June 7th 2015 - Apple & Raspberry Vodka

June 7th 2015 - Apple & Raspberry Vodka

I have spent most of today outside either sitting in the sun or doing some more on the decking as we have been able to buy more supplies.  YAY!!!

Well this deserves a nice treat in the way of a drink.  I'm partial to Vodka and will drink it mixed with most things (not coke or orange juice though!)  I also like the pre-mixed vodka drinks.

About 8or so years ago I came across a pre-mixed bottle of Raspberry Vodka in a supermarket, it was bright pink in colour and tasted like Raspberry squash - it also went down in this way, but after 3 bottles (1 liter) it hits that it has vodka in it!  This was lovely to drink on hot days.  Sadly to say that just over a year ago the supermarket stopped selling it. :(  I was gutted, I may have been in the few that bought it but they shouldn't have stopped it!

Since then I have been on a hunt for a replacement, that isn't very expensive and tastes nice.  Well i've not had much luck until recently that is.  When I discovered 2 things.  1 was Apple & raspberry juice from the chiller section in Aldi for 59p a carton-

This drink is actually very refreshing on its own and I drink quite a lot of it.  THEN when I was in B&M the other week I saw a bottle of Raspberry & Vanilla Vodka for £4.99 a bottle, so I got 1.  I thought I would taste it straight out the bottle and my god its strong, I spat it down the sink.  And I don't waste alcohol.

Anyway, I decided to mix the Apple & Raspberry juice with the Raspberry & Vanilla Vodka and it is absolutely lush!  The 2 blend together really well and complement each other and it tastes great.  I'm not quite back where I was with the old pink supermarket stuff but its very close.  Try it.

June 6th 2015 - Tidy vs mess

june 6th 2015 - Tidy vs mess

Today's pin made me laugh and fits me and my house - it is a house not a show home, if your coming to view my house make an appointment, if your coming to see me or my family you can just turn up and tae us as you find us (if you don't like it do something about it!!! lol).  I will hold my hands up and admit i'm not the tidiest of people.  However, I have gone on a mission today as I was fed up of 1 of 2 of the printers being on the floor.

So I set about moving furniture, so that I could move the printer table over so the 2nd printer could go on it as well.  Had to move everything as the 2nd printer is on a cable not wifi and therefore needs to be near the laptop.

But whilst I was on a moving mission I have had my "spring clean" (bit late but hey ho.)  I have emptied drawers, bagged stuff for charity shop and chucked other stuff in the bin!  Still have quite alot to do but I will get there.

June 5th 2015 - Hasselback potato

June 5th 2015 - Haselback potato

I have had a couple of these haselback/sliced potatoes pinned to my food section for ages, but never done anything with them.  Until today that is.  The link says oven cook for 45mins add toppings and cook for a further 15mins.  too long to wait when hungry so I nuked it in microwave for 12mins, sliced it, added my cheese n ham and then put in over for 5mins.

Although it was cooked and the skin was slightly crispy I didn't enjoy it as much as I do my normal jacket potatoes done in microwave and then a cross cut in the tops and fillings pilled in.

Here is todays as I had just put in oven and then as I was ready to eat it.

June 4th 2015 - Pop uk

June 4th 2015 - Pop uk

My boys brought a letter home from school the other day about an event through school at the local church called pop uk.  It wasn't anything I had heard of but said I would be there for 1 of the 2 performances.

Just before I left I got a text message from the school saying that the pop uk cds were available to buy after the performance at £5 each.

Got down to the church and got seated near the front, thanks to a friend that was at front of que to get in that saved me seats.  Lil man was on the front row and eventually saw us and started to wave.

A lady was introduced to the parents in the church and she took over.  she explained who she was and what she had been doing at the school with the kids over the past few weeks.  Then they all started singing.

They had been learning special songs about being kind, making a difference and all things like that.  Then the songs were recorded at the school when the kids sang, all by pop uk and put onto cds.  I bought 1 of the cds as both my younger 2 boys were involved, not that I expect to be able to pick out there voices.  lol!

It was a nice afternoon and all the kids sang lovely.  We parents had to join in parts of it as well, which wasn't greeted with great enthusiasm I can tell you.

June 3rd 2015 - Kitten

June 3rd 2015 - Kitten

A friend of mine posted some photos on facebook of the kittens her cat had on 1st June.  They are absolutely gorgeous.

Well I said to her that I would need to speak to my hubby but I would definately be interested in the grey tabby.  And if hubby agreed we would have it.  I spoke to hubby and he said "you've already decided your want it, which means amy's having it, so why you asking".    So i told my friend that the grey tabby kitten would have a new home in July when they old enough to leave mummy cat.

This is a picture of my new kitten, its 3days old in pic and was born on 1st June.

June 2nd 2015 - Bzzagent

June 2nd 2015 - Bzzagent

A few months ago I came across a website called Bzzagent who send their members samples of products to try for free in exchange of an honest review and discussions with friends/family about the products.

So far I have received a sure deodrant, caramel and hazlenut Douwe egberts coffee and the latest one was for F&F school uniform.  I have left reviews of the products on the bzzagent website.

The deodrant was the first product I tried and in fairness my review wasn't that great as I hadn't done this type of thing before but it was a start.  The product was packaged nicely, smelt nice, applied nicely and left no marks or residue on clothes or skin.  I would consider buying it in the future.

The next products were the coffees.  I thought they would be a couple of sachets like you get in hotels, but no they were full size jars.  The roasted hazlenut smelt really nice, but was very strong and I wasn't too keen on the after taste of it.  The caramel smelt and tasted lovely, it was even better when I added a couple of drops of caramel essence to it as it sweetened it more.  I have actually bought more of this since I trialed it.

The latest trial I am currently doing is the school uniform from F&F.  I was sent a voucher to use towards the cost of some school uniform products (of my choice).  Luckily for me the coucher was enough to completely pay for 4 pairs of trousers for my 5yr old.  I chose the ones that have re-inforced knees as he always goes through them!  I haven't been able to review them yet as they only came yesterday, but upon opening them etc they seem nice.   Review to follow in a few days.

If you would also like to try prodcuts for free in exchange for an honest review, you can find out more by following this link: http://u.bzz.com/whffa

June 1st 20015 - Weather

June 1st 2015 - Weather

I have absolutely no idea what the weather is doing today.  It started off nice and dry and sunny, but was windy which made it feel cold.  It was really nice when the wind died down. 

The sun then vanished behind clouds and hasn't re-appeared, but has been replaced with strong wind, drizzle, heavy rain and hailstones!  There's not much we haven't had, well no thunder/lightning, rainbows or snow!

This picture was taken yesterday which funnily enough had a similar pattern in the weather.  I didn't manage to get 1 of todays hailstones as they went as quickly as they came. 

Its stupid, its June, we should be outside in vest tops getting a suntan NOT wearing coats and jumpers and freezing!  The weather is totally messed up!  As long as the promised heatwave comes in later in week and ideally stays for the summer I don't mind.