#Microblog Monday 382: Hot Water Bottle
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Modern Mrs. Darcy wrote about her love of her hot water bottle, linking to an article about it. And it made me realize how much I love this low-tech item that I use daily through winter.
Hot water bottles are something we rarely talk about.
I could not make it through winter without one. I love holding it during the day while I work. Hanging out with it while I read at night. I can fill it once and have the heat last for hours. No item makes me quite as happy as my hot water bottle. Even if I never mention it or think about it.
Clearly remedying that fact right now. Thanks, water bottle, for always being there for me.
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5 comments
I should get one for my desk at work. It’s so cold there. I have usb warming gloves and a heated floor mat. And a space heater. Sometimes I have all 3 going and it’s not enough.
My Irish granny used to go to sleep with a hot water bottle every night during the winter. 🙂
I gave up using hot water bottles after too many of them dried up & cracked. (Fortunately, I discovered this as I was filling them up, and not afterwards…!) BUT, I do make frequent use of my magic bag (also called a rice bag or wheat bag). I have several, both commercial & homemade (my mother would pick them up at church bazaars, etc., & give them to us as Christmas presents). There are different shapes, but mostly they’re like a long tube, filled with (uncooked) grains of rice or wheat or grain of some kind. You heat it up in the microwave for a minute or two (depending on how hot you want it) and then you can put it in your bed at your feet, or around your neck if your neck & shoulders are aching, or wherever you need some heat. You can also put it in the freezer and use as a cold pack although I haven’t tried that.
Here’s a page for a commercially sold one:
https://www.masdelinc.com/en/magic-bag/
And here are instructions on how to make your own — it suggests you can add essential oils or herbs for an aromatherapy component.
https://www.sustainablecooks.com/rice-heating-pads/
I probably could use a hot water bottle!
I used hot water bottles when I was a child – it was a necessity in the colder south and an old, draughty house. But I haven’t used one for years. Do you have a cute cover for it? (It was one of the first things I ever knitted/crocheted.)