A Busy Saturday

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When we passed each other while walking, neighbor Julie asked if I had a busy Saturday coming up. She would be working. I replied, “No! I have nothing planned. Wait. I’m going to blow leaves off the deck, but that won’t take long.”

That much was true. It took less than five minutes to get those leaves onto the grass below. I quickly planned one other task, changing the duvet from the summer one to the winter one. Little did I know that I would reach out for help!

I began by stripping the bed and putting on a fresh, fitted sheet. I couldn’t remember how to remove the duvet from its cover with the burrito method, so I just pulled it out. I started a wash load of bedding and looked up a video for the reverse procedure. Yes, I did remember how to do it. I put the fresh cover out, laid the duvet on top, secured the corners, and rolled it up. It should have been easy to turn it inside out and unroll it. I couldn’t do it! I looked at the pertinent part of the video and still couldn’t succeed. Another set of instructions, words only, seemed even simpler. That didn’t work, either. I realized I couldn’t think like a left-handed person. Backwards/inside-out things baffle me. The bedding was terribly thick and hard to handle. This was as far as I got.

I gave up and texted grandson David. He had helped me before and could probably do it blindfolded.

David came, as he said he would, and he wrestled that duvet into submission. I was really grateful. I offered to fix a meal, so we had a thrown-together tuna casserole and green beans. Here is David about to finish turning the duvet right side out.

At the end of the day, I couldn’t believe laundry and an obstinate duvet had taken up most of the day. That’s OK, though, because I will sleep warmly under the winter bedding.

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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23 thoughts on “A Busy Saturday”

  1. I loved this for all kinds of reasons–the idea of a duvet cover seemed like a good idea at the time, but now, we just use a quilt or comforter and put the duvet cover on top like a spread. I am definitely duvet challenged. It is getting chilly here at night, too, and I had my first fire in the fire pit tonight and currently wearing my sweatshirt. I am glad David could help you out!

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  2. Like you, I can’t think like a lefthanded person. I could never drive in the UK for that reason as well. My mom, lefthanded tried to teach me how to knit. It just didn’t compute! Those duvets can be a problem. Thankfully David lives nearby.

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    1. I did drive in the UK for two years and never had a problem. The first week after I was back in the US, I found myself driving on the wrong side of the road. Thankfully no one else was in sight before I corrected myself. That frightened me enough that I never made that mistake again.

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  3. I’m glad I’m not the only one who weekly wrestles with the du te and it’s cover, I started to count it like a gym session so I can have cakes guilt free after while satisfactorily contemplating my newly freshly done dogs hair free bed😂

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  8. I am happy David could help you out! I hope you have left handed. Beautiful duvet cover. I have left ✋ doing work.

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  9. Yes, Anne , i do any work left handed. I can wright left ✋ hand. I can try to Right hand wright but don’t success. My brother, sister & my teacher lefthanded tried to teach me how to knit. It just didn’t compute!

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  10. No, nothing difficult. I can do to knitting & tech & Sewing 🪡 cloth to left handed. It’s easy to do all work.

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