Himmel Bett

While listening to a Brainwave Entrainment WEEKEND BOOSTER, I had a vision of my bed being a little higher still, with a very solid (4 x 4) post arrangement for the four corners, and either more 4 x 4's or round pipes for the connective tops. Everything must be stable enough to hold at least 300 kilos.

Normal white drapes would allow for a light show effect, 4 stereo speakers could be set up in the 4 corners, or 2 "under-the-pillow" type speakers for hypnosis tapes, etc.

Jolly Jumper ...huge springs for big adults?

Think of those bungee-jumping things I took a pic of somewhere. They would be fun for adults, too! Combination swing, Jolly Jumper, bungee, etc. But I would need to find BIG springs for me to use it myself!

When our daughter was about 6 months old, a child’s toy called a Jolly Jumper came onto the market. I have no idea how much it cost in 1971, but my husband Steve figured he could probably make one — and he did — using a leg from a pair of worn-out jeans. He sewed the bottom using some heavy-duty waxed linen thread to make two leg openings for the baby, and we fastened her into the leg with diaper pins. I can’t remember now how the bag attached to the bar above, but there was wood, metal and springs involved in the whole invention. She loved it. It hung in the doorway between the kitchen and living room. In just a couple of weeks, she figured out how to jump and twist, looking from one room to the other. She’d walk as far forward as possible, pick up her feet and swing back and forth — giggling the whole time. It was the very best in-house babysitter I ever had.