Do you make your bed? Everyday?

I was running around this morning making the kids' beds and I was wondering why I bothered. If I let them make their own beds, which I do most days, I end up in there to straighten them out anyway. Both Buddy and Bear seem to kick the top sheet all down to the bottom of the bed and then when they remake it, they leave that top sheet all crunched up and hanging out at the bottom. Buddy is as likely as not to leave dirty clothes under the blankets too. And Bears bed will have two million beanies and stuffed animals and books all spread underneath. Chick only makes her bed when I make her do it because we have company coming. Her bed is such a nest of multiple pillows, fleece blankies and a folded-in-half-queen-down-comforter that it doesn't really look any different when it's made than when it's unmade. So, since she mostly keeps her door shut and lives in the celler anyway, I give her more leeway. But Bear and Buddy... their beds I keep tabs on.

My friend Karen gives me a hard time about the fact that I make my kids have top sheets anyway. She said she doesn't bother because her kids just kick them down to the bottom also. So why do I keep using one? I dunno. It just seems so uncivilized to NOT have a top sheet. Not that my kids are civilized by any means but hey, we make up for it with top sheets. My bed? Oh. Well. See, that's different. Sort of. I do make it but I have a method. I fluff it all and pull the bottom sheet nice and taut, but I fold back the comforter and top sheet all the way in half down to the bottom of the bed. Then the pillows get all plumped and arranged and I think it looks so inviting that way. Sometimes I make it all the way... like when company is coming, but this way the bed also gets all aired out and seems fresh each day. Try it, you might like it!

So what about you? Do you use top sheets? Make your bed everyday? Sleep with your dog (ewww, sorry but...yukk!)? C'mon, spill...