Preparing for winter III

Confuzzled

toottifrootti wrote: »

evening winter preppies xx

its blowing a gale here tonight so it feels wintery!

rising huge squishy hugs for your loss - they are family I dont care what anyone says but they will always live in your heart.
confuzzled - thank you so much for talking about your steamer - mine has been buried in the corner cupboard since I moved here and before that I used it almost daily - I am annoyed at myself for forgetting - that a job for this weekend to dig it out and start using it - I am not a cook so find being able to stick things in the separate tiers great and its very economical. I did wonder about using the 'stock' for soups so you have helped me there too.

it's very nippy here too, been blowing a gale here as well with so much rain, it's just stopped and the sun is splitting the heavens but i don't believe it will last! my thermometer says it's just 17C in here and today i actually believe that, had to make a big cuppa mocha to warm up my hands!

this is the first time i've sat here with the slipper boots, dressing gown AND a blanket over my lap, i think i'll turn the heat on the living room storage heater tonight on low, i need to do more laundry anyway. technically it's 6C here but the real feel is -4C, what a difference :eek:

the dehumidifier did a decent job last night, collected 1.1 litres of water and the clothes are mostly dry, a few were totally dry, i like it (mind you it is a bit loud!) it didn't lower the humidity much in this room mind you i was adding more by having wet clothes and this is an open space that incorporates the living room kitchen and hall so i think it is doing well.

as for the steamer, happy i could help spur you on! i'm looking forward to more kale tonight and i think i may do a swede and carrot mash as well. swede and potatoes take so long on the hob this thing has got to be cheaper than running the cooker for long enough to boil them both til they are mashable!


rising i'm sorry to hear about your beloved pet passing *hugs*

Sunnyday

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Hi everyone - way behind on the thread so apologies & I will try to catch up (lost my darling dog last week and struggling with a few things).

Anyway, finally managed to get a portable radio yesterday after forgetting for around 3 months:o.

Mr Ts have them for £8.97 if anyone's still in need - nice and small but I've managed to get a great reception (no mean feat as surrounded by hills here & can't get a telly signal).

HTH

Rising i`m really sorry to hear your sad news, try to take comfort in the fact that you gave your friend a loving happy home. Thinking of you (((HUGS)))

Prepareathome - I`m keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Mardatha :eek: We have the cold winds and the temperature has dropped an awful lot in the last couple of days but touch wood we have no sleet or snow - yet.

I`ve been out in the garden this morning emptying more pots and filling the composters up, its really cold and i was well wrapped up but after a couple of hours i had to come back inside for a warm.

I`ve still not got the curtains altered for the kitchen, there always seems to be something else that needs doing when i do finally find some time. Hopefully it won`t be too much longer.

Keep warm everyone.

SD

Fruball

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Hi everyone - way behind on the thread so apologies & I will try to catch up (lost my darling dog last week and struggling with a few things).

Anyway, finally managed to get a portable radio yesterday after forgetting for around 3 months:o.

Mr Ts have them for £8.97 if anyone's still in need - nice and small but I've managed to get a great reception (no mean feat as surrounded by hills here & can't get a telly signal).

HTH

So sorry to hear about your dog, Rising. I know what its like to lose a family pet


SAD sufferers - I suffer really badly but have been taking Vitamin D (which is actually a hormone apparently, not a vitamin) and the difference is remarkable!!! I feel more like its spring than autumn!!! Now for me, that is a real difference as I am on Anti-Ds every single winter and have been for 18 years!!!!! I am still tired but not in the slightest bit depressed, and after the year that I have had, that is nothing short of a miracle :j I am taking 3000iu a day after looking at doseage on the net.

My biobulbs have arrived so need to pop to the office later to collect them :T Kittie (I think) said they help with the tiredness so I am hoping that with those, and the VitD, this winter will be an alltogether different experience to the last 18.

Hugs to all who need/want them (((hugs)))

23rdspiral

Help please!

In OH chainsaw kit there was a HUGE piece of bubble wrap! So I'm going to bubble wrap the patio door that is smashed (only 1 pain of the double glazing is left now). It's the big bubble stuff, so hope that'll be ok. I can't do DIY withou OH help, and he's too busy, so it's got to be strong double sized tape to hold it up. So it's quite deep between the frame and the glass... So, Do I attach the bubble to the glass or to the frame, if frame there would be a 1/2 inch gap??

Rose_Crow

Candychris wrote: »

I have no confidence in MyHermes at all. Both times the courier who delivers for them to my specific house (which is numbered like anyone elses house is) has delivered them to a house somewhere else where he thinks mine is, without looking at the number of the house he is delivering to. He is very obviously lazy and just trying to finish his round regardless. I have complained no end of times about this to MyHermes but they are not interested. I am a business owner and would NEVER risk my business using MyHermes. I also ask anyone who I buy from (on Ebay) to NEVER use MyHermes. Just go to GOOGLE & look at the Blogs on MyHermes that people have written about their experiences.

Sorry to drag this back up, but just been catching up and remembered that I had some small plants delivered from an online company. They were delivered by Hermes. I happened to be out on the day they arrived, and despite having 'Live plants please handle with care' printed all over the box, the idiot driver dropped the parcel over our 6 foot fence into the back garden, rather than re-delivering or leaving them with a neighbour, I mean honestly, are people that dopey that they can't read a warning on the box.

LavenderBees

mardatha wrote: »

Winter's started here, we have sleety snow and gales. My poor wee chickens!

Oh, no! I don't know whether to be excited or run round in a blind panic!:rotfl:

We have some of your gales too, but really black clouds/rain giving way to bright sunshine and blue skies rather than snow. Obviously can't make up its mind what to do. I saw your weather forecast this morning and shivered!

The lovely thing about this forum is that I no longer feel alone. Last year was dreadful both weather-wise and often feeling like I was completely on my own trying to tackle the weather every day. This year feels completely different - so much more prepared but also part of a lovely forum community of helpers through whatever weather gets chucked at us.

Keep warm & dry, Mardywotsit (that makes me chuckle every time I see your name) and try not to share the snow with us. No, now is not the time to share...:)

x

jamanda

Can anyone tell me what is a "reasonable" temperature for the house please? A working sort of minimum would be very helpful.

What temperature do you try to keep yours at? We don't have a thermostat as such, just a turny knob, but I have thermometer in living room which is part of a weather station so reasonably accurate.

I think ours might be keeping a bit on the low side. (Either I'm turning into a wimp or I'm getting hypothermic before it even gets cold).

Thanks

P.S. What's the betting Mardy Arthur Wotsit's chickens are in the house on her knee having a cuddle when it gets arctic up there?

Confuzzled

jamanda wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what is a "reasonable" temperature for the house please? A working sort of minimum would be very helpful.

What temperature do you try to keep yours at?

we keep our living room at around 17-18C which we find comfortable most of the time. bedrooms are kept cooler at around 16C but neither of us like a warm room to sleep in and it's plenty warm once under the duvet

i know many other people keep their homes warmer but at the recommended 21C i feel really too warm, so much so i wondered for a long time if that was only meant for elderly people :rotfl:

tugrin

Well here in sunny Norfolk its a bit blowy but beautiful and I have ust finished mowing the grass!!!!! Im SO happy about it as I have been stressing about the grass amking the whole garden look really untidy/tatty and also difficult to spot dog poos which have to be collected regularly and disposed of. Now everything looks tidy and I have been sitting in my studio/shed with the sun shining in and dogs pottering about happily=-this time last years we had the snow so at least we can hope for a shorter winter when it comes.
23rd - I just sprayed the glass with water and the bubblewrap sticks to it like magic (bubble side to glass).

jamanda

Confuzzled wrote: »

we keep our living room at around 17-18C which we find comfortable most of the time. bedrooms are kept cooler at around 16C but neither of us like a warm room to sleep in and it's plenty warm once under the duvet

i know many other people keep their homes warmer but at the recommended 21C i feel really too warm, so much so i wondered for a long time if that was only meant for elderly people :rotfl:

Thank you.

Our living room is often around 15 - 16.5 ish and I haven't checked upstairs (blooming cold - but plenty of cosy bedding).

I wondered about the 21 being for older people. Eh, just thought! I think I might be an "older people".

As soon as it turns wintry I'll put the heating on low and stabilise it a bit.

Thanks for your help.