Its tough, it will get better and guess what its freezing brrrrr!

mardatha

I thought my ratty virgo was the only man who was a maniac around fire I find the stove a lot easier to look after than the fire was - we never let ours go out at any time. Because you can turn it right down to 0 and it doesnt draw at all, only needs filled once every 24 hours. And with keeping it on all the time the stone walls stay hot.

charlies-aunt

mardatha wrote: »

What time does Sainsbugs sell off the chickens usually ?

We were in there (Scu nthorpe) just after 12 - I believe that they only keep them on the hot shelf thing for a couple of hours before reducing them as we have been in at 6pm and the cooked spare ribs have been marked half price.

pennywisepoundstupid

I keep my OH away from the stove for the opposite reason, he always manages to put the blinking thing out:mad:, i can look after for weeks keep it going, shut it down at night etc. I was really tired on Thursday eve had had a long day at work and asked hubby to sort stove out before coming to bed as i was having an early night, got up yesterday morning, thought the house was cold and came downstairs to find he had not shut the stove down and vents had been left open all night:mad:, so 6am yesterday i was taking up ashes and laying the fire so the house would be warm for kiddies getting up. But i have to say i'm really thankful for having a stove, we had a gas fire when we moved into our house and the bills were awful in winter, at least now i'm not worried about heating costs and my children are always warm and snuggly.

furndire

I'll have to bear that one in mind Charlies-Aunt. Drove past there last night, its going to be a huge store when they've finished the extension on it.

jackieglasgow

seasalt if you click "Post Reply" either at the top or bottom left of the thread, it takes you to the advanced posting screen, where you can insert the emoticons easily, otherwise for :eek: type this : eek : with no spaces and that's : D

Primrose

charlies-aunt wrote: »

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Have just come back from the library with an armful of books - they have just got a new selection of thrift/green living books in and I hope I'm going to pick up some good OS hints and tips - I'm going to start with "Teach Yourself - Thrifty Living" so hope to be posting some OS ideas that I've gleaned from it in the next couple of days.

We're all looking forwarding to sharing your newly found knowledge. There was some mention on this thread or one of the earlier ones some while ago where we shared our favourite "Austerity type" books . Some of them are a fascinating read.

kezlou

hellsbells45 wrote: »

re schools. My friend kept getting fobbed off at school with regards to her son, was being labelled naughty. So she called a CAF meeting, invited everybody concerned, guess what, she got listened to - pity you have to go to such extremes though.

Thats what it has been like with me for the past two years, third year in and i'm sick so i'm kicking off. Not what i wanted to do at all, i'm actually well known for working with teachers. Such a shame that it comes down to the extremes. Hope all goes well for your friends son.

margaret lovely post x
Just wish my mother / grandmother had been the same way, instead of encouraging us to spend and get loans.

jediteacher - hope i didn't offend you, in my case its not the teachers, they lovely, the two snips has now are fantastic. Its just the deptuty head who says teachers can't access resources.Its a far worse situtaion for the teachers and i personally know snips' teachers both buy thngs from they own money in order to provide the children with suitable tools / equipment.
Also i know the educational psychologist does not recieve all the information needed from the deputy head. I used to work with anxious pupils and children who had behavioural problems who had been suspended/expelled from school. The amount of pressure and abouse i recieved and was under was unreal. So for me its more of case of making the deputy head do her job which allows the stress to be relieved from teachers and other professionals.

oo good luck monkeyboy!!!

well been a kind of productive day, i'm full of flu, just in time for the flu jab, typical.
Put a cheque in the bank and my my gawd, town was busy. So luckily i was able to run home, well hobble, very quickly.

Got the freezer:D, just waitin for the gases to settle then were off.
Took the boys to a display last night, we all enjoyed it. Absolutely freezing, so there we were armed with jumpers and guess what we might be going to another one tonight if ic an be bothered.

Well better start sorting the front room out and crack the heating on. Its freezing in here brrrr

parsonswife8

OMG, it's cold here in Norfolk. We are near the sea. :eek:

Getting ready later to go to the annual party at our caravan park.

Getting well wrapped up for the walk to the marquee and the walk back after. A few yards can feel like a mile.:o

Enjoy your evening everyone.:)

mardatha

Snowing here quite heavy !

jackieglasgow

You are having a laugh! FGS, I can't bear this, I have the heating on a wee while, a hoodie and my shawl wrapped around me.