make do and mend for tougher times

Byatt

Thanks GQ, I've been reading on line and it seems 50/50 for burning it, it needs to be very dry so seasoned over 2 years. I will check with sweep when he comes, not the end of the world, as if I can't use it I can't use it. Plus I'll check the wood tomorrow when it's light. I might have imagined it is fir.

Fuddle, I do have a wall mounted, battery operated, CM alarm fitted to the wall. xxx

GreyQueen

mardatha wrote: »

Yes GQ rones anre gutters but I thought rones were rones everywhere. If that makes sense ! Hasn't snowed here at all has gone to -5.

:eek: Blimey, the minimum nightime temp in Provincial City is predicted to be +4 tonight.

Despite living in Scotlandshire for a few years I'd never heard of a rone. Was wondering if it was the gutter or the road drain.

fuddle

katieowl wrote: »

:j:j:j :j Am I going to get to re-inact the Long Winter*???? Am I??? Am I??? Pretty Please???:j:j:j

Kate


* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Winter_(novel)

Never heard of it but I have now... off to library to reserve. Sounds right up my street
Edit: it's written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Did she write the Little House on the Prairie's too? Oh how I would love to watch them again.

pops, you still not got any white stuff? It dyed down here and has gone to translucent (ok, ok it's melted :rotfl: ) but picking up again.

I do love the snow but only when all 4 of us are holed up together in the house and don't need to go out. When DH is working and on the roads I'm a bit nervous to say the least.

kidcat

I have checked location of sledge,snow shovel, de-icer, wellies and shoe grips for my shoes, am so excited - will be rather let down if we dont get some soon

Mrs_Veg_Plot

Evening all, have got the ceiling painted in the second bedroom and two coats of paint on the walls. One more coat tomorrow and the glossing then it is done. DD2 has moved into the room we finished yesterday. We have got everything put away in there as well, she has been warned that if she does not keep it clean and tidy we wil lmove her into the box room . Hopefully we will get everything back to normal by Sunday evening. I can not cope with everything upside down.

DD1 skyped us from uni this evening and is feeling a little homesick. OH is going to collect her after work on Friday and bring her home for the weekend for a few hugs and some home cooking.

Have not done the grocery shop today and will put it off until monday as I have everything I need and will shop from the cupboards and freezer until then.

No snow here but the temperature has dropped. The heating has been on for a good few hours today and will probably be on a constant low setting for the rest of the winter.

New neighburs have moved in today but I have not seen then yet, but then again I have only been as far as the bin today.

ginnyknit

Im totally envious of anyone with a woodburner - I have parkland and an old canal path close by and loads of wood but we are in a smokeless zone as a fried reminded me the other day - in fact he gave me a hug as he told me cos he knew how sad I would be

Just tried my Rachel Allen pie maker -CS bargain (checked by electrician and certificated of course ) £8 brand new, and its wonderful :j:j Leftover shin of beef stew and a pack of YS pastry made 6 pies all golden and crunchy .....bliss. I checked the electric meter and it really made no difference, 8 minutes to cook better than putting the stove on. You can do quiches in it too. I can forsee lots of leftovers becoming pie lunches. The good thing is OH can start having pies again as they wont be full of preservatives etc, he adores pies but I try not to buy them too often.

fuddle

Oh, apple pies too ginny, have fun with your new toy

Making doughnuts tomorrow and feeling mean as the girls want to help but I want to just be in a world of my own and create. I get like that sometimes. Ill have to think of how to make it up to them

Edit: I thought.. Toffee apple making

maryb

We've got quite a lot of pine from when one of the neighbours had a tree cut down. It doesn't burn very hot and it does make quite a lot of tar. But it has its uses - if we burn some hardwood with a high proportion of oak, the fire can easily run too hot so then we put a bit of pine on to get the average right. It helps, of course, that we've been building up our log stores so that the wood we are buying now is actually for next winter so we can choose our logs rather than just having to burn what we've got to hand

bonnie_bumpkins

evening/morning toughies

down south we can still go out in shirtsleeves...

sorry i can't keep up with thread it moves soooooooo fast

much love to all

xx

Popperwell

fuddle wrote: »

Never heard of it but I have now... off to library to reserve. Sounds right up my street
Edit: it's written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Did she write the Little House on the Prairie's too? Oh how I would love to watch them again.

pops, you still not got any white stuff? It dyed down here and has gone to translucent (ok, ok it's melted :rotfl: ) but picking up again.

I do love the snow but only when all 4 of us are holed up together in the house and don't need to go out. When DH is working and on the roads I'm a bit nervous to say the least.

That's the one...

No snow until approx 9.45pm as I walked out the door to the SM to get some bread buns and was hoping there might be some lamb yellow stickered but I was so close to the SM it was not worth turning back.

When I came home it had not settled and had stopped but it started again as I was nearly home.

I wonder what the weather will be like for my trip to Durham on Sunday.

I have my casserole in the Slow Cooker and I am still not sure what meat it is but it is mince...

At 1.30am there is some snow that has settled. House is coldish(I am reasonably warm in bed though)Got some fingerless gloves on as my hands are cold when hitting the laptop keyboard.