You Gotta See This

See being the opperative word, I ware glasses and I hate it, I feel like I am living in a greenhouse, sometimes when I'm out if there's some really big picturesque scenery like when I am camping in Scotland thn I take my glasses off so I can see it and appreciate it better. Abbott Medical Optics Inc are running the iLASIK Video Contest called “You Gotta See This” which invites entrants to make a video showing the contrast of improved vision, for a chance to win cash and prizes.
The Grand Prize is $5,000 with first prizes by category of a HDTV package worth $2,500 and second prizes of The Flip UltraHD™ camcorder worth $199.99.
So not bad prizes and all I have to do is get my thinking cap on and make a video under one of these 3 headings "My contacts are getting in the way of my good time", "My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision" & "You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure".

Then I need to get friends to vote so I will be in with a chance of the Grand Prize and I'll give you 3 guesses what I'll be spending the dough on.

Saturday Morning

Time for a little fresh air and a quick walk outside.
Last night was really foggy and really could the air really had a nip to it. The good news is this morning is fresh and clear and although it's a saturday I intend to be "Far from the Madding crowd", I might head up to Skipton or Howarth for a look around, I like going to both these places especially at Xmas and I usually see what meat and cheeses there are and Skipton sometimes have an Antiques fair on so I sometimes look for Remy Martin type objet d'art. If I see anything interesting while I'm out I will post a picture.

Losely Translated

As most of you know I have a website where I sell a lot of crafts that I make, which is both in Dutch and in English. But as most of the stuff is relatively small and quite unique I'm thinking that maybe my site should be in other languages, perhaps enabling it not only to be readable by non English and Dutch speakers but also it might start appearing on the search engines also of those countries I have translated the language into, so I'm considering a name translation service to make my site more appealing to people in other countries and see if I can get more customers that way.

Is it a friend?

The last few days have been more then stressful and I am lucky to have a friend of 20years being there to soften the blow (if that is at all possible) They just know the right times to call and today when I needed it most my phone rang, when I answered I heard their voice saying "Hello it is only me your most persistent caller" calmed instantly, it was amazing.
I get home just for a shower to freshen up and some food and I get these.
I just wished I was there right now, looking at the sun rise, are they really a friend making me so homesick? yeah of course they are, I just forget how amazing the sunrise was in Australia looking out over the water while sipping your morning tea on the patio

Growing up

Growing up can be tough on a kid, especially when they get spots as they can get really sensitive about it, especially if the other kids start to tease them about it. It can really get you down. I was looking at some Acne Reviews to find out more about what creams there were on the market and see if there are some alternatives to the creams that contain benzoyl peroxide as I worry about putting something harsh on a childs skin, especially one that increases the number of free radicals. After all I want her to have young and healthy skin for as long as possible. I think I will also look at diet... she may love a big mac and fries and so do her friends too I bet but I doubt her skin will love it.

Aussie culture Part 2

As you read below in MyUtopia's very quick post, he is thinking of a new gift for my little monster!
Last night the didgeridoo was so popular there was money made and so many laughs people went home with sore sides!
After the neighbourhood Halloween party there was a group of kids that decided to come to the "Cool Mum's" house, we were making play dough at midnight and then there was didgeridoo lessons. Kicking the kids out at about 1am my ears were ringing and apparently the kids will be back today for more lessons and more play dough, thus far I am very lucky and there is only monsters best friend here, lets hope all the others forgot due to sugar highs!

Food Heaven

those that know me know that I am a qualified Italian chef and that I love food, even the over the top cuisine from 5 star hotelas and restraunts with ingredients that are unique and hard to find, sometimes only available to a discerning audience. Simple ingredients cooked and prepared properly is always key to making a dish that is good and nutritious and looking at FoodConnect has given me lots and lots of insperation of things to cook. Cooking I find really relaxing and theraputic, the preperation and enjoying the end result too is amazing. I love cooking a traditional Dutch dish called Stamppot which is essentially just some vegetables boiled in stovk with a aslice of meat, usually smoked sausage on top. Fantastic!!! but this exeplafies good food and simple food is not always a something apart. I love dishes which everyone can make and enjoy. The simple recipes are the sort of thing that anyone can pickup an attempt and enjoy without jumping through hoops is always my favourite. I hate anything obscure and complicated and just done for effect. I like people to love what I cooked because it's properly cooked and prepared not because it has a fancy name.