Preparing for winter III

toottifrootti

Hi Pigpen xx

what about the halogen heaters - I got a 2KW one yesterday in dunelm for 9.99 - the glow puts me off a bit but it is very effective and safe - and cheaper to run.

I am not sure on the coal front hopefully someone else can help there.

kmiller4

fuddle wrote: »

I'm burning vanilla lime - nice but I do fancy a Christmas smelling one. Does Gingerbread have a christmassy smell?

It smells like a ginger molasses spiced cake-- yum! If holidays make you think of baking then you'd really enjoy it. I think I'll burn the Balsam and Cedar candle next. It smells like a fresh Chrictmas tree.

kmiller4

shirleymarye wrote: »

I have to say that I was there for 5 years and I loved it! I don't remember ever being cold,we were always well wrapped up,I always have to have a window open wherever I am,it obviously did me good as apart from the odd cold I have been fine the last 60 years!

Shirley-- there is a town a couple of hours from me called Saranac Lake (in the Adirondacks). Dr. Trudeau was a pioneer in the open air treatments for TB. There are many old Victorian houses up there with open air porches where the patiemts slept. He believed that fresh clean mountain air, good nutrition and rest would cure TB. He did achieve many cures, but there are much better treatments available now thankfully

kmiller4

Betty_Crumble wrote: »

Well, if you eat ready brek you get one on the outside so I guess you'd need to moisturise with it for an inner glow and you can get ready brek from all of the above, brb off to look for a coupon :rotfl:

Had to laugh at this Betty-- as I bought almost 30 boxes of instant oatmeal (Ready Brek) last month for OH. With all that "inner glow" maybe we can save on the electricity we use for lighting-- haha!!!

shirleymarye

kmiller4 wrote: »

Shirley-- there is a town a couple of hours from me called Saranac Lake (in the Adirondacks). Dr. Trudeau was a pioneer in the open air treatments for TB. There are many old Victorian houses up there with open air porches where the patiemts slept. He believed that fresh clean mountain air, good nutrition and rest would cure TB. He did achieve many cures, but there are much better treatments available now thankfully

That's really interesting,to me anyway as I often wondered where the idea came from. The doctor was obviously on the right track as my health improved while attending the school.

23rdspiral

hi all, i've been really busy and having a few things to deal with so sorry for not posting.

ASDA had rubber backed mats with stripes of rubber and coir matting on the top, for 2.00!! so i got one for front and one for back

BIG NEWS!! the men to fit the wood buring stove are here today! they rang last thing yesterday as they had a cancellation! it did mean one hell of an argument with the OH as he still went to the gym last night despite needing to move furniture ect but it's all done now. wont get the stove today, as need a new lintel and raising and hearth laid, and plastering but it's a good start fingers crossed it goes smoothly.

nicki_2

My winter prep is on hold again I'm waiting on either the child support coming through, or my new v*ry catalogue arriving! First priority is going to have to be 2 dehumidifiers (one upstairs, one down so I'll be going for cheaper models), then flanel sheets for my bed (DD has hers) and if I have any money left then a large rug for the diningroom half of my livingroom (quarry tile floor under laminate flooring means its freezing constantly!). :eek: Anything else I manage to do is going to be a bonus, which reminds me, I need to buy DD some hiking boots.

rachbc

PP coal round our way is £9 for a 25g bag delivered with discounts for multiples - think min order is £50 from coals 2 u

MarilynMonroe_2

If anyone is looking for warm brushed cotton quilt covers and pillowcases for kids beds keep an eye on lidls.
I got dd 2 lovely sets last year, a horse one and one with animals on. If they do them again this year I'll be buying another one.

I'm off up to change her bed into one and do a pre-Christmas toy and book sort out!

Fruball

Thriftkitten wrote: »

Am ashamed to say I have failed at my post!!!!!!
We have found ourselves with NO WATER here in the TR26 area since about 10am this morning....... All of the winter stores I have stockpiled and the nearest thing to any kind of liquid I have in my stash is fabric softener:rotfl:There has been a burst water main and although some of the town has water, the houses at the top end still have NONE due to not enough pressure, some say they are bringing the bowser for us to collect supplies, others at south west water say we have to wait....I finally folded about an hour ago and went to the shops only to find the shelves bare of water D'oh, only 1 little lone bottle left enough for a couple of cups of tea, the loos have been flushed through with water from the water butt in the garden...... grrrrrr wish they would hurry up, it's smelling like a farm in the thrift household!!!..... on my very next "to do list"........ stock pile of water not loo rolls or fabric softener.

Oh you poor thing Must admit, I had to laugh though as the way you worded it was so funny - and funny to think that you have prepared, and stockpiled loads of stuff but no water... Funny but not funny IYSWIM...

Also had to laugh at whoever posted about not needing to prepare for power cuts It just shows that its worth preparing for every eventuality whether or not you think it will happen to you. I have a modern fuse box - no idea if it needs fuses changing at any time? Clueless about that tbh. Also, have no fuses in for any other appliance... most are sealed units now tho aren't they? See... I'm clueless!!!

Reading that back, I sound really cruel laughing at others misfortunes Its not that, really, its the fact we are so much more prepared for most things than most people that its mad that we can still get caught out on real essentials like water!

I have never stashed water until a few months ago when I was reading the T thread - I realised that anything could happen to leave us with no water - I could feed the street for a week in an emergency though :rotfl: (we would have had to drink the water from tins of kidney beans and the like :eek: :rotfl: YUK!)

So, I now have 6 2litre bottles of water in the shed in case of emergencies - once the bad weather arrives, one will be brought into the house so there will always be one unfrozen one

On reflection, 6 is probably not enough for the 3 of us - I reckon a store of 5 days worth is probably sensible... How many days do you peeps think we should stash?