up.
Unless you spend time UNDER the sheet looking at it (heh) it seems more
logical for the nice side to be on top!
Now when you peel an orange.......
Heh
Jo
Jo
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See you can tell Sandy is close to my Mom's age! heheh
>
Jo
>
> My father-in-law saved bacon drippings and ashes from his fireplace,
> leached the ashes to get potash/lye, and made his own for a while after he
> retired. You could use Crisco instead of lard but I don't think you can
> buy lye in a hardware store any more.
My grandfather walked two miles to school, uphill. BOTH WAYS!
But seriously, my grandmother used to bake potatos in the over, wrap it in
tin-foil, and my mom would put it in her pockets to keep her hands warm
while she walked to school!
WWWSC #4
> WWWSC #4 wrote:
>
>> Jo wrote the following on 5/2/2008 9:06 PM:
>>
>>> I'd like to suggest to folks to try an ecologically friendly and
>>> healthier product for washing dishes and clothes called "EcoVer".
>>
>> Trader Joes also has a non-phosphate dishwasher soap that works well.
>> I'm making my own laundry soap these days. Borax, washing soda (a
>> stronger form of baking soda) and real laundry soap -- Fels Napatha or
>> Zote.
>
> Where do you buy laundry soap? I've been looking for laundry soap
> locally without success, although I did find a web site selling a brand
> of laundry soap on-line.
I find Fels Napatha in my local Co-Op. Safeway is listed as another
retailer that carries it. Look in the bar soap section or the laundry
section. Zote is available in many markets that cater to the Hispanic
population. Both are also available online, though shipping will double
or triple the price. Dr. Bronners liquid soap may also be used for
laundry. That does multiple duty as a wonderful facial soap (for those of
us who still deal with oily skin into our 50s), a hand soap for those of
us who are concerned about the long-term effects of antibacterial soap,
and dish soap. I've seen that at Trader Joes, REI, LL Bean, and natural
food stores.
> My new (and pricey) fabric shower curtains (extra wide to fit my "L"
> shaped rod) need to be washed with "soap," and not "detergent" according
> to the care tag.
Love the way they make it so easy for you... :-)
> I found out only when I started looking that production of Ivory Soap
> flakes stopped years ago. Darn.
They never worked that well, anyway. The soap/washing soda/borax combo
works much better. I just grate the soap in my food processor, then put
the blade in to chop it up fine and mix with the other ingredients.
WWWSC #4
> How about bed sheets? If your sheets have a pattern, do you put the top
> sheet on the bed so the right side of the pattern faces "up" or "down."
> I'd always thought the pattern was supposed to face "up," and that's the
> way the catalogs usually show the beds made.
Nancy, Nancy, Nancy... Just end the angst and get yourself some solid
colored sheets. :-) I've always done pattern side down. Everything is
covered with a comforter, so the only way I see the pattern is when the
sheet is tossed back to slide under. I'd never see it if it was on top.
At least with flannel sheets, if only one side is napped it is the
pattern side. The napped side is the one I want touching me.
MothWrangler
> MothWrangler wrote the following on 5/4/2008 3:09 AM:
>
>> How about bed sheets? If your sheets have a pattern, do you put the
>> top sheet on the bed so the right side of the pattern faces "up" or
>> "down." I'd always thought the pattern was supposed to face "up," and
>> that's the way the catalogs usually show the beds made.
>
>
> Nancy, Nancy, Nancy... Just end the angst and get yourself some solid
> colored sheets. :-)
I just did. Solid "Pearl blue." :-)
I needed to get new sheets anyway. The newer mattresses tend to be much
thicker than the ones made "back when" were. (And my new padded-top
mattress pad adds even more thickness that must be accommodated.)
My older sheets either don't fit, or they just barely fit, and I'm tired
of wrestling them onto the mattress when I change the sheets.)
Patterned sheets apparently are out of fashion these days anyway. Except
for the kiddie's sheets, I didn't see many in any of the stores I
shopped in.
> I've always done pattern side down. Everything is
> covered with a comforter, so the only way I see the pattern is when the
> sheet is tossed back to slide under. I'd never see it if it was on top.
>\
Well, I guess I sleep wrong too. <sigh>
Generally, when I'm in bed, and I look at my sheets, I'm looking at the
top of the top sheets. (And that's if I can see my sheets at all.
Usually, it's dark in my room when I'm in bed. (Except for those
occasions when it's more fun and interesting to have the lights
on.....You know, like when I'm...um...reading.)
Plus, I have my eyes closed for most of the time I'm in bed, so I'm not
really looking at anything except my inner eyelid.)
Now, if I slept with the sheets over my head, and my eyes were open,
*then* I'd be able to see a top side down pattern. :-)
Well...no...actually, now that I really think about this....as I tend to
be a tummy sleeper, and I rarely sleep on my back, when I'm in bed, I'm
generally looking at the top of my *bottom* sheet. Or at my pillow case,
(and I hope that I'm OK putting that on the pillow pattern side out.)
I'm stressed enough by this whole sheet business as it is.
400 thread count. 425 count. 450 count. 475 count. 500 count. 510 count.
600 count. Sateen. Pima. Egyptian cotton. Woven. Knitted. Dozens and
dozens of colors. Too many critical choices must be made!
I remember the days when you only had to chose between white twin-sized
sheets and white double-sized sheets.
How can I sleep with all this sheet related stress?!
Oh well, if I can't sleep, I'll be able to look at my sheets. I paid
enough for them, so I should stay awake and enjoy them.
> At least with flannel sheets, if only one side is napped it is the
> pattern side. The napped side is the one I want touching me.
I love flannel sheets in winter, but my DH has restless feet, and tends
to wear holes in the bottom sheets. After he worked his toes through
flannel sheet #5--or is it now #6--I'm going to start insisting that he
wear socks to bed in the flannel sheet months.
MothWrangler
Well, I do have a fireplace, so I have a source of ashes. But it's
getting kinda warm for a fire.
MothWrangler
>>My father-in-law saved bacon drippings and ashes from his fireplace,
>>leached the ashes to get potash/lye, and made his own for a while after he
>>retired. You could use Crisco instead of lard but I don't think you can
>>buy lye in a hardware store any more.
>
>
> My grandfather walked two miles to school, uphill. BOTH WAYS!
>
> But seriously, my grandmother used to bake potatos in the over,
You can bake potatoes in the oven?!
(Just kidding. When I have time, I prefer them oven baked, with the
skins all crispy.)
> wrap it in
> tin-foil, and my mom would put it in her pockets to keep her hands warm
> while she walked to school!
I'm curious: Do you know what happened to the potato later? Was it eaten
for lunch? Brought home and reused on the next cold morning? Or thrown
away? (Hard to image this last one is correct, as in those days, most
folks didn't throw anything away that might be eaten or re-used.)
MothWrangler
> MothWrangler wrote the following on 5/4/2008 3:00 AM:
>
>> WWWSC #4 wrote:
>>
>>> Jo wrote the following on 5/2/2008 9:06 PM:
>>>
>>>> I'd like to suggest to folks to try an ecologically friendly and
>>>> healthier product for washing dishes and clothes called "EcoVer".
>>>
>>>
>>> Trader Joes also has a non-phosphate dishwasher soap that works well.
>>> I'm making my own laundry soap these days. Borax, washing soda (a
>>> stronger form of baking soda) and real laundry soap -- Fels Napatha
>>> or Zote.
>>
>>
>> Where do you buy laundry soap? I've been looking for laundry soap
>> locally without success, although I did find a web site selling a
>> brand of laundry soap on-line.
>
>
> I find Fels Napatha in my local Co-Op. Safeway is listed as another
> retailer that carries it. Look in the bar soap section or the laundry
> section.
Ah. Perhaps I've been looking in the wrong section. I've only been
looking in the laundry aisle.
I've also come across some info on a web site forum that said that one
of the natural food chains--Whole Foods or Green Fields--carried soap
flakes. Next time I'm in the area of one, I'll try to check it out.
> They never worked that well, anyway. The soap/washing soda/borax combo
> works much better. I just grate the soap in my food processor, then put
> the blade in to chop it up fine and mix with the other ingredients.
Now, there's an idea. I feel guilty throwing away those remaining
slivers of soap bars as it is.
My mom would save those slivers, and after she had collected a bunch,
soak them in water until they were mushy. But, funny, I don't remember
what she did with them next. Did she make new soap bars in some way? Did
she make a version of liquid soap? I'll have to ask her. I do remember
her whipping up the softened mushy soap with her egg beater, making
"snow" which then was globbed on the ends of the branches of our
Christmas tree as decoration. It did look surprisingly natural. And, my
mom would say that the globs of soap helped fireproof the tree.
I tend to feel quite guilty throwing away anything that might possibly
be reused or recycled. My mom and grandma taught me thriftiness well by
their example.
Heh. One of my least favorite chores when I was a kid was washing out
the empty plastic bread bags so they could be reused.
Fred
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Well, there was Marilyn Chambers. She was the Ivory Snow girl. She
was also the girl that stared in 'Behind the Green Door" - one of the
first XXX movies. As you say, "not so pure"
Jo
>
> (Just kidding. When I have time, I prefer them oven baked, with the skins
> all crispy.)
>
Sigh....I know I should not use my nuker so much- I boil water in it several
times a day for tea/coffee. I don't think I even own a tea-kettle anymore!
>> wrap it in tin-foil, and my mom would put it in her pockets to keep her
>> hands warm while she walked to school!
>
> I'm curious: Do you know what happened to the potato later? Was it eaten
> for lunch? Brought home and reused on the next cold morning? Or thrown
> away? (Hard to image this last one is correct, as in those days, most
> folks didn't throw anything away that might be eaten or re-used.)
Oh no, they were eaten for lunch or dinner.!
WWWSC #4
> WWWSC #4 wrote:
>> Nancy, Nancy, Nancy... Just end the angst and get yourself some solid
>> colored sheets. :-)
>
> I just did. Solid "Pearl blue." :-)
Sounds pretty.
> I needed to get new sheets anyway. The newer mattresses tend to be much
> thicker than the ones made "back when" were. (And my new padded-top
> mattress pad adds even more thickness that must be accommodated.)
Yes. Not that I travel much, but there were a few years when most
mid-priced hotels had upgraded to the thicker mattresses, but still had
the older sheets, or -- worse -- used a flat sheet that wasn't large
enough to tuck under the thicker mattress. DH tends to grab both the top
and bottom sheets while sleeping, and I ended up sleeping on the mattress
pad.
I solved that with a double silk sleeping bag liner. It rolls up into a
very small space, weighs almost nothing, and feels very luxurious to
sleep in. It also means that I don't have to wash the sleeping bags every
time we camp. It works like a charm.
> Generally, when I'm in bed, and I look at my sheets, I'm looking at the
> top of the top sheets. (And that's if I can see my sheets at all.
> Usually, it's dark in my room when I'm in bed. (Except for those
> occasions when it's more fun and interesting to have the lights
> on.....You know, like when I'm...um...reading.)
DH and I also enjoy reading in bed...
> Plus, I have my eyes closed for most of the time I'm in bed, so I'm not
> really looking at anything except my inner eyelid.)
So it doesn't matter what color or print your sheets are. :-)
> Now, if I slept with the sheets over my head, and my eyes were open,
> *then* I'd be able to see a top side down pattern. :-)
Only if the lights are on.
> Well...no...actually, now that I really think about this....as I tend to
> be a tummy sleeper, and I rarely sleep on my back, when I'm in bed, I'm
> generally looking at the top of my *bottom* sheet. Or at my pillow case,
> (and I hope that I'm OK putting that on the pillow pattern side out.)
I think you are safe there.
> I'm stressed enough by this whole sheet business as it is.
>
> 400 thread count. 425 count. 450 count. 475 count. 500 count. 510 count.
> 600 count. Sateen. Pima. Egyptian cotton. Woven. Knitted. Dozens and
> dozens of colors. Too many critical choices must be made!
Not to mention different fibers! I have one set of cotton and bamboo
sheets. Those are wonderful if you are a woman of a certain age as they
are very cooling when things heat up. Or if your, um, reading tends to
scorch the sheets...
I've read that anything over a certain thread count (400?) is meaningless
as the manufactures are literally splitting hairs -- or threads, in this
case. More important is the quality of the cotton. It is possible for 250
thread count pima sateen to feel much softer than 400 thread count of a
lower quality cotton. Pima is the gold standard, and sateen will be the
smoothest. Knitted are soft and very easy to put on, but lower quality
knits will become stiffer over time. They are also prone to holes,
especially if you have cats who enjoy them.
> I remember the days when you only had to chose between white twin-sized
> sheets and white double-sized sheets.
>
> How can I sleep with all this sheet related stress?!
Maybe you should stick with basic white...
> Oh well, if I can't sleep, I'll be able to look at my sheets. I paid
> enough for them, so I should stay awake and enjoy them.
:-)
>> At least with flannel sheets, if only one side is napped it is the
>> pattern side. The napped side is the one I want touching me.
>
> I love flannel sheets in winter, but my DH has restless feet, and tends
> to wear holes in the bottom sheets. After he worked his toes through
> flannel sheet #5--or is it now #6--I'm going to start insisting that he
> wear socks to bed in the flannel sheet months.
Oh, dear. Why does that happen with flannel and not other sheets? Would a
heavier flannel help? I like the 5+ ounce ones from LL Bean or Land's
End. Very soft and they last for years.
Speaking of kids' print sheets, HFA daughter, who is very interested in
space exploration, had a wonderful set of deep blue flannel sheets with
stars, rockets, and planets on them. She must have had them for at least
eight or nine years (using only those for at least half the year), but
they finally disintegrated this winter. We managed to save the pillow
cases so their loss wasn't as traumatic as it might have been. Even
though they were available to many years, and I know I saw them in the
catalog I originally found them in within the last few years, they are no
longer available. If they don't come back in the fall my daughter wants
to replace them with solids in the same shade of deep blue. Wish me
luck... (Yes, I've seen the white space ones are are available, but my
daughter does not consider white to be an acceptable substitute for that
lovely blue.)
Sandy L
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however, bring back miseries of hi childhood. He hated sweet potatoes,
because his mother would give him one for lunch. Imagine eating a cold
sweet potato in a West Texas cotton field with no drinking water at hand.
Sandy L
<snip>
> I love flannel sheets in winter, but my DH has restless feet, and tends to
> wear holes in the bottom sheets. After he worked his toes through flannel
> sheet #5--or is it now #6--I'm going to start insisting that he wear socks
> to bed in the flannel sheet months.
>
> Nancy
> Unique, like everyone else
> --
> Proud member since 2007, WWWSC #1
> Ann/Emma Anne #4
Low doses of an anti-parkinson drug taken at bedtime will often stop
restless legs. I usually prescribe Sinemet 25/100, a misture of carbidopa
and levodopa.
Jo
Gotta watch out for those mistures, eh Doc?
You might instead prescribe he cut his toe-nails shorter....but seriously,
nancy, has he tried magnesium supplements before bed? I take Natural Calm, a
magnesium powder you take in hot water like tea...it really helps calm my
muscles and naturally relax me before bed. Plus, many people deplete their
magnesium levels when they take Calcium. The latest research is showing that
many people are Vit. D deficient from taking Calcium, which can lead to
heart attacks in women and increase prostrate cancer in men!
Jo