April 10 11:10pm (it was 10:10 somewhere 😁)

He spoiled me 💕

Fraser and I treated ourselves to some beautiful organic Egyptian cotton sheets in September. We justified a few treats over the past year, ‘it’s our 30th Anniversary next year. Let’s treat ourselves!’. Trip to Costa Rica? Yes! All new bedding? Yes! And lots of treats (justifications?) in between those. Fraser did like to spoil and treat me. Turns out I liked that too, so it was really a win-win. Also turns out I am far more grateful now than I was then, if that’s even possible. Man I hope he knew, no...felt, how grateful I was(am still)….and I'm sad he never did get to climb into our new sheets.

Today I found them as I was changing the bedding. I had kind of forgotten about them and found them behind another set in the closet. Besides, they’re more summer sheets. Jersey sheets out; crisp, cool, organic cotton sheets in!

I also bought myself a new duvet cover this week! We bought a few but didn’t quite like them so we returned them, waiting to find, ‘the one’. Well, turns out this might not be ‘the one’, but it’s the one I chose. To be honest, making any decision right now has seemed impossible. Not impossible, but I can’t seem to commit. And then to finally make a decision only to think I probably could have done better….ya. That took me for a bit of a tailspin. Bedding?!?! Ugh. Apparently some (good) grief is in order. Again, ugh.

But, to be honest, I had the most wonderful afternoon making my bed. I opened the windows and rotated the mattress as my new duvet cover was washed and ironed. Then I washed my(our) new sheets and ironed them to make them crisp. It seems like a waste of time but I have some time…and crisp sheets?! Come on! During all that I also washed and folded all his shorts and t-shirts to donate (socks and underwear were first; pants second and shorts are next). He sure had great taste!

I put my bed back together; made a pretty fold over the top of the duvet;  put all the ‘floor pillows’ (you know, the ones that look pretty but are useless otherwise so they end up on the floor every night?) in their new cases; new silk pillowcases for the ‘useful’ sleeping pillows…and wished Fraser could have been here. I didn’t do it all the time, but I always liked surprising him with a ‘hotel-like’ bed. One of his Love Languages was acts of service so I enjoyed doing this to show my appreciation for him. It's sometimes the simplest of things that make a difference.

I found myself hoping, today, that he knew how much I appreciated him. That even though he was a dummy head sometimes (pretty sure that’s an actual term) I (actually) miss making our bed to show him my appreciation. (I may have been a dummy head once or twice too....just, for the record.)

I wish he could have helped me choose my (our) duvet to go with our new sheet set. To climb into crisp ironed sheets (I didn’t do it often) was a treat. And here I am trying to now sleep on more surface area so I don’t get the divot just on my side. I haven’t made it past my side onto the middle yet. Pro: it’s super easy to make my bed! Con: meh

Well, off to bed! Getting to sleep is sometimes the hardest….but my cozy new sheets and fresh new duvet cover might help!

Sweet dreams!

Xo, Brooke

....Faya has no problems sleeping in her bed💕