FEATURES
6A
Newlyweds unable to sleep
Dear Annie: My husband and
I are newlyweds. The irst year of
marriage has been amazing, except
for one thing. Our sleeping pref-
erences are radically different. I
enjoy a cold room with a heavy
plush comforter, whereas he would
be happy sleeping in a warmer
room with a lighter-weight blanket.
He complains constantly about
being too hot. When I tell him to
throw the blanket off, he complains
it’s too cold. The other night, he said
he was so uncomfortable that he
slept in the guest room with a small
blanket and the temperature set to
75. In the morning, he crawled into
bed and said he’d missed sleeping
next to me. . It’s just the actual fall-
ing and staying asleep part that is a
struggle. — Sleeping Beauty Needs
Her Shut-eye
Dear Sleeping Beauty: Prince
Charming needs his shut-eye, too.
It’s common that couples have to
iron out their sleeping differences.
There are plenty of options.
There are blankets designed for
couples in your situation, where
half the blanket is heavy and half
is light. You can ind these for sale
online, or if you’re at all crafty,
you can stitch two different-weight
blankets together yourself. If
that’s not enough, consider buying
Dear Annie
By
Annie
Lane
Creators
Syndicate
Inc.
two twin beds and pushing them
together to make a king-size bed.
That way, your bed will have your
blanket and his will have his.
Science is on your side with the
thermostat. Dr. Christopher Win-
ter, medical director at Charlottes-
ville Neurology and Sleep Medi-
cine, says the ideal temperature at
which to sleep is between 60 and
67 degrees, as cooler body tem-
peratures allow for deeper sleep.
But seeing as your husband prefers
it warmer, perhaps you could com-
promise at 70.
Congratulations on your mar-
riage. If this is the biggest problem
in your relationship, you’re doing
well.
Dear Annie: My spouse is the
head of a company and receives
gourmet food gifts from large cor-
porations. What is the proper eti-
quette regarding these gifts? The
gifts are addressed to my spouse.
Are the gifts to be shared with
everyone in the ofice? Are the gifts
to be brought home? I don’t want to
be rude. — Unsure
Dear Unsure: These baskets
are addressed to your husband,
so if he’d like to take them home,
that would be perfectly OK. But
what would be even better is if he
shared at least some of them with
the ofice. Any goodwill this might
establish between him and his
employees would be priceless.
Dear Annie: I was disappointed
when I read your answer to “Hear-
ing Gibberish,” the gentleman who
complained about people talking
too fast for him to understand. That
is a huge red lag that suggests
he may be experiencing hearing
loss. If not diagnosed and treated,
he might withdraw, quit trying to
communicate and fail to respond to
loved ones. There are tools to help
with this, such as closed captioning,
assistive-listening devices, hear-
ing aids and captioned telephones
(CapTel). Your state may provide a
captioned phone free or at reduced
cost. For more information, contact
the Hearing Loss Association of
America (http://www.hearingloss.
org). — Hearing Again
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2016
Tomorrow’s horoscope
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). As for the one
you’ve put so much thought into lately: This
person makes you happy, but also makes
you feel vulnerable. Old fears are surfacing
through this relationship.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). What can you
do that you haven’t before? The events of the
day will seem to rhyme, as though everything
is echoing parts of something else. There’s a
beauty and a comfort in this, also an annoy-
ance.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Time and ac-
tion will seem to play out in a very analog
fashion. Unlike what occurs when you send a
text or an email, you’ll be able to finish an ac-
tion, change your mind, take it back and redo
it before it matters.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The feeling of
the day is one of unlimited potential. The idea
that your best work is still out there will keep
you reaching, trying, learning and committing
yourself over and over to the promise.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The day’s work will
thrust you into unusual social circumstances.
You’ll be sorting through the frivolous and
the earnest today, finding value in both and
enjoying the task of handling these sorts of
things.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Over time you
could grow to resent those who seem to only
add to the rather mundane aspects of the day,
even as you cherish those who grace your
existence with a spark of the unexpected.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). No matter what
pessimism may abound in some around you
today, your enthusiasm will be difficult to kill,
because it is invisible and contagious and
moves fast. Stay buoyant.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You like to
FRANK AND ERNEST
BLONDIE
THATABABY
SALLY FORTH
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
B.C.
LOLA
DILBERT
SIX CHIX
BIZARRO
MUTTS
NON SEQUITUR
BABY BLUES
WIZARD OF ID
ZITS
ROSE IS ROSE
make people laugh, and you’re good at it. The
star of your day will be an Ed McMahon-es-
que sidekick — someone who supports you,
sets you up and gets a good deal of pleasure
from your wit, too.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The
bigger victories will get a party or some kind
of epic advertisement; it will be easy to lose
yourself in their pronouncement. All the more
reason to raise a toast to small victories such
as the one this evening.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You need
the love and affection, but somehow it doesn’t
seem right to you if you have to ask for it. The
problem is remedied by giving out the sort of
thing that you want them to give to you. Don’t
worry; in time, they’ll learn.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Just be-
cause it’s the best answer doesn’t make it
right. You’ll be inspired to ask more, go deep-
er and experiment. This could bother the type
of person who likes to leave well-enough
alone, but don’t let that dissuade you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s
something you used to try and hide or dis-
guise. You’re starting to realize that this cir-
cumstance or trait that you once deemed
unacceptable may very well be the best op-
portunity you have to celebrate who you are.
TUESDAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 11). As for
the healing you’ve worked for, you’ll now stop
the efforts and relax into a big improvement.
You’ll get the other pieces to the puzzle over
the next four weeks; all will pop into place
to form a pretty picture. Your personal life
features love and adventure in 2017. August
brings professional advancement. Pisces and
Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 40,
22, 29 and 33.