Preparing for winter IV

XSpender

It has been raining heavily today in the NE and most of yesterday too which meant my washing had to go in the TD or we would have had nothing to wear! Did dry one load on the clothes horse (shirts) but I haven't had the heating on during the day so the rest wouldn't dry. I have tried using a quick was as it is over an hour quicker for lightly soiled items but they do come out a bit wetter due to the slower spin.

I did manage to replace the lems1ps I used last week with morries own and will get some other medicines this week; just the normal paras and lems1ps and a spare bottle of calpol should do us.

Confuzzled

dragonette wrote: »

2 large open windows and morning sun blazes in additionally, how you spread items on the airer makes a huge difference. I put underwear and socks on the bottom rungs, tshirts in the middle and jeans/work trousers from the top fangling over the edge. As I don't have heat under mine, I try to maximise air flow and never cover the airer. I also have the airer sitting at an angle so the sun and breeze are dispersed between the clothes.




HTH

i do the open windows in the sunlight (and i open the windows on the opposite side of the flat too for air flow) and this works well when it's warm enough, one thing i do as well is to use clothes pegs to hang things from the airer rather than folding them over the rung, same concept as dragonette really, it increases air flow, also those little peg carousels can often be hung in window for socks,pants, bras etc i also use them for nearly try clothing, a tshirt may take a few pegs but at least it's not hogging up space on the airer!

calicocat

I have finally got a bit more organised!!

All emergency stuff for car now got (blanket,shovel,de-icers,s/wash,mist wipe,gloves,car charger for torch). Heating and gas check done.

Today got shovel, fan heater in case heating goes off and for conservatory /anywhere needed.

2 torches got, light bulbs, fuses for main fuse box,batteries., replaced batteries in Carbon monoxide and smoke alarms.

Freezer pretty much sorted, emergency few tins in and dried stuff got.

Have sprayed DW40 on shed/gate locks etc.



Need to get.....tealights and candles, plus a tyre pressure machine (will have to check if camping air bed one will work on car first) as travel a distance now to work and on motorways rather than village roads.
Have organised a window cleaner at last who will check guttering for me.

Need to do......attach another duvet to one in use soon, get bloke to change light bulb on sensor light, get brakes checked on car and check tyres.

Sure I will think of other stuff I need to do as I go, but list is nearly done. This is a fab idea, and if weather forecasts are correct we may need to be prepared soon.


EDIT.....re 'UGG' boots, TKMAxx do a copy (bearpaw) they are sheepskin but around £30-40 and last a good couple of years. I have worn mine day in day out and they do last well...and snuggly when it's bad weather. I wore one pair to walk dog in snow for a full winter twice a day and they held water tight.....but not good to look at obviously.

Emmala

calicocat wrote: »

I have finally got a bit more organised!!

All emergency stuff for car now got (blanket,shovel,de-icers,s/wash,mist wipe,gloves,car charger for torch). Heating and gas check done.

Today got shovel, fan heater in case heating goes off and for conservatory /anywhere needed.

2 torches got, light bulbs, fuses for main fuse box,batteries., replaced batteries in Carbon monoxide and smoke alarms.

Freezer pretty much sorted, emergency few tins in and dried stuff got.

Have sprayed DW40 on shed/gate locks etc.



Need to get.....tealights and candles, plus a tyre pressure machine (will have to check if camping air bed one will work on car first) as travel a distance now to work and on motorways rather than village roads.
Have organised a window cleaner at last who will check guttering for me.

Need to do......attach another duvet to one in use soon, get bloke to change light bulb on sensor light, get brakes checked on car and check tyres.

Sure I will think of other stuff I need to do as I go, but list is nearly done. This is a fab idea, and if weather forecasts are correct we may need to be prepared soon.


EDIT.....re 'UGG' boots, TKMAxx do a copy (bearpaw) they are sheepskin but around £30-40 and last a good couple of years. I have worn mine day in day out and they do last well...and snuggly when it's bad weather. I wore one pair to walk dog in snow for a full winter twice a day and they held water tight.....but not good to look at obviously.

I just wanted to second the Bearpaws from TKMaxx....I bought my first pair three years ago, so they have done me two winters already and this year are going to be my slippers! In the summer I bought another pair (with a better sole actually) for wearing as boots. Think I paid around £30 a pair, much better then Ugg prices and having once had a pair of Uggs, I've found the Bearpaws to be better quality! x

calicocat

rae18 wrote: »

I just wanted to second the Bearpaws from TKMaxx....I bought my first pair three years ago, so they have done me two winters already and this year are going to be my slippers! In the summer I bought another pair (with a better sole actually) for wearing as boots. Think I paid around £30 a pair, much better then Ugg prices and having once had a pair of Uggs, I've found the Bearpaws to be better quality! x

I have bought these for years, they last for al least two years and I wear mine pretty much every day. The soles do vary for sure (must be who makes them) . The ones I used to walk the mutt in got totally hammerd the first bad winter we had a few years ago...I ended up shoving them in the washing machine as it was a 'do-or-die' situation with them, and the were still ok after that!!
The only difference is that you haven't got the proper 'shoe' part with the inner sole compared to the proper article, but for warmth, comfort, and the bad weather if you aren't walking miles they are great. I have 4 pairs now in various different states..ie:out shovelling snow, going to work, going out pairs.

And they are water proof unlike the material ones....especially if you spray them with good quality sheepskin spray the second year.

calicocat

Don't know how i've ended up with a purple smiley....this phone won't click onto smileys, must have been the combination of letters??....smart phones, clearly smarter than me.....lol

SuiDreams

have spread the old throws over the living room and dining room floors, think the dogs like it as they are a bit damp from the rain. Heating is on low and dehumidifier on for a bit due to wet dogs and dog towels etc. Having junk for tea as didn't feel like cooking.

bluebag

SuiDreams wrote: »

I'll try drying another load inside (as it doesn't look like we'll be having any rain free days anytime soon). I will try the second spin, but some items will need to be spun on low instead of high.

When without a dryer in my flat days I would iron some things while wet and shove them on hangers and hang from the door frames to finish drying.

OK if you don't have much washing, but purgatory if you have a family wash.

I LOATHE LOATHE LOATHE ironing in the face!!!

Uniscots97

Confuzzled wrote: »

has anyone ever seen ugg style boots in larger sizes?

i'm a size 8 but i find that the ugg style runs a size smaller and 8 is the largest i've ever seen, i had some but had to give them to my daughter (a few years ago) she was a 6 then and they fit her quite well, she's a size 10 now so no more chance of that happening :rotfl:


i'd love to give those a go, especially for trips down the concrete close stairs but my big feet won't allow it

Try Wynsors shoes they do 8, 9 and 10 in ladies shoes.

kitschy

Confuzzled wrote: »

has anyone ever seen ugg style boots in larger sizes?

i'm a size 8 but i find that the ugg style runs a size smaller and 8 is the largest i've ever seen, i had some but had to give them to my daughter (a few years ago) she was a 6 then and they fit her quite well, she's a size 10 now so no more chance of that happening :rotfl:


i'd love to give those a go, especially for trips down the concrete close stairs but my big feet won't allow it

I'm a 4, and have found that my size 4 cheapies are very big! It might be worth trying a 7 if you come across them just in case.

Much nippier here this morning - I'll have to get my thermal blind up in the living room at the weekend.