Preparing for winter III

tugrin

OOOH mardy - where does he live/ We spent a difficult year in ahem - Morningside - new baby/rocky marriage/post natal depression etc. I loved being in the mot cultural place in the UK even tho' I found it a bit difficult being a sassenach (dont come up here with your swanky ways and expect us to be impressed!) I got round it by having 2 redheads in a buggy and keeping quiet a lot!!

mardatha

Awhhh you shouldn't have to keep quiet ! He isnt anywhere near as posh as Morningside, he's in Leith. LOL

Becky_2

This will probably be my last post before Christmas before going away for a week on Monday, just popping in to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Hope you are all staying warm after all preparations for the winter. Looking forward to continue to reading this thread in 2012.

MarilynMonroe_2

havnt been on this thread a while but hope everyones preparations are seeing them through!
I've npt been too bad, been cosy in bed with my quilt and 3 throws , no draughts, and just a bit condensation in the passage as carpeted it and the stairs ... all in all manageing the cold and snow rather well! xx

mumof3plusoh

Used my new snow shovel that I bought from ASDA the other night. The girl on the till said "are you expecting snow?" I must be psychic

MarilynMonroe_2

beanrua wrote: »

I am so happy - for the first time in 10 years my house is warm - with very little heat on - so must have eventually got the heat retaining thing going. Last year I got house insulated and it did make a difference - this year I have bubble wrapped all my windows / doors / cracks in floorboards etc and I have two sets of lined curtains on all the windows - thanks to chari ty shops buys,I am over the moon with how cosy my house is - last year I was crying some days I was so cold. I know so far this winter we have not had the really low temps that we had last year but I just know it's warmer - there is no chill factor in the house now. Stay warm everyone.

Thats brilliant :j theres nothing worse than sitting freezing, feeling its colder indoors than outdoors!

WeegieWumman

mardatha wrote: »

So would it be really BAD if I came on and said its snowing again and has been since 8 this morning???

You poor creature. I don't envy you.

tugrin

mardy- yes Morningside does think its posh (all furcoat and no knickers was what they used to say!) mind Leith was getting its share of gentrification I seem to remember but it was a long time ago. I did one day supply teacing in a Leith school and it was run like a military college but probably had to be!

Rainy-Days

It has not got above two degrees here today. It was bitterly cold this morning when I put the boys out in the field and walking the dogs it was chilly as well. It hammered it down with sleet at one point just after 1.30pm when I was doing their water in the stables. By the time 2.30pm loomed into view both of them were standing at the gate with Purzel (who is the biggest at 18h/h) shouting he wanted to come in ( he whinnies in a way that I know what he is asking of me - a couple of years of him training me in the language of the horse I suspect ).

Anyway, they are tucked up in their stables tonight. We have got the heating on and the log burner on as well. Out to a 50th birthday party tonight - otherwise we wouldn't have ventured out of the front if we didn't have to!

mardatha

I like snow. But ours has turned to quick setting cement...