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mummy_becks 
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 7:36pm |
OK for those that live in the cold. Some hints for keeping warm please.
I saw today that Waiouru got to a high of 5 today  , i'm going to freeze my arse off I think.
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james
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 7:48pm |
you will get use to it trust me lots of layers and a good jacket/hat/gloves ect 
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 8:01pm |
buy some thermals!
oh and hot potatoes in your jacket pockets!!! (not sure of that one but it sounded nice when i thought of it).
cool hats and scarves!!! Yay!! 
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 8:56pm |
eeek! I'm a warm-wuss too 
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 9:01pm |
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I agree with thermals, hats, scarfs & gloves. You can even by thermal gloves to go underneath other gloves for extra warmth.
Waterproof pants and ski gloves for the kids will be good for when it's wet or snowy.
Woolly tights (great underneath jeans, pants, skirts).
Thick warm dressing gowns and pjs for the cold mornings before you get the heating going.
Ug boots are handy to have too and you can also buy sheepskin liners for normal shoes. During winter I used to wear sheepskin mokasins (sp?) under my school shoes - toasty!
That's all I can think of right now.
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 9:17pm |
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curtains! check you have therma-drape. if not - get some. check around windows and doors for gaps - fill any with that foam stuff. any glass - put curtains over them - including doors - we lose heaps of warmth through our front and back doors. Check for drafts - make draft stoppers from newspaper and old stockings. get a dehumidifier. thsi is what we are doing nwo!
also arrange rooms so beds are awayy fropm windows
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 9:28pm |
Becks - Nigel over time will be able to score some free kit for you - nice merino thermals. We have about 6-7 pairs of them
Do you know where you're moving into yet? Don't know what the state of the houses are like there, but before we got carpet down here they were freezing.
Oh, and btw you big wuss, try living in the SI hehe just kidding I don't envy you living in Waiouru!
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 9:35pm |
Moving in last week of June or the first week of July - still to be confirmed with the mover.
The house is full insulated and fully carpeted - thank god for that.
I should actually ask him if he can get a few pairs for me, he is on good terms with the staff in the supplies so he maybe able to get me something
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 10:19pm |
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I wonder what street you will be in
I loved Waiouru. go
look at our old house when we pass through
45 Weir Terrace.
I even went to Waiouru Primary.
I loved the snow
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Posted: 05 May 2008 at 10:30pm |
We are just off Weir Terrace
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 8:25am |
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Brrr, cold just thinking about it! That's why I live in Aklnd, I was still in a tshirt and jeans yesterday!
Sorry - that isn't any help, but I hate constriction from too many layers and I am allergic to wool, so unless it is a nicely heated inside country like the UK, cold is not my friend!
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 8:35am |
If the house has heat pumps set them to come on about half an hour before you get up, that's what I do.
Close your curtains before it gets dark that will help keep heat in. If its sunny in the day crack the windows to help get rid of condensation.
If you have wooden floors/tiles/lino then get some slippers as the floor will be freezing in the morning.
Keep cold rooms closed, so the bathroom/laundry and make sure they have fans or get a dehumidifier otherwise they will get all horrible and mouldy. Nz houses are soooooooo bad for moisture.
Buy the thickest duvet that you can find and flanellette sheets.
Thermals are awesome.
Matching beanie, scarf and gloves
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 8:48am |
Definitely thermal backed drapes.. and a dehumidifier to keep the chill off the air while your sleeping making it easier to warm the place back up again.
If you have a fireplace (you'd want one LOL ) I'd suggest using coal as it retains it's heat over night and is much easier to get it stoked back up again
thermal socks, gloves, long johns, scarves & hats
Also, try to stay away from jean material... wear trackies... much warmer
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 8:56am |
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I think the houses in Waiouru do have fireplaces
.when I last went 45 Weir it did, I wonder of it is still empty
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 9:01am |
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we used to live in married quarters for the airforce...cold houses..glad they better for the Army:) and as far as the cold..it took me three years to get used to chch again(after3 years in auck) and i just basically froze:( so cant really help you there.. it's -2 outside today ....brrrrrrrr!
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 9:01am |
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I come from antartica, AKA Invercargill. Hun, you will get used to it. The 2nd winter will feel not as bad, and from then on you will be fine...
Returing to warm climes was hard! When I moved up here, I spent the first summer indoors almost crying at the heat and the first winter here wearing summer clothes he he. By the next winter I was cold like everyone else and wearing jerseys and whinging when it was 18 degrees, where as at 18 degrees in invers we would have been at the beach, lol.
Gloves, fingerless ones are ugly, but great. Wool anything is best as polar fleece dosen't breathe and keeps moisture on it. Hats and beanies, polyprops and I would go to rebel sports or whereever and get decent skiing/outdoors socks. If you have cold feet, you are stuffed.
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 9:06am |
The houses have fires - they are standard in Waiouru. I have been told out of all the army housing Waiouru's are the best as they go for insulation and heating.
I hunted my thermals out today and I have one on now , but i'm going to the Jockey outlet store soon and going to get some more for me and the boys.
I've got a decent Canterbury jacket so that will be good, and a poly hat, just need to get some gloves.
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 9:10am |
You'll be fine hun, as cold as it is... it's beautiful!!! I grew up in Alexandra and it's cold too, but absolutely gorgeous when it does snow
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 9:42am |
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Layering is the key to dressing in the cold. It means you can strip when you need too and out more on when you need to!
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Posted: 06 May 2008 at 9:46am |
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its only 2 degrees outside and I just have my dressing gown, a singlet and flanelette PJ bottoms on with my ug boots. My hands are cold....thatsall.
Tom wears a singlet, a woolen singletty thing, then a body suit and a long sleeve one. I have a polar fleece for him if we go out...and gloves and beanie!
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