Preparing for winter III

Rainy-Days

Darkrev - thank you so much for sharing that photo with us. You look radiant, happy and beautiful. What a lovely car for your wedding day as well, treasured memories to keep! :beer:

toottifrootti

Darkrev you look so lovely and so happy - thanks for sharing your special day and like everyone else I hope you have a wonderful long and happy life together xx

I am nowin a financial position to get operation winter sorted so this week will be busy - now where is my list...............

jamanda

tugrin wrote: »

One thing I have remembered from the last 2 winters is how difficult it was to see at night when I wasdriving home from work - the lights from the oncoming cars seem to blur and refract in my windshield no matter what I clean it with AND its a new windshield. Is there anything I can reliably use - either cleaner or screen or something to stop me driving like a VERY old lady at 25 mph and annoying all the other road users????

Me too! Especially when it is raining and the glare from the headlights is reflected. My drive to/from work is up and down hills between lots of parked cars. Have to breathe in, shut my eyes and pray.

toottifrootti

Had to go back to old thread for my list - I thought I had a copy on laptop but cant find it so here I am starting again......................................

Thanks to Rainy Days I now have a list of what i need to do and its terrifyingly long:eek::eek::eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[FONT=&quot]Winter Checklist[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
Clothes
Wash all coats, scarves gloves
Find cosy jumpers and cardigans
[/FONT][STRIKE]Repair or buy new socks[/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot]Put away[/FONT][FONT=&quot] all your summer clothes in either those vacuum bags or in a suitcase for the following year
Polish all shoes and boots
Go back through clothing checking what you need and what you need to replace. Think - what will I wear - what do I need?
All handbags sorted through and cleaned/leather treated and stored[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
Food
Stock up on tinned products such as soup, rice pudding, baked beans and spaghetti. These items will keep as good store cupboard standbys.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Soup, beans and general long life bits and bobs bought in.
Check and clean out your freezer, make a list of what you have and what you need to buy in. Keep at least two loaves of bread in the freezer. Stock up from butcherIf anything crops up on BOGOF and it will keep/freeze for winter buy it and store it.
Make a start on your Christmas food shopping list, allot of it can be frozen.
Buy in sacks of potatoes direct from a farmer, it will be cheaper than buying individual bags form the supermarket- protect them from frost in garage or shed.
put milk in freezer[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
House and garden
get chimney swept and checked if suitable for using if not find out about a stove
[/FONT][STRIKE]Snow Shovel [/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot] By in your logs and coal now while cheap deals are on offer. If you can and you have storage buy in your winters stock in one go.
Clean your home[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Including Washing all light units and glass shades in the house
[/FONT][STRIKE]get door curtains from N when she comes home[/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot]get door curtains hung[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]get pole hung for spare room[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]get curtains for spare room[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Clear away all fallen leaves[/FONT]
[STRIKE]Covers put over outside bathroom and kitchen drains to stop leaves[/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot] get draught excluder for the front door
Clean windows inside and out
Launder all your throws and cushions
keep a torch on standby and use in emergency.
Buy in Flannelette sheets. If buying from new make sure you wash and dry your sheets to remove the preservative that the manufacturers use to keep them damp and mildew free.
Think about treating the bird table[/FONT]
[STRIKE]Put all garden furniture away [/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot]Cut back [/FONT][FONT=&quot]everything in the garden late October to give your garden a big boost the following Spring.
Wash curtains and cushion covers
Buy in or make dehumidifiers from Pound stores or use household salt in a bowl to draw in moisture.
Oil all shed and gates locks, it will prevent rust and stop them seizing up when you most need to open them.
If your interior doormats can be washed in the machine do them.
Re-silicone shower areas where the silicone has turned black or mouldy, take it out and redo it.
Having the window open also allows the silicone to cure or go off better. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Re grout floor tiles in bathroom
Wash your vacuum cleaner filters out. It will help with your HEPA filter and keep your home cleaner as well, it will also make your vacuum work and perform better.
Conservatories, clean inside and out, make sure that your seat covers and cushions are washed and that all the frames are clean.
[/FONT][STRIKE]Put away all garden pots and ornaments if they are not frost proof and protect them.[/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot] Check lightbulbs and outside security lighting if broken replace or repair.
Buy in batteries now.
Put food out for the birds they will so thank you for it. Buy in their food now while it is plentiful.
make sure that the battery in your bathroom scales is new after the Christmas blast
Paint the gates and the hand rail
Clean and polish wheelchair - remember to charge even when not in use
Finish tidying in the garage
find leaks in garage
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]deal with leaks in garage
[/FONT][STRIKE]get new duvet when at cousins[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]pipe roses[/STRIKE][FONT=&quot]
fill in holes/ cracks etc
Clean windows
plant hyacinth bulbs for Christmas
empty tubs and refil with winter pansies[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]find torches
fleece linings for curtains
[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Left To Purchase that I know of!
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]hot water bottle covers
batteries
[/FONT][STRIKE]compost[/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot] potatoes
flannelette sheets
rugs
door mats
[/FONT][STRIKE]snow shovel[/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot] plants
[/FONT][STRIKE]bed socks[/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot] pjs
curtains
[/FONT][STRIKE]pipe roses[/STRIKE]
[FONT=&quot]Cosy socks for boots[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hammerite black paint to finish off the gates![/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]food and cleaning materials[/FONT]
candles
food supplies
toiletries
cleaning materials
household supplies
treats:D
extra freezer
paracetamol
tissues
blind for bathroom
blind for kitchen


[FONT=&quot]hopefully thats it:rotfl:


sorry but cant get the bold off![/FONT]

helen_jelly

Blimey Toots - it would take me till next Summer to get that lot done!! Take it easy x

Dark Rev - WOW - stunning piccy of you, lovely!!

Money, or lack of it, has halted all plans for the moment [have to concentrate on Xmas now] but I'm still lurking and "borrowing" ideas where I can, at least I have done a lot that wouldn't of been done before I started lurking on here. Some things will need to be carried over for next year but at least I'm aware of what they are

Helen

toottifrootti

Hi Helen xx

dont worry honey I will be getting help - some things are being earmarked for the LL to do when he comes back from hols - he said he would give me hand for half a day so will make sure I get all the bits I need for those jobs first.

hope you are ok

toots xx

CH27

Gorgeous photo DarkRev:)

Whe it's really windy my back door makes a howlig noise which is really freaky.
There are no draughts coming through & I have no idea why it's doing it:huh:

ifonlyitwaseasier

Lovely dress DarkRev,


re driving at night - i know my FiL used to have those yellow tinted specs, like sunnies but yellow not dark iykwim, and they cut down glare

kit

Hi all.
Been to the local tip today and bought 3 pairs of door length curtains for £20.... bargain! Also got a folding table for the kitchen (one of those that attaches to the wall), a mirror and an iPod docking station (brand new sealed in box), all for a grand total of £5 for all 3! :T
(our tip has a HUGE shop which sells anything that has been left which is still in usable condition)

My friend has also donated a thick double duvet cover which I will make into another curtain.

I have some spare shower curtain rails which I shall adapt in to curtain poles and will make some tabs tops for the curtains so I don't have to buy any rings or hooks.

I am doing winter MSE style :money:

peking_duck

Hello :0) I'm new and would like to introduce myself. I came across this forum from another site, and I'm already preparing for winter.

This weekend me and my OH had a late Autumn spring clean, we went to B and Q and got some storage boxes and starting de- cluttering! I felt much better after, and we chucked some stuff out. I have just been looking thought this thread and starting making a list

So far I have

- Get a fleece blanket for the bed
- get some life long milk
- get de- icer
- Do a stock cupboard check and top up on porridge, tea and toilet roll

But at the moment I'm washing our gloves, hats and scarfs