The crazy covid "no travel lockdowns" has meant the People quilt has been pretty stationary and non-adventurous for almost 3 years now, and it has also meant that the mattresses on the beds get noticed a lot more. We are using them more! Especially those of us who have had covid.
It is said that you should replace your mattress every 7 to 10 years and ours was at least 10 years old! It had that fun swale on each side of the bed and the "hump" in the middle! Not in a good way either!
This is the old mattress - ready to go out the doors and down the road. It will have an adventure before we do!
So it was time for a new mattress! But since Covid started I don't like to shop really - especially if I have to go and "try" things. So I had been putting off the mattress purchase, on and on.
But then one of my friends texted and said she had an extra firm mattress that wont work for her that was brand new and she was giving it away! We love an extra firm mattress! Too good to be true you say? Yes I thought so too. But she had just had a hip replacement and the mattress was too firm for her new hip. Plus it had been run over by a truck! Not kidding at all and you can laugh about that!
Its a beautiful Tempurpedic mattress and it actually flew out of the back of the truck, going down the road at 60 miles an hour and another truck ran over it. Literally!
So the Tempurpedic Technician (who knew there was even such a thing?) came out to her house and did a repair of the tear in the mattress and you cannot tell that there was ever a problem! It still wouldn't work for her hip though - just too firm!
So the extra firm mattress came home - after a few false starts and some quarantines that is! I went to pick it up thinking it would bend enough to fit in the back of my car. No! Won't bend enough and is too long. Reedo was going to help me get it but first he was working out of town, and when he got home - quarantine! So finally Hubby and I were home on the same day at the same time and it wasn't raining, snowing, blowing fiercely, or anything else crazy and we were able to pick it up.
Made up with fresh mattress pad and sheets and it is a sight to behold!
And the People Quilt is right at home! Happy to be there but ready for some adventures outside the house soon we hope!
I hope your mattress is comfy, your quilts are cozy, that you get to have a little adventure in your life and friends to help you out once in a while!
Blessed be and be well!
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