Need a lie down!

The worst feeling is when you stripped the bed to make it up later and forget then have a rude awakening when you enter the bedroom at bedtime.

Another one here at 80 years old and I also puff and pant when changing bedding. It’s not something I look forward to .
I am still able to do it, but I don’t enjoy it and glad when I’ve completed it.

The struggle with the double duvet cover gets me really bad tempered.

Also, hair washing and drying is exhausting for me too.

TanaMa

I am a couple of months past my 90th birthday and am now beginning to feel I am slowing down! At present I still only have a sheet and throw on my bed and change the bedding every other week. Housework is now done in 'batches' depending how I feel! I do have a stick vacuum for upstairs as I can't carry my normal one up the stairs any more. The garden is big, on a slope and is now too much for me so have a gardener coming to quote for looking after it. Luckily I still drive as there is no public transport in the rural area where I live and, although I walk my dog, the distance to the shops prohibits me walking to them!

I think 90 is the new 50. Did you see Amanda Barrie being interviewed on the BBC last week? She looked fantastic and so full of life.

I've been looking after lively two year old since 6 am. Dressed, breakfast, park, swimming(getting us both dry and dressed is the worst bit) then some shopping for DD which ended up being five shops on two different retail parks, home made lunch and washed up. He's now watching Disney and if anyone says he shouldn't be watching screens I might cry. Over two hours till parents are home then three hour train journey home, that's if the three trains run on time last week one was cancelled so was a four hour journey.

I didn't think I'd have the energy in my 70s.

I am a couple of months past my 90th birthday and am now beginning to feel I am slowing down! At present I still only have a sheet and throw on my bed and change the bedding every other week. Housework is now done in 'batches' depending how I feel! I do have a stick vacuum for upstairs as I can't carry my normal one up the stairs any more. The garden is big, on a slope and is now too much for me so have a gardener coming to quote for looking after it. Luckily I still drive as there is no public transport in the rural area where I live and, although I walk my dog, the distance to the shops prohibits me walking to them!

I think this weather makes everything dark, wet and depressing. Certainly makes you more tired.

oh I feel so much better about myself now.. having always been a quick and quite busy person, I hate getting old. 89! no one to help me with anything.

I'm the same..but at least I'm above ground

butterandjam

AGAA4

I used to be able to clean the whole house and do the garden without stopping now I have to pace myself and have regular breaks. Getting old isn't much fun.

The great thing about getting old is that there's nobody else's timetable. I can take as long as I like. And if I don't feel like it, just leave it for another day.

That's me too 😁 There's absolutely no one who can tell me what I should or shouldn't be doing (although there are those who try, but I just agree and ignore them. They're only showing that they care.).

I keep the cupboards prepped so if I decide not to go shopping we can still eat. I'm another one who strips the bed in the morning and makes it up later in the day. We sleep in separate beds so it's one bed one day, the other bed the next.

I also get tired really quickly .
I went to yoga this morning and did a mini shop .
Since I returned home I've been sitting down for two hours .

I am feeling like a lie down this afternoon, I had to drive to the dentist to get a brutal, deep, back filling. She is gentle as can be but this type of filling takes it out of me. I drove home safely afterwards but have reached my limit today

AGAA4

I used to be able to clean the whole house and do the garden without stopping now I have to pace myself and have regular breaks. Getting old isn't much fun.

The great thing about getting old is that there's nobody else's timetable. I can take as long as I like. And if I don't feel like it, just leave it for another day.

If you like a fleecy coverless duvet, they even do those. The 10.5 tog does fit in my washer. I’ve yet to find out how long it takes to dry, especially since the rain is torrential today. My experience with fleece and tumblers varies, and since this is new, I don’t want to risk it, even though it says can be tumble dried on a low heat.

I’m 70 (though only for another week or so!) and so far I’m doing ok. The worst thing for me is getting up and down from my knees, I just can’t do it now without needing to haul myself up with the aid of a chair or something. I’ve been decluttering and getting up and down from low cupboards is such a pain.

I do think mattresses have actually got heavier over the years! For a start, they’re much deeper than they used to be and now have all sorts of fillings in them.

Lathyrus there are some cotton coverless duvets, as long as your washing machine can take the load.

www.finebedding.co.uk/collections/night-lark-cotton-waffle-collection?_gl=1*7ofagu*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImZbqwuPajwMV1aNQBh3DZzwPEAAYASAAEgLU6PD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAAADc9c7ZDkQMlbBTLvs96YjnTl-tOp

I’m finding this thread very reassuring. I strip my bed in the morning, make it up in the afternoon and put the washing through the next day.

Old Age ain't for cissies (I think it was Betty Davies who said that).

At nearly 88 with no help in the house and a bad back I have to do things in stages. I can keep going for about 20 minutes of housework, cleaning, etc, then have to lie flat for half an hour. It's how I live now, rest and painkillers to get me through the day. But I'm not grumbling because my health is otherwise good and I'm still enjoying many aspects of life in spite of the pain.
I change the bedding every two weeks by stripping the bed in the morning, sorting out the clean bedding later, and then making the bed up even later. So it takes nearly all day, but it works for me.
Doing the washing, ironing, putting the rubbish out, etc, it's all getting more tricky now. But I'm determined to keep going until I drop.

Got carried away last Saturday, and decided to turn the (double) mattress over as well. As my Welsh aunt used to say: "Bloody 'ell!".

Yes they are silky feeling but I like that and they are manmade fibre, cotton would not dry quickly but also wouldn’t go in the machine due to the weight.
I can only say I absolutely love mine.
I wash it every two weeks which I think is enough for one very clean old lady.

Old age is really a blessing

Tanith
, judging by the replies on here what you describe is quite normal. In fact I often have a sit-down on the bed after climbing the stairs. Bed-making always merits a lie down and an attempt at a crossword. So really my day is made up of routine jobs interspersed with rests. I use the excuse of being 85 at the end of the month.
Every day, though, I do a walk. I aim for at least 3k steps and then I feel a bit smugly pleased with myself

UTBB I missed your earlier thread so I must investigate those duvets. Anything for an easier life, and I always use a top sheet anyway.

I tried a flat sheet with my king-sized duvet cover, but it didn't work for me.

My cleaner usually changes my bedding but she went on holiday for six weeks. Her replacement had no idea what to do so she did not return. God knows what she has in her bed. My pillows were placed up the wall.

A lack of energy is so frustrating. Not many years ago, working four days a week, 9 - 5, on Fridays I did a big shop, cleaned the house from top to bottom, changed beds and did most of the laundry. This in an effort to have a free weekend to catch up with friends and enjoy family life. I cannot believe now that I managed such a marathon. Like several other posters I can manage an hour of sustained activity, and frankly that's it for the day! OH says we have earned a leisurely life. I know that I am lucky, but I would like to choose how much I do, rather than feel as if I've been run over by lunchtime.

the inner not the net

Id quite like the idea Nightlark but I’m finding their website very frustrating.

When they describe the cover (that touches your skin) they just say things like “peachy soft” or “luxurious feel” and talk about fibres.

I wouldn’t be comfortable in anything sort of soft and slippery feeling and if the net and outer covering are artificial doesn’t it make you sweat ( sorry to be a bit crude)! I suppose they can’t be cotton because then they wouldnt dry so easily🤔