Tuesday, February 26, 2008
let there be (no) light
A while back, I was turning our bedroom window blinds closed and the turny-thingy (the thing that turns them open and shut) fell off in my hand. Jeremy looked at it and determined that one of the inside parts had snapped off and broken so our blinds were in a permanently open state. The curtains on our bedroom window are thin cream colored linen, so more for looks than for function. The last few weeks Jeremy and I have been having a hard time going to sleep and staying asleep because we have a street light outside right about the level of our window, so it stays pretty light in our room, even at night. So Kadin and I went to the store to go blind/curtain shopping. I was planning on just getting more blinds, but then I saw blackout curtains. How perfect would that be? Cut out all the light completely. So I got them, hung them, and was pretty pleased with myself when I saw how dark our room got in mid-afternoon with them closed. Pretty pleased, until this morning. I totally underestimated the gradual waking up that happens with the gradual addition of light from the sun until Jeremy's alarm blasted us both awake this morning. This rather rude awakening has be questioning the genius I was claiming to be yesterday afternoon. Good in idea; not so great in execution.
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I have had that same thought as you to buy room darkening shades, but then I remember how screwed up I get in a hotel room when the drapes are closed, no light gets in and you wake up thinking it's still really early, but then your clock says 12:00pm. Lol! Are you going to take them down?
I totally hear ya. I have to give you snaps for actually putting them up yourself! I usually wait until Jason gets home and ask him to put them up. Then I usually wait another month (or six) for him to get around to doing it. :) (Don't tell him I said that.) :)
Sarah, I totally should have thought of the hotel thing when I was looking at them! I get that too whenever we stay somewhere. They are still on trial for now, our internal clocks are getting back to normal and we leave them cracked just a little bit so we can get some of the morning light.
Andi, don't be too impressed with my home improvement skills. The curtain rod was already hung, I just took it and switched out the curtains. if there was anything remotely looking like a tool involved I wouldn't have gone anywhere near it!
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