Our Perfect Christmas Cocktail; the Classic UK Eggnog Recipe
When 31Dover sent me one of their simply fabulous Pick ‘n’ Mix selection boxes, it contained a perfect selection of miniatures; a Bourbon, a Cognac and a Black Rum.Okay – well, in my book there’s only one thing to make with those three at this time of year.My perfect UK Eggnog Recipe it is then. I flipping LOVE eggnog. Creamy smooth and comforting on the surface, with a warming kick of sprit underneath....
Washing labels – you’ll love this one. I promise.
Right, come on. hands up. Who knows what this means: Any ideas? I know, we see it ALL the time on the label… but what does it actually tell you that you can’t do to the garment? Well I didn’t know – despite being Chief Laundress in the house for the last 23 years (well, minus 18mths. I’ve pretty much done zero laundry for the last 18mths…). It’s no Bleaching. NO BLEACHING! Like I needed a...
The nightmare of running out of space on your phone. Just at the wrong moment.
I gaze at my phone in frustration, thumb flickering speedily backwards and working as fast as I can make it go. Stabby fingers and teeth grinding in frustration as I hit delete, delete, delete, delete… I’m on the top of a mountain in Wales. I’d accidentally left my camera in the car, but when I realised I hadn’t wanted to head a mile back down the track to get it – after all, I had my phone, which I had...
So what’s the ACTUAL difference between Diet Coke and Coke Zero?
Last Saturday I had a the opportunity to attend a Breakfast Symposium held by Coca-Cola (admittedly at an ungodly hour of the morning) before heading off for a day at Blogfest. I was naturally pretty interested to know what they had to share – after all, we all know Coca-Cola, we all know who they are and what they do, right? Hmmm. I thought so too. But, actually, I came away over an hour later with my eyes opened… But...
VQ Christie – LOVE this clever & pretty little digital retro radio
Ages ago, my beloved leather-clad vintage-look kitchen radio slowly died a crackling, buzzing, untune-able death. When I looked for a replacement, I had just two criteria – that it would look stylish and lovely in my kitchen (basically it needed to be pretty enough to raise a smile every time I turned it on), and that it would have an iPod dock; a lot of my audio books are on my iPod, and they’re my listening of choice for...
It’s SO important to understand your energy bills – and stay in control, people.
A couple of years ago I got in a slight pickle with my energy bills. Entirely my own fault – I was providing readings, but the wrong ones (yeah, I know NOW you use the first set of digits on the gas meter, and ignore the ones outlined in red. But back then I thought those were the ones we needed…). Thanks to my ineptitude, we ended up out of balance with the billing, and needed some slightly painful re-adjustments to get...