IF THESE SHEETS COULD TALK ....

Okay, from co-worker to my best friend, childhood friend, and Dexter ( My Dog). I have been surrounded and reminded of OCD daily. I have decided to hit the Internet for some insight on exactly what the root of this behavior is and how I can have a better response to it.

For those of you who aren't aware of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) I will go ahead and give you a few examples instead of getting all scientific on you.


DEAR FRIEND- Insists on making the bed sometimes 9 times until the sheets are evenly spread and tight.. Sometimes I just want to tear them off the bed.. hence why I am writing this blog. WELL IF YOU CAN'T BEAT EM', JOIN EM' I SAY!!!


Begin with a freshly laundered sheet set. Place all bedding on a nearby chair to prevent contact with the floor. While many hotels use flat sheets for both top and bottom — securing the lower sheet by the miracle of hospital corners — you probably own a perfectly beautiful, fitted bottom sheet. Pull it taut from corner to corner until the mattress is covered.

Standing at the footboard, shake out the top sheet until it billows down evenly over the bed; adjust to ensure a similar length drapes down either side of the mattress. Moving to the head of the bed, lift the end of the sheet and lay the hem in one smooth line directly along the headboard. Returning to the foot of the bed, gently pull out any bunching until the sheet lies flat and the excess dangles toward your feet.

Repeat this step with your blanket of choice, but lay the top hem two hand widths short of the headboard. Fold the top sheet back over the blanket to protect the sleeper’s face from rough fabric — and to protect the blanket from body oils and moisture that increase the need for laundering. Give the top sheet and blanket two swift hospital corners (see below) at the foot, leaving the sides loose to ease tucking yourself in.

Hospital Corners

This tidy trick sounds complicated but takes only seconds to apply. Tuck the top sheet and blanket together under the foot of the mattress. When you are done, the dangling fabric at the sides of the foot will have made a short U-turn back along the length of the bed. Pinch the U between your fingers and pull it toward the headboard, parallel to the mattress. Then, tuck the hanging corners of the sheet and blanket together under the mattress. Let the remaining fabric fall over the tucked portion, and that, as they say, is that.

Finishing Touches

To save your pillows from oils, etc., avoid grasping them under the chin to pull on the cases. Instead, lay them on the bed and inch the cases on with rocking hand motions. A vertical shaking should take care of the rest. If the length of the case overwhelms the pillow, tuck the top surface over the end and just inside the bottom fabric. Fold the bottom excess in after it to form a smooth pocket — as if the pillow's lips were inside out (or, rather, outside in). Set the pillows aside for a moment.

Apply the bedspread, keeping the length even along the sides and foot of the bed. You should have significant surplus at the headboard. Double this back over the spread until the fold line runs parallel to the headboard a few inches short of the top sheet. Center the sleeping pillows on the fold and lift the remaining spread over their tops. This prevents the day’s dust fall from resting on the pillows.
Alternate ending: Use a bed skirt and choose a coordinating comforter in place of the blanket.
Toss decorative pillows and throws as desired. Mints are optional.

The Finer Points of Bed Making from Housekeeping Channel 

(I DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME EITHER.. MAYBE SHE'S ON TO SOMETHING!!)

Co-Worker - Has the need to wash his hands whenever he comes in contact with anything. (The person who comes in and has the exact same routine every day and if you disturb the routine.. it can get ugly. This particular co-worker.. hangs his clothes, prepares his tea to steep ...Grabs his plastic box strategically placed on top of the locker the same way every time.. In the box..... 1. .clean place mat to stand on while he dresses and dark side of placemat faces down so when he picks it up he can fold the dark part to the inside so his clothes don't pick anything up...
2. Small bottle of Lysol to spray the floor he is placing his clean mat on.. 
3. Shoes in the same place in the box, and then neatly placed in front of him so he can just slip his feet in ..  uniform folded neatly in freshly washed laundry bag, in the same place.. clothes folded and placed into the laundry bag in the plastic box like origami. Belt folded neatly in the left side shoe.
Cell phone in the other.

4. Bottles of hand sanitizer.. one for the locker, one for the box, and one in the right pocket of his pants.  Go back in the room place box above the locker in the same way and position as always. 


Tea is brewed.. get tea bag an put in garbage.. sanitize hands... grab tea cup and stand over the chair I always sit in until the person in it leaves. On my way to the "LOBBY" sanitize the walkie.. and go. If I may add a really great guy! And he volunteered to pose for the pictures for this blog entry.

MONK.. on BROADWAY!!! HE'S THE BEST!!

Link: workawesome: Dealing with Co-Workers who suffer from OCD

My Dog - Dexter is amazing he loves the same things all the time and don't change it up.. We live on the second floor. He hates to walk on Tile.. so instead of crossing them to go to the stairs.. we sit in front of the elevator. (My neighbors think I am the laziest person on the earth!) When the door opens it's tile tile tile.. soooooooo. it takes some coercing to get him down the stairs some times. but he has to cross the lobby and walk along the side of the desk.. then cross over the glass and walk along the glass before he bolts out the door to the curb. THE ONLY TOY HE WILL PLAY WITH IS HIS BUMI FROM WEST PAW DESIGN... I HAD TO ORDER THREE OF THEM..  One for home, travel and mother's house.

WEST PAW DESIGN.. Click and Shop.. LOVES HIS BUMI!!


Treat time or when he wants one.. he comes over to me and simultaneously will sit and lift his paw as if I gave him those two orders.. to say I want a treat.. If I don't give him one.. he walks to the other side of me and does the same thing.. 

Childhood Friend dishes stacked according to color, utensils neatly coordinated and don't move a seasoning out of line or.. the fire gets lit!!

Coping with OCD offers a simple and engaging program that can get anyone with mild to moderate OCD started on the road to recovery. The book begins with a crash course on what OCD is--and what it is not. This self help book proposes a three-part program for recovery that uses safe and gradual exposure to distressing thoughts and situations, mindfulness practice, and techniques to restructure thinking. Additional chapters address shame and blame, depression, and maintaining progress. The book includes a helpful list of resources for further reading and additional support.  

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