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The diffiiculty with cold weather
Is that instead of going to his bedroom now, Boyfie likes to be on my knee
all the time. The problem with that is I am getting up all the time to fiddle with my woodburner. Anyone who thinks you can put a few logs on the woodburner and leave it for hours has another think coming. it takes 4 hours to heat the room if you tend it carefully. The poor lad cannot sit on my knee without kneading for a few minutes and he can't be there for long until I am up again either tending the fire or earlier in the morning trying to use an axe to chop wood, which is very difficult atm with my hand & arm op. |
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The diffiiculty with cold weather
Christina Websell wrote:
Is that instead of going to his bedroom now, Boyfie likes to be on my knee all the time. The problem with that is I am getting up all the time to fiddle with my woodburner. Anyone who thinks you can put a few logs on the woodburner and leave it for hours has another think coming. it takes 4 hours to heat the room if you tend it carefully. The poor lad cannot sit on my knee without kneading for a few minutes and he can't be there for long until I am up again either tending the fire or earlier in the morning trying to use an axe to chop wood, which is very difficult atm with my hand & arm op. Does he have a comfortable place to lie down and snooze near the woodburner? -- Joyce audiophile, n: Someone who listens to the equipment instead of the music. |
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"Bastette" wrote in message ... Does he have a comfortable place to lie down and snooze near the woodburner? Yes, of course!! Unlike KFC who flattened herself on the rug in front of the woodburner when it was up and going, Boyfie ignores it. He doesn't seem to know how comfortable that might be. He never lies on a rug in front of either of the two fires I have. |
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"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: Is that instead of going to his bedroom now, Boyfie likes to be on my knee all the time. The problem with that is I am getting up all the time to fiddle with my woodburner. Anyone who thinks you can put a few logs on the woodburner and leave it for hours has another think coming. it takes 4 hours to heat the room if you tend it carefully. The poor lad cannot sit on my knee without kneading for a few minutes and he can't be there for long until I am up again either tending the fire or earlier in the morning trying to use an axe to chop wood, which is very difficult atm with my hand & arm op. Does he have a comfortable place to lie down and snooze near the woodburner? Yes, he has. Of course. He has his own chair, and his own bedroom with a 13 tog duvet. Why do you ask? He does have to survive the night with no heat though. We do it together.. Me with my 15 tog and himself under his 13. Both very warm. Until we get up - then it's a bit nippy. I thought my thermometer was stuck, upstairs at 8C , I thought it wasn't working so I put my finger on the bulb and it crept up to 10 so it was working after all. A rough estimate for 8 is 46F. So I took it from my landing and put it in my bathroom in the hope the temperature would improve. I left it for an hour and and it didn't. It was still 8C. that's quite nippy to have a bath or shower. |
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The diffiiculty with cold weather
Christina Websell wrote:
"Bastette" wrote in message Does he have a comfortable place to lie down and snooze near the woodburner? Yes, he has. Of course. He has his own chair, and his own bedroom with a 13 tog duvet. Why do you ask? Because he seems to gravitate to you for heat. Which I realize is pleasant some of the time, but since you sometimes might like to have a break from him occasionally, I thought he might like an alternative. Hmm... sounds like he already has one, but he doesn't care about anything except Mom's knee. (Which reminds me - when you say that Boyfie likes to lie on your knee, I have this very literal (and comical) picture of him trying to seat himself on your actual knee. I guess if you've put your feet up, so that your legs are completely horizontal, he could lie on your knee. But if you're sitting in a chair with feet on the floor, how does that work? How does he balance?? Or is "knee" just idiomatic for "lap"? Is this one of those different-sides-of-the-pond things?) Usually when I turn on the heat in the living room (I have baseboards in 3 rooms and can turn them on or off separately), Roxy affixes herself to the back of the couch and hangs her head over the edge, so she can catch every single wave of heat wafting up from the baseboard. But then sometimes, even though the electric heater is warmer, she prefers to come and lie on me. The heater doesn't pet her and tell her she's the best girlkitty in the world. Sometimes Mom is the best heat source around. -- Joyce God's original plan was to hang out in a garden with some naked vegetarians. -- Seen on a wall poster |
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The diffiiculty with cold weather
Amber has her window seat with a heating pad. She spends most of the
time there except for the nights she sleeps on my bed (electric blanket). Tiger is a Maine Coon so his long hair keeps him warm. He has a window seat (also with a heating pad) but he doesn't use it. The big room is warm during the day but I turn the furnace off at night unless the temp is below 20 degrees F. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44� 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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On Monday, November 12, 2012 10:05:48 PM UTC-5, Bastette wrote:
Christina Websell wrote: "Bastette" wrote in message Does he have a comfortable place to lie down and snooze near the woodburner? Yes, he has. Of course. He has his own chair, and his own bedroom with a 13 tog duvet. Why do you ask? Because he seems to gravitate to you for heat. Which I realize is pleasant some of the time, but since you sometimes might like to have a break from him occasionally, I thought he might like an alternative. Hmm... sounds like he already has one, but he doesn't care about anything except Mom's knee. (Which reminds me - when you say that Boyfie likes to lie on your knee, I have this very literal (and comical) picture of him trying to seat himself on your actual knee. I guess if you've put your feet up, so that your legs are completely horizontal, he could lie on your knee. But if you're sitting in a chair with feet on the floor, how does that work? How does he balance?? Or is "knee" just idiomatic for "lap"? Is this one of those different-sides-of-the-pond things?) Wish I still have Rusty to sit on my lap. I can teach him to sit on my sore knees with my feet up on a chair. Sure that will beat having a heating pad on my knees. He used to sit on my sore hip when I was lying sideway on the coach. That felt so good. -- Winnie Usually when I turn on the heat in the living room (I have baseboards in 3 rooms and can turn them on or off separately), Roxy affixes herself to the back of the couch and hangs her head over the edge, so she can catch every single wave of heat wafting up from the baseboard. But then sometimes, even though the electric heater is warmer, she prefers to come and lie on me. The heater doesn't pet her and tell her she's the best girlkitty in the world. Sometimes Mom is the best heat source around. -- Joyce God's original plan was to hang out in a garden with some naked vegetarians. -- Seen on a wall poster |
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On Monday, November 12, 2012 8:54:43 PM UTC-5, Christina Websell wrote:
"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: Is that instead of going to his bedroom now, Boyfie likes to be on my knee all the time. The problem with that is I am getting up all the time to fiddle with my woodburner. Anyone who thinks you can put a few logs on the woodburner and leave it for hours has another think coming. it takes 4 hours to heat the room if you tend it carefully. The poor lad cannot sit on my knee without kneading for a few minutes and he can't be there for long until I am up again either tending the fire or earlier in the morning trying to use an axe to chop wood, which is very difficult atm with my hand & arm op. Does he have a comfortable place to lie down and snooze near the woodburner? Yes, he has. Of course. He has his own chair, and his own bedroom with a 13 tog duvet. Why do you ask? He does have to survive the night with no heat though. We do it together.. Me with my 15 tog and himself under his 13. Both very warm. Until we get up - then it's a bit nippy. I thought my thermometer was stuck, upstairs at 8C , I thought it wasn't working so I put my finger on the bulb and it crept up to 10 so it was working after all. A rough estimate for 8 is 46F. So I took it from my landing and put it in my bathroom in the hope the temperature would improve. I left it for an hour and and it didn't. It was still 8C. that's quite nippy to have a bath or shower. Wow! 8C is cold for indoors. I don't let my home get to single digit C while I dress warmly. But I do turn off the heater when I go to bed. Figure I don't need it while sleeping under a warm blanket and a heating pad on me. Rusty (RB) didn't seem to mind the cold until his last year. By then he was just skin and bones and like to sit on the heating duct. -- Winnie |
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On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 8:55:03 AM UTC-5, ---MIKE--- wrote:
Amber has her window seat with a heating pad. She spends most of the time there except for the nights she sleeps on my bed (electric blanket). Tiger is a Maine Coon so his long hair keeps him warm. He has a window seat (also with a heating pad) but he doesn't use it. The big room is warm during the day but I turn the furnace off at night unless the temp is below 20 degrees F. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44� 15' N - Elevation 1580') Rusty (RB) had a window hammock that sat right over the heat outlet. He loved it there and spent long hours snoozing there or watching me on the computer.. Plus he had a great view of the outdoors. I miss his snoring on the hammock. -- Winnie |
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The diffiiculty with cold weather
"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Bastette" wrote in message Does he have a comfortable place to lie down and snooze near the woodburner? Yes, he has. Of course. He has his own chair, and his own bedroom with a 13 tog duvet. Why do you ask? Because he seems to gravitate to you for heat. Which I realize is pleasant some of the time, but since you sometimes might like to have a break from him occasionally, I thought he might like an alternative. Hmm... sounds like he already has one, but he doesn't care about anything except Mom's knee. I would quite like a break from him sometimes - as much as I love him. He's quite heavy but worse than that I don't like disturbing him when he's asleep. (Which reminds me - when you say that Boyfie likes to lie on your knee, I have this very literal (and comical) picture of him trying to seat himself on your actual knee. I guess if you've put your feet up, so that your legs are completely horizontal, he could lie on your knee. But if you're sitting in a chair with feet on the floor, how does that work? How does he balance?? Or is "knee" just idiomatic for "lap"? Is this one of those different-sides-of-the-pond things?) Yes, it must be one of the different side of the pond things. The same as lap. I put a blanket over my knees to keep warm when I sit in my armchair and he's on me in a few seconds ;-) The blanket also helps protect me from his kneading which seems to be absolutely essential to him before he can settle down. Usually when I turn on the heat in the living room (I have baseboards in 3 rooms and can turn them on or off separately), Roxy affixes herself to the back of the couch and hangs her head over the edge, so she can catch every single wave of heat wafting up from the baseboard. But then sometimes, even though the electric heater is warmer, she prefers to come and lie on me. The heater doesn't pet her and tell her she's the best girlkitty in the world. Sometimes Mom is the best heat source around. I think, even though it would be warmer in front of the woodburner, or the gas fire in the kitchen, once he realised I was a kind meowmie who would never frighten or harm him (which took literally years) he began to love me so much that he wanted to be on my lap as much as possible. That's my theory, anyway. I could test this theory by putting the electric blanket on 24/7 on his bed upstairs, of course. It's one of those that is safe to sleep on when it's on. I sleep in the spare bedroom sometimes "to keep the bed aired" and I left it on by mistake. I finally wondered why Boyfie was always in his bedroom and discovered the electric blanket had been on for weeks. Tweed |
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