Preparing for winter II

Confuzzled

Miss_Imaginative wrote: »

When we lived in a flat and our landlord wouldn't let us put up curtains/curtain poles, we attached blankets to the blinds instead to help keep the heat in/cold out. Can't remember exactly how we did it, but think it was my OH being rather creative with some string and the way the blinds were constructed!

Miss_I

you could easily poke holes in fleeces too, they don't unravel and they're light enough they won't pull down the blinds

Confuzzled

I_luv_cats wrote: »

I think my cat has started hibernating !!! Under the duvet 24/7 apart from a snack and spending a penny!!!

Soon as I check up on meow, just goes deeper under!!!

Weird how suddenly dives under there this time of year??


Has your cat started hibernating???

i no longer have a cat but you just brought back happy memories of my fav pet when i wsa a kid. he used to try laying on my feet in bed but i couldn't stand the feel of it so i'd gently push him off. finally one night i pulled the covers back next to me and patted it to get him to come lay down. he did, rested his head on the pillow and let me cover him up, from then on he'd sleep under the covers with me every night *eyes well up a bit* i really miss him, but that's a lovely memory so thank you for jogging my memory

Confuzzled

Red_Doe wrote: »

Can I ask a question re bubble wrap on windows please? I don't have any bubble wrap on a roll, but do have lots of bits of it hoarded from various packages over the months. Will I be able to use that, piecing it together on my windows, or do I have to buy a whole roll? My windows are about four foot by two or three.

you can piece it together like a jigsaw, you just need to lightly dampen the window, then lightly press the bubbles against the glass, surface tension will hold them on. every once in awhile you may need to dampen it again underneath so basically you'll just have more spaces to possibly refresh than those using a continuous strip

miss_corerupted

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Anyone needing a cheapish extra airer for drying clothes - L*dl have some starting next Monday (12th)

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_24020.htm
£8.99 and looks like the clothes all have room to dry properly IYKWIM.

Might give this a try - I have quite a big one similar to this http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8500447/Trail/searchtext%3EMINKY+AIRER.htm but find the clothes overlap/take ages to dry if I use every rail

I was in Asda (Blackwood) yesterday and near the front door they had minky airier reduced from £15 to £7.50. I should have got one

D&DD

Thanks MissC will have a look in my Asda my airers so lopsided its almost on the floor lol..mind it was a wedding present 23 years ago so it hasn't done bad :rotfl:

Freezing here today and wet and windy meh cuddled up to dog under a fleece


Having downstairs carpets cleaned tomorrow hope it brightens up!Nice to have them freshened up after the 'summer'??? with all the kids roaming around.

Need to overlock some fresh fleeces for downstairs I bought loads last year from Ebay by the metre and its still sat there looking at me in one piece..:o

ThrivingOnThrift

La-Cara, what a lovely idea, thank you! Slightly off topic for this board, but I have been wanting an Ikea trip to get some little jars to put hot chocolate and marshmallows in as a Christmas Gift, so getting some of these shower curtain poles is just the reason I need to finally go! Thank you!

Thriftkitten

bluebag wrote: »

Thriftkitten wrote: »

A very aged but wise chap I knew used one he had bought from new in 190plonk. He used to use the warm water in it, kept cozy all night in his bed to have a wash with in the morning !

Y U K hahahahah!!!

Thriftkitten

Confuzzled wrote: »

i remember those, my grandmother had one (not quite that vintage but the bakerlight kind mounted to the wall) it was horrid, if you finger slipped or you lost count, any slight distraction you had to start all over again and it always seemed every number i had to dial had loads of 9's in it :rotfl:

she had that phone, hmmm well into the 80's :eek:

Mine still works, however I can't use it for certain numbers as when the voiceover says" for this dept press 3 " I'm ever so slightly stumped!!!

sparrer

Confuzzled wrote: »

i remember those, my grandmother had one (not quite that vintage but the bakerlight kind mounted to the wall) it was horrid, if you finger slipped or you lost count, any slight distraction you had to start all over again and it always seemed every number i had to dial had loads of 9's in it :rotfl:

she had that phone, hmmm well into the 80's :eek:

Sorry to go off subject but you just brought back memories - in the days of yore when I was a call girl (;)) we had ginormous bakelite headphones and a huge trumpet-like mouthpiece that hung round our necks on a wide fabric band. Mind you in those days enquiries were free and we only charged 4d (2p) for our services
Enough reminiscing, back to winterising...

SusieT

ThrivingOnThrift wrote: »

Good evening! We rent a flat with wooden blinds, and had planned to put up curtains for the winter. However, our landlord has refused us permission, even when we promised to take them down and make good any holes for the curtain pole at the end! Any ideas for a non-permanent way to put up curtains or similar to keep us snug this winter? Very gratefully received!

For people who do not have an Ikea near them, http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=telescopic+curtain+poles&!!!!!googhydr-21&index=garden&hvadid=12519499190&ref=pd_sl_52msao82c1_e Amaz0n do the telescopic shower poles and also net curtain poles that have sticky pads to keep them up in various sizes if you don't want the blinds up.