Thursday, January 11, 2018

Sheets and grand dog!



 Historical Photo:

 Mosers Guns banjos and mules at a livery stable. Around 1890. Note no saddles and the mules have blinder harness rigs for bridles.  Neat shot! Tennessee, probably Knoxville.




Me today: I’m trying to remember if we had two sheets and a blanket aboard ship or just one sheet.  I think it was two. Because the first was put on with hospital corners all round and the 2nd just at the foot. I think.

What brought this up was I think Sherry is wearing our sheets out washing them every week.  ‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’  Okay I will be honest, I have written four paragraphs twice and deleted them all, I realize my logic would not hold water with the number of girls that read this blog. So I will drop it.

As I type Janie (our Grand dog) is snoring. She is visiting us for the night while Mark goes to the East Coast to visit his dead-eye buddy, Kenny, from Key West days.  Janie has her own sheet here. I didn’t put it out and she was going around pawing at the carpet to tell me she wanted her sheet.

I threw her sheet out and she was a happy camper. I don’t know what it is in a dog that they like to ‘arrange’ a bed before lying down. She pawed it into a pile, lay on it and in minutes was snoring.
Anyway on the ship our sheets were washed weekly too, but Sherry didn't know that. LOL
Our laundry (personal and sheets) was turned in to the ships laundry weekly and returned the next day. If your clothes did not have your name on them they were LOST! Sheets were not personal so if a hundred sheets were turned in they returned a 100 clean sheets.

It's terrible when you don't have anything to say on a blog.
Nite y'all.  I hope you are warm where ever you are whether your sheets are clean or not.

Nite Shipslog
PS: Friend Buddy sent me some good advice and a little  sarcasm……                                                                                                     
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

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Fatty Arbuckle and his 1919 Pierce Arrow

8 comments:

Paula said...

I bet Janie don't care if her sheet is clean or not. She looks comfortable and cute.

Mevely317 said...

I love seeing snapshots of sweet Janie!

Up 'til a couple years ago I'd wash our sheets regularly each Saturday. I dunno if we became cleaner (ha) or what, but only the pillow cases get laundered every week now. The dogs don't seem to mind, and Tom's begun spending many nights in his recliner where he can sit up.

Chatty Crone said...

Janie is a girl - girl do their beds - you said so yourself. sandie

TARYTERRE said...

janie is a cutie pie. love the way she asked for her sheet.

I'm mostly known as 'MA' said...

A grand dog is delightful! Nice you have her company for a little while. They do love their beds. Getting colder here with a winter storm advisory on the menu. freezing rain and a sheet of ice for us.... followed by a blanket of snow! Ha !

Dar said...

We had the same weather as 'MA' and it's cold, cold!!! Janie is a fine gal, manners asking for her sheet, making her bed. Sweet! I enjoyed reading about how you made your bed aboard ship. You always have such interesting tidbits.
love n' hugs as I bundle up to feed my feathered friends this morning. I have ice to chip off the feeders so they can enjoy breakfast.

Lisa said...

Janie seems comfy at your place. I think shes a happy camper too.

From 68 degrees Gtown
Lisa

Glenda said...

Great advice about the skydiving!!!