Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Many people suffer from lethargy and depression during the dark winter season and this condition is know as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Research shows that light can influence how someone feels, their productivity and even what they choose to eat, proving that how we use light in our home can have a huge impact on our lifestyles and health. However with only 5% of natural light filtering into the average home, most of us are severely light deprived.
This Panasonic SC-ALL05 speaker makes bath time more fun than ever before! From when they were born, we used music to soothe our children to sleep or when engaging playtime with them. Now you can bring this waterproof, wireless speaker to utilise the joy of music for bath time or even me time! It can handle splash damage or even accidentally dropping the speaker in the water. This is highly versatile as there are no wires attached and so you can move it around the house wherever you go.
KD UK have recently launched their newest addition to its Kurio range of child safe technology, the Kurio Smart Watch. Now children can enjoy this innovative product in a multitude of ways including gaming, education and social communication through the multifunctional touch screen. It features a customisable interface, 256 MB of internal memory, a high quality camera and video recorder.
******** Please note – Broke after 5 years of used in two houses moved. ********
The AEG T88595IS Tumble Dryer is a ProTex Plus dryer enabling you to dry with the unique AbsoluteCareTM System and its Woolmark Blue certification. Another nice feature of the dryer is the ProSteam which makes use of steam technology to refresh and de-wrinkle all your clothes, even delicate and dry-clean-only garments.
Bake Off is coming back to our screens at the end of August and no doubt, many people will be looking to buy a food stand mixer! What is the first thing you look for when buying a food mixer? The look, the size, the wattage or simply the price tag?
This Panasonic Slow Juicer allows you to have both fresh juice and frozen treats! I love the dual functionality. It comes with a food pusher, lid, squeezing screw, filter, rotating brush, juicing bowl, frozen attachment, motor housing, juice container, pulp container, cleaning brush and instructions. Assembling all the parts together is straightforward. There are arrows marked on the parts to show you which directions to insert it in. However, the squeezing screw is not easy to remove from the unit and I have to wiggle it slightly to loosen it.
Over the last month, we have been taking part in the Mumsnet Instant Ink test, along with nine other bloggers, to try out this HP Envy 5540 printer for a month. As many of you will know, having a printer at home can allow you to get many things done. From printing money saving vouchers to photos and from printing copies of legal documents to children’s school work, we definitely can’t live without it in this household!
If you don’t already have a printer, you might be wondering what the costs of buying replacement ink cartridges are, but even if you do already have a printer, you might be curious how this HP Envy stacks up against yours. In fact HP have a really neat solution called HP Instant Ink which is a replacement service where the printer will know when it’s low on ink and will ship you new cartridges before you run out. You select your monthly price plan which includes the ink cartridges and delivery costs for as little as £1.99 per month and they take care of the rest.
From Razor® the world leaders in scooters and ride-ons, the B120 scooter is designed with smaller riders in mind and a must-ride for scooter fans looking for their first two-wheeled ride. This tough scooter delivers the trademark ultimate performance expected of the Razor brand. This is suitable for aged 5 onwards and the maximum rider weight is 50kg.
Philips Anti Allergen PowerPro Duo FC6168 is a 2 in 1 handstick cordless vacuum cleaner. It is easy use and the ability to detach the handstick to use on furniture, counter tops or hard to reach areas makes light work of your regular chores. My first impression of the vacuum cleaner is that it looks very stylish and lightweight!
Philips Anti Allergen PowerPro Aqua FC6402 is a 2 in 1 wet and dry cordless vacuum cleaner. It’s designed to make cleaning so much easier and convenient by vacuuming and cleaning in one go without needing to be on the mains.
My first impression of the vacuum cleaner is that it looks very stylish, lightweight and wonderful that it is cordless of course! How many times have you found your vacuum cleaner cord caught under a door, tangled up or is simply not long enough? Cordless is the future!
Have you experienced sleeping problems and would like to track and fix your sleeping problem? The S+ by ResMed is designed to help analyse and improve sleep from the very first night of use. If sleep is not improving, it is possible that the cause is a sleep disorder. The S+ can produce a sleep report that will help facilitate a discussion between a user and their doctor. It summarises sleep, profile information (quantitative) and feedback (qualitative), into a user-friendly report.
Looking for a low cost to run printer with ink that could last you for at least two years? Then check out this Epson ET-4550 EcoTank printer! This is Epson’s new EcoTank series printers that break new ground with their ultra-low cost per page and ease of use. They are designed for homes, home offices and small offices where low-cost printing is the number one priority. As a SAHM, I love saving so I regularly print vouchers/coupons to save on my groceries and other items! Also with blogging, I often have to print documents to sign, so this is definitely great for me.
Do you find that listening to music puts you into a better mood? Or have you noticed it help bring the family closer? A new research from Sonos has revealed that families who listen to music out loud spend an extra hour together each week, as well as eating an extra meal together each week – that’s 52 extra meals in a year!
Do you find that you constantly have to delete photos or forget to back up your files? Being a full time blogger and with two young children, I’m always taking photos and videos and my SD cards are always running out of memory!
Research by WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, reveals that over half (56%) of UK consumers have been forced to delete content from a technology device, due to capacity issues, and then have regretted doing so. Post Deletion Stress Disorder (PDSD) – which refers to consumers that delete content on impulse to make room for more pictures, videos and selfies – is only set to continue as consumer’s digital consumption habits start to exceed device storage capabilities. I often regret deleting it or regret not taking enough photos because of the lack of storage!
The research study, which was conducted with 1,000 UK consumers found that 7% are running out of storage on their mobile daily, 16% are reaching ‘full memory’ at least weekly and 1 in 3 (31%) run out of storage capacity at least monthly.
Photographs were found to take up the most storage capacity across a range of consumer devices, (29% within smartphones), while 44% admit they ‘don’t know’ what content is taking up storage capacity on their devices.
Over two fifths (44%) of those involved in the survey admitted to trying to manage on just 64GB of device storage. And despite 31% saying their device reaches full capacity at some point only a third (33%) of those with personal storage/back up technology, have invested in an external hard drive, connected via a cable. What’s more just 2% of those surveyed are using a paid cloud storage solution, and less than a fifth (16%) are taking advantage of a free cloud storage service.
If all the phone manufactures supplied TITAN charging cables, life would be so much easier for pet owners, parents and many others! Let me explain – how many times have you accidentally yanked out your and damaged it, bent it the wrong way or maybe your pet chewed it, resulting in you needing to buy a replacement cable?
It has happened to me! I have had about three occasions where I’ve needed to buy replacement cables for it! I often leave my chargers cable plugged into an extension plug that is placed on the floor. One day, while I was vacuuming near it, the vacuum cleaner sucked it up and chewed it! Both my iPad cable and Android cable were both badly damaged. Also my children often walk near devices that are charging and will somehow pull it off the wall. On another occasion, my hamster came out of his cage and chewed my telephone cable.
