Re: A Wonderful Find....

Yeah, but it was just an end-of-aisle seasonal display. The Krogers I
bought them at isn't a super store like the one we shop at while you
and the boys visit, which sells everything under the sun AND is wanting
to grow even bigger if they can force KMart out next door... who knows,
maybe they'll fit an amusement park in there. I rarely shop there
because folks I grew up with *do*... so do my folks.

I still haven't re-filled the waterbed, despite how damned
uncomfortable that makes sleeping (and it makes my pains worse) because
it takes so much work, and because I had to fix the platform that
supports it, which I'm not convinced won't still fail now... An air
matress is much less work and won't flood my house should it fail (and
weighs a ton less, so won't stress the platform). Life goes on. I'll
get around to it when the weather gets warmer. Maybe. Just like I'll
climb up into the attic and fix the wiring for my bedroom ceiling fan
lights, re-paint the bathroom, crawl under the house to check for
leaks, etc. Things that hurt and aren't causing me excessive grief for
$1,000 please, Alex...
;~)

BTW, I bought my bed in Austin in 1987... had to fight to get a
replacement mattress when the fiber pad and baffles' brass hold-down
thingies separated, and the bed wouldn't lay flat (1988), but
everything has been original since. They're fairly loose now from
having drained and re-filled it numerous times now, including each time
I've moved. But it still feels great with the heat on. The heater dial
is useless now (has been for years); can't read it, but I know about
where to turn the knob and then just watch for the light to flicker,
which tells me it's at the right temp. And of course, my add-on
vibrating discs stopped working right before I drained it (short in the
AC adapter cord).

It's all gone to show me that a firm bed (foam mattress atop a futon)
is NOT better for my back than a waterbed... :~P

Oh, and that new comforter with matching shams set I bought? I thought
I'd gotten a good deal for $30, but I checked the receipt, and they
only charged me $15! I may just go back and buy a few more for
Christmas gifts!

Mel wrote:
> They sell pajama bottoms at the grocery store there? We don't have anything
> like that in ours.
> It hasn't bothered you *not* sleeping on the waterbed? I have thought
> many times of switching to a normal bed, but then chicken out at the last
> minute!!!LOL We got that bed when I was about 8 months pregnant with Rick
> and am just afraid I would kill my back!!! Its been a good ole waterbed...we
> had to replace the heater a few years back(about 5 years ago) ....other then
> that all is the original that we bought about 18-19 years ago!!! ;-)
>
>
> Mel
> "Randy" <GG@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1134113381.835438.97040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I've been contemplating that very thing ever since draining my waterbed
> > and trying to live without its heater. Still trying to decide between
> > going back to water, or maybe switching to air as my main foundation
> > instead. Sleep hasn't been real pleasant for me without my H2O...
> >
> > But since switching somewhat to thermo-visco-elastic foam toppers,
> > which are supposedly broken down by heat, I've held off. However, I
> > *did* just buy another big blue comforter, and plan to try sleeping
> > atop my old one, while under the new one, to see if that's even better
> > and warmer. Got it and a ceramic heater at the grocery store Wednesday
> > night, just before we got blanketed with 3" of beautiful white snow...
> > kinda lets me know we're in for a rough Winter when Kroger's starts
> > carrying heaters and cold-weather bedding. ;~)
> >
> > Grabbed a pair of flannel jammie bottoms Wednesday at Kroger's too.
> > They keep raising the price of heating gas here, so I'm trying to find
> > a happy middle ground that doesn't cost me my inheritance... which I'd
> > rather maybe give to others in need, rather than to my utility company.
> >
> > Cuckoo1 wrote:
> > > Hi FMily!
> > > Hope ya all are doing well, trying to get some R & R this hectic time of
> > > year.
> > > Just wanted to share something that I found out helped me sleep, pretty
> much
> > > painlessly, well, at least for a few hours. :)
> > > I got an electric blanket. I set it on high about 1/2 hour before I
> turn
> > > in, so it gets really hot. As I slide in what feels like a whole body
> > > heating pad, I turn it off.
> > > Lemme tell ya what a huge differance this has made with my insomnia,
> > > twitching & leg cramps.
> > > Holy Happiness!
> > > xoxo,
> > > Cat
> >

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