Preparing for winter II

pigpen

I stocked up on lip balms.. NOT carmex as it makes our sensitive lip very very sore.. evil stuff.. DD5 suffers badly every year so she can have 1 to zip up in her coat pocket... under instruction not to share with friends!

I made a start on restocking the medicine cabinet.. calpol melts for DD5.. tixylix and day/night nurse next..

I got 36 loos rolls yesterday.. which will last about a week if I am lucky! impossible to stock up too much on such things in here!

I did stash tins of big soup for me while on offer at Tescos..

I need to sort through my socks at somepoint.. no doubt I will have 2 odd socks without holes!! AGAIN!!

Pips_Mum

These might be nice and cosy??

http://direct.asda.com/ASDA-Fleecy-Mattress-Protector---Various-Sizes/SingleFleecyMattressProtectorMaster,default,pd.html

ifonlyitwaseasier

Confuzzled - thats the one!! it's perfect, i may even buy a spare to put away.

so the boots in Costco are lovely but i'm looking for more of a slipper boot than a "wear out" boot iykwim, so i didn't get them, for once i spent less than a ton in there! fyi just don't buy the blueberry muffins, your waistline will hate you!!

pigpen

Winter prep list for Pigpen

I need to..

*make door curtains for front and back door
*Draft tape ALL the doors and the remaining 4 non-DG windows.. tape arrived!!!
*get blinds cut to size and put up in the kitchen
*Boots for DD3.. just found some size 4 in my stash.. saved some £s and DGS 9/9.5F
*make draught snakes for back, front and french doors... I have a pattern finally
*make linings for boys room curtains and put up their blind

Have already.

*wash and sorted everyones winter coats
* sorted shoes for everyone and boots for most.
*Washed windows
*put up back room curtains
*Get guttering replaced back and front
*Get quotes for DD2's bedroom window and back room bay window so I can save up for them to be replaced in the new year... these are now being replaced in TODAY AND TOMORROW!
*get new locks for front and back door and get the back door one in the french doors
*get curtains back up at the french doors.. they blew a hooley through there last winter!
*get girls room plastered..
*make sure everyone has hats, scarves, gloves & vests..
* stove kettle for power cuts.. which we get a LOT of!!

Adding a shopping list.

* curtains tracks for front and back doors
* Boots for DGS (9F)
* Plastic carpet protector for hallway.. it is getting grotty and was hideous last winter with leaves and mud etc.
* coal/logs .. in case of dead boilers we WILL have heat!
* snow shovel is a good idea.. might help OH with snowman building!
* Refill medicine cupboard.. calpol, tixylix, ibuprofen, cocodamol, day/night nurse capsules, anbesol, [STRIKE]infacol[/STRIKE], savlon cream, [STRIKE]lip balm[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]strepsils[/STRIKE], vicks sinex, rennies,
* Wind up light
* Battery charger

Just adding more stuff!!!!

oldtractor

My new freezer is plugged in and working! big plans now for HM meals and meat and game ordering. Rose veal,pheasant,venison,partridge,grouse,yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm bring on the winter!

abaxas

Busy brewing/fermenting..

30 bottle wine kit
20lt of cider
40 pints of beer.

Anything esle I might need for winter?

oldtractor

abaxas could you pm me about these kits? is there a web site I can buy from?

Sunnyday

abaxas wrote: »

Busy brewing/fermenting..

30 bottle wine kit
20lt of cider
40 pints of beer.

Anything esle I might need for winter?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Hope that we can all battle through the snow to yours if we need to

SD

Toonie

Confuzzled wrote: »

and Toonie, i too am sorry to hear about your split, i wouldn't worry too much about the winter prep just yet however once you're settled in your new home perhaps you can use it as a distraction when the hurt gets to be a bit too much

Thanks, it is difficult to concentrate on anything right now, but I'm finding little things that need sorting. I went through my sock drawer and realised I need some new thermal socks, mine are getting to the stage of almost being see through on the heel and big toe.

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

When I split up with my ex I ended up moving to a new city - we had the same group of friends (had known each other several years before becoming "an item") and so were always running into each other. It was OK and I didn't hate him or anything, I just got to the point where I felt I had to move on and seeing him practically every weekend/night out/get together etc was stopping this.

It was great for me - a fresh start and I made new friends/found a job etc pretty quickly.

It is a big change tho - I did miss my friends "at home" but it's so much easier to keep in touch nowadays which made it a lot more bearable.

That's the trouble, I am friends with a lot of his friends and I don't want it to get awkward, so maybe a new city is a good plan. But of course, Newcastle wouldn't really be new to me as that's where my Dad's family are from. The big trouble is money and getting a job up there of course. Maybe time to start looking at adverts.

welsh_mummy

Have been slowly reading the posts from the start!

Quick question - I am looking to put foil down the back of my radiators. Can you use normal kitchen foil and is it supposed to touch the radiator or is a gap needed for it to work correctly?

The gap down the back of our radiators is quite tight.

Thanks in advance