Preparing for winter III

Raksha

bravobeastie wrote: »

Dizzybee do you have a local woodwork place anywhere near you? We have one that makes fences and I popped in this afternoon with my Ikea bag for the sawdust.

Luckily they had just bagged it up for disposal anyway so had 6 large sacks off them for free.

That should take us through to next year for the guinea pigs!

This sounds like a great idea, but these woods are often treated with all sorts of chemicals that aren't great for small furries lungs Far better to spend maybe £6 - £10 for a bale of shavings for horses.

kmiller4

shirleymarye wrote: »

This sounds like Quaker Oats "Oat So Simple" 10 packets in the box, which I have every morning, you can have milk or water with it and cook for 2 minutes in the microwave. I usually have water with mine,I have flavours Honey and Almond and Golden Syrup at the moment but there are other flavours.

Yes-- they are made by Quaker Oats!

kmiller4

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????

Have you been tested for cataracts?

kmiller4

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Apart from that, not a lot of progress from me - my foot's been killing for the past couple of days and not sure why:(. I phoned my consultant's sec this afternoon and she's going to get back to me tomorrow so hoping they'll come up with something.

The gout perhaps?

tugrin

Hi Kathy - I have had my eyes looked at recently and there is nothing obvious there but its clear to me, as Rainy said , that my eyes have become more sensitive to the glare from oncoming lights and as its a 34 mile drive with quite a bit on what I think you would call a 2 lane road I get really agitated and just end up constantly breaking and really upsetting the guys behind me. Still if I try these yellow specs and make sure the windshield is as clean as it can be maybe it wont be so bad this year.

tessasmum

Raksha wrote: »

This sounds like a great idea, but these woods are often treated with all sorts of chemicals that aren't great for small furries lungs Far better to spend maybe £6 - £10 for a bale of shavings for horses.

Although it isn't terribly frugal, I'm with Raksha on this. I have chickens and I also have a husband who does a lot of woodwork, and continually encourages me to use his woodhavings as bedding. I have to keep explaining that this has too much dust in it and could cause problems for the chooks in the houses, but I compromise and do use it in the muddy runs to soak up some of the mud so that their feet stay a little drier. It seems to be OK outside. I get bales of Bed-down excel, and use that in the houses. When I clean them out, it and the chook poo compost down quite well and it all goes in the garden veg beds eventually!

springdreams

Night driving glasses cost less than £3 delivered on ebay :T

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NIGHT-DRIVING-GLASSES-DRIVE-ANTI-GLARE-VISION-CASE-/260817540076?pt=UK_Health_Beauty_VisionGlasses_Lenses_SM&hash=item3cb9efd3ec

tugrin

tessasmum you must be an Aussie or have Aussie connections - I call them chooks from having loads of friends from Oz over the years!
Spring - thanks - great link!!!!!

rising_from_the_ashes

kmiller4 wrote: »

The gout perhaps?

:eek:Thankfully no as I've heard it's really painful:( ....

I had surgery a couple of weeks ago and it was doing really well but seem to have taken several steps back over the past few days for some reason.

Could just be a hiccup but thought it was best to phone and see if they can suggest anything - fingers crossed.

CH27

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Darkrev thanks for posting the pic, you look so happy and gorgeous - it has actually made me cry:o. Congratulations and wishing you many happy years together.:D

(Before you all think "loon", I've got the cold which tends to make me very emotional - I also cried watching both ER and BBC Breakfast's Teen awards bit this morning:o and it almost certainly won't be the last time today).


One step closer towards winter today ..... drum roll please ..... I had my first bowl of Oat so Simple this morning!

It's just as yummy as I remember - I tend to go for the "original" as you get more (12) in the box:o and add my own flavourings. This morning was golden syrup!

Apart from that, not a lot of progress from me - my foot's been killing for the past couple of days and not sure why:(. I phoned my consultant's sec this afternoon and she's going to get back to me tomorrow so hoping they'll come up with something.

Have you been doing too much hun?