What things do you have to have just so?

[katiesue]

What things do you have to have a certian way? Even if it's not logical.

My shower has sliding glass doors. The doors must always be shut.

I don't like my food mixed together. I'd be happy if everyone used lunch trays.

I'm a total slob with the rest of the kitchen but the stovetop must be clean.

My TV is on an arm that you pull out from the wall to view. I have to push it back to the wall when not in use.

[Kevy Baby]

Interesting topic.

One I can think of off the top of my head has to do with emails here at work. If someone sends me a message in plain text format, when I reply, I 1) change to HTML, 2) make sure my signature is properly formatted, 3) change the black text in my signature to blue (as with replies to HTML), and 4) change my reply text to blue. I think this alone gives me the A.R. trophy.

Any email with a background gets the background deleted on a reply

I'll add more as I remember them.



I don't like my food mixed together. I'd be happy if everyone used lunch trays.On this, you have a kindred spirit with Susan.

[flippyshark]

I can't eat off of a cafeteria tray, of the sort I might carry when I eat at Sweet Tomatoes. I have to take all the items off, and then place the tray somewhere entirely out of sight. (Below the chair, on another table, on top of the trash receptacle, into the hands of a helpful employee, whatever.) I'm simillarly troubled when others at my table go ahead and eat off their plates while said plates are still on the damned plastic trays. Clatter-clatter, thunk thunk. I guess it's a combination of the sudden uselessness of the tray and its inevitable warped shakiness.

Lunch trays of the sort that actually contain the food in separate compartments? Gosh, I haven't eaten that way in so long, I don't know how I'd respond.

I'm a "one thing at a time" eater. If I have steak, potatoes and a vegetable, I will start with the veggies, eat the steak and save the potatoes for last.

I don't like mixing, with a few exceptions. If it's a chicken-fried steak served with mashed potatoes and gravy, then steak, potatoes and gravy are going to be combined on my fork in varying ratios throughout the meal. any Mexican combo plate with beans and rice, well, I'll combine said beans and rice with the enchiladas or whatever else with reckless abandon. But in general, I'm with katiesue in principle.

I have a strong averse reaction to the sight of chewed gum being parked plateside, or on the rim of a glass, or anywhere where I will be in any way aware of its presence. This one makes me crazy!

[flippyshark]

And really, after your wet gum has been exposed to the air, every virus and microbe in the room sticking to it with glee, you're going to put the damn thing back in your mouth? AAAAAAAAAAAA!



Okay, calming down .....

[katiesue]

Glasses in the cupboard have to be rim down.

[Kevy Baby]

I can't eat off of a cafeteria trayAdd this one to my list!

Glasses in the cupboard have to be rim down.Doesn't EVERYONE do this?

Also, I don't know if this falls into this category, but I cannot stand being able to hear someone chew; it makes my skin crawl. Doesn't matter who it is and the person doesn't have to be a loud chewer.


I don't like mixing [food], with a few exceptions.I have to relate this story about watching my father eat.

With few exceptions, he mixes EVERYTHING. But he takes the weirdness to a whole new level. He will shape the new mixed goulash into a square. He then cuts a square corner off and puts that into his mouth to eat. As he is eating that bite, he will re-square the pile on his plate.

Needless to say, we make fun of him a lot. :D

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Doesn't EVERYONE do this?
No. I find it a bit annoying to have to turn over the glass every time. Also, cabinet shelves aren't exactly spotless. The argument that it keeps the inside of the glass clean doesn't hold water with me. If it's in there long enough to get dusty you have to wash the exterior anyway.

Get it? Hold water? Glass?

If I'm not watching the TV it needs to be turned off. The chatter of commercials or even a good movie in the background makes me crazy when I'm trying to do something else. Even on mute, the visuals are very distracting for me. If we're watching TV I close the laptop. If I don't, I can't pay attention to either well and end up in a sort of limbo.

My food can be separate or mixed, though I have a pet peeve about white rice being soaked by whatever sauce goes with the entree. A certain amount is good, but I'm out once the sauce dominates all of the rice.

[JWBear]

Add me to the "food must not mix" crowd. When we have pot lucks here at work, I rarely get much. I just can not pile everything on top of everything else on the plate. Also, if meat juice gets into my mashed potatoes, I can't eat them. <shudder>

I also hate when you order pasta in a restaurant and they set the garlic bread right on top of the sauce. I've been known to send the bread back and request a fresh piece on a separate plate.

I grew up in a “glasses rim down” family. That’s the way I still do it.

Bill insists that TP and paper towels roll over the front, never down the back. Personally, I don’t care either way.

Oh, and I always eat regular M&Ms in twos. I don’t know why, I just do.

[katiesue]

Oh - I have to sort M&M's and skittles by color. Then I eat one color at a time.

[Not Afraid]

I do the M&M thing.

I'm not sure I have to have anything "just so". I think I would probably end up frustrated if I attempted to have ANYTHING just so in my chaotic life.

[bewitched]

I don't like my food mixed together. I'd be happy if everyone used lunch trays.



Ugh. I hate my food mixed together (unless it is something that is intended to be mixed like red beans and rice). I too would be thrilled if the world served food on divided plates. IMO, the worst thing to hit fine dining was (is) the "artistic" display of foods by stacking-- especially steak on mashed potatoes. I have sent food back to be reprepared because I can't eat a steak w/mashed potatoes all over it.

That aside, I must bathe in a certain order (shampoo, face scrub, soap, shave, rinse, bath oil).

Sauce/dressing has to be on the side.

Lines must be straight.

Pencil must be erased completely.

Papers have to be stacked and squared.

I strongly prefer odd groupings of anything...including fish, pieces of food, shrubs, whatever.

I have to pee right before bed. If it's been more than about 5 minutes, I have to start over.

Forgetting my cell makes me very anxious.

I'm sure there are many more.

What's funny is that I am known as pretty AR about so many things but generally really laid back. And my house is a complete disaster...other than the islands of ARness.

[flippyshark]

I also hate when you order pasta in a restaurant and they set the garlic bread right on top of the sauce. I've been known to send the bread back and request a fresh piece on a separate plate.



Somebody please send this to every Italian restaurant on the planet!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Doesn't EVERYONE do this?



No. But I'm not a glasses-rim-up person, either. Or a random-rim-placement person. My cabinet is small and my glasses are wide, so in order to make everything fit perfectly, they are placed just so:

rim up rim down rim up rim down
rim down rim up rim down rim up
rim up rim down rim up rim down

[Kevy Baby]

That aside, I must bathe in a certain order (shampoo, face scrub, soap, shave, rinse, bath oil).It is amazing how others are reminding me of my own rituals

(In shower)Shampoo, rinse, ALWAYS start with the left arm when washing, followed by the right, body front, body back, legs, privates, face, rinse, wash piercing, rinse
(Out of shower)Hair, deodorant, shave, teeth (with a specific order of brushing), vitamins/drugs

[SacTown Chronic]

. Also, if meat juice gets into my mashed potatoes, I can't eat them. <shudder>Oh you sick m**********r. I would eat mashed human flesh if I could dip it in any number of meat juices. I could name 50 things I'd mix with mashed potatoes including just about every animal juice known to man.


/has never met a food that can't be mixed with another food to make it better
//can you tell I'm Irish?

[SacTown Chronic]

Balls before face is poor form, Kevin.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I don't *have* to have them, but I guess I have my general ritual type things.

Glasses in cupboard rim down. All the silverware in my drawer nests, all facing the same way in their little compartments.

I like my morning cup of tea, and time to catch up on the internet stuff.

Tend to eat my food one type at a time; don't care if the stuff mixes a bit on the plate. Toast needs to be buttered all the way to the edge.

Shower: wash hair, conditioner, use soap, wash face, rinse everything.

I pee after brushing my teeth and before bed. Even if I've peed five minutes ago.

Getting in the car to drive, I generally start the engine before putting on my seat belt.

Husband asks that we put the TP going over the top. Luckily, the cat has not discovered this "toy."

My books on the bookshelf need to have the titles going the same way. My pens are in their little cups point down. Mostly.

[SacTown Chronic]

Yeah, I pee before bed even if I'm empty, too. There's no greater hardship than walking 15 feet to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I couldn't think of anything until the shower was mentioned:

1. Wet hair
2. 1st shampoo application (don't rinse)
3. Wash face
4. Rise shampoo and face
5. 2nd shampoo application (don't rinse)
6. Armpits
7. Body
8. Rinse shampoo and soap

-If I'm shaving-

8. Apply shaving cream
9. Apply conditioner (don't rinse)
10. Shave
11. Final rinse

NEVER DEVIATE. EVER.



And all foods mix. All.

[scaeagles]

I must have condiments spread evenly on the surface of the bread of a sandwich.

Toast must be buttered all the way to the edges.

My cell phone must be in my left front pocket and money clip and keys must be in my right front pocket.

If I am barefoot and step on a texture with one foot, I must step on the same texture with the other foot.

We could change this thread title to the OCD thread.

[lashbear]

When reading LoT I must:


Click "New Posts"
Starting from the bottom of the list, click the link for the last post in each thread. This must be done with Right Click and opened up in its own Tab
Scroll bottom up until last unread post is located.
Continue with all new post threads until all are open in separate tabs.
Read all unread posts
Reply as necessary
Delete Tab when done
Click "New Posts" again to see if there have been any replies while I've been reading.
When stacking the dishwasher cutlery rack, teaspoons must be placed in an outer cell of the basket, with taller cutlery in the middle cells. Sharp knives must be point down, all other cutlery must be business-end up.

Stoat NEVER mixes food.

I wash my hair everyday, but once a week I allow myself to use one of my collected shampoos from an American hotel (Preferably Hojo's Orange-Choc scented one). This allows me to daydream about being back there.

[Ghoulish Delight]

My cell phone must be in my left front pocket and money clip and keys must be in my right front pocket..
Front right, wallet and cell. Front left keys. Check that this is so. Constantly.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wallet in back left pocket; frequently check to make sure it's still there. Cell phone generally on the right in the front; keys either hanging on a belt loop or in front right pocket. Little camera in back right pocket; check it frequently, too.

[Kevy Baby]

When reading LoT I must:


Click "New Posts"
Starting from the bottom of the list, click the link for the last post in each thread. This must be done with Right Click and opened up in its own Tab
Scroll bottom up until last unread post is located.
When you click this button --> http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/images/buttons/firstnew.gif located immediately to the left of the thread name, it should take you right to the first unread post

[BarTopDancer]

We could change this thread title to the OCD thread.

We could.

Socks have to fit just so. If the seam hits either foot wrong both go in the dirty clothes. I buy tagless or cut the tags out or the same cycle repeats with regular clothes.

Glasses rim down.

I must walk on the left side of most people. If we're one on one and I walk on your right I am extremely comfortable with you.

Sheets must be a certain tightness and not bunchy towards the foot of the bed.

M&Ms by color, brown last.

I do try and break some of my quirks, like sitting at a specific spot at a table, walking on one side or the other of people, eating random color M&Ms.

And some days I wake up feeling like I am one step out of synch because something isn't just so.

[bewitched]

Socks have to fit just so. If the seam hits either foot wrong both go in the dirty clothes. I buy tagless or cut the tags out or the same cycle repeats with regular clothes.

I don't wear socks with shoes because it makes me feel like I don't have enough room on my feet for my little toes. Seriously.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I must walk on the left side of most people.

I must walk on the right side of all people (or otherwise I can't hear you.) I also must try to sit on the right-hand corner of a restaurant table so as to hear you (though the waiter won't be heard.)

[scaeagles]

I also sort my trail mix because certain tastes do not go well together for me, such as chocolate and raisins.

[Scrooge McSam]

Front right, wallet and cell. Front left keys. Check that this is so. Constantly.

My only one so far... just reversed

money clip and cell in left front pocket, keys and odd change in right front pocket - checked constantly

Many times I'll scold myself at the front door: "Do NOT stick your hand in your pocket again. You KNOW your keys are in your pocket... YOU JUST PUT THEM THERE!!!!"

[scaeagles]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who obsesses about his keys, wallet (money clip for me), and cell. My kids know not to even think about touching them. My wife moves them from where i store them at home to mess with me. I must also constantly verify i have them.

[Kevy Baby]

Balls before face is poor form, Kevin.I found it helps keep my face moisturized.

[SacTown Chronic]

Healthy, younger-looking skin is important.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Balls before face is poor form, Kevin.Agreed, Sac (heh). I wash top to bottom.

Out of shower:
1. Wrap hair in towel to let absorb, dry body
2. Body lotion, otherwise I'm immediately itchy
3. Wash lotion off hands so it doesn't get on towel in next step and so they're clean for contact lenses
4. Towel-dry hair
5. Contacts
6. Deodorant, to give it max time to dry
7. Q-tip ears (hate water in my ears but this is the earliest my priority list allows)
8. Face and neck lotion

The list has been refined over many years. I stick to it not only because it's the most logical order but also because if I deviate I forget things.

[alphabassettgrrl]

If I start developing a fixed ritual, I tend to try and break it up. I hate feeling at the mercy of my routines, so once I break the habit, I can go back to doing the ritual, only now it's not a required ritual.

[wendybeth]

My only one so far... just reversed

money clip and cell in left front pocket, keys and odd change in right front pocket - checked constantly

Many times I'll scold myself at the front door: "Do NOT stick your hand in your pocket again. You KNOW your keys are in your pocket... YOU JUST PUT THEM THERE!!!!"
I'm reminded of Bilbo Baggins looking for his 'precious'....lol.

I'm a little OCD about leaving things plugged in- even if they are off, they can still start a fire. My only real ritual that I can think of is I MUST have at least one cup of coffee in me before attempting to interact with humans. I'm sure the kid can list a bunch of my idiosyncrasy, but I'm kinda drawing a blank right now. Probably need some coffee.:coffee:

[Gn2Dlnd]

Upon arising, start coffee. Then pee, shave, vitamins, brush teeth, shower - shampoo, face, everything else, wipe down glass shower doors, apply unguents and salves, dress, hair. Drink coffee.

Phone, left front pocket, NOTHING ELSE MAY GO INTO PHONE POCKET. Keys, chapstick, moneyclip, right front pocket, pennies in little watch pocket. Wallet, back right.

My farmer's market table is a testament to OCD, although my bedroom is a disaster.

My food may touch, although I have a set of divided camp plates that I like to use for hot wings cause the blue cheese dressing can go there and the bones can go over there.

If there's gravy it can go on everything.

[wendybeth]

I was wrong. Salt, Tequila, lemon- always in that order. Dishes must be really well rinsed (preferably in warm soapy water) before loading into the dishwasher, and TP must be loaded with lead square up. Oh- and pictures! Pictures cannot be askew- I can handle gallery style hanging, but they must be evenly aligned. Eric hangs things bass ackwards and they drive me crazy, like shelves and such- can't stand to even look at them.

Other than that, I'm pretty easygoing.

[lashbear]

When you click this button --> http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/images/buttons/firstnew.gif located immediately to the left of the thread name, it should take you right to the first unread post
Darn - now I have to rethink my whole routine. *sigh* :rolleyes: :p

Many times I'll scold myself at the front door: "Do NOT stick your hand in your pocket again. You KNOW your keys are in your pocket... YOU JUST PUT THEM THERE!!!!"
I never have to do this. I simply ensure that I have locked the door using the keys, then put the keys in my pocket and then leave for the scooter chanting the mantra: "Checked de door, locked de door" It also works to reassure myself that I haven't left the car unlocked. I used to go back a dozen times to reassure myself the car was locked.

I'm a little OCD about leaving things plugged in- even if they are off, they can still start a fire.
Did you ever find the 6 Glade Plug-Ins, the Electric Blanket and the Curling Tongs that I left plugged in and turned on in the "IASW Suite" for you? :evil: You know I'm only joking, right? No need at all to go and check that Room right now, because I'm only joking, aren't I ?....

[lashbear]

If there's gravy it can go on everything.
This would make an EXCELLENT T-shirt. :snap:

[Ghoulish Delight]

I never have to do this. I simply ensure that I have locked the door using the keys, then put the keys in my pocket and then leave for the scooter chanting the mantra: "Checked de door, locked de door" It also works to reassure myself that I haven't left the car unlocked. I used to go back a dozen times to reassure myself the car was locked.
If I treid that I'd just end up saying "checked de door, locked de door" to myself without having done either.

[€uroMeinke]

Drinks must be served in the proper glassware, cognac in a snifter, champagne in a flute or saucer, Martini in a cocktail glass. I'll make due if I have to, but I often bring along glassware when I camp or travel to make sure I don't have to settle.

[Moonliner]

My work environment.

Physical
I have to know there is a place for everything. It doesn't necessarily have to be there at any given time, in fact on average it's more chaos than organization but I have to know that should the mood strike me I can get everything organized.

Virtual
When it comes to my PC's I'm a freaking Felix Unger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Unger). On my main PC all files are neatly named and organized into folders by subject and indexed via Google desktop. I use a series of virtual PC's (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/) setup for various sub-tasks I don't want cluttering up my main system. I have scripts that zip, encrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) and ship (http://www.ibackup.com/) all my important files to offsite storage weekly as well as to several external drives located in various parts of the house. All pc's have battery backup with auto-shutdown/Re-start software. I run my own mail servers, family photo website (http://gallery.menalto.com/), and FTP dropbox.

[wendybeth]

Did you ever find the 6 Glade Plug-Ins, the Electric Blanket and the Curling Tongs that I left plugged in and turned on in the "IASW Suite" for you? :evil: You know I'm only joking, right? No need at all to go and check that Room right now, because I'm only joking, aren't I ?....


That's okay- Eric hung the shelves a bit crooked in there, so that would take care of that particular problem.;)

[alphabassettgrrl]

So how does everybody feel about their OCD rituals? Do you like them?

[scaeagles]

I was told once I had OCD, but I responded that wasn't possible because the letters were in the wrong order.

[Gemini Cricket]

I was told once I had OCD, but I responded that wasn't possible because the letters were in the wrong order.
Ba-dum-ching!
:D

[BarTopDancer]

I was wrong. Salt, Tequila, lemon- always in that order.

That's not a ritual. That's a known fact ;)

So how does everybody feel about their OCD rituals? Do you like them?

I am a creature of habit. I function best with steady routine, order and everything in its place. Chaos, uncertainty and things left in the air or 'whatever happens happens' irritates me and renders me pretty useless. So yes, I do like my rituals and my habits.

I was told once I had OCD, but I responded that wasn't possible because the letters were in the wrong order.

Good one!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Darn - now I have to rethink my whole routine. *sigh* :rolleyes: :p OMG, you didn't know this?? Get ready for your life to change for the better. ;)

[JWBear]

Unfortunately, that particular feature refuses to work on my work computer. It just takes me to a "page not found" screen.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Ba-dum-ching (http://www.instantrimshot.com/rimshot.swf)!
:DI fixed it for you ;)

[Kevy Baby]

Unfortunately, that particular feature refuses to work on my work computer. It just takes me to a "page not found" screen.I would go insane

How about if you click on the thread (to go to the beginning of it) and then click the "View First Unread" button?

[JWBear]

I would go insane

How about if you click on the thread (to go to the beginning of it) and then click the "View First Unread" button?

Where is that? (I went to the begining of this thread. I didn't see a "View First Unread" button.

[JWBear]

Never mind... I guess there has to be actual new posts for the "View First Unread" button to appear.

Thanks Kevy. It works.

[Kevy Baby]

Two good deeds in one week - I'm on a roll!

[JWBear]

Never mind... I guess there has to be actual new posts for the "View First Unread" button to appear.

Thanks Kevy. It works.

Spoke too soon. It worked when you first told me about it. Now it's giving me the same "page not found" as the other button. :(

[Kevy Baby]

Damn - only one good deed this week :(

Check with GD - he may be able to help you find a fix

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hmm, that should never happen. You're either having network issues, or you need to log out/log back in, or clear your cookies.

[wendybeth]

Someone laughed at me today because I iron my jeans. That reminded me that I iron everything, which is apparently odd given the number of comments I get from people.

[Kevy Baby]

... or clear your cookies.Another instance where tossing your cookies is beneficial

[JWBear]

Hmm, that should never happen. You're either having network issues, or you need to log out/log back in, or clear your cookies.

Neither of those things worked. It must be the network.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Right click on one of the buttons that's doing that to you. Select "copy link location" or "copy shortcut" or whatever the equivalent is for the browser you're using. Paste what it copies in a reply.

[Betty]

Being left handed, I must sit on the corner where my left arm is on the edge so I don't have to battle elbows with the righty sitting next to me.

I hate using ball point pens and buy my own pens for work so I can use the Uniball Vision Elite in BOLD. Fine point pens also bother me.

The top sheet MUST be tucked in - on my side anyway. My husband MUST have his top sheet not tucked in on his side because it's never long enough for him to pull up as much as he likes (usually causing my side to come undone and I'll have to get up in the middle of the night and tuck it back in. We got sheets for Christmas that have the top and bottom attached at the bottom and they also have an extra long/wide top sheet on them. I love them except that they are white.

I always have my purse on the seat next to me in the car. If I have someone with me and have to put it in the back seat, I check over and over again for it with a momentary panicky feeling that I've lost it.

[RStar]

... and TP must be loaded with lead square up.
I agree! This is my pet peeve. TP and Paper towels MUST roll over the top of the roll. They were invented to be this way. Why would you want people with wet/pee/poop covered hands touching the rool to get the start of the roll down off the back side??? Forcryinoutloud!

[SacTown Chronic]

I've heard it has something to do with playful pussies, RStar. But what do I know about that? Nothing, that's what.







What can I say, I'm a dog person.

[lindyhop]

I have an itty bitty car so if I pull all the way into a parking space it doesn't look like there's a car there at all. This doesn't bother me except at home. I pull the car in to the carport space just far enough so that the car is visible along with all the other cars. I discovered I was obsessive about this when my son drove the car and I fussed until he backed the car out to the appropriate position. He probably starting researching rest homes that very night.

[JWBear]

Right click on one of the buttons that's doing that to you. Select "copy link location" or "copy shortcut" or whatever the equivalent is for the browser you're using. Paste what it copies in a reply.

It'll have to wait til Monday, when I'm back at work.

[Tref]

- The money in my wallet must be organised by president

- Shampoo, rinse, shampoo, rinse, separate lather from soap, rub on body, rinse, remove clothes, shampoo hat, rinse.

- Never mix food together, including cake and brownie mixes. Cook eggs, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, cake powder, 1/4 cup water separately. Cook each for 30 minutes. Dispose of in garbage.

- Only wear retractable top hats made of felt.

- Left shoe goes on left foot. Right shoe goes on right foot. Feet go on legs below ankle.

- TV must be returned to its original place of origin at the end of each night. In this case, China.

- Put on pants, right leg first, left arm last.

- Glass of milk with poison should always be placed on the right side of my dinner plate and glass of milk without poison should be placed on the left side of plate. (when possible)

- When at home use empty tissue boxes as 'inside' shoes. When outside use full tissue boxes as 'outside' pants.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Hhmm.... yeah, I organize my money by president. Helps to know how much I have.

[JWBear]

Hhmm.... yeah, I organize my money by president. Helps to know how much I have.

What do you do with your 10s and 100s?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Video games.

More-so back in the era of games you couldn't save, so each time you sat down was a complete game (win or lose). If it was a game I owned and got good at, I'd eventually settle on some optimal, or particularly fun, path through the game and would often restart the game if I messed up said path.

There was at least one Nintendo game that I knew by rote so well that I could literally start the game, flip the TV input back to TV and play chunks of it blind. Bases Loaded. There a few pitchers that had pitches the computer couldn't hit. I'd flip over to TV, throw 9 strikes blind, then flip back to play offense.

[BarTopDancer]

Apparently my kitchen needs to be just so. It is driving me bonkers so I went to Target, bought a bunch of organization stuff and and I plan to reorganize it tonight.

[RStar]

I've heard it has something to do with playful pussies, RStar. But what do I know about that? Nothing, that's what.

What can I say, I'm a dog person.

[Kevy voice] He said playful pussies! [/Kevy voice]

[bewitched]

The top sheet MUST be tucked in - on my side anyway. My husband MUST have his top sheet not tucked in on his side because it's never long enough for him to pull up as much as he likes (usually causing my side to come undone and I'll have to get up in the middle of the night and tuck it back in. We got sheets for Christmas that have the top and bottom attached at the bottom and they also have an extra long/wide top sheet on them. I love them except that they are white.



May I suggest 2 twin sized top sheets (blanket too if that's a problem) instead of one full/queen/king? It will improve your night exponentially.

[Alex]

I'd suggest just getting rid of any top bedding altogether. It's a barbaric habit retained from our earliest cave dwelling days.

[Betty]

May I suggest 2 twin sized top sheets (blanket too if that's a problem) instead of one full/queen/king? It will improve your night exponentially.

Wow! What a great idea. I never considered doing this. Thanks!

[Mousey Girl]

I know I have a lot of little things. When I was working, my desk HAD to be cleared before I felt comfortable enough to leave. When I started my day, I liked to have everything organized.

Scruffy seems to have some issues about sleeping. If I am on the chair, I must have some sort of cover for him. In bed, he can only lay on my left side. If I try to lay on the left side of the bed (or couch) he will fuss until I am on the right side.

[Kevy Baby]

Scruffy seems to have some issues about sleeping. If I am on the chair, I must have some sort of cover for him. In bed, he can only lay on my left side. If I try to lay on the left side of the bed (or couch) he will fuss until I am on the right side.Moglet (one of our cats) will not let you have your arms crossed. If she is sitting in your lap and you cross your arms, she will head-but your arms until you uncross them.

This is a picture of her after she decided to take a dirt bath: her whole body should be the color of her face

http://homepage.mac.com/kelder/.Pictures/Dirty%20Moglet.JPG

[flippyshark]

A cat that doesn't allow arm folding - very amusing. I know a couple who used to have a dog, a very pretty Collie, who would not allow the two of them to touch, hug or be intimate with each other in any way. She was their very own personal chaperone, and I suspect she thought she was protecting her mommy from a guy she never quite accepted as a family member. It was very funny to watch. Just the slightest hug or kiss on the cheek and Josie would jump and yap and bark until they stopped. Anyway, these two somehow managed to have children in spite of their dog.

[cirquelover]

Sadly our cat won't let us touch each other either. Sometimes we get in a secret hug but always comment "you better hurry because Shadow will be here any moment!". He used to let me snuggle the kid but lately even that is forbidden by the cat!

Kevy, that is the dirtiest cat I have ever seen! Did you have to wash him?

[Kevy Baby]

Kevy, that is the dirtiest cat I have ever seen! Did you have to wash her?No, she cleaned herself (thankfully). But that was a shot we just had to get!

[Morrigoon]

I'm finicky about my books. I strive to bend the binding as little as possible, especially paperbacks. I cringe when someone bends the read half back around the binding, curling the front cover, and I'm hesitant to loan books to anyone who does. I know this is lame because I'm that way even about cheapy paperbacks that I have no intention of reading again. I also check the binding frequently to make sure I'm not bending it.

My glasses go in haphazardly, and frequently stacked. TP roll is over the top.

I used to be wiggy about my CDs, but now they're spread out across so many places that I can't keep them in perfect rows any more.

If I get a set of something, crayons, for example, they have to go back in in the order they came from the factory, and I'll use the inside of the box lid to guide me in returning them to that order. I got mad at a kid in school ones for reorganizing my crayons into rainbow order. But since I'd lost the original order, they then had to stay that way.

[Kevy Baby]

If I ever fold over the corner of a page in a book (to mark where I am - in lieu of a bookmark), I will be drawn and quartered. Even if it isn't a book that Susan will be reading.

[Betty]

I always feel bad about folding over the corner - even if I have no intention of reading the book again. Then I remind myself of that fact and that it was just a few dollars for the paperback and it doesn't matter. But I always feel a tinge of guilt about it.

[Scrooge McSam]

I strive to bend the binding as little as possible, especially paperbacks. <snip> I know this is lame

Then I'm lame. I own it.

A book, well treated, can be enjoyed for years by many different people.

I remember a line from Frazier years ago, when Niles is instructing someone on the house rules...

" And we close the art books when we're finished so we don't. crease. the spine."

[alphabassettgrrl]

Ok, I'm the same way about my books, Goonie. I keep them as close to perfect as is humanly possible and still read them. Bent anything, marks, that kind of thing are to be avoided and absolutely never done on purpose. I never even wrote in my textbooks.

I have a Tarot workbook that is meant to write in, and even that's difficult for me to do. I don't think I made it all the way through.

[Kevy Baby]

Susan keeps old Witches Almanacs. WTF do you need a five year old almanac for?!?

[alphabassettgrrl]

I've still got every one of my datebooks since... 1989 or 1990. But I make a lot of notes in my datebooks: things that happened, how I was feeling, things I wanted to remember. I probably have old Farmer's Almanacs, too.

[Kevy Baby]

You're weird




:D

[alphabassettgrrl]

And? :)

[Kevy Baby]

And? :) And I love you for it!

[alphabassettgrrl]

AWwwww, you're sweet.