I like to sleep w/ my ears covered...

[ultralite001]

I also can’t bear wrinkled sheets… +/- 65 degrees F also floats my boat… (remembering
Winken, Blinken + Nod)… Am I just weird??? Does anyone else have weird sleep requirements???

[markodochartaigh]

1. I love to have a large fan at the foot of the bed

blowing on me, no matter the temperature. I like it best when my cats are sleeping on top of me, but neither of them usually spends all night on me. I have sleep apnea so I sleep on the chaise longue with the head up 30° and it is the best sleep I've had in decades.

[ultralite001]

2. Is it an oscillating fan???

Or just a plain ol’ fan??? I do have a ceiling fan that I just realized I have on most every night… not the light, just the fan.

No cats, tho… when I visit my daughter, her two cats join me. Howie sleeps at my head + Greta sleeps at my feet. I wonder who they bug when I’m not there???

[markodochartaigh]

3. Yes

it's an oscillating floor fan. I'm thinking of treating myself for my birthday and getting another one so I can have two blowing at the same time. I like ceiling fans too, I just don't have one in this room. I imagine that the cats miss you when you aren't there.

[True Dough]

4. This is my preferred

sleep position and location. Don't judge!

[NJCher]

5. My list

Fan at foot of bed. Low, quiet hum.

Windows open to hear crickets chirping.

[ultralite001]

7. Crickets!!!

I miss them… + cicadas + frogs..
Maybe that’s why I can’t sleep…
🤣🤣🤣

[hlthe2b]

6. I don't "do" central A/C. I have a room portable that i keep at 79 and two strategic fans

that circulate it quite well--even my dog can get comfortable then. If it is 79 or below outdoors (usually very late in the evening) then I open the window. (Those of you in humid areas might find that too hot, but it is semi-arid here in Colorado. If I were living in the humid South, I can assure you that I would have to have it lower than 78-79°F. I keep one insulated blackout curtain on the west-facing window, but just a blind and sheer on the smaller south-east facing window (neither my dog nor I like total cave-like conditions and need a little light in the early morning and late afternoon). I find that central A/C is not only expensive, but headache and lethargy-inducing for me so that is my big issue. Until it gets above 90F, I typically will rely on an evaporative cooler (portable "swamp cooler" ) in the bedroom--along with the two fans. But, at some point it becomes too hot for that alone.

The one fan next to me is positioned so that only the corner blows on me--comfortable, but not blowing hair in my face. Sheets are bamboo/eucalyptus (tencel), and I only use white vinegar in Downey balls and wool balls in the dryer so as to keep them soft, but not overly fragranced (just a bit from the detergent residue). And I sleep in COTTON (t-shirt). I HATE non-natural (e.g., polyester) fabrics in the summertime--no matter how supposedly "wicking" they might be.

Oh, and most important--my aging girlie dog is comfortably sleeping at my feet. I know I will eventually lose her someday--that will be an excruciating adjustment. sigh...

Gee, I guess I really am picky. LOL

[ultralite001]

8. I hope all your dreams are sweet...

Seems like you’ve determined a splendid sleep strategy…

I’ve looked at bamboo sheets but wasn’t sure I would like them… Are the Downy / vinegar balls for the washer??? I use wool balls in the dryer + my Egyptian cotton sheets are soooo soft… But they’re old, as am I, + will need to be replaced…

Our old rescue passed over yesterday… She had been sleeping beside the bed the last few weeks… She’s missed this morning.

Hank, the Aussie, likes to sleep in the bedroom doorway. A good viewing spot w/ good air movement…

Dark, cool, comfortable + quiet w/ a furry companion… Seems like a good recipe for a good night’s sleep…

[hlthe2b]

9. I'm sorry for the loss of your elder "pup." My girl turned 14 in May and doing reasonably well.

I really stay on treating her osteoarthritis, though, with all safe means available. Probably better than I do my own. (!)

Yes. The Downey balls (still available, I think, at Walmart or some other places on the same shelf with the liquid Downey) are used with straight vinegar in the washer--to the same mark as you would for Downey. That and the wool balls in the dryer do a great job with fabric softening/anti-static cling, etc.

The tencel (either bamboo or eucalyptus) is really breathable, so these sheets are considerably cooler in summer. Amazon has some that are put on special from time to time that are of reasonable quality.

I worked overseas for years, and the sound of BBC broadcasts on a shortwave in non-English-speaking countries was the way I could get to sleep. So, I will often fall asleep with that on (internet streaming) to this day.

Final ingredient (for me, at least): 5 mg melatonin. My sister swears it doesn't work for her, but it sure does for me.

Sweet dreams!

[ultralite001]

10. Funny you mentioned BBC...

Shortwave BBC when I lived overseas was my constant companion... Loved broadcass from
the Royal Albert Hall...

Thanks for the tips... I'll be checking them out soon... Cheers!!!

[AllaN01Bear]

11. this last summer i have been able to keep the windows open late at nite. i still have my windows open @ 11 am

we had a strech of 100ds last week in sonora ca . it was quite warm this last spring though. i run the ac in the afternoons from about 2 pm on until iit gets dark

[ultralite001]

14. Being able to keep the windows open -- without fear -- is such a blessing...

Don't think I would last long in that kind of heat w/o air conditioning...
Please take care...

[AllaN01Bear]

15. thanks

[Ziggysmom]

12. Always had terrible insomnia. A doc told me to play the same song on repeat all night long.

Have used the same song for years and years. Now I cannot sleep without it! Is in Turkish.

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[ultralite001]

16. I lived in Turkey for three years...

This is really 🔥🔥🔥...

If your flamelike eyes
Melt my soul
I will be ice
While burning inside
I will be ice
While burning inside

Your Voice is a cliff
If it calls me
I'll be a bird + fly
While burning inside
I'll be a bird + fly
While burning inside

Your love became a fire in me
My heart is insane
Became more insane with you
Because of the wind in your hair

While flying my heart
I go migrate
From this land
I go migrate
From this land

Whom do my hands touch
Whom do my eyes see
If death comes across me
I choose you
If death comes across me
I choose you

Your love became a fire in me
My heart is insane
Became more insane with you
Your love became a fire in me
My heart is insane
Became more insane with you

[Ziggysmom]

20. Thanks for the translation. I love most everything these guys did. Since I don't know

much Turkish language, their voices become almost like instruments. I would love to visit Turkey one day, though since Cheeto Man screwed up everything the world is not as safe for travel anymore.

[ultralite001]

23. I would go back in a heartbeat...

It was magical...

[Sogo]

13. As I was putting a set of very wrinkled sheets straight from the dryer onto my bed last night,

I recalled the time when, as a young girl about 10, I went over to a friend's house after school, and they had a "hired woman" ironing bedsheets on a special machine. It was an eye-opening moment for me that (1) people ironed sheets, (2) that there was a special machine just for that, and (3) they actually hired someone to do it.

[ultralite001]

17. Was it a "mangle"???

That was an eyeopener for me as a kid...

When I would go to stay with my grandparents in the summer, my grandmother would
"mangle" sheets for the cabins my grandparents opened for the summer folk... Sheets
+ pillow casea... Table linens... We kids took off the dust covers, swept the floors +
washed windows... Every summer... for "cabins" along the shore of Lake Michigan...
Wow... What memories...

[Sogo]

18. Yes, I couldn't remember the name, but that's it!

I grew up on a farm, and Mom hung our sheets on the line outdoors to dry. The wind pretty much shook any wrinkles out of them and the smell of fresh sheets off the line was heavenly....

[ultralite001]

19. I miss that sun-kissed scent of laundry hung outside...

Where I currently live, clotheslines are not allowed...
I never thought to when I moved in, but I was firmly told
mine would need to be removed... Go figure...

[LogDog75]

22. I've seen how they iron sheets at an industrial laundry

As part of my duties in Medical Supply, I had to inspect the company that laundered our linens (sheets, pillow cases, scrubs, etc.). For sheets, they took them out of the giant dryer slightly damp and ran them through a machine with a huge, heated drum to finish drying them. When the sheets came off the drum another machine took them, folded them, and wrapped them in bundles.

I've always found how things are done interesting. I like watching reruns of the program "How It's Made" which shows how products are made. I'm amazed at the imagination the engineers have to design machines to do things.

[ultralite001]

25. Fascinating...

How amazingly clever... I loved watching "How It's Made"...

I remember Spring when I lived in Turkey... folks would bring their (wool) rugs out to the street. They would spray them w/ hoses,
sprinkle them w/ soap flakes + the children would skate on the soap suds like iceskating... I don't know if this was done everywhere,
but in the afternoon the soap suds were washed away + the men worked to hang the wet rugs outside to dry... In a few days, the rugs
were all taken inside as Spring cleaning progressed...

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. Me, too

But I ain't sayin' with what.

[BlueSpot]

24. What do you cover your ears with? I'm curious.

I have a neighbor dog that usually wakes me up very early every morning. It likes to bark a lot at nothing.

I bought a bed about 10 years ago that has a massage function. I crawl in, start up the Kindle and read a chapter or two with the massage thing going and it's basically sandman time by then. At least until the dog starts. I love dogs in general. Just not that one. Even then I know it's the human's fault for not training it. But still. So how do you cover your ears?

[ultralite001]

27. Depends...

Most nights I wrap my head + ears in a soft afghan crocheted by my son... I can pull it down over my eyes if I
need the room to be darker. I can drape it over my neck, back + arms if I'm catching up on my reading...
I tried a night cap but it was simply too hot.

If I'm on a music or podcst binge, I have some soft, fleecy Acoutic Sheep wireless headphones. They have ambient
noise + sleep hygiene streams. Once I get comfortable, I'm asleep in no time... They also work w/ the TV...

[chouchou]

26. 68 degrees. Messy bed sheets. Messy homemade quilt.

No fans. Sealed room. (This is Florida...open windows bring in delightful buzzy fat insects that might fly down your throat)
3 large pillows for myself. 2 for hubby. We sleep like lazy bears.

[ultralite001]

28. Growing up in Florida traumatized my son...

Those enormous flying cockroaches + palmetto bugs + wolf spiders...

He slept with a gallon jug of "Rid-A-Bug" next to his bed. It had a 10-foot sprayer
(maybe not quite that far)... He swore he could hear them in the dark... He'd flip
on the light + be ready w/ the spray...

He abandoned that habit when we moved to California...

[chouchou]

30. I understand. Anything larger than molecules of air are not welcomed in our home.

..Well..kinda speaking..

Strange thing about roaches. If they land on you, they'll get off and fly somewhere else to lick their legs and stuff.
Why do they do that?.....They actually don't like the smell of humans.
Yeah...strange things.

[Lilithschyld]

29. I have to feel like I'm in a wind tunnel to sleep.

I have several fans on high all aimed at the bed, doesn't matter what season it is. I just pile more blankets on in the winter. My partner is very understanding. I need the noise and the feeling of wind on me to sleep.

[LogDog75]

31. I like having a small fan on when I sleep

I have an 8", portable, rechargeable oscillating fan with remote control on my dresser. It has four speeds so depending upon how warm it is I can adjust the air flow. Actually, I have two of these fans and I took on to Las Vegas this week. I don't care much for air conditioning and it was set to 74 degrees in the room so the fan helped keep me cool. The fan, at low speed makes little noise and even at a higher speed it's more like white noise.