What has this bad weather taught you?

lauren_1

Its taught me that when i get mocked for my 'what if...' approach and start hoarding things, it will inevitably pay off in the end.
The last laugh is mine

grumswifie

We have a dreadful camber on our strreet. Thought husband was being clever by moving it one street away where it was flat... So much snow couldn't get out, he had (the one and only) shovel in his car and now battery completely flat. Had AA round to give me a jump start but they left and I was still stuck in the same place as still couldn't get out!
Not to have less than one bag of coal left in shed.
Perfect living frfom store cupboard freezer, thanks to this thread.
Two blankets in the bed, one underneath and one on top then duvet have made a big difference.

lostinrates

I feel a bit down cast this evening, despite having plenty of food and loo roll etc, always being prepared, we have already been through a third of the tonne of salt/grit I ordered for the whole winter and although our pipes for our yard are very heavily lagged and have been through many a cold winter..although this is its first with us here....we still have a bust joint to a water trough the animals rely on.

I guess this teaches me that we need to replace the old pipes at some point for new metric friendly ones, as the imperial joints are very, very hard to find!

Tomorrow I plan to replenish kitchen cupboards and animal foods, so that we have enough to get us into the new year, even though we have enough for a while and drive on fairly decent roads on a LR. Its better not to have to drive on ice even if you sort of can.

I'm almost set for Christmas stuff too...only need the fresh stuff...creams etc so if the worst came to the worst we'd cope for that pretty well, but DH has requested I buy him some junk food and do some more prep for quick cook meals....cooking fromscratch or from batch frozen is less easy when you are planning comfort food that cooks slow, but winter crises demand you be outside looking at pipes! Also DH has found he'scraving alot more sweet food in this weather.

BEAT_THE_DEBT

I need to stock up mky food cupboard i meal plan and buy week to week so would be scuppered if snowed in.x

v8monkeyboy

That starting to prepare for winter in August is not madness, and will pay off in the end. I ran out of nothing essential and even had enough chocolate in

That I can also cope fairly well on my own when the OH is thousands of miles away, and that I CAN drive in less than favourable conditions without falling to pieces.

Finally, that the OH and are going to be having a good chat about his future and his never being here when he gets home next. I felt veerrry lonely, and think that things have to change

T xx

witchwoopiggy

We didnt have snow for long, but milk was hard to find and bread well no chance, so i learnt that in laws love the fact you make bread and can keep them as well as yourself going. The store cubard was a blessing as saved going out trying to find food, the bigest tesco in the area still has no bread, meat and very little milk where people are panicing. But the bigest lesson i learnt was get your winter coat in summer as trying to find one which fits in the snow is hard lol But thanks to people on here who share there tips and ideas we were warm, had food and no worrys and thats a god send when you have a disabled hubby so massive thank you to each and everyone of you x

Caterina

Stocking up on flour was a handy thing to do as when I found that all the local shops were out of bread I just went into the kitchen and baked a batch of bread that lasted us all week!

Doingmybest2bgoodhurrah

The bad weather taught me that slipping & falling on the ice (while walking the hound, so it was an essential journey) hurts soooooo much more than when I was a kiddiewinkle.

That I was right, despite my OH's ribbing & ridicule, to stock up on UHT milk, tea bags, Bovril, hot choc, suet, tins, flour, (& the odd bottle of booze) etc in the Summer & Autumn.

Confirmed that I really don't like driving my OH's automatic car on ice.

Learned that standing in sub zero temperatures waiting for a bus which has no intention of arriving is not good for my bladder & that returning home is the best option.

artichoke

well - we live in the rural hills and expect to be snowed in at some point and i always have a well stocked pantry and 2 freezers so food is always available - i have always prepared food wise for not being able to get to the shops for weeks on end

BUT my lesson is to make sure i do online clothes or christmas presents orders well in advance - at the moment i have 2 orders for extra thermals and thick socks for the kids and a birthday which has now past - which are stuck in a depot somewhere.... they should have been delivered by the 1st of dec - but royal mail have not attempted delivery around here for the last week or more.... so kids will be going back to school tomorrow without the extra layers i ordered BEFORE the snow started....


oh well - i will know better next time...order in september anything you may need in November!

In some ways the weather is worse now here as at least last week i could walk in the snow wearing waterproofs, walking boots, gaiters etc - even if I did sink up to mid -thigh in the fields - but now the paths around the house that we attempted to clear a bit are just thick with ice and the snow is still over knee deep ....DH fell over earlier and thinks he might have cracked a rib or 2... he was worried he could not get up and i would not have found him until morning ....

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Rebekah24

Taught me how to really bundle up for the elements... 5 layers is not too much

That really how little I need... few tins of rice pudding and bog roll is all!