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You’ve been waiting all week for this. Admit it.
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The only thing on my bedside table is a clock. The reason for this?
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten… who has the endearing habit of jumping up there early in the morning to announce it’s time for the Royal breakfast to be served.
Reading glasses and book? Swatted to the floor.
iPhone and earbuds? Pushed off the edge.
Hand cream? Batted to the floor and chased under the bed.
So…
A digital clock from Sharper Image that resets itself for daylight savings time and automatically finds the correct time if the power goes off. It’s small.. but a little too heavy for his lordship to fling off the nightstand.
What about you?
What’s on your nightstand…
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River's world..... 
My eyeglasses…
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I used to keep glasses there. Until kitty started knocking them to the floor for me to step on in the morning.
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If you promise you won’t tell,
I’ll tell you what’s on my stand:
A clock to bugle reveille,
And a rubber for my band.
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I’ve always had rather small bedside tables but they had shelves – so the only thing on top was a small clock and a small lamp – everything else – books etc went on the shelves. When I lived with cats I don’t recall any incursions. I did have pet steps so the cats could easily get up on the bed – you know, anything for the kitties…
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Our little guy walks across both of us to sit on my stand and look out the window. If anything is in his way? It isn’t for long…
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Ah, well – Windows! I found cat trees that fit perfectly under the windows (we live in an apartment) and I had two in each room plus a chest with a thick cushion in the living/dining room – the wall space under the windows was completely covered up. I also crocheted ‘blankies’ for every place the cats favored – they did like their soft and fluffy.
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A couple of books, reading glasses, ear buds, cell phone and a glass of water. All safe because the master cat leaps onto husbands beside table and tosses things to the floor if we are not up early feeding the famished master and his minions.
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Maybe I need to switch bed sides.
😉
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Two pair of glasses, a new Amazon Echo Dot to give me time (in Australian accent) and any weird info I ask, and chapstick!
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Dudley would have a field day with that.
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Right?! My 2 legged Finn just stays put…she’d have a field day if she were more agile like Lord Dudley lol
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My books, my glasses, glass of water, tablet for music for the dogs….Sprint learned early on to NOT do that kind of stuff. Momma don’t suffer that kind stuff from him. Usually a stern word…..or a shove off whatever he’s not sposed to be on. I get a dirty look. And my stuff isn’t lost.
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Music for dogs…?
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Stella and Louie listen to my tablet all day. Otherwise they would hear outside noises and bark
All
Day
Long.
This soothes them. White noise so to speak.
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My phone and my sidearm, the first is because it is attached to our security cameras and I need to hear it if it triggers outside motion, the other to erase the motion.
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Glad I don’t live where that’s necessary. The only motion security cameras would pick up here is deer and fox.
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It is not that I live in an area like that, as I have never had to take action, it is because I have seen the worst in people and know stupidity has no conscience. If there is a .00001% chance someone could decide to target my family, then I have an obligation to protect them.
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Lamp, book(s), tissues . . . water on adjacent desk.
The cats we’ve had were very good about NOT knocking stuff off surfaces. They tip-toed around so as not to disturb anything. It was a game for them.
With one exception . . . the Christmas Train that got derailed more than once . . . with tracks strewn hither and yon.
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My husband and Dudley have a continuing game with the tv remote. Dudley usually wins…
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Everything except a cat.
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Ha! Just the opposite from me….
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I don’t have any nightstands at the moment. I bought a pair that affix right to the wall (appear as if they are floating) and they are still sitting in their boxes on the floor beside my bed, months later 🤣
Deb
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HEPA fan, oscillating fan, electric blanket controls, bottle of nasal spray, one liter water bottle. hearing aid charger, lamp … and more.
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That must be a big night stand…
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My phone and Apple Watch charger, my reading glasses, a bottle of water and ear plugs.
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Ear plugs! Lord Mountcatten loves ear plugs…
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I’m sure he does, I use those to keep from hearing Charlie run into walls at night when he’s got the zoomies.
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Dudley zooms right on schedule at 7:00 every night. Thankfully he’s a good sleeper.
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Lamp,books, Fonster holds my glasses (he’s my Fuggler, by the way), to much paperwork crap. Thanks for the reminder, maybe I will sort that, later.
My Fur-Children are old enough Not to knock stuff off. Although, there have been Times!
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An alarm clock and a weather station. The alarm clock is just a leftover from the days pre-iPhone. It does allow me to see the time at a glance. The weather station was a gift from my mother which gives the outdoor temp, indoor temp, the humidity inside, etc. And of course…the remote…always on my side!
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I have to keep the remote in the drawer, otherwise I have to crawl under the bed to find it.
🤣
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My kindle and the knowledge the husband and the pug are sharing the bed with me! A glass of water and my reading glasses.
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Water? That would never work here… I’d wake up wet.
🤣
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The joys of being owned by a cat!
I always have a glass of water, my phone, eye drops, and a book.
Years ago, when we had cats, I woke up once in the middle of the night to a weird slurping sound….only to find a cat drinking from my water cup. Not sure how many times it happened over the years before that.
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More than you know, I’m sure.
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Can’t live without my white noise machine. I even have a travel version. If I forget it when we go out of town, I can’t sleep – it’s too quiet!!
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I’m just the opposite. The least little bit of noise keeps me awake…
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I was going to say Tara, until I read your addendum about the nightstand. I’ll go with a much-more-boring answer, I guess: my Kindle.
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