Preparing for winter III

Lucy5781

Have just moved into my new (rented) flat, already bubble wrapped my bedroom (sash) window and put up a curtain with lining and a fleece safety pinned to it but the room is still rather cold, having the bath in an alcove at the end of the room hardly helps :eek:

I've got a duvet and a brushed cotton fitted sheet under my normal fitted sheet and big furry throw over my top duvet, I knew reading all this would come in useful one day

Thankfully the boiler is barely 18 months old, and heat and hot water are almost instantaneous when it's switched on!

Lxx

MarilynMonroe_2

I've got a problem with my letterbox. It must have been exceptionally windy last night cos it's all wet inside and I don't think there's anything I can really do to stop it happeneing again, as the letter box is quite stiff anyway.
We're on a flood warning AGAIN, but have sent my minions to the shops for me. I wish I could afford to stock right up, next year that's my mission to start early summertime!

MarilynMonroe_2

2tonsils wrote: »

Well I did a long chatty post last night then lost it when my Greek server hiccuped and wiped it out. From now on I am going to copy it before I press the send button so I have it on hand should it get wiped out.

After putting my winter quilt on the bed and all the winter curtains up the weather here has decided we are going to have a heat wave! We are going up to 35 in the shade tomorrow and they are saying it will last till the end of October with the odd storm thrown in now and again. Isn't that just Sod's law? We usually have heavy rain and around 17 degrees here at this time of year. The nights are cooler but its still warm enough in the house from the heat during the day.

The good thing is it will give us time to recover a bit financially from the taxes before the winter arrives. It means we don't need to buy the wood for the fire yet and we can continue to ride our scooters instead of using the car. If we both ride our scooters it saves us 40 euros a week in petrol.They are very cheap on the insurance and economical too. My 50cc scooter only costs 45 euros a year for full insurance and 6.50's worth of petrol lasts me about ten days using it every day to go to the gym or town.

I have been waiting for some waterproof trousers to come into the Lidl's here but they are still busy selling summer stuff and gardening equipment. Obviously their buyer is still in the summer frame of mind....

The weather is like here, I mean just a few days ago I took my daughter to the beach and it was like high summer! You can't plan anything. x

SpikyHedgehog

raven83 wrote: »

Sounds perfect!

I don't blame you, new builds have no feeling in them and are very soul- less, old builds have so much about them, give me an old build over a new one any day of the week!

I know, I do not love my new build. I will say, being a housing association property, it does have decent size cupboards. But no fireplace, hardly any garden...

Confuzzled wrote: »

ooh those look lovely, makes me wish that i and my bigfoot daughter could wear a size 5. she's going to be 11 soon, she wears a size 8 like me :eek:

Remember you can claim the VAT back if you have to buy her adult clothing... I must ask my sister in law how to do it & stop just telling people about it!

fuddle wrote: »

Yey, Mrs_Doom has come out to play! You'll not fit that lot in your underground shelter

DS1 says Mrs Doom probably has an apc... Or needs one
http://www.mod-sales.com/auction/vehicle/home/38255/AFV_432.htm

Oh dear, he's now searching for tanks for sale...

Ok, back to winter prep

I went to put the radiators on downstairs on Sunday night, but realised the batteries had gone in the thermostat, and all the many rechargeable batteries in the drawer don't hold their charge, so I had to wait till Monday morning to check they work when the batteries were charged... (They do.)

nicki wrote: »

I went out to work in that horribly heavy rain and remembered something I meant to add to my winter list : Waterproof trousers :mad: I have a waterproof coat, but the rain just ran down that and onto my jeans. By the time I got home (less than an hour later) my jeans were soaked to the waist as they'd soaked up the rain from my thighs where my coat ended. I was so cold it took a hot drink, hot food, hot bath and then leaning on a warm radiator for 15min to get my thighs the same temperature as the rest of me :eek: I was then chilly the rest of the day despite wrapping up until I had a small tipple tonight. Now I'm lovely and toasty Debating about having a tablespoons worth of whisky in the morning to fire up my internal boiler :rotfl::rotfl: I don't think my liver would thank me though!

It was horrible yesterday, got soaked on the way home from getting DS2 from school.. When we got in, I sent him off to get changed into dry stuff while I made hot chocolate. He came downstairs all snuggled in his pjs and slippers! I wanted to put my pjs on & get snuggled up too but I had scouts committee meeting last night so had to wear sensible clothes... Wore my winter boots & 2 layers of fleece jackets to go there though!

Lucy5781 wrote: »

Have just moved into my new (rented) flat, already bubble wrapped my bedroom (sash) window and put up a curtain with lining and a fleece safety pinned to it but the room is still rather cold, having the bath in an alcove at the end of the room hardly helps :eek:

I've got a duvet and a brushed cotton fitted sheet under my normal fitted sheet and big furry throw over my top duvet, I knew reading all this would come in useful one day

Thankfully the boiler is barely 18 months old, and heat and hot water are almost instantaneous when it's switched on!

Lxx

Lucy, would it be possible to put a shower curtain across the bath alcove to keep the cold in there? I know my bathroom is colder when I take the shower curtain down to wash, so I think even that would help.

Confuzzled

SpikyHedgehog wrote: »

Remember you can claim the VAT back if you have to buy her adult clothing... I must ask my sister in law how to do it & stop just telling people about it!

no i didn't know that thank you! i shall have to figure out how to do it, we've had her in adult shoes for a few years and adult clothing for a year now!

MarilynMonroe_2

This is my new kitty all ready for winter.
I had to bid for the basket as BM stores sold out when I recommended them lol. I've got a celloulose blanket underneath the yellow knitted one. She loves it!

boultdj

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

I've got a problem with my letterbox. It must have been exceptionally windy last night cos it's all wet inside and I don't think there's anything I can really do to stop it happeneing again, as the letter box is quite stiff anyway.
We're on a flood warning AGAIN, but have sent my minions to the shops for me. I wish I could afford to stock right up, next year that's my mission to start early summertime!

How about scrunching up a plastic bag or some bubble wrap and put it in the hole, it should come out when the postie push's post through it.

MarilynMonroe_2

boultdj wrote: »

How about scrunching up a plastic bag or some bubble wrap and put it in the hole, it should come out when the postie push's post through it.

Good thinking Batman! I'll give that a go tonight :beer:

Cheapskate

Hi folks

Winter prep going steadily here, house was painted externally, so it's weatherproof now, have finally got new wellies for the littlies (their sizes out of stock everywhere until today), they've both got plenty pyjamas, welly socks, fleeces for the bed, HWB, raincoats....some of these from last year though, I haven't been spending money we don't have! Need a decent raincoat for myself, though, so off to discount outdoor shop at the weekend to see what they have.

I've hung a heavier weight curtain at the landing window, but think I'll still line it with fleece; bought safety pins today, so can do by the end of the week. Have seen a couple of runners I like for the hallway, but also need non-slip something for underneath as it's a lino floor. I need to make or buy 2 door curtains, may well buy a dirt cheap KS quilt cover, open up the seams, sew some fleece to one side, hem the lot and put tape along the top or make a channel and put on a tension rod.

Also going to turn an old pair of my jeans into draught excluders, just cut off the legs, stuff with something and then stitch up the ends or use rubber bands. I'm the only one with long enough legs in this house - DH and DS have quite short legs for men, so my jeans are the only ones long enough to cannibalise! :rotfl:

Have to confess to having the heating on a couple of times this week, the wind round our house always cools it down a great deal, even in September.

Someone mentioned HWB earlier (Catriona?) - I've always bought mine from Boots, ever since I got married. They may be a bit dearer than other places, but they do last and never leak. I bought a couple from cheap shops last year, but they're not as good. The current Boots ones are about 9 or 10 years old, and look the same as new. Don't work for them, by the way!

A xo

Popperwell

2tonsils wrote: »

I have been waiting for some waterproof trousers to come into the Lidl's here but they are still busy selling summer stuff and gardening equipment. Obviously their buyer is still in the summer frame of mind....

Over here Lidl's and Aldi's are having a big promotion of cycling items and waterproofs.