Preparing for Winter

lauren_1

I have brought 4 more fleeces from asda a sewn 2 of them on the backs of single duvet covers, in the summer (well i think thats over for another year) they make a nice bed cover but still warm enough when it gets a bit chilly around 4am and then when its time to get the quilts out it add's a bit of extra warmth. I have 4.5 togs for my kids and will just layer up with another quilt under the sheet, another sheet then the duvet with fleece backing.

Is it odd that i'm looking forward to winter??

sammyjig

lauren_1 wrote: »

Is it odd that i'm looking forward to winter??

I know what you mean. Maybe it's because we aren't really having a summer! We may as well just move on to the winter and be done with it!!

Gigervamp

sammyjig wrote: »

I know what you mean. Maybe it's because we aren't really having a summer! We may as well just move on to the winter and be done with it!!

Yup, that's pretty much the way I feel too!

painted_lady

I have just remembered, we had a couple of burst water pipes on our street last year and on one occasion didnt have water for over 24 hours. I need to get some emergency bottled water to keep in store.

DdraigGoch

Painted lady, do remember that having clean buckets is also a good idea - with all the rain we're having even if you do get a day's supply of drinking water you'll need non-potable water for flushing the loo... On a frugal note, flushing the loo with a bucketful of rain water is easier on the budget than being forced to clear it with Perrier!!

Gigervamp

DdraigGoch wrote: »

On a frugal note, flushing the loo with a bucketful of rain water is easier on the budget than being forced to clear it with Perrier!!

Lol, that sounds like the voice of experience!

whatatwit

How big are the asda fleeces, I tend to have throwovers on our bed to keep the worst of the cat hair and muddy paws off my white bedding. But my throws are huge and fill the washer, so I thought a fleece would be easier to wash.

sammy_kaye18

Gigervamp wrote: »

Lol, that sounds like the voice of experience!

i was just thinking that too.

Well i have been to town - cleaned the bedroom now with sofa removed - am sporting a nice bruise on forehead where i was helling bf shift it yesterday (it got wedged int eh door way as it si quite cushioned - so i lifted a cushion adn was a bit too close to the door frame so as bf pulled the bleeding sofa i whacked me head on the doorframe! :rotfl: might knock soem sense into me lol)

now have sorted bedroom though and there is alot more space but im wondering if the junk that was in there was actually insulating us - still now i can get to the windows with ease to air the room adn when we moved the sofa there was loads of mould on the radiator so a quick dettol and scrub and it is nice and clean now

am having 5 before i clean the bathroom, loo, and kitchen now

cady

hi ive got some thin curtains from ikea that i would like to line one of the windows in in front of the radiator tho should i just line up to the windowsill on this wondow as to not bloack the heat or will it look strange am i better lining the whole thing and just putting the cutain on the windowsill when the heating is on..... also any tips on curtain lining would be appreciated as im new to this lol

Gigervamp

whatatwit wrote: »

How big are the asda fleeces,

They're 122cm x152cm and come in cream or brown.