I'm going to share something embarrassing now. Why you might ask? Honestly, I have no clue. There's just something about a blog that's diary-like, but in a public sort of way. And since a lot of you keep coming back everyday to see what nonsense I have to spew, I figure I owe you. So here goes.
When I was a kid, I could totally relate to Linus from "Peanuts." See, I had a few stuffed animals on my bed (one being a big fluffy Snoopy) that I'd sleep with. But the one thing I absolutely HAD to have or I couldn't sleep... well, that was my blanket. It was white, with a satin-type strip along the edges. And I'm not sure how it was made, but it had a knit sort of style so that there were teeny tiny holes here and there that you could see through. It was pretty thin, not too big (probably 3 feet by 3 feet), and quite easily THE softest thing you will ever feel in your life.
I called it my NunNun.
Get your laughing out now. Done yet? Okay, I'll wait. Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... Okay. So why NunNun? That's easy. There was one corner of the blanket that was very very frayed. Which means it was also the softest part of the whole thing. I used to take that blanket everywhere in the house with me and while watching TV, I'd take that super soft corner and just keep rubbing it gently across my face while saying "nunununununun" over and over. Granted I must've been like 3 or 4 when I started doing that. So as I got older, that got shortened to just "NunNun" and thus it had a name.
I never took it out of the house, but I definitely used to play with it, either as a superhero cape or to make some sort of tent. It was always there with me.
I remember when I finally gave it up, though. And here's the really embarrassing part. Yes, I finally put my poor, tattered NunNun to rest when... when I went away to college. There. I said it. So I'd like to take a moment of silence to remember my best childhood friend... my security blanket who didn't just keep me warm and toasty, but also protected me from the monsters under my bed as I slept safely every single night.
COUPON TIME:
Okay, after that post I think I need to really get some manly coupons going on over here. And since Spring Fever is in full bloom and everyone's in a cleaning/fixing-up mode, here are some good deals for home and home repair type stores. (Yeah, I think I still need a beer to man up a bit...)
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7 Responses to “Safe and Secure”
So did your parents live in fear of something happening to your blanket or did they have a dozen backups?
Ha! I used to be crazy about those blankets with the satin around the edges. I'd run it along my face, and it just felt soooo good. Of course, those blankets never lasted long around me. I'd end up tearing off the satin and carrying it around in my pocket. hehe.
We are just too alike, Andrew!
Ha :p
My daughter just turned one and when she gets a little sleepy she runs to her bed and grabs a pink blanket... then stumbles her way to me and it's cuddle time. She's out in seconds with the blanket too.
College you say? I'd better get a few nunnuns
@CFO - Hah. No, I just had the one blanket. No backups. And yes, there were a number of "lost NunNun" scares, but thankfully it was always recovered.
@Tish - Oh yeah?! I didn't think anyone else would even know what I was talking about. Too funny! Yeah we do seem to have a lot in common don't we. Just don't expect me to start watching American Idol anytime soon...
@Popular Wealth - Aww. That's really sweet. And yeah, college. You better stock up fast!
I'd laugh at you and Tish if it weren't for the fact that I had a blanket that I called DeeDee, lol.
I carried that thing around for years until it faded, turned gray and fell apart! It also had silk around the edges, I'm wondering if that was the style of blankets in the seventies, lol.
I haven't seen you over at MyBlogRules - Congrats on the page rank increase, that's awesome.
@Christy - Hey there! Well now you know why I haven't been over at MBR too much either. I have no idea about the page rank, I better go check. And funny about the blanket! It totally must've been a '70s thing.
My son had a blanket which was always with him up to the age of about 2. We had a number of identical ones but he had this one particular blanket that he had to have. It was a real pain getting it off him to wash it, my wife sometimes did this whilst he was asleep, and then dried it on a radiator double quick. But there was a real possibility that he would wake up without it and attempt matricide if it wasn't supplied quickly enough.