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No I haven’t completed another of my 100 things, but I have started thinking and planning for no. 24 Go on a ski-ing holiday.
We’re lucky to live just five minutes from an excellent dry ski slope which used to be Europe’s longest but I’m not sure if that’s still the case. The video below is me back on ski’s after a few years not ski-ing at all. Keep you’re eyes on the left hand side..

Erin can take ski lessons on that slope from six so ideally we’d like …

On Saturday I completed one of my 100 things, 20. Attend a Food Festival. I went to the BBC Good Food Show.
We booked a night in the hotel next door and had a fab time. We saw Gordon Ramsay cooking a three course meal, Fred McAulay off the radio, Olly Smith the wine guy and Brian Taylor the BBC political correspondent. Lots of the show celebs were staying in the hotel and we ended up sharing a panoramic lift with Gregg Wallace and bumping into Masterchef winner …

We had such fun making this toyolgist review video featuring Annabell Tween, Fur Real Snuggimal, Baby Alive My Baby All Gone, Vtech Storio, Polly Pocket Rollercoaster
* All views are those of Erin (4)
* Please excuse the technical glitches

We’ve been trialling the new range from Fairy who’ve got together with Olay to create a washing up liquid that’s as kind to your hands as soap.
Now I’m a sceptic when it comes to new products like this, and even more so since I started my marketing degree. I think it’s all just a ploy to get us to spend more money on what should be a basic product, and of course it is, but I’ve been a bit won over by this one.
We tried two ‘flavours’ of …

I love cooking and eating in Autumn. In Scotland it’s cold in Autumn but not freezing, ideal weather for warming soups, rich stews and hearty pasta dishes. During October I’ll be sharing some of my favourite Autumn dishes, nothing fancy just ‘home food’ that I love. I’m no Delia Smith either so I hope you’ll forgive me my few cheats!

This isn’t a recipe, just an Autumn meal I really enjoy. It’s sausage and mash but with a couple of twists.
Firstly the mash is cheesey mash, mash …

I was just upstairs getting dressed when I heard Erin squeeling (with delight). The postie had been and she was shouting up that it was a parcel, and it was for her.
I shouted down that not every parcel was for her, and she told me this one was as it had her name on it! She spelled out the name ‘E’ ‘R’ ‘I’ ‘N’. She’s learning to read at the moment and she was equally excited to receive a parcel and to be able to identfy it …

At the half way point in this movie I was already formulating blog titles like ‘Despicable Me Disappoints’ and ‘Despicably Disappointing’. The first half of the film was utter tosh. Slow, boring and unfunny.
Then suddenly after the half way point it got good, really good. The jokes were funny, the story engaging and you actually started to feel involved with the characters. Good enough to forgive the first half? Just about.
I don’t want to give you a full description of the storyline, but …

I love cooking and eating in Autumn. In Scotland it’s cold in Autumn but not freezing, ideal weather for warming soups, rich stews and hearty pasta dishes. During October I’ll be sharing some of my favourite Autumn dishes, nothing fancy just ‘home food’ that I love. I’m no Delia Smith either so I hope you’ll forgive me my few cheats!
Today it’s French Onion Soup which we had for tea last night. Now I’m not sure this constitutes a proper French Onion Soup but it’s my very …

Love or hate Tesco you have to give them credit, they really do carry through on their strapline ‘Every Little Helps’. They’re constantly finding ways to add extra value to what they do whether it’s clubcard points, home delivery or videos like the ones below.
These videos are two examples of a bank of videos sharing tips on cookery that Tesco’s have created to help their customers get more from the food they buy. In the first video ‘how to make perfect crackling’, in the second ‘how …

I have a love/hate relationship with Nando’s. I’ve tried it three times now and although the mango and lime wrap is one of the tastiest things I’ve ever eaten, I struggle with everythingelse about Nando’s.
My brother and all my in-laws love it, my student mates love it, my neighbours love it. So what am I missing?
Let me be fair, the food is delicious and the restaurants are very well decorated. My problem is with everythingelse.
It’s not that cheap. ?11 for a chicken wrap, chips, coleslaw and …