I'm No Better than a Darkened Duvet! · Sunday May 20, 2007 by Abbie
It was a lovely quiet day today, which was a good thing as I was really tired! We did lots of reading, and lots of catching up on TV.
In the afternoon we also had a new learning experience. We dismantled the old sofa! We tried to Freecycle it and no one has taken it, so we decided to take the upholstery off and see if we can turn it into a garden bench.
Ram helped quite a lot, especially when it involved bashing off the cardboard. Yes, under all that foam rubber there was some cardboard! And it was quite an expensive sofa 20 years ago! There were some bolts to take out to remove some of the hard board that held the upholstery on the arms, so Ram enjoyed getting those out.
It was quite interesting to see how a sofa is put together, especially one that is covered in upholstery. It was clear that the foam has deteriorated, and that the original colour and texture of the fabric was now lost! But seeing how it was put together made us realise that it would cost way to much to have it all refurbished. I am really pleased that we now have a sofa that doesn’t have an upholstered frame, as when the cushions wear out in 25 years time, it will be so much easier to just replace them!
After a while Ram got tired of stripping the sofa, so he went off and started cutting down the nettles and thistles with his special bashing stick. I got a chair out and went and sat in a lovely patch of sun and read aloud to him, I wonder what the neighbours thought was happening when the voice of Death came through the hedge at them!
We had an early night tonight. Even though it was light out still, we were both so tired that Ram didn’t mind going up. But not so tired as to forgo even more reading aloud!
When I read in bed to him at night, he usually lies under the duvet with his head down at my feet. I mentioned to him that he used to cuddle up to me when I read, and wondered why he now went down under the bed covers. He blurted out that it was more interesting under the covers!
I looked at him incredulously! I asked what could be more interesting than me! He really didn’t understand that I could have taken that as an insult! So we discussed it a bit and had a bit of fun with it. It is a good thing I don’t take these things personally or seriously when he says them. He just says it like it is for him!
Humph! Being in the dark under the covers is more interesting than cuddling up to your own mother while she reads aloud to you. Who’d have thought it! But I bet he would miss me if I was replaced by a duvet. I don’t think they can cook, do dishes, or brush hair and get kids dressed in the morning!
Hi Abbie
Do you know, what sprang to my mind when I read the bit about Ram finding it more interesting under the covers was that maybe it removes every single distraction so it’s easier for him to concentrate on it…?
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— Clare May 22, 09:15 am #