Oh god, I forgot to say how much I hate the fans! I'm in general not a fan of white noise, so even when the fan wasn't blowing on me, the noise bothers me.

Lots of pillows, cocooned, top sheet, blankets, and in perpetual motion. One side, the other side, flipped with head to foot of bed, on my stomach, on my back. Might say I am a restless sleeper. I really like sleeping on the boat and should do so more often. Ah, rock to sleep.

When the boys were small we played musical beds a lot without planning it. They would be in our bed, we would grab a recliner or couch, every combination imaginable, including tents in the yard. We are pretty random with the sleep patterns. I've recently moved a comfy couch to the patio and am considering picking up some mosquito netting so I can sleep outside. More options are always good.

If I had my way I would sleep naked under a ton of blankets with the windows wide open, but DH comes to bed later than I do and closes the window if it's too cold. And since we are apt to have kids running into the room early in the morning, I sleep in a t-shirt. NEVER socks. Dylan is a socks-sleeper (and has been since he was an infant) and I do not understand how anyone sleeps that way without overheating.

I've recently moved a comfy couch to the patio and am considering picking up some mosquito netting so I can sleep outside.

When I lived in Boston we had a narrow back porch, and my gf and I would pull my mattress out there to sleep. It was so much cooler out in the open air during the summer, with the breeze.

It has to be way below freezing for me to wear socks, and then I would still kick them off at some point. Even on chilly nights my feet will pop out from time to time.

Like Jessica, naked under warm blankets with the window open is the best way to sleep on chilly nights.

Sleep - start on my side and roll to the other side, back and forth through the night. Two pillows, one for hugging. Top sheet, tucked in at the end of the bed but my feet must have a way to pop out from the covers when I need to regulate temperature. I typically set my iPhone to play music for 30 minutes as I fall asleep.

I'd love a No Rouz with buffistas - everyone cooking or visiting or pouring booze or hiding on the porch (I don't have a back set of stairs).

Matt - you asked about the candied orange peels. When I make this it is with other stuff, so if you just want the orange peels, you would need to fiddle around with the proportions.

As mentioned, peel a bunch of oranges, scrape off as much of the pith as possible, sliver the thin peel into small thin pieces. Then you boil the slivered orange peel in 3 cups of water for 5 minutes and drain. Put them back in a sauce pan with 6 slivered carrots, 3 cups of water, and 2 cups sugar and boil for 15 minutes. Drain.

I still need to buy down pillows. I went to Macy's last week and they were on sale for ½ off! But they were sold out.

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My friend S taught me the merits of two top sheets when she stayed with me for a few months. She and her husband have done it for years and it makes for a lot of peace on earth.

Personally I'm top sheet never tucked in feet naked and out entirely or in a blanket tent if bitterly cold. No or minimal jammies unless in non-romantic company or, again, bitterly cold. Window at least cracked if at all possible. I think I just like to feel air moving. If I'm driving and the vents are all closed I feel like I get twitchy and feel like I can't drive.

Nightmare Before Christmas has a lot of Henry Selick's vision in it. When you're directing stop-motion animation you're doing a lot of the "acting," after all. And he was primary or sole designer of the sets and all the characters except Jack. And, yes, he's a cousin which I know I've mentioned a bajillion times before.

I don't sleep with socks, but that's only because we have a heated mattress pad. In the summer, we don't use the heated mattress pad, but despite the a/c, I still don't need socks. But there's a weird No Man's Land of April, May, and September, where it's warm enough to not need the heated mattress pad but my feet get cold, so I do wear socks to bed then.

Top sheet, blanket, comforter (which REALLY needs a trip to the laundromat -- that xoJane article tipped me off as to how gross we are w/r/t the comforter), fan on, pretty much sleep on my side, and roll over pretty often. We both steal the covers, but don't want to switch to 2 sets of sheets, so it's an ongoing battle full of 3 a.m. thievery and recriminations over coffee.