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From: "D. Griffiths" <>
Subject: RE: [trivvies] Re: Running The Home
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 14:16:04 +1200
In-Reply-To: <3EDF417B.636B5216@pei.sympatico.ca>


Well you have to be nominated as our *Giver Us A Hint* Lady. Bet you get
lots of mail now.

Di :-)



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I was trying to devise a way to do that because my arms weren't long enough
to
hold 4 corners at the same time, now hubby holds one end, two top corners,
and I
hold the other, fold the bulging part in toward the centre, over the
elastic,
carefully join all 4 corners in one hand, lay on the bed, smooth out any
puckers
and then just fold smaller and smaller, it should be a bit larger than the
top
sheet, place on top of the top sheet, place pillow case on top then slide
into
the remaining pillow case, tuck in the ends. Make sense so far. It sits
nicely
on a shelf and you can see at a glance all your different colored sets and
they
stack better also. I hated the one stack for fitted, one for flat and then
one
for the pillow cases. A friend told me about the tucking in a case and dit
is a
great idea.
I have books about "Hints" I have been saving them for years and years and
probably have as many as Heloise........they are alphabetical and all
numbered,
by last count I had around 6 thousand various hints. Jay's wife Kathy calls
me
"Mrs. Do it and Dr. Mom".
She phoned last night and asked me how to get Jocelyn to take her cough
medicine
and I said "let me talk to her" Jocelyn said a wee little "Hi Nanny" and I
talked to her about not feeling good and said that I also had a cold (which
I
do) and asked her if she would take some medicine and I would do the same
thing
and I would call her in the morning to see if she was feeling better. She
said
OK and this AM I phoned early, as school bus comes at 8:15 and she said she
was
much better and Mom reported that she took the med with no problems. I
guess
I'm leaning not to force or threaten but making it a game or an "You and I"
game
and it works...........ah wisdom with age............wish I had been this
smart
when I was younger.
Cheers Rita



Becs wrote:

>
>
>
>
> Rita...what a great idea of keeping your bed linen sorted... a set in a
> pillow case...
>
> You should send in that Idea to Hints to Heloese...or how ever she spells
> her name...
>
> Now, do you have any good ideas oh just how to fold that stupid fitted
sheet
> neatly<G>
>
> Potatoes... makes me remember my little friend Cora... age 7...
>
> learning her spelling list for the week... and she asks...
>
> "What is a Pot a Toes".... I will never again forget how to spell
Potatoes..
> <G>
>
> becs...
>
>
>
> Thanks for that George, never heard of it before, but it makes sence for
the
> UK. We do have high humidity here and damp in the winter but
>
> don't have "airing cupboards". I pull back the bedclothes and air out the
> bedding but after washing things and then drying them (with an
>
> automatic dryer) we just store them in a plain linen closet......just like
a
> small clothes closet only it has small shelves and we store
>
> bedding and table linen in there. We put the upper and lower sheets and
one
> pillowcase in one pillowcase so that all the matching bedding is
>
> in one place.
>
> I guess our "central heating" is more sophistocated than in the older
homes
> in the UK.
>
> Our hot water heater is in another closet by itself........maybe an idea
to
> put shelves in there for warming up the "snuggies".
>
> California just needs rain like Nevada and as soon as I figure out the
> travel logistics I am sending them some as I don't want it.
>
> Thankfully most of the potato crop is in the ground so that's a blessing
and
> now the farmers are just praying for hot weather so they will
>
> grow.
>
> Thanks George
>
> Rita, God I love this list and all the new info I am learning.
>
>
>
> "Geo." wrote:
>
>
>
> > It's a large linen or laundry cupboard/closet where the clean linen is
>
> > stored. It usually contains the hot water heater at one side with a
number
>
> > of slatted shelves alongside it. The warmth from the heater 'airs'
(dries
>
> > out) any moisture that may be in the fabric. They are almost a necessity
> in
>
> > the cold damp winters of the UK and also PEI I would have thought. Becs
>
> > don't need one in California. <vbg>
>
> > 'Airing' a bed is pulling the covers and top sheet back to allow the air
> to
>
> > freshen them.
>
> > Geo.
>
> >
>
> > Yeah I was wondering about that airing cupboard, what is it, what does
it
>
> > do?
>
> > Never heard of such a place before.....please explain
>
> > Rita
>
> >
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