Christmas this year has certainly been interesting. We have visited relatives and my children have left a trail of destruction in their wake. We have had cold Christmas dinner and cold Boxing Day dinner due to juggling a lively 2 year old and a 10 months old. Now I am thoroughly exhausted, it has certainly…
Month: December 2013
Allotment Progress: A Major Setback
This week we learnt that our allotment plot is one of 4 that is under threat of being turned into a car park. Sevenoaks council in their wisdom have decided they would like to tarmac 4 plots when the allotment lease comes up for renewal. Whether or not the decision will go though is not…
Has Christmas Pudding Had its Day?
It seems many people are choosing an alternative to Christmas pudding this year, according to this article. A survey carried out by Good Food Magazine found that the traditional Christmas pudding is the most disliked festive food. Favourite alternatives include a chocolate Yule log. We tend to have Christmas pudding most years but I must…
What’s in Your Christmas Tree?
According to this article all sorts of creepy crawlies. The article claims that 25,000 creatures including lice, mites, moths and spiders could be hiding in your tree. The creatures which would usually hibernate during the winter wake up when the tree is brought into your warm house. Most, however, will eventually die when they run…
Frozen Supermarket Chicken is Nearly a Fifth Water
Claims this article which suggests customers are paying as much as 65p a kilo for water in their chicken. Frozen chicken breasts on sale in some of the leading supermarkets are put through a process called tumbling which adds water and additives to the raw chicken before freezing them. The result is a pumped up…
Tixylix Recalls Toddler Medicine
Tixylix have issued a recall of some of their baby and toddler cough medicines. The full list of affected batch number is available here. It has been recalled because small pieces of plastic have been found in some bottles. I had two bottles from the affected batches in my cupboard, so do check yours just…
Do You Tip Your Milkman?
If this article is to be believed more than half of us no longer give our milkman or postman a Christmas tip. I must admit I don’t give a lot but I do put £10 in a card for both the milkman and the postman. It seems the older generations are more likely to leave…
Time to Write Some Christmas Cards
With the last recommended posting dates fast approaching I better get organised and start writing some Christmas cards. I’m not really sure where the time has gone this year but I seem to have left it all a bit late. At least I have all my Christmas presents wrapped and ready.
Smart Bra to Detect Stress
This is interesting,, it’s a smart bra that can monitor heart rates and skin activity to detect stress. It is currently only a prototype but is aimed at preventing stress related overeating. It collects data on the users moods and sends it to an smartphone app to highlight when emotional overeating is likely to occur….
Game of Ware Fire Age
I have been playing this game for nearly two weeks now and am really enjoying it. It reminds me in some ways of Age of Empires but has the added social element of being able to interact with the other people in your alliance. It certainly beats playing Farmville.