Making Good Use: What's Hot / What's Not

A very slow news day around here today so I thought I'd do a quick 'What's Hot / What's Not' post instead.

Whats Hot: Finally a day of strong winds and even some sunshine which means at long last the washing can actually go out on the line to, at least partially, dry in the open air. I'm getting really fed up of the house being festooned with wet / damp washing all the time.

Still on the subject of drying washing indoors, I'm so pleased that I decided to keep hold of my very ancient three-fold wooden clothes airer. I got it out of the shed in the autumn and seriously thought of selling it on ebay as they seem to fetch quite reasonable sums. For some reason I decided just to clean it up and keep hold of it - and blooming good job I did as it's proved invaluable these past couple of months as extra indoor drying space. I remember buying it years ago in a charity shop when we lived in Nottingham and over the years it's been used not only as a clothes airer but also as a towel rail. I don't think it'll be ending up on ebay any time soon.

It's Tuesday which means 'Ice Road Truckers' is on telly this evening. Both P and I love watching that programme and even though nothing bad ever does happen to the featured drivers it's fascinating to watch them haul these huge loads up and down the Dalton Highway in Alaska. I love watching P's face whilst he's watching the programme too, he sits there like a little boy just entranced by it all - and I'm not surprised, it is truly 'Boy's Own' stuff.

Finding a few new blogs to really enjoy: Frugal Queen, Jennifer (who always leaves such nice comments) over at The Prairie Girl and The Cottage Smallholder.

The fact that it is definitely getting just a little bit lighter each morning and each evening. It's not a huge difference as yet but it's definitely moving in the right direction - thank goodness!!

What's Not: The flipping weather - again. Although the sun is out it is absolutely freezing here today - top temperature was forecast to be 3 degrees. The wind is coming from the north and is so strong and cold it cuts right through you. And there's talk of more snow for the end of the week! This does seem to have been a very long, cold and energy-sapping winter.