tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post4257012645499950671..comments2024-01-06T13:54:47.570-05:00Comments on The Retirement Chronicles: I Used to Be a SpoonerThe Retired Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-40597044626773290332009-02-09T19:26:00.000-05:002009-02-09T19:26:00.000-05:00Aria: A male Muffler is rare! His and her covers a...Aria: A male Muffler is rare! His and her covers are a good idea! You are like me, a "multipersonality" sleeper! People are amazing creatures and perfect blog material! haThe Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-67013020882800614602009-02-09T16:49:00.000-05:002009-02-09T16:49:00.000-05:00OMG, hubby is a total muffler... I call it his coc...OMG, hubby is a total muffler... I call it his cocoon... the only way I got to have covers was to give him HIS covers and have MY covers... I don't really fall firmly into any category. I've been a thrasher, a hugger, a stapler, a furnace and an ice cube... sometimes all in one night.Ariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625682101666386299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-19560818929016842442009-02-09T12:38:00.000-05:002009-02-09T12:38:00.000-05:00Kearsie: Not on my list? Well, you closet sleeper,...Kearsie: Not on my list? Well, you closet sleeper, you! I think I will call you The Can Opener with that one leg up thing. I know about those toenail sabers. My husband does it too. When I tell him its time to trim his toenail, he says: "I just did them. I can't cut them too short or I get ingrown toenails." Yeah, right. I tend to laugh or cry out in my sleep now and then, too. As long as he doesn't puke green and his head doesn't swivel around like in the Exorcist, I say, let him giggle in the middle of the night. Takes away his stress and you can blackmail him by making up things he "supposedly" (*wink, wink*) said to you in his sleep the next morning.The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-33018782657902505762009-02-09T11:45:00.000-05:002009-02-09T11:45:00.000-05:00I thought an awful lot about this last night in be...I thought an awful lot about this last night in bed. I kept wondering what kind of sleeper I was. It occurred to me I am not on your list. I am a "chair profile" sleeper. I sleep on my side with my top leg bent up as high as it can get. My aim is my chin, but the belly fat and boobies keep my leg at bay. <BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, I'm more of a "Lazy Boy Recliner Chair Profile". <BR/><BR/>Anyways, I've also found this proves effective in keeping The Hubs at bay, too, because the heat that generates him is like the fire from a thousand suns. And I like my covers. So he must be at least 2 feet away. <BR/><BR/>The Hubs is also a "Stick you in your heel with my big toenail" sleeper. He must, must do this at least once a night, or else the sleep doesn't come.<BR/><BR/>He's also a "Freak out my wife with creepy nonsensical other language/laughter talker in my sleep". I've been known to pray in the middle of the night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-57908218165279940652009-02-09T09:47:00.000-05:002009-02-09T09:47:00.000-05:00Hippomandak: Wow, a family of different sleepers! ...Hippomandak: Wow, a family of different sleepers! Are you sure you aren't the lady that just had the octeplets and have 14 kids now? At least daughter that slept under the bed helped you with no dust bunnies under there. Maybe you can rent her out to others? Who needs a Swifter when you have an under-the-bed sleeper?The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-5013646162777726352009-02-09T01:19:00.000-05:002009-02-09T01:19:00.000-05:00Ooh! I'm definately the Furnace and hubby is a Cor...Ooh! I'm definately the Furnace and hubby is a Corkscrew+The Ice Cube+Hugger. Rare? My 2 girls is Slider. There was once the eldest slept on the floor and 1 girl slept under the bed.hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837829149344108911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-73678731348382674352009-02-08T14:12:00.000-05:002009-02-08T14:12:00.000-05:00Loree and Sprng: Thanks you two. Feel free to clic...Loree and Sprng: Thanks you two. Feel free to click "follow this blog" in my blog's upper left hand corner and join the group reading my blog on a regular basis. I love to get new followers...all my followers give me the incentive to keep writing!!!The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-69852466669698810352009-02-08T12:37:00.000-05:002009-02-08T12:37:00.000-05:00Good sense of humor and good writing. I like that...Good sense of humor and good writing. I like that and I enjoy your blog. Funny!sprnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08618922741734835344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-68155469658315180612009-02-08T11:26:00.000-05:002009-02-08T11:26:00.000-05:00Hilarious. A very good read.Hilarious. A very good read.Loreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520908604580765632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-30089928527892168552009-02-08T11:25:00.000-05:002009-02-08T11:25:00.000-05:00Wheels for christina: So you two are a multi-perso...Wheels for christina: So you two are a multi-personality sleepers couple! I guess I have never resorted to wearing a turtleneck to bed! Now, with the hot flashes, I have given all my TN's to Goodwill. Otherwise, they'd have the first documented case of a human implode where they only find ashes inside clothing.The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-81468662376200008682009-02-08T10:39:00.000-05:002009-02-08T10:39:00.000-05:00I so love this!!!! We are spooners and my hubby lo...I so love this!!!! We are spooners and my hubby loves his pillows also from time to time. The naked sleeper is good also. My hubby is always sleeping naked I usually do to but with this change of life (menopause) I am usually cold. So I have been fully clothed for bed. He make the remark the one night well what's with the turtleneck are you a nun? Ha! HA! I am just cold.Wheels for christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172783570525722390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-49837410194424762282009-02-08T09:57:00.000-05:002009-02-08T09:57:00.000-05:00GoingLikeCrazy: I can see how your C-PAP could pu...GoingLikeCrazy: I can see how your C-PAP could put a little irritant into spooning. But it is probably a lot better than thunderous snoring followed by a 2 minute lapse in your breathing, followed by a snort to wake up your entire city. But now, you can be a Hugger with the Shih-Tzu! I am sure the dog loves it!<BR/><BR/>Ratty: I see, you are a multi-talented Sleeper!!<BR/><BR/>VaBookworm: You have multi-personality Sleeper disease. How those pillows could talk!<BR/><BR/>HeyAll: Yay! Another fellow Spooner. We are a rare breed!<BR/><BR/>Pehpot: Maybe I should have added another category called: The Stiff: this sleeper needs CSI to check for body evidence that they have been between the sheets at all. Who needs a maid when you don't mess the bed covers up? I agree, with having kids, you have to take those standing-up sleep moments whenever you can! Its just embarrassing when you keep falling asleep on your grocery cart, Missy. Next time I see you doing it in the store, I will gently bump your cart to wake you up and keep your from blocking my aisle!The Retired Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466803019073952351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-7926597822914292592009-02-08T09:53:00.000-05:002009-02-08T09:53:00.000-05:00I am the muffled, frozen, corkscrew.Hubby is a ver...I am the muffled, frozen, corkscrew.<BR/><BR/>Hubby is a version of an overheated, thrasher boxer-sprawler, and he often likes to do impressions in his sleep, like of electric saws, lawn mowers...<BR/><BR/>and oh yeah...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAA! This is HYSTERICAL!!!Insanitykimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026989747334897393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-29224285587519733382009-02-08T01:26:00.000-05:002009-02-08T01:26:00.000-05:00Oh it so hard to figure out.. I am definitely not...Oh it so hard to figure out.. I am definitely not The Corkskrew or The Muffler.. I tell you, I can sleep all day not messing up the bedsheet.. though I used to be The Sprawler.. now with three kids.. I sleep on my feet LOLpehpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791996743008286559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-33766680666172570692009-02-08T01:08:00.000-05:002009-02-08T01:08:00.000-05:00well we are definately spooners!well we are definately spooners!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-39058729040074012712009-02-07T23:45:00.000-05:002009-02-07T23:45:00.000-05:00I fall somewhere in between Spooner, Ice Cube, and...I fall somewhere in between Spooner, Ice Cube, and Hugger. <BR/><BR/>I sleep with a body pillow on each side of me, so whichever side I'm laying on, I have a body pillow to latch on to. <BR/><BR/>And I have no circulation (my cold digits are matched only by my grandmother, who is on blood thinners) so I'm freezing all the time. Literally, ALL THE TIME. In the summertime I walk around the house in sweats, wooly socks, and blankets. <BR/><BR/>I used to be a spooner... when I had someone to spoon with... now I just have my body pillows... One of the pitfalls to singleness!efaqffqaewfmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152688030368468776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-88439303407545119282009-02-07T22:50:00.000-05:002009-02-07T22:50:00.000-05:00I didn't know there could be so many types of slee...I didn't know there could be so many types of sleepers. I think I do some of several of those.Rick (Ratty)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04062449024949497557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803801517332763895.post-76710306277359959432009-02-07T19:44:00.000-05:002009-02-07T19:44:00.000-05:00Excellent! You have really got this figured out. I...Excellent! You have really got this figured out. I love the Stapler.<BR/><BR/>I'm a hoser (I use a CPAP.) We used to be avid spooners - but the first night with my CPAP blowing on her neck killed that. Tried spooning without, but when I fall asleep and start snoring, that ends quickly with a poke and command.<BR/><BR/>This allows me to be a turtle because I'm getting my air supply supplied by a rubber hose up my nose.<BR/><BR/>So now we sleep with a Shih-Tzu between us - and sometimes he gets hot under the collar when the fair breeze blows his way.Going Like Sixtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17735447776871695507noreply@blogger.com