When we first went to buy a bed, the bed salesman told us to lie on the bed as we would when we slept. We tried that on a queen and started laughing. We definitely need a king-sized bed. So we bought a king.
King-sized beds are good things for obvious reasons when you are dealing with two people who are 6'3". However, they are difficult things in other ways. We had to turn down a few apartment choices in our past because the bedroom simply wasn't big enough for our bed! Moving a king-sized mattress down or up a flight of stairs is very difficult as well.
In addition to having a big bed, we have our bed built up very high. This is so, while living in apartments, we have significant storage for a few old high school memory trunks, our Christmas decorations, etc. In addition to having a big bed built up very high, JB and I went one step farther this week and bought a pillowtop mattress pad to go on top of our mattress.
Okay, so as you can probably tell, this makes for a very big bed. One would think that that means we have plenty of space to sleep. However, as some of you know, we still sleep with separate sheets and blankets as we are unable to share despite all of this space. This is a sad fact. We had tried everything but no matter what, I would roll up in the sheet or blanket we shared like a window shade and leave John with no blanket by the end of the night. Finally he said that he had enough and that we would never share sleeping utensils again. So we make the bed with a nice sheet and comforter, but then we fold a separate sheet and blanket for each of us on the end of the bed to use each night. Ridiculous, I know, but quite necessary.
However, all that has now changed! Jb's mother bought us a beautiful set of sheets for Christmas. King-sized sheets are very expensive, especially ones with a high thread count so this was a very welcomed gift. Last night we opened the package and made the bed. Check out the sheets she bought us in the photo below!!!
Look at these sheets! They are so big they stretch all the way to the floor of our huge built-up bed and new pillowtop mattress. Who the heck could have a bed THAT big? I mean if anyone has seen a bed bigger than ours, please post a comment and let me know. I need to know what kind of bed these sheets are made for. They say on the package something about pillowtop mattresses, and I know those can big, but this big? And trust me, there is as much hanging on the side of the bed you can't see as there is on the side you can see.
Now don't get me wrong (especially Mom K if you are reading this), because we LOVE these new sheets. In fact, for the first time in over seven years, last night we shared a sheet! Seriously. It didn't matter if I rolled up like a window shade, there was plenty of sheet left for JB. Heck, he could roll up as well, and we would both still have sheet.
Anyways, you may be reading this wondering why in the heck I wrote a whole blog about our new sheets, but you know, it's the little things in life that mean so much, and this was one of those little things I just needed to share.
Have a great nite's sleep!
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