Preparing for winter II

Fruball

Brrrrrrrrrrr its feeling a bit chilly in my house today... Admittedly I did open up all the windows this morning and it was blowing a hooli outside and raining :mad:

Strange thing is, my living room it actually not too cold.. I am a bit puzzled by this as I have also had windows open in here front and back to get a good blow thru... Now the windows are shut, its very much warmer than upstairs :j I did have the grill on earlier to make melba toasts to go with my HM smoked mack pate so perhaps that was enough to warm it thru?

I think my house might also be 'sucking' heat from the neighbours

I really wanted to go to Aldi this afternoon to get some thermals but I don't want to go out in the drizzle and wind

mardatha

I cant open my front door or windows or I get a pailful of heavy rain blowing me off my feet Had a very ratty daughter on the phone saying her landline is down, reported it and BT say hundreds of faults due to the weather. Just waiting for the power to go next....:D
Global warming in Scotland. Pure magic . :rotfl:

jackieglasgow

My Ds1 who will be eleven on Sunday has just said to me that the weather doesn't normally get this bad until February, and he thinks someone has put a hex on us! :rotfl:

Confuzzled

Kitchenbunny wrote: »

I was also really pleased to see that Mr M's are selling things like pork knuckles, ribs, pork cheeks and lamb bones for stock. It's good that the supermarkets are selling some of the less well known cuts of meat. I'm definitely intending a big batch of pea and ham soup for one of my winter freezermeals using a pork knuckle.

KB xx

i don't live by Mr M's anymore but whenever i have to go to st andrews for a dental appt i pop in as it's just across the road. they ALWAYS seem to have their smoked riblets or smoked ham houghs on clearance and i ALWAYS clear them out

so lovely in pea or lentil soup mmmm you've made my mouth water just thinking of it!

Emmala

Well, I have PLOUGHED through this thread over a couple of days and would like to say thank you for so many good ideas for the coming winter.

I haven't much to add, except a couple of weeks ago I bought my two eldest new feather duvets (they had the other sort before) and it's made a massive difference already, the feathers shape round them and keep them much warmer than before. I always have feather duvets and feel a bit mean that I hadn't thought of changing theirs before if I'm honest!!

Keep the ideas coming, this thread is really interesting!

bluebag

Talking about feather duvets which isn't an issue for me as I can't afford them, but having chronic neck pain I was advised to get a feather pillow...it's lush warm.

bluebag

Dippypud wrote: »

Sorry to be a party pooper, but these tiles are highly flammable, if, heaven forbid, there were a fire in your kitchen your landlord could hold you responsible because you introduced a flammable material.

Regards, Pud

Since the 1980's polystrene tiles have been fire retardent. The fire hazard only became an issue after this date if people painted them with gloss paint.
Check the label in the DIY store before purchase as it should state it is treated with a fire retardent.
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zarazara

saw an interesting prog a while ago. the smallest house , its about 8 feet wide by 12 feet deep. mid terraced. lived in in the 19th C by a seafaring man. bed at far end,like a bunk bed, large inglenook with wood burner with a kettle and for cooking on,side wall thats about it. next door to an inn,so I guess he nipped round there for meals. lovely and cosey. and cheap to run.

Justamum

zarazara wrote: »

saw an interesting prog a while ago. the smallest house , its about 8 feet wide by 12 feet deep. mid terraced. lived in in the 19th C by a seafaring man. bed at far end,like a bunk bed, large inglenook with wood burner with a kettle and for cooking on,side wall thats about it. next door to an inn,so I guess he nipped round there for meals. lovely and cosey. and cheap to run.

It sounds very compact and bijou :rotfl:. I bet if it was for sale these days it would be at least £150,000! Well it would if it was here anyway :mad::(

Winchelsea

adelight I was looking at the uniqlo body warmers - not seen anything like them before, but I bet they keep you toasty. I was wondering.....I've got lots of wool - maybe I could knit some? Could be plain or stripey. And would be like the lower part of a jumper, but not at all baggy I would guess. Anyway, thanks for the info.

I'm looking forward to going to bed soon, especially as I clipped my summer and autumn duvets together today, to make the winter weight one. The only snag is that it's quite heavy, not noticeable on the bed but very much so when you try to lift it. I always like to give the quilt a good shake after I've put the cover on, and it was quite hard to do, even though it's a single bed.

(DH and I gave up the double bed and I bought twins just over a year ago, as it meant I got a bit better night's sleep. Twin beds I mean - we got twins - identical daughters - 46 years ago!)

The duvets are feather ones, from Ik*a, not too expensive for what they are. (I think it was bluebag who was querying the cost?)