Preparing for winter III

Rosetta92

CHRISSYG wrote: »

i got so obsessed with preparing for winter that i somehow ended up with three snow shovels !!! gonna get rid of 2 of them on ebay as they have never been used

Perhaps it would be better to have two - one for the house and one for the car? I know I get fed up moving our one shovel between house and car, but sometimes the car gets frozen shut so if I just kept the shovel there it would get trapped:eek:

My preparations for winter this time need to focus on windows too. I think the french doors are coming apart. Very annoying as the house is < 10 years old. Need to see if there's some sealant I can use. Anyone else with experience of this? The doors are PVC and it seems the frame bits at the side are coming apart - I can see dried dollops of stuff that must have been used to put them together originally.

Pigpen I sympathise with the poorlies eating through your medecine stash as soon as its bought. I have medicine on every online shop and dread the day the supermarket think we've exceeded quota :rotfl:

Sun is out today for a change so I'm reminded that the next thing on my list should be cleaning duvets

Happy Sunday everyone

System

Rosetta92 wrote: »

Perhaps it would be better to have two - one for the house and one for the car? I know I get fed up moving our one shovel between house and car, but sometimes the car gets frozen shut so if I just kept the shovel there it would get trapped:eek:


oh no make that FOUR cos i forgot about the fold able one in the boot !!!

muffin_man_7

sun is out here too i've just put 2nd duvet on line and 3rd one in the wm should get it on line soon then only got 3 more to do for now good job they are not for bedtime will do them later so can put out in morning met office says sunny so should get them all done pillows too

fuddle

I have just been given dark beige lined curtains! They're not wide enough for any windows per say but ideal for the front door They do have eyelet at the top, but a quick lop off the top of one and curtain heading attached it'll be ready to hang. Or I could get some net wire and just fold a seam to thread the wire through. That option might be cheaper. Anyway, project in the making... and a practical one at that.

Edit: 99p for 1metre of net wire purchased from ebay with hook and eyes. 25p for delivery. Very pleased.

pigpen

dont use net wire.. get a length of bamboo or dowelling wire bends under the weight and looks scruffy and curtains don't slide over it whereas they do dowelling.

Rosetta92

CHRISSYG wrote: »

Rosetta92 wrote: »

Perhaps it would be better to have two - one for the house and one for the car? I know I get fed up moving our one shovel between house and car, but sometimes the car gets frozen shut so if I just kept the shovel there it would get trapped:eek:


oh no make that FOUR cos i forgot about the fold able one in the boot !!!

But you still need two in the house - you don't want to end up doing all the shovelling because you don't have a spare one for an assistant - unless you want to delegate completely of course in which only one shovel is a good excuse for you to watch and supervise :rotfl:

pigpen

School uniform almost sorted for September. It is costing me a fortune though not as much as the last 2 years as the expensive one has left, so it is only a little complaint

Winter coats washed and put away ready for coldness

I've made a start on boots for everyone..

New windows booked for July..

Seems a bit odd thinking of all this winter prep when it is 20'C outside!

slm6002

Been into town 3 times to collect school uniform that i ordered online, and each time i come home without it - and 2 out of the 3 times its been written on my shopping list!

Going to go through my store cupboard tomorrow and see whats left - i had some bread mix which never got used - if out of date will it still work - tried it yesterday and it didnt rise much but not sure if its just my cooking?

pigpen

it might be worth adding some fresh yeast as it doesn't rise well once older

mcjordi

i will fit my door curtains this year!!! lol

still have loads of salt left from last winter. wasnt as bad as i thought it would of been.