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Couples Sleeping in Separate Bedrooms
I recently read about celebrity couples who sleep in separate beds, bedrooms and even houses. It led me to wonder whether the rest of the population regularly sleeps apart from their partner. According to a 2005 Survey by the National Sleep Foundation, nearly one in four American couples sleep in separate bedrooms or beds. Can this be true?
Is this bad for your marriage/relationship? Is it better for your individual sleep? Among the celebrity couples who sleep apart: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip sleep in separate bedrooms, and Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter sleep in their own houses! The article was published before their divorce was announced, but Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise apparently slept in separate bedrooms during their time together. See more celebrity couples who sleep apart in Celebrity Sleep: Famous Couples Who Sleep In Separate Beds from The Huffington Post.
Many of those separately-sleeping couples say that snoring is the reason they sleep apart.
• When Couples Don't Sleep Well Together
• Celebrity Sleep: Famous Couples Who Sleep In Separate Beds from The Huffington Post
• A separate sleep keeps the peace from The Star Tribune
• Sleeping Style: Twin Beds
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It really not uncommon - especially as people seem to get older and have extra bedrooms as the kids move out... I know an eldery couple who sleeps separately just based on their individual preferred room temperatures. As for me, I sleep with my spouse, mostly for the late night conversation potential.
I know two couple who sleep in separate beds. Loud snoring is the culprit.
My grandparents slept in separate rooms because of snoring. They were quite happy and very much in love- they just valued their sleep
My parents have slept in separate bedrooms since I was 13, as well as my maternal grandparents. I've always found it a bit odd, though this article makes me feel slightly better about it. I know my mother has said it was because of my father's snoring. It used to hurt my dad's feelings that they were it separate rooms, but it's been so long, he's grown used to it.
My parents have slept in separate bedrooms for at least 12 years and they've now been married for 41 years. My dad falls asleep really early and my mom has insomnia. I think sleeping in different rooms is why my parents have been able to stay married for 41 years.
One of the things we talk about is, when we can afford to move, having separate bedrooms. Sometimes I really like sleeping together. Sometimes I really like sleeping alone. I think it's kinda weird that we're supposed to get together and then share our beds for the rest of our lives. There are some nights that I'd love to sleep alone:
1. Tummy stuff. Food poisoning. Gas. How nice to just go to your own room and not worry about stinking up a shared room.
2. With really bad menstrual cramps. So nice to just curl up with a hot water bottle and a bed to myself.
3. Flu. It'd be really nice to be able to be in a bed alone with a fever- and conversely, if he gets sick, it'd be really nice to not have to sleep next to him!
4. Head cold. He snores; I don't sleep all night. That'd be awesome.
5. If one of us goes out with our friends and is coming in really late, usually drunk. Pass out in own room fully clothes= awesome.
It's also really nice to sleep together, fall asleep chatting, etc etc. Just, it'd be nice to have the option for both.
My grandparents slept in separate beds in the same room for years - my grandmother tended to move around a lot at night, and that way she didn't wake up my grandfather. I'm kind of surprised they didn't go with sparate rooms as well (my grandfather was a horrible snore-er), but I guess snoring didn't bother my grandmother.
My parents slept in separate rooms for quite a few years (maybe 6 or 7?) due to my dad's snoring, but my mom finally got sick of it (she hated being apart) and figured out that ear plugs and a white noise machine covered up the snoring well enough.
My mom moved into a spare room due to my dad's LOUD snoring . Sometimes we'd wake up in the middle of the night --that's how loud...we'd go and wake him when it got to that point. They did continue to "have private talks" together in the master bedroom.
Being single can suck for a variety of reasons, but I never mind having my bed to myself. I've always had problems falling asleep, so sharing a bed has always been difficult. I'm so much more comfortable without someone else's body heat, sleep noises, and movement, so if I have the luxury of an extra bedroom when I move in with someone/get married, I would definitely take advantage of it.
My boyfriend sometimes has to get up for work at 3am, so on those early mornings, he sleeps in the spare room. It has probably saved his life on a few occasions.
I never thought about sleeping in separate beds until my boyfriend and I moved in together. Between the two of us, we have two full-sized beds, but a tiny one-bedroom apartment. So, his bed is in storage, and we sleep in mine every night. We're seriously considering taking his bed out of storage and creating a "superbed" until we can afford a new queen size mattress/boxspring (we don't want to get a cheap one because we both have back issues, so this would be a big purchase for us). Of course, a superbed would take up pretty much the entire bedroom floor space. But the way things are now, we're constantly on top of one another, and don't even have space to roll over without shifting to the side a little. Neither of us is overweight, but we're not tiny, either. I think a queen-size bed would be the perfect size, but until that can happen...
To each their own, I guess.
However, my husband and I have talked about this. We have both come to the conclusion that it would never be right for us. There are too many reasons why we like sleeping together (besides the fact that we've done so for the past 13 years; since we were both 19).
It keeps us close and keeps communication flowing for us. To be apart most of the day, come home and have only a few hours together before we would go to our separate rooms would be torture!
But like I said, to each their own.
My parents have slept in separate bedrooms for 18 years. We are celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary in 3 weeks. It works for them.
I actually sleep better with my spouse than I did when single. Neither of snore, and we can get over the fact that he hogs the bed and I hog the covers. Its such an intimate things for us, to roll over over and hold each other before he has to leave for work in the morning. Plus, if I asked for a separate bed/bedroom, I think it would send him into a "you no longer love me" depression, lol.
My wife and I have seperate rooms. To some extent its because of practical things (I snore and need the covers tucked in and she needs the covers loose and tends to roll around like a pin ball), but reallty we each love having our own space. We'll often spend the night together--either for amorous reasons or just because we want company. I love that spending the night together is something we need to agree to and isn't just assumed as a given.
My maternal grandparents slept in separate beds. And my husband's parents in separate rooms. Not sure the reasons as no one has ever talked about it. I know I'm hot all the time and my husband is like sleeping with the superhero The Human Torch! He's not for it though. Sometimes if I can't sleep I'll sleep on the couch but very rarely. He gets in a huff. Twin beds are my secret fantasy. ;)
My husband is a loud snorer, and a tosser-and-turner, while I am the lightest of sleepers. We have slept in separate rooms for about ten years now, but I adore him totally, and these arrangements have had a distinctly positive effect on our marriage of 32+ years.
half the time my husband and I sleep in the same bed, half the time not. Having the option for both ensures we both get sleep when we need it. When he needs a good night of sleep he'll go in the guest room and kick the cats out. Sometimes he snores all night so I go to the other bed. Sometimes it's cold and instead of turning the heater on we'll cuddle together with all of our cats and it's wonderful. Having that option to sleep separately can save marriages because really, how many fights break out because both parties are tired and cranky?...
My grandparent-in-laws have slept in separate rooms for a bajillion years. He worked nights, and so it was a function of sleeping alone most nights/days anyways, it made sense for them to sleep in separate beds even when they were on the same sleep cycle, since that was what they were used to. Even though they're both retired now, they still sleep in separate beds, because they have different sleep cycles still!
I'd have my own bedroom AND bathroom if I had the extra space, and I've been married more than 20 years. Hubby's snoring is part of it, but also a wish for more room in the bed, freedom from another person's body smells, the constant annoyance of his body hairs on the bathroom counter, and his alarm clock always being set way earlier than I need. But then again, if you aren't thrown together every night it can be awfully easy to stay mad at one another.
My husband and I have separate bedrooms, because he snores and is a human heater. We also have different sleep habits/schedules, i.e. he often falls asleep before 10pm and gets up at 5am, whereas I'll read in bed from 11-1am and get up at 9. This way we don't resent each other for keeping one another awake, or disturbing each other's rest. It's definitely an arrangement that works for us. It's also really nice to have a space of your own. My great-grandparents also had separate rooms and I always thought that was cool. They were very close, but also liked their own space. My best pal and her husband have separate rooms as well, but most of my friends feel that they couldn't sleep apart from their partners.
Wow. Thank you for posting this. I am a 29 year old woman. My boyfriend I have been together for 4 years and sleeping in the same bed was a problem from the beginning. We both suffer mild to moderate insomnia. He likes cooold cold, I like warm fuzzies. I sleep spooning with my cats, he hates the fur. After a few months of horrible sleeps and fighting, we decided to stop kidding ourselves. we lived only a few blocks apart and stopped attempting to sleep over. a year ago, when we decided to move in together, we got a three bedroom house so we could have individual bedrooms. our relationship and sex life are great, if anything it requires us to be more creative. we feel it's private and we don't share the info, but close friends know the arrangement. (althought some have loudly gasped "whaaat??" when finding out which I thought was humiliatiing....
I have been in the best relationship of my life for 7 years...knowing he has his house and I have mine...screw separate rooms...I need space...miles, minutes of space. He stays over at least 3-4 nights a week or I stay over there 3-4 nights a week...too bad my husband and I didn't have the same arrangement...we would have probably still been married....sad but true.
Sleep habits, snoring, and temperature differences dictate whether two people can share a bed or even a bedroom. I also agree with Fairybekk that certain things shouldn't be shared in a marriage or live-in situation. I have never slept well in a shared bed.
Some people are better at co-sleeping than others. My beau and I happen to be highly compatible in our sleep habits. Not since I was a toddler sharing a bed with my adored older sister have I slept so soundly. He tells me he is far more rested after a night's sleep with me than after a night of sleeping alone. I feel the same way.
In this, as in many aspects of human relations, a lot of the results are due to simple similarities and differences in what each person brings to the relationship.
I know of many older couples who do this, but I've always wondered how it affected the "closeness" factor, wondering if it is a choice made after they grow apart or something, regardless of snoring, etc. I accept and totally appreciate that many types of relationships find success with varying levels of space, but for me personally I feel that it would interfere with intimacy--both emotional and physical. I find that if one of is away for a night for some reason, we're always eager to climb into our full-size (very cozy) bed together and wrap around one another. The physical closeness is tremendously comforting, even though we rarely fall asleep like that (I like space when I sleep, but love knowing he's right next to me.) That said, we've had nights where circumstances (perhaps an excessive cough with a cold or simple restlessness) has forced one of us to retreat to the guest room. It certainly helps us get sleep under those conditions, but does nothing for that sense of closeness that we get from sharing a bed. But hey, different strokes for different folks!
I prefer sleeping separately for many reasons. Generally, my boyfriend and I work very different schedules (I have to be up at 5:30 AM, he gets home at 1 AM). I snore, kick, and drool; I'm the world champion blanket-stealer, and I hog the (whole) bed. Yet he wants to sleep with me--I just can't figure out why! For my part, he always has the TV on, which I can't stand. I have to wear earplugs and a facemask to deal with it. Sexy, no?
My aunt and uncle sleep separate. She's a light sleeper and a kicker and he goes to bed at like, 3am.
Going to bed with my SO is my favorite part of the day. We cuddle, watch bad sci-fi, and wind down the day. I'm always cold, and he's a furnace, so that works out well also. It's very comforting just to know he is there. However, I apparently snore more often than he does, occasionally (allegedly) whack him in the face while I'm rotating, and I'm the one that hits the snooze alarm 5 times in the morning, so maybe sometimes he would think differently. :)
I think it's on a couple-by-couple basis, but I like the thought of having separate bedrooms, and maybe a common Master Bed for "together time" :-)
For those who cite differing sleep temperatures or cover hogging as a reason to sleep apart, might I suggest separate duvets? Works like a charm for my husband (hot sleeper) and I (cover hogger).
The mother sleeping next to her very young child, who wakes frequently, is another popular reason why couples sleep apart. The father doesn't want to be kicked or woken up.
My husband and I sleep in the same room even with his sleep apnea and CPAP machine! Most of the other reasons we seem to be compatible with each other on. Neither of us really move; he's the Human Torch while I'm the Ice Queen; neither of us mind the dogs or the cat sleeping with us (however all of the animals sleep on my side so I'm extra toasty most nights LOL); and we usually are smashed together all night anyway and roll away from each other when needed. But I could definitely understand sleeping in different beds if we weren't so compatible!
I sleep much better with my husband than alone. In fact, when he is off on a business trip, the kids move in for the duration. Sometimes my mother in law does too, and she finds it very strange, but we all sleep better that way.
Our kids share a room, even though they are 8 and 5 and different genders; they sleep better together. The 8 year old is a night owl, and has a hard time falling asleep. But with her brother in the next bed sleeping away, she drops off much faster; as for the 5 year old, he occasionally wakes during the night, but hearing the comforting sound of his sister's regular breathing puts him right back to sleep again.
Oops! NO, my mother in law doesn't join us in our king size bed -- she sleeps in the guest room -- but finds it strange that the kids sleep with me when their dad is away.
We've made it work, but in a past life, I've threatened separate bedrooms and snoring was totally the culprit. I'm too light of a sleeper for that!
What works really well for us (this one doesn't snore): separate BLANKETS! He is a human furnace and I need the air icy cold, preferably with a fan blowing right at me. We started out with separate blankets during a camping trip and the habit kinda stuck. Believe it or not, it goes a loooooong way.
We sleep in seprate roooms most nights. Different habits. I go to bed at 9:00 and wake up early. He goes to bed at 12-1, sleeps late. He tosses, turns, mumbles, makes noises. I have a bad back and need to brace myself with pillows to get comfortable. Works for us after 21 years together I would not have it any other way.
@MSChatelaine...Hilarious ambiguity!
My husband and I attempted to sleep in separate beds. I was pregnant and if he even breathed to deeply in bed, I was throwing up. It was bad I was all sweaty and hot. He was cold.
So we got rid of our old queen that needed to go anyways and got two twins. It didnt work. I had slept perfectly fine without him for my whole life. Now I can't sleep without him. There is something about rolling over and feeling him there. I find it comforting. I kept rolling over and feeling nothing. It would freak me out and I would wake up. My husband didnt sleep for the whole 5days we had the twin beds. He had been coddled by his mom when he was younger. He would fall asleep every night in her arms to her breathing until he was 12. Now he can not sleep without hearing me breath. So we dipped into savings and put the twins in the garage. We got a memory foam. I cant feel him move in his sleep anymore. Its really hot to sleep on so my husband went out and got me a really nice fan. It has like 30 different settings and timers. So I just sleep with a fan on. Oh and buying the twin beds still worked out in the end. We didnt need to go buy our son a toddler bed. We just took a twin and added a bed rail. Then we turned one into a day bed for the office/ spare room. We had no idea when our son was born that Grandma's would start sleeping over. So it all worked out in a really weird way. We also got a really great deal on the memory foam mattress.
Some of those celeb couples ain't married no more (Tom & Katie). Is that Kardashian still married to that guy?
I don't know any long married couple that always sleeps together. Everyone over 50 has sleep issues and roams around the house sleeping on sofas, in spare rooms, etc.
My parents (Dad 6'2", Mom 5'8") slept together in their *double* (not queen) bed. I own it now, live alone and can't imagine how they did it night after night! I barely have enough room myself!
+1000 to Polly's suggestion about getting tested for sleep apnea. It runs in my family, and my father had his first heart attack at 58 due to undiagnosed sleep apnea. untreated, it DOUBLES the risk of stroke & heart attack.
I have been on treatment for over 2 years, and it's amazing what a difference it makes!
If I didn't sleep next to my husband, who would calm me down in the middle of the night when I start worrying, "Oh my gosh, what if I get into an accident and go into a coma? Who will take care of the baby while my husband is at work? Will hubby pull the plug if I don't wake up? I want him to move on, but what if I wake up eventually?"
That's usually when I wake up the hubs, he tells me I'm being crazy, and I fall back asleep and sleep like a log the rest of the night.
I would get major surgery to get rid of my snoring (if I had any) or I'd readily buy ear plugs for my wife before I'd ever consider separate bedrooms.
I know a married couple who not only sleep in separate rooms but almost never have dinner together or do anything together.To me, why be married at all if you're not together?
Granted this is the perspective of a 29 year old who loves his wife: mind, body and soul so I'm a bit prejudiced. I know others don't have it as good as we do so I can't judge.
I guess my situation is different because my partner and I are actually divorced, so we had the "living together" episode, the "married" episode, the "separated" episode, the "divorced" episode, and the "reconciled platonic partners" episode... We consider ourselves life partners, but we have twin master bedrooms with our own 3/4 baths.
He stays up until 2 am messing about on his laptop in bed. I have to try to get to sleep around 11 in order to function at work the next day. I suspect we both snore on occasion. We have different thermal settings. He watches TV in bed, I can't stand it.
His parents (both now deceased) slept separately for the latter halves of their lives. My parent's (also both deceased) slept together -- but within a week of Mom's death, Dad announced he planned to find another woman to live with, he didn't like living alone! He had a succession of several lady friends, one of whom survived him and joined my brother and me at the funeral as family.
Sleeping together is not mandatory for a good, healthy relationship. There are lots of kinds of partnering, and everyone has their own style which is whatever works for them.
My husband and I sleep in the same room, but if we had the space, I would love to have my own bedroom, mostly because of his snoring, but also because I am a night owl, and would love to have my own space to loll about in bed, reading books,etc. I wear ear plugs at night to drown out his noise, and fortunately, me reading with a light on doesn't bother him. I would definitely miss the intimacy of sharing a bed- the spontaneity for snuggles, so I am not sure if I would ever actually do it (if we had a spare room that is).
It isn't my or anyone else's place to judge what works well in other people's relationships.
For me, though, this would be the first step toward certain divorce. If I'm not gettin' it regular and able to cuddle up against my partner in the night whenever I need to, then it isn't the relationship for me.
My husband works 24 hour shifts and has to get up super early, and he sleeps in the guest bedroom the night before so that he won't wake me. It works okay, but I find it harder to sleep when he's not there.
My husband and I have talked about it, and we both agree we'd miss each other too much! We do have a guest bed and a super comfy couch, so if one of us is sick or if the snoring (okay, MY snoring...) gets too loud we can always separate for a night or two.
I think: whatever works for your relationship is the best. If I hear about snoring, bad bed-habits and stuff, I say: split up and create separate bedrooms if it bothers you that much.
On the onther hand, despite the snoring and the bouncing in to eachother during the night, I wouldn't wanna miss sleeping with my love... For me the physical contact / sexual stuff is so important, I NEED to be together during the night.
I don't know it's because of my character or because of us not spending so much time together during the days... I'm glad he thinks the same way about this stuff.
In our group of friends we have a couple that sleeps separately, and they actually enjoy the fact that it's not a 'given thing' to be together during nights, and hey, I get that. But it's not for us.
I have no idea what to do -- I've been in a relationship for 5 months now and I keep trying to find excuses for my boyfriend and I not to sleep in the same bed, because I sleep terribly when we are together. He is a human furnace and his favorite way to sleep is with his arms and legs entwined around me like an ivy plant, and I just cannot sleep like that. I need space! So I end up rolling away and then sleeping on one side the whole night. Has anyone else experienced this? What did you do?
To each their own I say but for me I have to echo the comments about separate covers. I will never share a blanket with my husband for the rest of our lives and it has probably saved our marriage. j/k- Really the bed may be harder to make but it is well worth it. Also we just have a king so there is massive amounts of space for me to deal with my tossing and turning without bothering my husband and I don't have to leave the room. But I would not begrudge someone to do whatever they had to do in order to get a good nights sleep.
My best friend and I have shared living arrangements since our studio apartments in college. At that time, there was room for only 1 big bed and both of us were over sleeping in twins a la the dorms. We are both the oldest of many siblings (her 7, me 4), and had grown up with sisters in our beds often, so it wasn't weird to share the bed, and we found that we both much preferred it and slept better. We've continued to share a bed ever since.
I'm currently single and recently purchased a house built in 1966 and custom-designed with separate his and hers bedrooms, bathrooms and workspaces. The his and hers bedrooms both have sliding glass doors to an open-air courtyard but are otherwise very separate. I haven't put the arrangement to the test yet, but find the idea very civilized.
Both my parents snore and drive each other crazy.... however they both can't sleep right whenever one of them is not home... just using diferents blankets can be a touchy subject
Husband and I don't sleep in separate rooms - but it would make sense if we did. He's early to bed, early to rise. Like, well before 6. I'm a night owl for whom getting up before 8 is unheard of. Lucky for him, he tolerates the light on while I read into the wee hours. And lucky for me, I'm a sound sleeper who never hears him getting up.
My husband's snoring is so loud and awful and erratic that his Best Man made it the subject of his wedding toast. He had surgery to correct his snoring and it didn't take. Next will be a sleep apnea test. Right now he's allowed to sleep in the bed until he wakes me up twice (sometimes I can sleep through it, but I'm a light sleeper), but then he's got to go to the spare room, because I have a job I have to get up for every morning (he works from home). To the people here posting "well, to each their own, but I love my partner too much to ever sleep in another room!" I say to you, I love my husband more than anything in the world, I deeply value our intimacy, and we are very touchy and affectionate. But at 3:45am, if you had my partner, you would kick him out too!
I definitely believe in to each their own, but to some extent if I am being honest, I find some of the excuses weak. Sleeping next to someone is extremely intimate, and if you both work or are apart all day, especially if you have kids, that is the only alone time you have.
My husband snores. We got those snoring nose strips and it fixed it. If it didnt he was prepared to go to the doctor about it. He is a human furnace, so I have a seperate blanket and it keeps his body heat off me. I started sprawling and so we saved for a bigger mattress. I hope everyone at least tries to fix issues before jumping to other bedrooms. With the divorce rate at half of all marriages, I feel like many of those couples probably stopped sleeping in the same bed or room before divorcing and make up a part of that one in four couples.
Lol. Yes. There was a NY Times articles about it maybe 7 years ago. It's actually a lot more common than people report for fear of looking like they don't have a good marriage. The number you quoted is probably low- if you believe the NY Times.
I snore, he snores, the dog snores. He moves, I move, the dog moves. It's hot.
We'd probably do ok with twin beds in the same room, but don't have the set up. We recently bought a natural rubber mattress that doesn't shake when someone moves, so we do sleep together more since that purchase (BUT NOT in this heat). We're wildly in love and totally secure, so I don't mind admitting that we don't always share the same bedroom.
So funny to think how often Americans lie about what goes on in the bedroom. Even our sleeping arrangements need to keep up with the Joneses.
It's amazing how many people on here ARE judging the couples that sleep separate..."you're on your way to divorce". How insecure. No wonder people are afraid to admit it. Get over it. I'm more worried about your marriage than anyone else's. You're clingy, insecure, mean, and your idea of marriage formed when you were in high school and hasn't matured since.
As far as intimacy...nothing nicer than a good nights sleep and then running into my husband's bedroom for a 6 am snuggle.
My husband has sleep apnea and uses a CPAP machine and a mask that goes over his nose and mouth. He is a mouth breather and when the machine is working well it's pretty nice to sleep to, almost white noise. When it isn't fitting correctly or gets moved during the night, as it often does, it can make awful noises that keep me awake, while he sleeps through it all. We also have big temperature differences, while he tosses the covers completely off, (generally over me) I need them piled up around my head in order to sleep. I would love to sleep in another room. He disagrees, so I often try to put up with it, if it gets bad I go off to a spare room, during the night, to sleep in the twin bed. It's never as comfortable as the original King bed and leaves me disgruntled and tired. It is certainly a bone of contention and a problem that could easily be resolved by setting up that extra bedroom so I could be comfortable.
My husband and I often sleep separately due to snoring. We both do so very loudly thanks to broken noses as kids and chronic sleep apnea. At first it really bothered me. Now I realize that even though I can still fall asleep to his lumber jacking he can't to mine. And then he's terribly cranky the next day. Better to sleep apart than fight when we're awake.
We share a bed but hubby doesn't sleep in it half the time...he has trouble falling asleep and usually passes out on the living room floor in front of the TV.
We have separate covers since very early in the relationship since I hog the duvet, and we both like to "hug" the duvet. When my husband is alone in the bed he usually hugs one duvet and is covered by the other. We also turn away from each other when we start to sleep, both of us do it. It kind of gives you your own space. We are now co-sleeping with our daughter, which is wonderful in a way, but she is due for her own bed (that will be next to our s at first, she doesn't want to go sleep alone).
At one point my husband and I were arguing, because I wanted to keep the window open for fresh air and he got a sore throat from it. I couldn't understand it and I was worried we would end up in different rooms eventually. But then we found out our apartment had a mold problem and when we moved out he no longer got the sore throat and we have been able to keep the window open. Also the air quality is much better here as is... In the old place the air got so thick and bad during the night, I was literally gasping for air in the morning.
I really prefer to sleep in his company (but still with enough space to turn and freely), whenever the other one is away we never sleep so well, though now I always have DD there and it's not always so comfortable but it is cuddly:)
It used to bother me that my husband often slept apart from me, then I realized that, with my sleep issues, it's better that he's not there. I tend to resent him because his head hits the pillow and he's out while I am awake for hours, plus he goes to bed much later than I do. We are as intimate as we always were, tending towards the afternoon, rather than nighttime romps. We generally sleep apart when the weather is really hot and back together when it's colder.
As an orthodox Jew we keep the twin beds separate about 2 weeks out of every month during the monthly cycle as per Jewish custom. And while I enjoy a good cuddle as much as the next guy not fighting over blankets or bed space leads to a much more restive sleep and peaceful environment.
I am not sure about separate rooms, it seems odd to me, but my dad suffers from sleep apnea would snore very loudly and you could hear it even with the doors closed, so for couples dealing with such sleep issues that might be the best way to a good nights sleep.
I would love to sleep in seperate beds or bedrooms from my partner. I suggested this last year and he almost cried. My insomnia is so bad I'll sleep when my partner gets up for work. I have started to drop hints lately because:
* his toenails feel like knives
* his side of the room is messy
* he's like a furnace, I am cooler
* hence he sweats horribly in summer
* he hugs the doona (like a security blanket)
* he has nightmares, I can't go back to sleep
* he's like a sumo wrestler and I'm stuck for air!
My partner is interstate for three nights and I've never slept so well since we moved in together. Back to bad sleeping tomorrow :(
I noticed that most couples who do sleep in separate bedrooms do it because someone is snoring or has sleeping issues...but mostly snoring. Like my dad. His snores literally make our entire house vibrate. My parents tried sleeping separately once because my mom got really tired of it, but she moved back into their bedroom. She says not hearing his snores kept her awake more than his snores ever did. The funny thing is, she's a light sleeper and any noises except (apparently) my dad's snore would wake her.
It's nice to see so many people forging their own sleeping arrangements despite the often repeated social norm that sleeping in the same bed as your partner is necessary for intimacy. Screw that. And if you are so invested in social norms that you can't even imagine that someone else could be happy and fulfilled without following norms, I feel sorry for you.
Married 13 years and can't sleep without him. BUT my closet is in a separate bedroom so that when our work schedules do not match (I am occasionally up at 3am to catch a flight, he has summers off etc) we are not disturbing each other while rooting through the closet or dresser getting ready.
separate bedrooms here. and separate houses. in separate time zones.
it's the worst.
My father has apnea and has been sleeping with a CPAP for almost 18 years, and has always slept in the same room/bed with my mother [despite her insomnia and her habit to go to sleep at 3AM lol]. They found a way to sleep comfortably with each other, in fact my mother can't fall sleep without the CPAP sound, and I used to feel weird if he was missing while traveling because I couldn't hear the CPAP either!
As for me with my boyfriend, he's a cuddler and loves to sleep with me, despite my invasive blanket and bed hogging and kicking and drooling all night long! I think I'd appreciate a whole bed for myself in certain situations [menstrual cramps, flu, gastroenteritis,...] but he does always wants to sleep with me, despite how stroppy, smelly and aching I am :) and I love that [it also makes me feel bad sometimes, but I enjoy sharing my bed]
I'd put money on it being more than 1 in 4...
Please, people, if you snore, get yourself checked out for nose/sinus conditions that can be corrected, and/or sleep disorders. Consider that it might also be your diet or weight, contributing to system-wide inflammation/allergy/intolerance and prioritize your wellbeing. End PSA
I am not sure if this counts, but we actually share a bedroom, but are rarely in it at the same time.
He works overnights 4 nights a week, and is just getting home when I am getting up to leave for my office job. We have a two hour overlap where we are both awake at the same time between when I arrive home and before he leaves for work. Then while he's at work I go to sleep. Then the 3 nights he is off and home, we have to re-adjust.
i couldn't imagine sleeping without my partner - while he snores & i am a light sleeper (i often wake up for an hour or two in the middle of the night) i so much prefer knowing he's there next to me; i don't consider it an insecurity at all. if he slept in another room, i'd be lonely for him. i think people should do what works best for them; this works best for us.
I totally agree that you have to do what's right in your relationship. I wish our society didn't put so much emphasis on sleeping in the same room. It doesn't work for everyone and it doesn't mean you don't have a strong, healthy relationship. I think sleeping apart strengthened my relationship because I wasn't crabby and dog-tired during the day due to my husband's jack hammer snoring. Plus, those "visits" seemed more like the old days when we were dating.
We sleep in the same bed, in one room. But I know our neighbors have their own rooms & I know my grandparents on my dad's side did too.
After my husband and I had been together for a number of weeks, and albeit the high passion we have for each other, it became clear that we had two choices: sleeping in the same bed and being dead tired all the time, or finding another sleeping arrangement. He is 6ft6, snores loudly and is in the habit, while asleep, of wrapping himself cocoon-like in all of the bed sheets (including the duvet). He also likes creative clutter, whereas I am very neat and like to keep it that way. So when we decided to move in together, we saw potential in renovating the basement which was not used to its full potential, and we built this kind of open space hotel suite, with our two beds separated only by our closet and added our own bathroom (we have 3 kids between the both of us). Result: we make a point of spending time together in each other's bed almost every night, but we sleep soundly and are not constantly bickering about sleeping habits or neatness. And its fun to "visit" our better half's space !
My husband generally has bad allergies in the spring and autumn then in the winter, ususally in January, he gets a cold. During those times I've moved to the sofa but not this year because we now have a guest room. As he ages his snoring has a bit more impact. I can see us choosing to sleep in separate rooms and beds. But that won't change our other habits such as always having dinner together, having a date night every Wednesday, and a Sunday brunch where we solve the problems of the world for a couple of hours.
I really don't see what difference it would make because right now he goes to bed 2 hours before me and gets up an hour later. Yet when he goes to bed, I still come in and cuddle with him for a few minutes. I doubt whether sleeping arrangements really make that much difference with the exception of a 3rd party sharing the bed of one or the other.
My husband and I have slept in separate beds for the last 17 years. He has a medical condition which requires that he sleep at a 30 degree angle. I need to sleep flat. In 1995 we purchased two extra long twin Electropedic beds with latex mattresses, which we have fastened together. We'd been fighting about the firmness of our mattress for the first 15 years of our marriage anyway. He likes a softer mattress, I prefer a firmer one. He also has restless leg syndrome and would wake me up by kicking me. I have slept much better since we came to this arrangement and it has not disrupted our communication--or our sex life.
I like sleeping alone sometimes - it's nice when I travel for business and get a king bed to myself. Not sure if I'd want it to be a permanent thing, though, because I like chatting/snuggling with him before bed.
My husband says he sleeps better when I'm there. (I'm surprised because I stay up late watching tv, playing with the cats, using my laptop, etc. I even nudge him when he snores if I can't hear the tv. Some wife I am...)
Finding the responses to this really interesting. I'm a few days away from moving in with a boyfriend for the first time and one thing I was certain of was that I would not get rid of my double bed, choosing to move it into the spare bedroom instead. The Boy usually stays over 2 nights a week at my place and, occasionally, if one person isn't feeling well or is too uncomfortable/sleepless (usually me on both fronts) I'll get up and move to the futon in the spare room or to the couch in the living room. Usually I'll come back at some point during the night but the freedom to get up and move if I have to is pretty great. I mentioned the other day that I was worried I'd lose that freedom if we moved in together but he assured me it was okay with him to take the occasional break. Frankly, it's a little weird to me that couples are supposed to spend every night of their lives 2 inches from each other. 9 times out of 10 I adore the novelty and sweetness of being beside him but occasionally, having that space is fantastic.
My husband and I started sleeping in separate bedrooms 16 years ago (we've been married 21 years). In the beginning, I felt as if it had to be a big secret - I didn't know anyone else who did the same and I guess I thought they would think we had a bad marriage. And even I worried that maybe we did if we wanted to sleep separately.
Reading all of these comments has been a revelation to me - I never dreamed separate bedrooms were as common as they are!
I love having my own bedroom and bathroom. I snore (so he says) so I don't have to worry about disturbing him. I can read as late as I like, he doesn't disturb me when he gets up to go to work.
We both feel as if this arrangement has helped our relationship, not hurt it.
Oh, and we still have regular "date nights" in my room.
Sooo.. romantic to have separate quarters. In days of old, the men still had to court their women, even after marrying. They would hope to woo their lady to invite them into their room that evening; even after marriage.
Not to mention the plus of the one's own space. I think people sleeping apart probably have longer marriages. Not to mention, respect.
For all you snorers out there, tosses and turners... Do yourself a favor: Get yourself to sleep lab and find out if you have sleep apnea. It's more common than you think and even very mild forms can have a profound effect on your health- shortening your lifespan, causing illness, raises your bp; it even can effect your driving skills and your relationships.
My husband and I are both blanket-hogs and sheet-hogs. So, for our queen sized bed, I have bought identical copies of sheets and blankets.... we sleep on the same bed but have our own sheets! We have a large quilt to throw over our separate piles of bedding if we think a guest will see it.
Like a lot of people who have commented - I would LOVE separate beds or even rooms occasionally but my partner would get into a heck of a mood if I attempted it! Once when I was too hot (he runs like 5 million degrees hotter than the normal person) I slept on the lounge & boy was he cranky the next day!
The fact is, sometimes I want to cuddle and sometimes I want to have a good nights sleep without being woken up by someone else's movements!
How nice to see such openness in this thread, apart from the comment who implied separate beds would lead to divorce and called those who chose to do so using "weak excuses." My partner and I sleep in 2 twin beds pushed together. And each cover with a separate blanket. He will occasionally sleep in the spare room if our schedules don't quite line up. I was thinking we might not be able to share a bed, but it turned out we just need a really big one! :)
Sweet dreams. :)
Like many other posters, my grandparents sleep in separate rooms; my grandmother snores. And I think I remember my grandmother's bed being softer and fluffier than my grandfather's. I'm pretty sure that having their own spaces is one of the factors that helps *keep* them together, actually.
At the moment, I'm sleeping in the guest room while my boyfriend maintains use of the master bedroom. We're trying to introduce my cat to our little family, which already includes his two cats. We have to keep them separate, so I've taken to sleeping with my cat locked up in the guest room, while his more active cats get the house for the night. Also, he gets the better part of the bargain by far because that bed is the queen-sized memory foam mattress while I have an inherited twin spring mattress (which I have to share with the cat); he has a west-facing room, and the guest room is east-facing.
It's nice to escape his snoring (he has allergies), and I imagine it would have been nice to escape his heat were it still hot here. But I do miss cuddling and, now that it's getting colder, leeching off his body heat! He works long hours, so most of our time spent together is while we're sleeping. I can't wait until all the cats get along well enough that I can go back to my real bedroom/bed.
So, the summary: I don't hold separate sleeping spaces against any couple; the reasons they have are valid and obviously it works for them! I, on the other hand, would like to regain my shared sleeping space once again. (Though who knows if we'll wind up in separate spaces again somewhere down the road? Maybe just occasionally? Wouldn't bother me.)
My husband and I sleep together in our queen bed and we both love the snuggling and physical closeness, but there is also space to roll to opposite sides of the bed if one of us is too hot or whatever. I'm at the end of my pregnancy and my sleep schedule is all out of whack, so on nights when I can't sleep I will hang out quietly in the living room until I feel sleepy, and then join him back in bed.
My Father in law sleeps every night in a reclining chair in the living room due to hip problems - the bed is too uncomfortable for him.
I also have close friends with two separate beds in the same bedroom. She has arthritis all through her body, so is very fragile and often uncomfortable or in pain, so she needs the separate space. They also have very different sleep schedules as he goes to bed early and wakes up early, while she is a night owl and does most of her sleeping in the day.
The man and I sleep in separate rooms due to his BiPAP machine for sleep apnea and oxygen concentrator for COPD. But we've been together for 34+ years now, so I guess our relationship will survive. We both have cats sleeping with us, and they're MUCH harder to sleep with than people!
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Last week, the Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon), from 16-18 Sept in Geneva, set out to answer three key questions in the global (Linked) Open Data (LOD) effort:
The third question was tackeld by REEEP's Florian Bauer along with Jens Laustsen of the Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) and Martin Kaltenboeck of Semantic Web Company (SWC) as part of a workshop: "How LOD Supports Sustainable Development and Climate Change Development". SWC and REEEP expalined by showcasing our Clean Energy Info Portal and Country Profiles using LOD on www.reegle.info, and the reegle Tagging API. And when GBPN began looking for a partner to help develop its own system for managing global building performance, REEEP recommended LOD and semantic web technologies as a solution. The key to understanding and unlocking LOD is a demonstration of actual case studies – which was exactly what this workshop achieved through its demonstration of live web tools and partnerships.
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Questions raised also included:
Bring up any further questions you have right here in the comments section and we will try answer them – or send a tweet to Florian Bauer's twitter account!
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What an exceedingly charming, heart-rending and mesmerising ghazal composed by the last Moghul Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, who was one of the most tragic figures in our history. The beauty of this composition defies description. This was sung by Mohammad Rafi Saheb for the film LAL QILA (1960).
Here is my version! Hope you like it!
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LYRICS and translation:
Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon – 2 (noor=light)
Na kisi ke dil ka qaraar hoon (qaraar=peace)
Jo kisi ke kaam na aa sake
Main voh ek musht-e-ghobaar hoon (musht-e-ghoobar=handful of dust)
Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon
Na tho main kisi ka habeeb hoon (habeeb=lover)
Na tho main kisi ka raqeeb hoon (raqeeb=rival)
Jo bigad gaya woh naseeb hoon
Jo ujad gaya woh dayaar hoon (dayaar=place)
Mera rang roop bigad gaya
Mera yaar mujhse bichhad gaya
Jo chaman fizaa mein ujad gaya (chaman=garden, fizaa=atmosphere)
Main ussi ki fasle bahaar hoon (fasal-e-bahaar=product of spring)
Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon
Na kisi ke dil ka qaraar hoon
aye faateha koi aaye kyoon
Koi chaar phool chadaaye kyoon
Koi aake shamma jalaaye kyoon – 2
Main voh bekasi ka mazaar hoon bekasi=despair, mazaar=tomb
Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon
Na kisi ke dil ka qaraar hoon
Jo kisi ke kaam na aa sake
Main voh ek musht-e-ghobaar hoon
Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon
I am not the light of anyone's eyes,
Not a harbinger of peace to someone's heart,
Not of any use to any one,
But just a handful of dust.
I am lover of no one,
I am rival of no one,
I am the fate of my ruins,
I am the river of a wilderness.
My colors of self-image are now gone,
My beloved from me is now stranded away.
The garden which the spring turned into wilderness,
I am the spring harvest of that garden now.
Why should anyone sing a requiem?
Why should anyone place four flowers on my tomb?
Why should anyone come and light a candle
I'm buried helplessly in a vault underground.
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Tim Luckcock said
I love this ghazal, and thankyou for the translation not being an urdu speaker myself. I've just read the book the Last Mughal which tells the sad story of his passing and I can't help but think we British are still paying for the injustice. Beautiful singing!
Haren said
I can feel the immense feeling of sadness, in this ghazal.
I stumbled accross your translation when i was searching net for meaning of each of the words from the lyrics, while hearing it.
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My first post, and an iPhone touch phase mini-tutorial!
This is my first post on the Unity blog and will be short because…hey, I still have more work to do. However, I wanted to drop a quick link to a mini-tutorial that I threw together for touch phase input. I was working on the larger iPhone tutorial that Ethan spoke about in a previous blogpost and having some trouble with touch input, so I decided to break out to a separate project and create something simple to track touches. It's not quite a tutorial because I'm not including a PDF with step-by-step instructions, however, I'll get around to that later before we put it up in Resources section of the website. Here's my project folder with comments in the source code for what I'm doing:
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What a cool demo! Thanks, Amir!
Hey, Amir. I'm playing with the Unity iPhone TunnelRunner demo – in particular its response curve.
I've noticed though that changes that I make to the response curve in the editor are lost between sessions.
Do I need to do something special to save the changes I make to the curve?
A quick glance at the Response Curve Editor code reveals that there isn't save functionality :(
Thanks for checking into that, Amir!
I'm curious though, what's the point of a curve editor if you can't save the edited curve?
For experimentation of course ;)
Now why didn't I realize that. ;-)
Is there an "easy" way to save curves edited with it though?
It'd be a hoot!
I'd love to be able to use a response curve to trim my input values, instead of a bunch of math.
Heya, Amir.
Any chance you could please, please, please give me a little hint as to how I can save these edited response curves to use later? TIA! ;-)
I modified the ResponseCurveEditor.cs script to mark the curve as dirty, so that it gets saved properly. Additionally, if you had enabled/disabled the MonoBehaviour that held the curve that would have saved it properly. You can download an updated project from the Resources section.
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After surviving the first round of roster cuts, the Patriots announced on Wednesday that they released cornerback Ras-I Dowling. The former second-round pick battled numerous injuries in his two seasons with the Pats. Dowling played only two games in his rookie season before being placed on injured reserve with a hip injury, and he played in nine games last season before a thigh injury cut his year short. The 25-year-old registered 10 tackles and no interceptions during his time with New England. The release of Dowling made room on the roster for Ja'Gared Davis, who the Pats claimed off waivers from the Houston Texans. Filed under: Headlines, NESN Staff, New England Patriots
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Cebek MD-1 Electronic Module (Pre-Assembled)
Digital controller for 12 DC locomotives. Composed by a console to control allowing you to change the speed, direction, machine, and main booster. With only two cables, you could control the traffic of 12 trains circulating at the same time.
The CMD001 console, together with a decoder for machine, compose the minimum system to control a scale model. It includes an active protection against short-circuits, with indicator on the console to inform as well as a booster to localise the damaged part. It also includes an emergency stop.
The system offer the possibility to add other boosters (CMD003), allowing you to increase without limit the power of your scale model and to maintain the rail out of order or the previous routing system.
The main booster (included in the price - together with the controller) offer 4 A. as maximum current and supply 3 A as maximum constant voltage. Power supply: 14-15 Vac (suggested transformer: 15 Vac / 5A)Features


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Air Jordan 1 High OG "Highlight Film"
Check out this Dominique Wilkins inspired Air Jordan sneaker.
When it comes to Michael Jordan and his slam dunking abilities, there were only a few people that could have went toe-to-toe with him. One of those guys is Dominique Wilkins aka "The Human Highlight Film".
The latest AJ1 sneaker is inspired by an Atlanta Hawks-like colorway of black, red, and yellow throughout. It's also constructed in a full leather build with movie reel graphics along the toebox and side panels.
Mark your calendars because the Air Jordan 1 High OG "Highlight Film" will release on September 7th with a retail price of $140.
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In my bestsuburbanwanabeeallofsuddensneakerheadwanttobelikeeverybodyelsetryingtohardtofitinvoice) I realllly need these. I need these sooo bad!
Yeah they oughta pay a lil bit of homage to 'Nique since he got absolutely JOBBED in the '88 dunk contest! No way mj wins that if that thing is not in the chi…NO WAY!!
By the way…kix are pretty dope. I might would!
Dope concept. Glad they show some love to the ATL great. He was a beast and gave MJ a battle everytime on the court no matter what. MJ got the shine and phat contract tho.
I like the shoes concept.
But I dont know whether Im going to get them or not.
A week after the fire reds release make it difficult for me.
Funny thing is I live in Atlanta but the first thing I thought was "oh, the McDonalds All-American Retro 1″ These are def decent though.
not bad at all
I love 1′s and these are nice but they just remind me of Mcdonalds. red and yellow is just not my taste.
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It's a Fire House Party! | The Perfect Playlist
Monday, September 8th, 2014
I've planned a lot of kids' birthday parties. A LOT. And while they're totally fun, I'm excited to throw a birthday party that involves dance music, drinks and appetizers for the grown up set! So that's what we're going to do. All week long, we're throwing my friend, and Endless Summer Projects sister, Ali Hedin a big ol' birthday party. I'm kicking off the party with the perfect playlist.
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Crafty Kids | Kids' Thanksgiving Table
Monday, November 25th, 2013
Oh the dreaded kids' table. I remember feeling much too grown up for the kid table. Now I think I might rather grab a seat there, especially if there's something fun to do while waiting for someone to pass the stuffing. This simple craft is sure to make the kid's table a hit with young and old alike. As an added bonus, these doodling place mats work just as well tucked in between the grown up table settings.
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Thanksgiving Au Naturel: Turkey Day Table Settings Inspired by Nature
Monday, November 18th, 2013
I must confess that I'm not particularly good at setting a fancy or creative table, but there's no shortage of inspiration out there. So today, I'm sharing some of my favorite ideas for a lovely Thanksgiving table, which are inspired by nature. Seek out unusual gourds, paint some pumpkins, and use greenery and flowers to make your table look extra special this Thanksgiving.
1. Light colored gourds & pumpkins paired with the greens + small candles makes for a very elegant table. The black striped linen tablecloth makes it that much prettier. Get the tutorial here.
2. This tutorial is for the garland, but I actually like the rainbow of mums as a centerpiece idea.
3. Rustic, pretty and easy to imitate. More styling tips here.
4. You may want to choose gold or silver, but I kinda love the neon pink too.
5. An extraordinarily simple idea for a very spare, yet elegant table (includes free printable for your guests' names).
6. Pair your farmers' market finds with some gorgeous green succulents for a natural Thanksgiving table.
And one more thing: download these lovely, free "Thankful cards" to share with your guests.
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Harry Potter Birthday Party
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013
Most nights, I read to the kids before bed. We've read many books over the years, classics, mysteries, and the like. But one of their favorites is Harry Potter. We're up to book six.
For Jonah's birthday, I wanted to recreate some of the magic from the stories they've loved so much. My grand plan was to make the kids to feel like they were students at Hogwarts. So we created classrooms in different sections of the house. One of the kids' bedrooms was transformed into Trelawney's Divination Classroom. The basement became the dungeon where we had potions. The dining room became Weasley's Wizard Wheezes where kids made Pygmy Puffs. (more…)
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Pimp My Ride: Fourth Of July Bike Decorations
Monday, July 1st, 2013
I love the idea of decorating your bike for Independence Day. Many neighborhoods around the US host bike parades or are simply swarming with kids waiting out the light, full of anticipation and excitement. This is the perfect craft to make those long hours before it's time for fireworks pass more quickly. Plus, once you are done with your ride, you can use what you've made to add festive flair to your home or backyard.
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Indiana Jones Birthday Party
Thursday, June 6th, 2013
This weekend, my guy turns eight. EIGHT! I can't believe it. While I'm prepping this week for his party (Harry Potter by his request) I thought it'd be a good time to look back on last year's. Mostly, because I forgot to post pictures.
Every year, we try to pick a theme for Jonah's party based on something he's really into. We've previously covered Ewoks and Man vs. Wild. He's got a thing for action. Last year, it was Indiana Jones. (more…)
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Endless Summer Projects | Weeknight Barbecue
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
On the short list of things I'd like to one day own is an outdoor grill. Right underneath: outdoor pizza oven. Seriously, how great would it be to have an outdoor pizza oven? If I had either one of those things, I'd cook outside all summer long. Forget saving barbecues for the weekends.
Today, in the Endless Summer Projects series, Alexandra shows us how to throw together a stress-free, laid-back weeknight barbecue. It's a great way to break up the monotony of the week and celebrate the summer season. And it's something my type-B (read: wait til the last minute) personality can handle.
So click over for clever, easy ideas including: a 10-minute marinade*, a cocktail for grown ups and a horseshoe game that's great for kids and won't end in bruises. Score.
*I love that she adds tequila to the marinade. Ali's my kind of woman.
Previous posts in this series:
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About Endless Summer Projects
Now through August, I'm teaming up with my friends Melissa aka Lulu the Baker, Alexandra Hedin and MJ from Pars Caeli to bring you crafts, games and party ideas all summer long. Visit any of our blogs on Wednesdays for a new project.
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How to Host a Children's Book Swap
Monday, April 15th, 2013
We're all about encouraging reading, right? And you know that one of the best strategies is to have lots of books around the house. Our children love to pick up the same books again and again – first having us read to them and then later reading them on their own.
But here's a problem – the cost of building a home library adds up quickly. And we only have so much space. What to do?
I have the best solution for you – host a children's book swap. It's easy, it's social, and it's fun.
The ingredients are few – you need book lovers and you need books. Here's how… (more…)
Tags: book swap, children's books, reading
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Foster: Feels Good To Lead Division
Texans RB Arian Foster likes the winning direction the team is heading as they defeated division rival Jacksonville Jaguars. Mobile device users may click here to listen to the audio.
Foster: Thought Texans Would Score For The Win
The NFL is a tough league where you never know if you'll win or lose, as Texans RB Arian Foster appraises the team's loss to the Oakland Raiders. Mobile device users may click here to […]
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The Real Deal From Kubiak
Texans Head Coach Gary Kubiak evaluates the team's win against the Miami Dolphins and sets the record straight on why RB Arian Foster left the game early. Mobile device users may click here to listen […]
Is Foster Still Bothered By His Hamstring Injury?
Texans RB Arian Foster talks about why he left the Texans/Dolphins game early and if it was due to his hamstring injury. Mobile device users may click here to listen to the audio.
Re-aggravated Hamstring Injury Frustrating Foster
Texans RB Arian Foster talks about re-aggravating his hamstring injury, which caused him to leave the Texans/49ers game in the first quarter.
Foster Is Not A One Season Fluke
RB Arian Foster talks about how good he felt toting the rock in the Texans preseason win against the New Orleans Saints.
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Foster families are desperately needed to help care for some of the current pet residents at the shelter to free up kennel space for the rescued dogs who need isolation and extensive veterinary care. The […]
Arian Foster
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Devin, nice handle WIP pics. Do you ever consider use exotic materials(Mammoth ivory, Musk Ox horn..etc) on your knives' handle?
This one has Mammoth ivory spacers. I have some Musk Ox horn and have used it. I've never used Mammoth tooth.
Looking good, Devin.
No forking way this handle will ever come apart.
Thanks for the photos Devin.
Getting closer. I don't know why this thing rearranges my photos.
Holy ****...I want one of those sujis, such awesome work.
Three of my favorite materials:thumbsup::thumbsup: Stunning..........How does the K&G epoxy hold up to heat?
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Angels in Judaica
Jews' interest in angels dates back millennia—as the Israel Museum's 'Divine Messengers' exhibit attests
Today, Jewish indifference or resistance to angels is probably as much a reaction to contemporary cultural predilections as adherence to age-old proscriptions; the angels that populate our American cultural scene are overwhelmingly Christian in both image (think: Raphael) and theme (think: guardian, as opposed to the more universal messenger, angels). What Americans who embrace angels tend to be talking about, Schorsch told me, is "a kind of divine force that cares about them personally." This concept fits more easily into Christian theology, which is "structured around a person who intervenes, a person who is part God," said Schorsch. Although the guardian concept exists in Jewish angelology, the angel as, literally, angelos, Greek for messenger, is far more prevalent.
Angels in popular culture tend to be variations on a single character who has descended from on high, assuming human form (and sometimes the wardrobes and vocabulary of those he or she has been sent or has elected to help), to act as protector, defender, comforter, champion, pal, even love interest of hapless and otherwise needy mortals—as in NBC's 1980s TV series Highway to Heaven, in which Michael Landon, with a head full of cherubic waves, plays an angel who goes around troubleshooting with the help of an ex-cop. Or Touched by an Angel, which ran from 1994 to 2003, and starred Della Reese as a sort of angel-social worker whose preferred means of transportation was a red vintage Cadillac.
Interestingly, some of the most popular angel characters have come from the imaginations of Jewish writers. There is the glorious, apocalyptic heavenly visitor, terrifying but ultimately healing, of Angels in America, Tony Kushner's Pulitzer-winning 1993 play. And the smoking, womanizing, sugar-addicted ("He's an angel, not a saint") charmer portrayed by John Travolta, sporting Landon-like locks, in Nora Ephron's 1996 film Michael. And, of course, Clarence Oddbody, the klutzy but deeply wise angel of the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, which became as indispensable to Christmas as Irving Berlin's ballad, and was based on "The Greatest Gift," a short story by Philip Van Doren Stern, son of a Bavarian Jewish peddler who settled in Pennsylvania. In an afterword to a 1996 reissue of the original story, Stern's daughter, Marguerite Stern Robinson, recalled her father explaining to her that "although the story takes place at Christmas time, it was a universal story for all kinds of people in all times."
That same spirit seized Ken Goldman, a Memphis-born artist who lives on a kibbutz in Bet She'an, when he discovered an amulet from the Book of Raziel (an archangel in the kabbalistic hierarchy) showing three weird but endearing creatures who could be ninth-century ancestors of Big Bird. These were Sansoni, Sanoi, and Samanglif, the angels charged with watching over newborn babies. Goldman, determined to get what he immediately embraced as "these protective little angels" into the homes of parents everywhere, designed cuddly stuffed versions of them, which FAO Schwarz snapped up (this was in 2007, during Madonna's kabbalah period) and sold as "Kabbalah dolls." They are no longer available, but Goldman is looking to reissue them in a smaller size, "to hang on carriages and cribs."
Meanwhile, the archangel Raziel has himself developed a fan base. A Google search yields copies not only of the original Book of Raziel, but of Raziel-themed fantasy novels, video games, action figures, incense, and the "Archangel Raziel Tourmaline Glass Vial Pendant on a Silver Coloured Chain."
So, are Jewish angels trending in America? Will we be witnessing hosts of our very own angels surfacing in the mainstream? Probably not anytime soon. But then we have a long way to go before the next millennium.
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We need CEOs to get to work
The Fed and Washington have poured money into the economy. Americans are eager for jobs and ready to spend. But too many CEOs are coasting rather than taking risks, starting new ventures and hiring people.
CEOs have been AWOL in this recovery. And it's about time we called them on it.
The Fed has poured money in. So has Washington. Money is as cheap as it's ever been. Consumer confidence is soaring. Housing has stabilized. The budget battles in Washington have quieted.
But through all the economic ups and downs and sometimes-debatable efforts, one big thing has been missing. That is CEOs willing to take chances, start new ventures and hire people. And that's why the recovery, on real-world measures such as jobs and wages, has been so disappointing.
Spoiled by record profitability, stagnant wages and investor interest in dividends and share buybacks, corporate executives have been coasting. They're underinvesting, resulting in the slowest rate of capital formation – new machines, factories and equipment – in at least the past 60 years.
If we don't want the recovery to die out, it's time for CEOs to man up. I use the slightly sexist term intentionally. You see, three of the CEOs who have stepped up are among the most prominent women in business today.
3 getting it done
We need more of the type of leadership being shown by former eBay (EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman as she tries to turn Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) around with new products such as the Moonshot server line, the world's first "software defined servers" that cater to cloud-based providers of services for computer users.
We need moves like Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr and her push to expand Yahoo's mobile presence. Perhaps recognizing the risks, she has promised not "to screw it up" while pursuing video sites Hulu and Dailymotion.
Or how about IBM (IBM) CEO Virginia Rometty's decision to go after SoftLayer, the world's largest privately held provider of cloud computing infrastructure? As a result, IBM nabbed 13 global data centers as it works toward a goal of $7 billion in cloud revenue by the end of 2015.
These three are not frozen by fear of Obamacare. They're not running scared that the Fed might close the spigots of easy money. They're just getting it done.
Compare this to comments from the latest survey of CEOs by the Business Roundtable, a group headed by Boeing (BA) CEO Jim McNerney, which noted that the soft outlook for hiring "may reflect ongoing uncertainty and a wait-and-see attitude about the business climate in the United States, as agreement on the nation's debt and budgetary issues remains elusive."
What we need are more CEOs willing to take the lead and improve that business climate. That's not Washington's job.
We need CEOs who earn their outsized paychecks by demonstrating leadership skills instead of acting like middle managers maintaining the status quo. They need to look beyond the near-term issues to think more strategically. That will lead to investments in tangible assets, which in turn will require new hiring.
If they don't get busy, we'll all suffer for it. The Fed and the government can't do it all, and shouldn't.
Rusting away
The nation's economic potential has already been diminished. Instead of near 4% annual GDP growth, we struggle to stay above 2%. Instead of creating the 300,000 jobs a month typical for a recovery, we create 175,000 and call it a victory. Older machinery and a lack of investment pull down productivity, which in the end results in less-efficient workers.
We've seen the weakest post-war recovery on record. Some of this is due to the hangover from a credit binge and result of an asset bubble bursting. Some of it due to forced budget cuts after years of freewheeling spending out of Washington.
But a key linchpin has been a lack of capital spending by CEOs, who are sitting on massive cash reserves and enjoying massive free cash flows – and increasing paychecks. They have been more interested in low-risk strategies such as funneling cash back to shareholders via debt raisings, dividend hikes and share repurchase plans than in growing their companies.
Consider that corporate profits as a share of GDP recently surged to more than 11%, above the 10% peak reached in the last bull market and the near 7% peak seen in the late 1990s. For the 50 years through 2001, the average was 5.5%.
Or consider their cash reserves. As the average American watches savings dwindle and as the overall savings rate falls to just 2.4%, the ratio of cash to assets for nonfinancial companies in the S&P 500 ($INX) has hit a peak of 11.2%, above the near 8% seen during the recession and an average of 6.6% since 1978.
If the average family was collecting more profits and had more money in the bank, we'd feel much better about the business climate than CEOs apparently do. We'd put that money to work.
CEOs not doing business
Despite all this, the chart below shows the crux of the problem: Gross fixed capital formation – which, again, means investment in things such as machinery, workstations and equipment – has been underwhelming. CEOs have barely exceeded their 2000 high and are running 12% below the peak quarterly investment rate reached in 2006.
Spending is so inadequate that the economy is "consuming" fixed assets at nearly the rate businesses are investing in new equipment. As a result, the country's base of productive capital is only 1% larger than it was in the depths of the recession – even though the economy is 8% larger and corporate profits are a whopping 60% higher.
So what? Stocks are strong. That makes stockholders happy. The economy is growing, so the numbers look good. Why should a CEO worry?
The problem is that this is akin to eating your seed crop. Underinvestment damages the future ability of any company to grow. It also keeps the economy from growing, which is why we all need to worry.
Small Business should provide most of the new jobs in our recovery. However, CEO's in cahoots with the politicians, get in the way of the recovery because they favor policies that are anti-competitive.
CEO's don't take risks. They are privileged ****s who have a long history of playing the good-ol-boy club with their Harvard connections.
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The introduction of the HP StorageWorks 82Q Dual Port PCIe Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapters brings datacenter infrastructure components to a higher level of performance and efficiency. If you are using storage intensive applications, such as backup / restore, database transactions, and rich media, the increased performance of the infrastructure allows you to store and retrieve critical information faster.
The virtualization of servers has become an important capability for most datacenters. The ability to improve overall server utilization, resulting in significant cost savings, has made server virtualization a "must-have" for most enterprises. By having an HBA that supports and maximizes your server virtualization efforts, you are protecting your significant investments in virtualization technology.
Since most of today's datacenters are required to be available 24 x 7, it is critical that infrastructure components have failover capabilities. By installing redundant HBAs into your servers, you can feel confident that your servers will remain connected to mission-critical stored data.
Finally, today's enterprises are becoming more and more sensitive to the power consumption within the datacenter. The 82Q Dual Port PCIe FC Host Bus Adapters provide a number of features that work together to reduce power consumption, thus delivering a "green" benefit within the server.
- Product Description
- HP StorageWorks 82Q - host bus adapter
- Device Type
- Host bus adapter
- Form Factor
- Plug-in card - low profile
- Interface (Bus) Type
- PCI Express x8
- PCI Specification Revision
- PCIe 2.0
- Ports
- 8Gb Fibre Channel x 2
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 16.8 cm x 6.4 cm
- Data Link Protocol
- 8Gb Fibre Channel (SW)
- Data Transfer Rate
- 8.5 Gbps
- System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SunSoft Solaris 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86/ AMD64/ EM64T, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86/AMD64/Intel EM64T, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86/AMD64/Intel EM64T, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for Intel x86 / AMD64 / EM64T, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, VMware ESX Server 3.5
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 3 years warranty
- Designed For
- Modular Smart Array 1040, P2000 G3; ProLiant DL120 G7, DL160 Gen8, DL165 G7, DL360 G7, DL360e Gen8, DL360p Gen8, DL370 G6, DL380 G7, DL380p Gen8, DL385p Gen8, DL580 G5, DL980 G7, SL160s G6, SL210t Gen8; StorageWorks MSL4048, X1600, X1800, X3400 G2, X3800 G2; StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader
- Device Type
- Host bus adapter
- Form Factor
- Plug-in card - low profile
- Interface (Bus) Type
- PCI Express x8
- PCI Specification Revision
- PCIe 2.0
- Ports
- 8Gb Fibre Channel x 2
- Connectivity Technology
- Wired
- Data Link Protocol
- 8Gb Fibre Channel (SW)
- Data Transfer Rate
- 8.5 Gbps
- Features
- Auto-negotiation
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Slots
- 2 (total) / 0 (free) x SFP+
- Interfaces
- 2 x 8Gb Fibre Channel (short wave) - LC multi-mode x 2
- Compatible Slots
- 1 x PCI Express x8
- Included Accessories
- Low-profile bracket
Software / System Requirements
- OS Required
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SunSoft Solaris 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86/ AMD64/ EM64T, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86/AMD64/Intel EM64T, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86/AMD64/Intel EM64T, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for Intel x86 / AMD64 / EM64T, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, VMware ESX Server 3.5
Dimensions & Weight
- Depth
- 16.8 cm
- Height
- 6.4 cm
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- 3 years warranty
- Service & Support Details
- Limited warranty - parts - 3 years
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- Max Operating Temperature
- Humidity Range Operating
- 10 - 90%
Compatibility Information
- Designed For
- HP Modular Smart Array 1040 Dual Controller SFF Bundle, P2000 G3 10GbE iSCSI Dual Controller SFF Array System, P2000 G3 iSCSI Dual Controller SFF Bundle , HP ProLiant DL120 G7, DL120 G7 Base, DL120 G7 Entry, DL120 G7 Performance, DL160 G6, DL160 Gen8, DL160 Gen8 Entry, DL160 Gen8 Performance, DL160se G6, DL165 G7, DL165 G7 Base, DL165 G7 Performance, DL170h G6, DL320 G6 Performance, DL360 G7, DL360 G7 Base, DL360 G7 Central Management Server, DL360 G7 Efficiency, DL360 G7 Entry, DL360 G7 Performance, DL360e Gen8, DL360e Gen8 Entry, DL360e Gen8 Performance, DL360p Gen8, DL360p Gen8 Base, DL360p Gen8 CMS, DL360p Gen8 Entry, DL360p Gen8 High Performance, DL370 G6 High Performance, DL380 G7, DL380 G7 Base, DL380 G7 Efficiency, DL380 G7 Entry, DL380 G7 Performance, DL380p Gen8, DL380p Gen8 Base, DL380p Gen8 Entry, DL380p Gen8 High Performance, DL380p Gen8 Special, DL385 G6, DL385 G6 Base, DL385 G6 Entry, DL385 G6 High Performance, DL385 G7, DL385 G7 Base, DL385 G7 Entry, DL385 G7 HE, DL385 G7 Performance, DL385p Gen8, DL385p Gen8 Dedicated Workload, DL385p Gen8 Entry, DL385p Gen8 Maximized Consolidation, DL385p Gen8 Storage, DL580 G5 Highly Serviceable Tower, DL580 G7, DL580 G7 Base, DL580 G7 High Performance, DL585 G6, DL585 G6 Base, DL585 G6 Performance, DL585 G7, DL585 G7 Base, DL585 G7 Performance, DL785 G6, DL785 G6 Base, DL785 G6 Performance, DL980 G7, ML330 G6, ML330 G6 Base, ML330 G6 Entry, ML350 G6, SL160s G6, SL160z G6, SL170z G6, SL210t Gen8 1U Node, SL2x170z G6 , HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Ultrium 3000, MSL2024 Ultrium 3280, MSL4048 Ultrium 3000, MSL4048 Ultrium 3280, MSL8096 Ultrium 3280, SN6000C 16-ports Active Fabric Switch, SN6000C 32-ports Active Fabric Switch , HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader Ultrium 3000 , HP StorageWorks Network Storage Gateway X3400 G2, X3800 G2, X9300 , HP StorageWorks Network Storage System X1600, X1600 292GB SAS Model, X1600 7.5TB SAS Model, X1800, X1800 292GB SAS Model
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