make do and mend for tougher times

fuddle

converter says - Answer: 1 mm = 0.039370 " so it's teeny tiny.

I'm looking at them and it does hurt seeing them there but I'm being daft. I have had the same lamp in the corner and I sit on the same sofa so it's just mind games. I'll be fine. This is home now and although I have a love/hate relationship with this house I am very grateful that we have it. There was someone posting on the bankruptcy forum here when I was lurking and going through it and they used to have this in their signature houses are made from walls and beams. Homes are made from love and dreams.I've remembered that and I think it lovely and true. I vowed to learn to cross stitch and put those very words at the entrance of my home but have never got round to doing it.

suzybloo

cheers Kidcat, unfortunately no poundstrechers here but will keep an eye out the next time I am in town. Usually make all jams, marmalades etc so 'every little' helps

Byatt

fuddle wrote: »

converter says - Answer: 1 mm = 0.039370 " so it's teeny tiny.

I'm looking at them and it does hurt seeing them there but I'm being daft. I have had the same lamp in the corner and I sit on the same sofa so it's just mind games. I'll be fine. This is home now and although I have a love/hate relationship with this house I am very grateful that we have it. There was someone posting on the bankruptcy forum here when I was lurking and going through it and they used to have this in their signature houses are made from walls and beams. Homes are made from love and dreams.I've remembered that and I think it lovely and true. I vowed to learn to cross stitch and put those very words at the entrance of my home but have never got round to doing it.

It is true.

Possession

Thanks Kidcat I will have a look in Poundstretcher tomorrow as I'm almost out of granulated sugar I think. Shedloads of brown sugar, better think of something to do with it! I made goosegog jam with caster and no setting problem at all.

kate1974

GreyQueen wrote: »

No probs. Sometimes you can get the instructions to an appliance from the manufacturer's website, or just do a bit of general gooling such as the name and make.

I wombled a Dyson one time and found the manual online for download on their site, so I printed it off for the pal I gave the vac to. HTH.

Oh, and if you have a Freecycle group, someone on there might have the instructions, if you post a Wanted.

You might have a look here:
http://www.manualslib.com/

Popperwell

kidcat wrote: »

Poundstretcher had sugar last week at 2 for £1.50 as well, maybe sugar is going to get cheaper again now?

Not very cheap in Tesco's but I purchased some...I only use it sparingly in coffee. Mainly for the food store...

Popperwell

fuddle wrote: »

converter says - Answer: 1 mm = 0.039370 " so it's teeny tiny.

I'm looking at them and it does hurt seeing them there but I'm being daft. I have had the same lamp in the corner and I sit on the same sofa so it's just mind games. I'll be fine. This is home now and although I have a love/hate relationship with this house I am very grateful that we have it. There was someone posting on the bankruptcy forum here when I was lurking and going through it and they used to have this in their signature houses are made from walls and beams. Homes are made from love and dreams.I've remembered that and I think it lovely and true. I vowed to learn to cross stitch and put those very words at the entrance of my home but have never got round to doing it.

I like that but of course its difficult. Even when we know what we sometimes think is daft if that's how you feel nothing that is said will change things, it will happen when the time is right for you. That isn't now. It will come...just as the time isn't right for me yet.

SpikyHedgehog

Byatt wrote: »

Bizarrely my water butt (which is free standing) is only half full. I don't understand it. :cool:

You prompted me to go & check the tiny one that the Housing Association supplied (so I can't complain ) - it is full. I thought this morning 'Oh, I wish I had another water butt!', but haven't got round to getting 1 yet. There is always so much we need & only so much I can get at a time. Guess it might have to be my birthday present request for the year :cool:

fuddle wrote: »

Byatt I never understand rainfall. It bounces down for half an hour and then weather says something like 1mm :cool: Surely it takes more than 1mm to get my hair in that state :eek:

I have to share with you that DH has put the curtain pole up at at the dining room patio window. 3 years I tell you, 3 years it's all been sat in the cupboard waiting. Well my wait is over and I'm thrilled. The curtains I have up there are Next lined and are 7 year old. I say lined, they are not very thick at all and I dare not tell you what I paid for them years ago. I'm a bit sad as they were my living room curtains from my house, the house that I lost, but I'm trying to not think like that.

On the patio door the seal doesn't meet properly and I can see daylight down the bottom half of the door. I use that door to get my stuff out of the garage freezer so would like to avoid cellotaping it up (I have done this previously though, and will do it again if push comes to shove) Any ideas? Something that will do the job re: draughts but still allow me to open the door. :cool: I'm stumped.

I've had problems with my front door - it has draught stripping round it but it's rubbish! I can see daylight (well, not right now) round it. I used double sided sticky tape last year to put strips of bubble wrap all round it, except the bottom where I put a draught excluder made from a pair of old tights, stuffed with other old tights. It's surprisingly effective though I need to re-do some of the tape as there's places it's bagging at the moment.

Then I've got a light coloured fleece from Wilkinsons I safety pinned to make a casing & hung over a net curtain wire that just covers the glass, then an unlined cotton curtain that pulls over that in the evening. At this time of year, I use a strip of lace to gather the fleece together in the day, but on the winter it just keeps covering the glass but hangs freely so post can get through the letter box. My plan is to actually sew the casing for it when I take it down to wash & I'd like to line the curtains with some more fleece or something else, but I'll need miles of it...

grandma247

adelight wrote: »

Do these kick out much heat when they're on? Would you notice it if you were in a small room with one?

You might notice the heat but for at least the first couple of hours it needs some ventilation such as an open window, especially in a small room. On very humid days it can take a bit longer too.

fuddle wrote: »

Also, the black currents are ripening slowly but some of them have split. Does anyone know why?

It will be all this rain. my gooseberries split when there is too much rain and tomatoes do if they get too much water at a crucial point.

If your door is upvc you could do a web search for how to adjust it. Sometimes that is all that is needed.

Someone else asked about drying nettle and raspberry leaves. Yes you can I dried loads of nettles last year as the tea made from it helped to reduce the amount of pain killers I needed to take.

I have spent a lot of time sitting at a conference this weekend and for the first time in years I did not get swollen feet or knees:T:j:T. I am putting it all down to the low carb diet I have been on this last six months. I also was able to fit into a lovely dress ddil gave me a few months ago. I tried it at the time but it was a bit fuller than I liked:rotfl:. it fits perfectly now I have lost the weight.


pah we had a small halogen grill oven for a couple of years and it was wonderful. I could cook four baked potatoes or four chicken legs in it so It did save us money by not needing to put the big oven on. I also made other things in it including buns and small cakes. I managed to get a six bun tray which fitted in perfectly when I took out the original shelf and the cake tin fitted too. Cheese on toast was brilliant and there are times I wish I had got another one just for that as our grill is a big pain. I have to stand pushing the knob in for nearly ten minutes before it stays lit I hate it with a passion! I was sad when one of the bulbs/heating elements went and I could not find a replacement.

Earlier this year I won a remoska on £bay for £80 including postage and it was like new. It has already saved us money and I love it. I just need to get around to buying a rack for inside it as some things could do with being nearer the element which is in the lid and some things need raising off the bottom. I rarely put the oven on at all now.

this is just one site with info on dehydrating,
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and another

grandma247

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I am planning to make a boys blanket at some point and want to do a sea theme so these would be perfect to add dimension.