Handy Household Management Tips

[flick]

A good hostess should periodically spend the night in each of her guest bedrooms, to make sure that there is nothing inconvenient about them to spoil her guests' sleep*.

Tonight, as part of this programme, I will be sleeping on the sofa bed in the study.

Hopefully Limpy McLimpLeg will appreciate it and not try to climb over the barrier I've built on the stairs....

* I actually read this in a magazine once as a genuine household tip. I suppose it makes sense, but really?

Comments

[batwrangler]

My sympathies on the continuing doggy problems.

[flick]

Thank you. She's off at the vet now, so fingers crossed.

[clothsprogs]

Fingers crossed for the poor pooch.

I suppose it makes sense to at last try your spare rom in case there's something obvious that can be fixed that you hadn't thought of, but I've slept in ours numerous times when I've been ill enough that I'd disturb Tom if I stayed in the same room, so it seems a bit redundant to do it when it isn't a necessity.

Teddy

[dorispossum]

I like the assumption that she has multiple guest rooms - I'd have thought Victorian family sizes made that pretty unlikely even in large houses (thinking of the room maps from 'The Suspicions of Mr Whitcher' here). One of many reasons I love being childfree!
Meanwhile, keeping fingers crossed for Jo. Xxx

[flick]

I'd never slept on the sofa bed before, and have now learnt that it's noticeably shorter than a standard bed. Also that it moves around a lot more than our bed when a restless pooch is sleeping pressed up against it, but that's probably less significant for visitors.

[flick]

It wasn't old advice, it was in something like The Lady relatively recently!