Preparing for winter III

pinkmami

SNOW! Well on the mountains anyhow! YEY!

Been to get more Glade candles (again to hide from DH!) & got 3 four-packs of Princess Tinned tomatoes for 92p! Down from something like £3.72 to 92p!

Can;t find them on the website though to check but bargain - will keep me going in lasagne/chilli/spag bolg for weeks!

Katkin_2

I've discovered something that cannot be planned for in winter...........

4yr old dd breaking her ankle :eek:. Crutches and exposed toes do not go well with either ice or snow. We have been lent a wheelchair by a friend for the Xmas parties and Panto we are going to, but not sure if the snowboots I bought were a good or bad thing now.

Please no snow between now and Xmas. Bigger tights and thermals now required.

tooties

been sitting reading this thread for so long i just realised that i could do with a heated mouse
keep warm
regards

littlecal

Katkin wrote: »

I've discovered something that cannot be planned for in winter...........

4yr old dd breaking her ankle :eek:. Crutches and exposed toes do not go well with either ice or snow. We have been lent a wheelchair by a friend for the Xmas parties and Panto we are going to, but not sure if the snowboots I bought were a good or bad thing now.

Please no snow between now and Xmas. Bigger tights and thermals now required.

Oh katkin,what an awful time for you and DD ((((hugs)))) xx

prepareathome

Katkin wrote: »

4yr old dd breaking her ankle (

Best thing I found for covering toes is thick big real wool socks - they keep the warmth in and are actually fairly waterproof - so I used to have one thinner pure wool over foot, then going out a much bigger really, really thick one over. As pure a wool as can be that way it still has lots of the oil still in it which repels the wet. Does keep the tooties nice and snug as well.

Poor little thing, not much fun not being able to run around, but bet she will be an expert on the crutches doing things you would never believe soon, kids usually do

Pooky

What a temperature difference in Kent today! I love this proper cold weather, it feels much more refreshing and like its actually going to kill a few germs off.

Had our solar panels fitted today, they finished about half hour ago and even though it's thick cloud and getting dark we're generating 370w.....every little helps!

The solar chaps also (at our request) left two pallets and all the cardboard stacked in the garage, so not only free electricity but free firewood and wire lights too!!

Taking DDs to Disneyland in the very early hours of tomorrow morning so pray for some dry weather for me....we're there from park opening until 7pm so a long old day if it's raining.

tugrin

YAHOOOOO..... I have acquired a remnant of carpet from a fabulous freecycler this afternoon. Its a quite neutral pinky/terracotta tiny spot pattern and is almost right size - I dont care if there are bits of underlay showing I'll use rugs. Isnt freecycle JUST the best thing????
Now all I have to do is figure out how to get the blue monstrosity out of the gloomroom and get new one down............any ideas?

Thriftkitten

Taking DDs to Disneyland in the very early hours of tomorrow morning so pray for some dry weather for me....we're there from park opening until 7pm so a long old day if it's raining.[/QUOTE]

Are you taking the highspeed train straight into Disney??
As its almost a 3 hour drive from the other end of the tunnel!!!
Have a great time and take a backpack with plenty of snax and drinks as it's soooooo expensive. Yayyyy for Cafe Mickey!!!:T

Confuzzled

tugrin wrote: »

YAHOOOOO..... I have acquired a remnant of carpet from a fabulous freecycler this afternoon. Its a quite neutral pinky/terracotta tiny spot pattern and is almost right size - I dont care if there are bits of underlay showing I'll use rugs. Isnt freecycle JUST the best thing????
Now all I have to do is figure out how to get the blue monstrosity out of the gloomroom and get new one down............any ideas?

congrats on the new to you carpet!

have you considered just putting it on top of what is already there? or at least for winter? it would help keep your tootsies even warmer... just a thought

23rdspiral

Brrrr! Cold today. Stove is burning away but I still feel cold. Brrr.