Preparing for winter II

Fruball

What about getting a warm snuggly throw for the sofa in a different colour? Would that help?

Red and green is seen all the time in nature so if you like it, go for it

EstherH wrote: »

That's nice!

Definitly red and green. I remember going to work as a young office junior in a red polo neck and a green tank top kind of thing which I thought looked nice and someone saying it to me. Can see myself in it now. Take the point about it being Christmassy. Might have a hunt around and see what I can find cheap. Did see some curtains in Ikea yesterday that I liked but couldn't find a price and they were hung up in the bedding part and I think we missed the curtain section, get lost in there lol!

coldstreamalways

EstherH wrote: »

I am trying to get my head round lining curtains with fleece. Not being at all crafty or practical and never sewing anything I like the idea of being able to pin a fleece to the curtain, and having warmer rooms but do I need to gather it up like the curtains? Also, what size fleeces and windows are you talking about? My windows are very large bay ones. The curtain drop is quite long - can't remember what atm.

Take the curtains down and undo the gathering thread (at the top) so it flattens out. Pin the fleece (I tack them so they look smart and stay on all year round, we don't close all the curtains in the summer anyway) to the top and down the sides if it doesn't hang right (if the fleece is square and hemmed, I just do the top). Then gather up the thread again to make the curtains ruffled, the fleece will ruffle at the same time. Hey presto! If you don't really see them though I'm sure you could just pin it on with them gathered up.

SpaceMonkey

I am looking on ebay for some walking boots, the ice last winter was really bad and I lost count of the near misses I had!
I am making a door curtain and had the car serviced.
Started on making christmas presents, making my friend a rag rug at the moment,

twiz21

cmazza wrote: »

Has anyone tried one of these? It's for gas hobs, according to them it converts all unburnt gas to heat and energy, allowing you to cook faster and so save on gas.

http://www.allaboutyoushop.com/Gas-Energy-Saver/lid/6696

I had one of these and so did my brother. It actually took longer to boil a small pan of water when I tried it out several times. There is an online review I read recently which says the same thing. I'll try to find that review.

nippyone

SpaceMonkey wrote: »

I am looking on ebay for some walking boots, the ice last winter was really bad and I lost count of the near misses I had!
I am making a door curtain and had the car serviced.
Started on making christmas presents, making my friend a rag rug at the moment,

Hi SpaceMonkey

Please let me know if you find walking boots that will 'definitely' keep you on your feet in the weather we had last year.

I have 2 or 3 pairs of walking boots, one pair that have multi-directional tread (I think that's what it's called) and they didn't even work!

Don't think shops would thank us for going in with spiked soles - I even thought about getting them:rotfl:

I would welcome any suggestions.

dreaming

Reading about the bottled water storage - how long can it be stored for? I don't buy it so not sure if it is worth starting to buy a bottle each week for the next few weeks, or to wait a while. I have a nice dark shed to hide it in (it can go next to the wine - lol), but I don't know how long the use by dates etc. are.

Thanks

glendam

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002LWDCCS/ref=oss_product

These are called shoe grips and are removable we got them towards the end of the snow and found them great.
They are expensive but maybe somewhere else does something similar cheaper.

Just to say dont post often but read every day and love this thread.

Glenda

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I have a couple of water filters in the house and have actually used one on holiday so know it works. They will filter any water and we all live near enough to something ie a stream, a pond, a water butt etc. The ones I have are called aqua pure and that is what will be our standby and not bottled water

http://www.catch22products.co.uk/HealthWater.htm

the grippers we used on our shoes and boots last year were called yak trax and they absolutely worked

rosieben

dreaming wrote: »

Reading about the bottled water storage - how long can it be stored for? I don't buy it so not sure if it is worth starting to buy a bottle each week for the next few weeks, or to wait a while. I have a nice dark shed to hide it in (it can go next to the wine - lol), but I don't know how long the use by dates etc. are.

Thanks

I've just checked mine - the ones I bought a few weeks ago are bb Nov 2011, the ones bought last month are bb april or june 2012; I try to keep a check on dates in the pantry anyway to use things in rotation but I haven't added that water to my list yet

Confuzzled

toontron wrote: »

The mobile phone battery is an absolute must, and could be a life saver, always take mine and I had a meaty 4x4 which got well stuck last year! I always have a spare bag of cat litter in the boot in bad weather too, just incase I need to put it under the wheels if I get stuck!

i have a combo windup torch/radio/mobile charger thing (if i can find it!) i've never used it for the mobile but is you wound it for a few minutes you could get enough juice to make an emergency phone call. if you needed a longer call you'd have to put more welly into it and wind it longer but chances are the extra effort would help keep you warm

it's worth looking into... another thing to think about is if you know bad weather is coming charge your phones fully! it may not be enough to last but something is better than nothing