OT gift shopping anyone?

If any of you are struggling for a neat gift for old folks, I have a super idea. We have a long, dark hall. The overhead light was too bright for a night time excursion to the facilities including the refrigerator. Not turning on the light was not an option. Old folks misjudge distance and break toes and eyeglasses. So! I found a motion-sensitive light that only needs four C batteries. No electrical major production required; just one nail. It is installed over the end of the hall and gently lights up for 12 seconds. It really tickles me to be able to see where I'm going without waking the whole household and I don't risk breaking any bones. We may have to re-aim ours since the Yorkie has discovered that he can turn on the hall light and it is big Fun. Just thought you might be hunting for a gift for an old biddy that she wouldn't rewrap and put under the bed. Polly

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Polly Esther
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Just thought you might be hunting for a gift for an old biddy that she

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nzlstar*

ORRRRRRRRRR........attach the light so it turns on when you are *lost* under the bed.......the possibilities of this handy light are mind boggling.

*snert!* I think I might like one for my little windowless bathroom though......hmmmmm.

I actually have a little plug in motion sensor night light (happen to have an electrical plug in the hallway) that I got after about the umpteenth time of rolling over the cat who feels the need to be an escort in the wee (or is it wee wee) hours of the dark night.

I have one of those "tap lights" on my bedside table, handy when I'm done reading but my fingers can't get it together enough to turn the little knob to turn the lamp off.....the cat figured that out in a matter of days. I'd wake up to the bright reading light burning through my eyelids and open them to see the QI sitting on the night stand staring at me. As soon as I'd look at him he'd hop back on the bed and curl up to sleep. I KNOW the difference between a purr from a "snorfle" and I KNOW he's "snorfling". I should check my phone bill and see if he and Polly's Yorkie are exchanging stories and laughing their furry little butts off.....whatcha gonna do.

Val

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Val

Val, don't worry ..... if your cat and Polly's Yorkie were in cahoots and doing naughty deeds, my Jojo would already have managed to have it posted on YouTube.com. Snorfle

Sunny At 4 a.m. cuz the @#$%#^& dog wanted ice and knows I have to get ice water as soon as I get out of bed.

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Sunny

Polly, your darling little Yogi is a true character. But I expect no less of him for living with you as an example. VBG

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

This is actually a great tip for me. I think I told you about my Dad being in the hospital. He *will* eventually get to come home but I'm sure will be using a walker for a while. His house is pitch black at night, becuase he's too frugal to leave a light on. This is great--and doesn't use nearly the electricity that leaving a light on does. Thanks, Polly!

Sherry

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Sherry

I've been wanting a gentle light in that hall for years, just didn't want to suffer through the endless trauma that new wiring would create. I'm sure it would involve putting up a new ceiling in the hall, adding deeper insulation in the attic, a more efficient/solar roof - you know how those things go. It is called the 'as long as' syndrome. As long as the electrician is here, why don't we change the ceiling fan in the family room?, et cetera et agony. They estimate the 4 batteries will last at least a year. They didn't, of course, contemplate usage by a very funny Yorkie. Polly

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Polly Esther

We have night lights in the bathrooms. They don't use much electricity and are sometimes enough light, especially in the bathroom. They also give a little light in the hall. One of them is an LED, so it is very energy efficient.

Julia in MN

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Julia in MN

That's a good idea, too. I never did "get" that whole energy-effiency deal. A light bulb can't cost *that* much to run all night, no? Anyway, DH is getting the same way. Maybe it's an old-man thing. He says we should call our house "MOtel 6" because "The light is always on". (used to be their slogan in the commercials)

Sherry

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Sherry

We have LED night lights everywhere. With a black cat, a mostly black tortie, and a gray kittie in the house we have no choice. Without night lights we would break our necks tripping on cats in the dark. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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Debra

Years ago there was a period of black and dark grey hued cats (Larry, Mo & Curly) roaming the house at night when the boys were in school.......They dubbed them "Ninja Kitties". YEEEOWL..THUD..DAMMIT! was a common occurrence :-\

Val

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Val

Having orange and cats with white on them is no picnic either in the middle of the night. Or in the day for that matter. Just this morning I'm walking through the living room and Phoebe, my cobby black kitty is walking in front of me in such a way that no matter how I danced, she was underfoot for several strides! I'll hear DH yell, "I just kicked the cat but I didn't mean to!!" That's my cue to find the offended creature and reassure my husband he did no lasting damage by tripping over it. ;-)

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Debi Matlack

We frequently suffer from the undulating and perambulating ginger furry rug!

When a dog dogs your footsteps you are likely to get a cold nose on the back of the knee if you stop suddenly. When a cat cats your footsteps, no matter where you want to place the next foot, there's a cat in the way!

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Kate XXXXXX

The black one is nicknamed Stealth Kitty. He can move from one end of the house to the other without being seen. He has been known to pass us in the empty hallway and somehow avoids being noticed.

Oh, and his favorite evil cat trick is to lay on something black and close his eyes thus effectively disappearing from human sight altogether. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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Debra

I have a 25 pound black girl kitty. Let me tell you, when you've stubbed your toe on a 25 pound cat you know it!! And if you don't move quick enough she'll bite. I usually announce "cats better move" when I go walking thru the house in the dark. It's a system.

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Ms P

When a 70 pound ridgeback dogs you, their nose does not hit you in the back of the knee!!!

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

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Bonnie Patterson

I have two large (70 pound) ridgebacks who want to lead me everywhere I go in the house, the problem is that they don't know where I am going !!! Sooo, you will hear MOVE, MOVE, but they hear "oh mommy loves you so much, she wants to be so close to you" !!! AND, that's when it's daylight.

Bonnie, in MIddletown, VA

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Bonnie Patterson

Oh, Bonnie, that is the same here, but multiply times two- I have four that weight in between 65-80 lbs. And, yes, they try to lead me and, yes, I chant 'move' around ten million times a day, too. Aren't dogs funny? It's like having a color guard of HairyButts in a parade leading you everywhere you *don't* want to go! Then in the dark of night there are dead dogs laying everywhere for you to trip over and break your neck..... in my small bedroom it's wall-to-wall dog bodies. Or I'm pushed out of bed and they, somehow, steal all the covers! But I would not want to live any other way. ;-)))

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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