I've fell in love with an advert. It's the latest advert for the Volkwagen Polo with a dog singing in the front seat of the car, but is all scared and timid elsewhere. Great ad.... I just need to get a polo to see if Stewie will sing.
14 March 2008
10 March 2008
Zombie attack plans revisited
After blogging about preparation for a zombie attack i've unleashed further discussion on the matter.....
Rob and I had friends over on Saturday for some dinner and then what turned into watching Family Guy: Blue Harvest (Great by the way!!!) while looking at maps discussing potential rendezvous and hideout points in the event of a zombie attack.
Paul had even brought a book: Max Brook's Zombie Survival guide and maps of the Sperrins and the Mournes to think through where we would hide out and then move onto after hiding out for a while. We discussed what kind of vehicle we'd need to get, what supplies we'd need and much more. it was all rather surreal! But I'm reassured to have a man who's looking out for me!
(Excuse the washing in the background!!!)
Rob and I had friends over on Saturday for some dinner and then what turned into watching Family Guy: Blue Harvest (Great by the way!!!) while looking at maps discussing potential rendezvous and hideout points in the event of a zombie attack.
Paul had even brought a book: Max Brook's Zombie Survival guide and maps of the Sperrins and the Mournes to think through where we would hide out and then move onto after hiding out for a while. We discussed what kind of vehicle we'd need to get, what supplies we'd need and much more. it was all rather surreal! But I'm reassured to have a man who's looking out for me!
(Excuse the washing in the background!!!)
Frozen New York
This is a video of a prank/performance art type thing involving 207 people freezing on the spot at the same time at Grand Central Station
HT to Marko
HT to Marko
200 posts!!!
This is my 200th post on the ruth E blog! I'm impressed I've kept so loyal to this!
When I hit 100 posts I highlighted 5 of my favourite posts from that 100 so I'll do the same for the last 100 posts now to mark the occasion.
1. First year out - a a photo essay from The New York times about a man who was wrongly convicted of raping and murdering at the age of 16 went to prison and served almost 16 years of his prison sentence before DNA tests proved him innocent.
2. 2 million kids infected every year... - a video about a disease that affects over 2 million kids each year. Shocking stuff!
3. Loosing control - a post I wrote about the hectic time I had over Christmas, feeling out of control but another step along the path of learning to delegate, ask for help and remember that God is in control
4. All Ruth's are toothy - It's just cool... i still have to get this book!
5. Encouragement - Me finding encouragement after my skepticism
Also I want to re-highlight, not as favourite posts but a couple of posts I wrote about edun live and Free Rice.
Here's to the next 100 posts!!!!!!
When I hit 100 posts I highlighted 5 of my favourite posts from that 100 so I'll do the same for the last 100 posts now to mark the occasion.1. First year out - a a photo essay from The New York times about a man who was wrongly convicted of raping and murdering at the age of 16 went to prison and served almost 16 years of his prison sentence before DNA tests proved him innocent.
2. 2 million kids infected every year... - a video about a disease that affects over 2 million kids each year. Shocking stuff!
3. Loosing control - a post I wrote about the hectic time I had over Christmas, feeling out of control but another step along the path of learning to delegate, ask for help and remember that God is in control4. All Ruth's are toothy - It's just cool... i still have to get this book!
5. Encouragement - Me finding encouragement after my skepticism
Also I want to re-highlight, not as favourite posts but a couple of posts I wrote about edun live and Free Rice.
Here's to the next 100 posts!!!!!!
07 March 2008
Re-tagged
Colin tagged me back, so here goes....
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post THE RULES on your blog.
3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.
1. My right foot is size 5, my left foot is size 6
2. My first drive on my own after passing my test was to Castlewellan from Glengormley
3. I worked in a pizzaria when I was 16
4. I worked in McDonalds for 2 years after that as a birthday party hostess.... So. Much. Fun.
5. I've lived in 5 houses
6. I've a guitar that I've called "Courtney"
7. I love singing to myself in the car.
I'm not going to bother tagging 7 new people seeing as I've already done this.
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post THE RULES on your blog.
3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.
1. My right foot is size 5, my left foot is size 6
2. My first drive on my own after passing my test was to Castlewellan from Glengormley
3. I worked in a pizzaria when I was 16
4. I worked in McDonalds for 2 years after that as a birthday party hostess.... So. Much. Fun.
5. I've lived in 5 houses
6. I've a guitar that I've called "Courtney"
7. I love singing to myself in the car.
I'm not going to bother tagging 7 new people seeing as I've already done this.
06 March 2008
Where in the world is Mr E?
I got this photo emailed to me from Rob today....
Can you tell where he was?
Lucky duck.... I'll just have to beat him to the new one in Belfast tomorrow!
Can you tell where he was?
Lucky duck.... I'll just have to beat him to the new one in Belfast tomorrow!
Uses of salt
Marko has posted about how there are over 14,000 uses for salt and it already has me thinking about a million different youth and children's talks... maybe it would be useful to others out there?
Video tips
Josh Griffin has posted some great links on how to use and source videos for youth work, and well I suppose anything really.
A lot of these sites I use, but some I was unaware of, so hope it's of use to others too.
A lot of these sites I use, but some I was unaware of, so hope it's of use to others too.
Tagged, again
Mel at shot in the arm has tagged me. As with any tag, there are rules - Here they are:
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post THE RULES on your blog.
3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.
So I've done 1 and 2, heres rule 3:
1. When in South Africa I ate ostrich, crocodile and impala.
2. When I volunteered in a parents and toddlers group, I was often found riding the tricycles.
3. I fell through the stage during a "Snow White" pantomime while dressed as a bumble bee. I was 6 or 7 at the time.
4. I volunteer on the SOS bus when I can
5. I would love to see New York someday
6. I am subscribed to over 200 blogs/feeds.... really need to get rid of ones i don't read any more or that don't post any more.
7. I've only been skiing for 1 day but would love to try it again.
Part 4, tag 7 people.....
1. Alan in Belfast
2. marramgrass
3. Debs Erwin
4. Livingloud, Bowmanblog
5. The journey so far
6. Me in my small corner
7. Nail Harrison
If they don't want to do it, I'm not worried, it's only a silly game.
That's all folks.
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post THE RULES on your blog.
3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.
So I've done 1 and 2, heres rule 3:
1. When in South Africa I ate ostrich, crocodile and impala.
2. When I volunteered in a parents and toddlers group, I was often found riding the tricycles.
3. I fell through the stage during a "Snow White" pantomime while dressed as a bumble bee. I was 6 or 7 at the time.
4. I volunteer on the SOS bus when I can
5. I would love to see New York someday
6. I am subscribed to over 200 blogs/feeds.... really need to get rid of ones i don't read any more or that don't post any more.
7. I've only been skiing for 1 day but would love to try it again.
Part 4, tag 7 people.....
1. Alan in Belfast
2. marramgrass
3. Debs Erwin
4. Livingloud, Bowmanblog
5. The journey so far
6. Me in my small corner
7. Nail Harrison
If they don't want to do it, I'm not worried, it's only a silly game.
That's all folks.
05 March 2008
On my own again
Rob has gone and left me..........
..... to go to London for 3 days!
He finally got away on his course for work that he was meant to go on last October. And check this out... the lucky sod is in a real fancy hotel with a great view of Tower Bridge!
Lucky boy!
..... to go to London for 3 days!
He finally got away on his course for work that he was meant to go on last October. And check this out... the lucky sod is in a real fancy hotel with a great view of Tower Bridge!
Lucky boy!
Recent wanderings
Our wee Stewie still gets his regular walks, not always in Hillsborough like he used to but still quite often in Hillsborough Forest. Recently I decided to start walking among the trees more and discovered some little trails that go through the forest that are obviously used by some but not too many. The 2 of us have had fun exploring these "secret paths" and coming across new areas of the forest.
Being in the middle of the forest with no idea of where exactly I am led me to thinking all theologically about a journey through life, but also about Lost, that great and very weird TV show about a group of plane crash survivors on a bizarre island. There are some random buildings in parts of the park that just remind me of a scene in Lost, especially seeing them after being in the middle of the trees for about an hour!
It's really rather bizzarre and slightly spooky, but more than that, I discovered some bamboo growing near all these buildings!
When we do eventually make it back to the regular paths he loves to try bugging the swans and ducks again:
And after all that excitement, it's home for Stewie's nap.
Being in the middle of the forest with no idea of where exactly I am led me to thinking all theologically about a journey through life, but also about Lost, that great and very weird TV show about a group of plane crash survivors on a bizarre island. There are some random buildings in parts of the park that just remind me of a scene in Lost, especially seeing them after being in the middle of the trees for about an hour!
It's really rather bizzarre and slightly spooky, but more than that, I discovered some bamboo growing near all these buildings!
When we do eventually make it back to the regular paths he loves to try bugging the swans and ducks again:
And after all that excitement, it's home for Stewie's nap.
Pampered chef evening
Last night at church we had a Pampered Chef evening hosted by our Young Women's Group to raise funds for the various charities they support. I was only able to call in for a little while what with being on the radio on Tuesday evenings, but really enjoyed it, she made some great food and showed some of the great products they have.
With what little funds I have at the minute and also thinking it'll save me lots of time when I am baking and cooking, I bought an "egg separator". Can't wait until it arrives: I'll have to make loads of meringues and the like!
If ever you get the chance to either go to or host a Pampered Chef event, I would really recommend it. If anyone wants a contact please email me ruth.e.babes at gmail dot com.
Picture sourced from Pampered Chef website
With what little funds I have at the minute and also thinking it'll save me lots of time when I am baking and cooking, I bought an "egg separator". Can't wait until it arrives: I'll have to make loads of meringues and the like!If ever you get the chance to either go to or host a Pampered Chef event, I would really recommend it. If anyone wants a contact please email me ruth.e.babes at gmail dot com.
Picture sourced from Pampered Chef website
Preparation for a zombie attack
Recently we've been watching a few zombie movies.... not on purpose, they either happen to be on TV or are what Lovefilm has sent out to us, e.g. 28 weeks later, Shaun of the Dead, Resident Evil and can I include I am Legend? (Wikipedia's listing of Zombie films does anyway).
All this recently led to a discussion between Rob and I on what we would do in the event of a zombie attack (I cannot stress enough that Rob was the one to bring it up). I just had to laugh, it sounds so ridiculous! He brought up the fact that we'd need to plan somewhere safe to escape to, that it would need to be well stored with tinned food (and then highlighted the lack of tinned food in our kitchen) and lots of ammunition. Hmmmm it's times like these I really wish he blogged, because as weird as this topic is, it would make a really great post!
For now though you may have to make do with what others have said about it all.
All this recently led to a discussion between Rob and I on what we would do in the event of a zombie attack (I cannot stress enough that Rob was the one to bring it up). I just had to laugh, it sounds so ridiculous! He brought up the fact that we'd need to plan somewhere safe to escape to, that it would need to be well stored with tinned food (and then highlighted the lack of tinned food in our kitchen) and lots of ammunition. Hmmmm it's times like these I really wish he blogged, because as weird as this topic is, it would make a really great post!
For now though you may have to make do with what others have said about it all.
02 March 2008
Irish Blog Awards: the outcome
We had a great night at the awards last night! There were loads of people there, great atmosphere, goody bags and a fantastic theme of "Rick for President" (the host) and had great clips of George Bush with great voiceovers to introduce each award. It was fantastic!
Unfortunately "Ruth's Kitchen Experiments" didn't win the Best Food and Drink blog: the award went to the incredible Italian Foodies. Congrats Lor & Bru!
However I did end up winning a DVD player in the prize draw which was really rather cool!
I got to thinking on the way home about how I don't need an award because I already feel like a winner with this blog due to the fact that people read it and more than that, comment on it! I've found a great community of people who are so encouraging, supportive and just great! Thank you everyone!
Unfortunately "Ruth's Kitchen Experiments" didn't win the Best Food and Drink blog: the award went to the incredible Italian Foodies. Congrats Lor & Bru!
However I did end up winning a DVD player in the prize draw which was really rather cool!
I got to thinking on the way home about how I don't need an award because I already feel like a winner with this blog due to the fact that people read it and more than that, comment on it! I've found a great community of people who are so encouraging, supportive and just great! Thank you everyone!
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