Problems with my bedding

The other day I related the story of Justin's helping me with my bed flipping and such, telling me my mattress pad was waving a white surrender flag. I have a padded mattress cover over the top of my pillow-topped mattress (no wonder my back aches when sleeping on Mom's day bed!) My previous comforter set fit perfectly, with sufficient drop on each side and end to cover the mattress, and not expose the sheets. This one, however, falls short (ha ha) of the task. 

So, when Justin came in here last evening, I started to tell him there was a problem with my new comforter....He said, "Don't tell me about it!", thinking we were going to have to take the whole works apart again and repack it in the bag it came in. I assured him it was here to stay, but that I had to make up my mind which side of the bed I wanted to see covered up. Very thoughtfully, but comically, he said, "Well, you have all those gentlemen callers coming through here...." What??? 

He was mocking me because this would so not be an issue for a man, you know? But it would bother me (it already does!) to see my mattress exposed when I turn around in my desk chair, so I yanked the comforter to cover up the sheet/mattress on this side of the bed. No one sees it except me, and him, but this stuff matters to me! When a person buys sheets, the manufacturers take into account the thicker mattresses but this might be why the comforter set is less expensive than others. When you see the photo, it might look exactly like the previous one, but there are some slight differences, other than the drop, such as this new one has buttons stitched into it, and is more glossy a fabric. Otherwise, the pattern is very much the same.

On Friday night when Debbie, our upstairs neighbor, came to dinner, she brought me with potted plant of tulips. Since then the tulips have opened even more, seeming to like their place on the river room table. At first I had them in the kitchen but Justin suggested they might like the river room better. So, I have the brightly colored flowers to see by day, and the sun jar from Linda to see at night, from my room. I am delighted!