The weather has turned cold (wet and miserable) but I refuse to turn on the central heating just yet. Fuel prices here have soared but thick socks and an old knitted jacket keep most of me warm - though my nose is icecold. .
To add to my concerns, my oldest cat seems to be feeling the cold and has decided the warmest place in the house is on my laptop computer. Yesterday evening I was determined to get up-to-date with my correspondence, but Mogi thought otherwise. She managed to turn the computer off so many times and create new key-combinations that I had to give up and shut up shop. Today I have distributed hot-water bottles and heating pads in or on her favourite sleeping places but the laptop is preferred and I have received numerous scratches and bites while trying to keep her away - just for 5 minutes - not only to set my "question of the day" but to order some more heating pads which retain their heat a bit longer than a hot-water bottle or a cherrystone heating pad.
However, we still have an indoor temperature of 20 °C (68 °F) and outside temperatures reached a maximum of 13 °C (55 °F) so we have a long way to go before winter sets in. Under normal circumstances I would turn the heating on, or light a fire, but who knows how bad things are going to get - so more blankets on the bed, quick showers, heating pads for the cats ....... Still no-one can talk me out of retrieving the slow cooker from the cellar and preparing comfort food! So that's a nice warming thought for tomorrow.
When do you normally decide to start up the heating boiler or turn on underfloor heating for the winter ?
Pssss! Mogi has found a chair where I have hidden a hot-water bottle under the cushion! Poor old, cold cat!
To add to my concerns, my oldest cat seems to be feeling the cold and has decided the warmest place in the house is on my laptop computer. Yesterday evening I was determined to get up-to-date with my correspondence, but Mogi thought otherwise. She managed to turn the computer off so many times and create new key-combinations that I had to give up and shut up shop. Today I have distributed hot-water bottles and heating pads in or on her favourite sleeping places but the laptop is preferred and I have received numerous scratches and bites while trying to keep her away - just for 5 minutes - not only to set my "question of the day" but to order some more heating pads which retain their heat a bit longer than a hot-water bottle or a cherrystone heating pad.
However, we still have an indoor temperature of 20 °C (68 °F) and outside temperatures reached a maximum of 13 °C (55 °F) so we have a long way to go before winter sets in. Under normal circumstances I would turn the heating on, or light a fire, but who knows how bad things are going to get - so more blankets on the bed, quick showers, heating pads for the cats ....... Still no-one can talk me out of retrieving the slow cooker from the cellar and preparing comfort food! So that's a nice warming thought for tomorrow.
When do you normally decide to start up the heating boiler or turn on underfloor heating for the winter ?
Pssss! Mogi has found a chair where I have hidden a hot-water bottle under the cushion! Poor old, cold cat!