I have no idea what in the hell started this.
I LOVE the way Noah and Isaac interact. I’m sure they’re going to drive me batshit doing stuff like this as they get older.
But for now, it still makes me chuckle.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Said The Smalls.
April 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
How NOT to vlog. Probably.
April 22, 2011 By 4 Comments
You know when you have a video to do and you just have no idea? Yeah, well, this is it.
In fact, I’m pretty sure that this is proof that I have no cares about the limits of my blog.
Ah well.
Edited to add: So….IS poo timeless?
Fries, breadsticks and milkshakes. It’s ALL full of WIN.
March 3, 2011 By 5 Comments
Oh yeah, hey! Remember THIS POST about dipping your fries in milkshake was yum and LauraAWNTYM was all “weird sicko freakazoid whacko lady” and I was all “don’t knock it til you’ve tried it” and then twitter was all “oh god I love to eat cheese and worms” and then comments were all “cheese and worms is for wimps you need sausages, and jam” and I was all “WTF?” and then we all went away feeling nauseated and violated?
Well, THIS.
Breadsticks and Milkshake from jay on Vimeo.
And the milkshake is strawberry, banana and blueberry homemade milkshake.
And yes, those breadsticks are flavoured with pecorino cheese.
And no, I didn’t tell The Smalls to try it. I’m pretty sure this is a credit to my parenting skills.
How to Video Your Kids. Or Not. (Vlog)
December 6, 2010 By 5 Comments
The Day Asda Taught Me a Thing Or Two About Sausages
September 1, 2010 By 10 Comments
A few weeks back, I was incredibly lucky to go and spend a day up at Asda House, Head Office, up in Leeds, thanks to . I had been invited along with Him Up North, Mummy’s Busy World, A Mother’s Ramblings and And 1 More Means four… and 1 More. Was lovely to meet them again (from Cybermummy) or meet them for the first time!
We learnt a hell of a lot about Asda’s history from Owen and Mike who knew more than anything about Asda (seriously. Cut them and they bleed green and white), as well as having the chance to speak to Paul in the “World Food” section (who REALLY knew his stuff, and was very impressive considering we caught him completely off guard) and also Richard in the “Free From” section (who was also really impressive; took loads of notes while Pippa gave an impressive list of requests, and then he gave her a bag full of “Free From” foods for her to take away and sample.
I loved how they all had so much information to give; so much to know about how they try to keep their costs down, how they interacted with their consumers; incidentally, Asda are looking for more bloggers to blog and support their Baby Club.
One of the awesome moments of the day was to be a judge and taste-tester for some customer inspired sausages. There had been a competition where consumers were invited to submit flavours of sausages they had made up. 5 different customer-invented sausages with major prizes for the winner, including their sausage available to buy in store in the next few months. And it was rather cool to go to Asda kitchens (in the MIDDLE of an office, very goldfish bowl-like, but brilliant all the same) and, um, sample some meat.
We met the team in charge of…you know what? I met the guys in charge of meat. Cooking it, testing it, making sure it met standards. These are my new friends.
Now, annoyingly, I can’t find my notes from the day that tell me who people are, so I’m going to momentarily bombard you with pictures of food.
Anyway!! We tasted the sausages and there were some really random flavours (Venison and black cherry, Chilli Con Carne {yes, in a sausage, which absolutely rocked and should most definitely win} and oddly enough one with liquorice in it which did NOT go down well with me), then had a little time to natter amongst ourselves.
(Patience…it’s rather large…)
The very lovely ladies Amy, Maria and Jo talked about baby goods,
And then fabulous Garry had his starring moment, even though he doesn’t like things pointed at him. *snigger*
Huge superstore chain Walmart actually own Asda, and over in America they have something called Walmart Moms, which is roughly the similar sort of idea Asda are hoping to produce over here in the UK. One of these US moms is Jen Fowler and she was around to skype us and listen to our questions; very useful to get the info first hand, as it were.
Sadly the Asda nearest me is so tiny there’s no way I could complete even half a week’s shop in there; but having seen how things could benefit us immensely, D and I are looking for another one nearby. On the whole, a great day, and I’m intrigued to see what we can do to work with Asda. DOn’t forget, if you’re interested in blogging for them, go and have a look at Your Asda and read up on the new Asda Baby Club.
