This morning I stripped the bed and put the sheets, pillow cases and mattress cover into the washing machine. After the morning dog walk, I put everything into the dryer. At this point, I realized I may have a small problem…
Fast forward to this afternoon, the clean bedding was waiting for me on the stripped bed. So, I decided to time myself. How fast to remake the bed, pick up the bedroom, pick up the two upstairs bathrooms and vacuum the carpets?
Answer – twenty six minutes. That included putting away the clean clothes that were on the dresser. Putting away the clean clothes that I had hung to dry in the spare bedroom. Finding a bunch of rice crispy cake wrappers beside the bed…? Sparkling the toilet. And putting away a couple CDs and the boombox that I had put in the bathroom as part of my spa-recovery from my day 2 of Good Fitness workout – oooie ouchie! (Those espom salts felt great!)
As well, I vacuumed the carpets throughout. I am always amazed by how much hair my dogs can shed in one week!
Just like that, the top part of my home is clean – enough!
As for the mystery… honestly, I had two matching pillowcases when I stripped the bed. But some time between stripping the bed and remaking the bed, I have lost my husband’s pillowcase (my identical pillowcase was still there…). I searched from upstairs to downstairs. I double checked the washing machine and the dryer (where I first suspected I was missing one). I figured I’d find it stuck to the sheets or the mattress cover when I made the bed, but that was not the case.
It truly is a mystery!
And… until it’s solved, my husband has a “new” pillow case :).
Cheers,
Cindy
PS: That “new” pillowcase? It’s 30-years old, belonged to my oldest daughter. I just don’t have to heart to get rid of it yet.
