This is just a quick post to talk about two of my favorite Christmas gifts I received. I didn't get a whole lot of gifts, and while I do appreciate candy (especially chocolate covered cherries and Ghirardelli caramel chocolate squares), these two presents touched my heart the most. Not to mention they will be useful for a long time.
Gift #1, from DD2, is a refillable soap dispenser for the sink in my tack room. I had told her in November that now that I had an operable sink in the barn, I was in need of a plastic (ie, won't shatter into a million sharp shards if it hits the concrete floor) soap dispenser so I could wash my hands with soap when needed.
This one, I believe, she purchased off of Etsy, and the saying on it is perfect given all the 'icky' things you touch when working in a barn.
You know what you touched.
WASH YOUR HANDS
Gift #2 from Faline, Buck and Sixlet (which means, really from DD1); a set of loop ear plugs. Because I cannot seem to wear normal ear plugs, or ear buds. They don't fit my ears and are either extremely uncomfortable or just plain fall out and won't stay in my ears if I move in the slightest (including breathing). And DH snores frequently. So DD1, who had tried a pair of these for herself, bought me a set with different sizes to see if they would work for me.
Mine are the mint color, and when I tried them on, I found, as I suspected, I wear a small. Which I'm under the impression is typically a size for a child, not an adult. (And probably why in the past decade and a half I hadn't found ear plugs that fit me). They are comfortable, squishy yet retain their shape when not in my ears, and fit well. I can sleep in them no problem.
Do they block out DH's snores? The quieter ones, yes. The medium ones (he has a wide range of snores at varying rhythms and decibels), they muffle enough I can get back to sleep. The really loud ones, no, I still have to change rooms and beds. But not having to change bedrooms in the wee hours the majority of the nights of the week is a huge win and cuts way down on my sleep loss.
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