This is me and a friend at my surprise birthday do last night, with an absolutely amazing d20 cake. I'm the handsome one pulling the ridiculous face and giving the thumbs up.

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So glad you enjoyed your birthday, Mustard!

Wow, Mustard -looks like you had a great time for your birthday! Surprises like that are Awesome!

So we all want to know:

Did you roll the cake?
Did anyone take a picture after you rolled the cake?
Is the number on top your age?

I have a new bed! I went out shopping yesterday, and after looking all over, I went back to the very first one I saw. It is an Amish built queen-size made from cherrywood. I am looking forward to the extra space, especially for my toes. My feet always wound up sticking off the side of my old Full size bed. I went all in, and bought a new mattress as well, and even new 1,000 thread count sheets, and a new uber pillow.

Here it is with the matching night stand, without anything on it

And with everything on it

It sits up really high. I am glad I got the bunkie board instead of box springs for it. Otherwise I would need a ladder to get into it!

Freya had to explore it before giving her approval

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 27 2014, 05:57 PM

Yay for new beds! I still have mine from 2001

It looks great, Sub. But what did Freya say?

Pleasant dreams! The new bed looks great - and it even has some storage drawers beneath it looks like. Glad Freya approves.

I was about to say that "everything" should include cats, but it appears that already happened.

Inquiring minds want Spots' opinion!

That's a nice choice, Sage Rose! I almost brought one like it ten years ago when I went on a similar bed hunt, but found another one that I liked better.

Yay for Queen-sized beds! Much better than the full, especially when you have cat(s) that insist on hogging the entire mattress. And yet, they don't take up as much space as a King, which is especially valuable when you rent. Most rentals have such small bedrooms! I'm so spoiled with my own bedroom in our townhouse - it is actually two smaller bedrooms combined into one and called the "second master bedroom" - it spans the full width of the house and is actually larger than my mom's "Master Suite" bedroom!

But my Queen bed looks just as at home in this bedroom as it did in the 11x11 foot bedroom I had at the time I purchased it.

I did notice the cat bed tucked into the new nightstand! I bet Freya and Spots approve!

Freya gives her stamp of approval to the new sleeping arrangements.

Spots however, is afraid of the bed, and won't go in the room.

Awesome!!

You know a cat is happy when it lays like that

Looking how regally Freya is sprawled out, are you sure that queen size will be big enough?

How did you achieve that? The secret would be invaluable to many.

@ SR - I Love drawers under a bed even better than trundles! That mattress is HUGE! Dear gods, you may bounce across the room if you land too hard flopping down on it!

Freya does look like she is enjoying a victory - found a place she can lord it over Spots with, lol.

@ - Acadian and Ghastley -

Love it! Freya looks like she's happy with her bed, now where's yours?

Very nice, Rosa! I love the style and the cherry wood.

I had a good night's sleep last night in the new bed. It was wonderful to wake up without my back or shoulder being sore. I am so glad I bought that bed!


Spots is feral, so he frightens very easily. He still won't set foot onto any of the cat beds I have laid out around the house either. Freya was afraid of the bed at first too. But she has always been around people, so she is used to people stuff, and her curiosity for new things always wins out in the end.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 29 2014, 02:52 AM

When my feral cats have come inside, they spent most of their time UNDER the beds and dressers watching everything. lol. By the time one finally started playing with one of the dangling toys, one of the others would be ready to go back out and they would all leave in a charge out the door as if something had frightened them - these are cats that face down hawks, possoms, dogs, foxes, etc - only afraid inside the house, lol.

Cherry is my favorite wood for furniture, what a beautiful color it is.

Spots has not figured out hiding. When he is afraid, his first reaction is to run instead. He's used to the wide open spaces outside, where there is always somewhere to run to. So he always heads straight to the door and starts crying when something scares him. Such as anyone other than me. Freya, otoh, is an indoor cat. So she hides when something scares her. She usually heads under the bed.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 29 2014, 07:46 PM

My one indoor cat shoots for under the bed at the first hint of thunder - all three dogs act like they have lost their last nut, they run around whining, making whistling noises, and climbing on furniture they KNOW they are not allowed on.

(therefore, at the first sign of a storm I give the "Kennels" command and head their frenzy off before they can get too worked up).

To both Freya and Spots, a new bed = CAT-EATING MONSTER!

But Freya, being an indoor kitty, soon figured out "oh, another piece of furniture to sleep on."

Spots, OTOH, has not yet figured out that if you sleep in it, SR, it's okay for him too sleep on too. I suspect that at this point he has not yet come to trust you enough to take your word for it that it is safe, and that the home you create is a safe environment for him. Like you said, it's his feral background talking. He's used to seeing danger in every new thing.

Give him time. Lots and lots of it. Don't worry if he'll never come into the room, I'm sure Freya loves having the bed all to herself.