Funny New Fitness Blog

I'm quite keen when it comes to keeping fit and staying in shape, I have to be! My boring old 9-5 desk job makes life a lot harder especially when I'm trying to dodge that damn biscuit tin when I go for a tea break!

Anyway, one of my guilty pleasures is going out and searching the web for fitness bloggers. I like to read personal fitness blogs as you can relate to the people behind them. I'm not talking about the normal boring stuff you see EVERYWHERE like 'how to lose weight fast' and 'top 10 ways to lose weight super quick'

All that stuff is usually written with usually an alterior motive, the creator will no doubt be trying to worm some money out of you in one fashion or another.

Anyway so to stop me ranting and to move on I wanted to give a shout out to a new blog I've found which has just started by two young guys called Chris and Jord. These guys have taken a fun spin on the normal blog approach and are having a lot of fun with it and its making for great reading.

Not only that, these guys don't claim to be guru's but you can tell they clearly know what they're talking about and the shape they're in now is actually nothing to be ashamed of! they're just striving for a super lean abercrombie fitness model look I guess!

Anyway I'm going to stop blowing wind up their arses and let you go check it out for yourself

Jord and Chris' fitness blog

New Flash Games Website

Soooo been the game geek that I am I've got wind of a new start up site that's coming very soon and has apparantly got some pretty good backing behind them!

Aparantly a new flash games website called FizzleGames.com looks like it's going to be coming into the market and hit the ground running with some pretty awesome new game sponsorships!

As far as I can see or from what I've been told its currently a 2 man team who have a pretty good background in the casual gaming niche so I'm really looking forward to seeing what these guys come up with!

As you can see from the link the site at the moment seems to be a live testing ground for them working on the site, which is actually pretty cool as you can see exactly what they're doing if your sad enough like me and re visit it every few hours throughout the day! haha

Needless to say, whichever games they release, you guys will be getting my full in-depth review of them and I won't be holding back! if they're lame... I'll tell ya!

oh... and its friday, happy weekend! (is that even a saying?)

Yay! Finally had the Bathroom done!

Ugh as most of you will know I've been wanting to have the main bathroom done for ages! and all my birthdays and christmas' came true in one day when the husband finally decided we should go get it done!

It's taken us on average about 3 weeks from start to finish to get the old one out and the new one in but I'm so pleased with the outcome!

We ended up going with UK Bathrooms ( www.ukbathrooms.com ) and the guys down there were great! helped us out from start to finish and they had some great bathroom suites in there store and online.

I'd definitely recommend them if you guys are thinking about doing out a bathroom or anything.

I lost the damn camera at the moment its no doubt under a pile of clothes but when I dig it out I'll get some pics up on here to show you all and been the proud woman I am I'll no doubt try get them onto some interior design blogs to show it off im that pleased with it! haha

Game Review On The Flash Game Happy Wheels

With a slogan like “try and try until you win” you can already tell how addictive this game can really be. The graphics are superb and at some spots are so realistic they can be considered on the edge of "extremely" graphic especially for younger children. The beginning theme music has nothing on the sound effects that the characters make and the sounds of when a character gets hurt or is dying can be slightly disturbing though.

The object of the game is to go as far as you can with your motorized character without losing your life, limbs or blood. Each level of path you travel down is more like an obstacle course though. Filled with wrecking balls, spikes and landmines and breakable projectiles such as bottles, chairs and televisions. Each obstacle that you run into can cost you any where from some blood to a limb, but if you lose your head or get blown up then it is game over.

There is an amusing cast of characters to choose from each which their own special ability to match their motorized vehicle. There is the doorman on a Segway who has the ability to jump, the old man in a jet-fueled wheelchair with the ability to boost, a father and his young child on a bicycle with the ability to brake, the couple on a moped with the ability to boost but just slightly, an obese middle aged woman in a motorized shopping cart has the ability to jump, a heavy set redneck on a ride on lawn mower with the ability to jump, a explorer in a mining cart that has the ability to hook up to other carts and last but not least Santa and his sled with a limited ability to fly, which by the way is not pulled by rein-deers but by elves. The most amusing character is probably the lawn mower red neck who can run over food to eat and occasionally random people that get in his way.

The general controls for the game is the space bar, shift, ctrl and the four directional arrows on the keyboard. The letter z is also used to eject your character from their vehicle. This game is filled with non-stop action from swinging on ropes to reaching over head paths. The yellow and black paths lead to the finish line but good luck getting there.


You can play happy wheels at Free-Games.net!

Bloons Tower Defense 5 Finally Released!

It's like Christmas just came around all again! Ninja Kiwi have finally released Bloons Tower Defense 5 (BTD5)!

If you guys don't know what this game is yet you need to get to know it! This is as you can see the 5th in the series of the tower defense style and it is by far the best in terms of detail and features.

There's been a few new additions in the 'hard' style as well as new bloons shaped like hearts that regenerate and a number of new monkey towers!

I don't know the exact date when the game was released but I found it yesterday and I'm already hooked! spent near on all last night playing it, it's pretty amazing how fast time passes when you are playing! haha

When you first give it a go you'll have no experiance points and only be able to build monkey dart throwing towers but don't let that put you off you'll progress quickly and unlock everything in no time if your as hardcore as I am!

This is addictive and don't say I didn't warn ya!

>> Bloons Tower Defense 5

Christmas Party Around The Corner!

Well I have been at work today and it seems that the work Christmas party is happening in the early part of next month, meaning that it’s time to try drop a dress size as fast as I can so I can outshine some of the other women at the office and are the type that have their nails done on a fortnightly basis and hair done maybe three times that same month. 

Now I have to admit that I’m not someone that tends to play up to the masses and goes all out to impress, especially at a work related get together, I prefer to keep my head down, but this time out I think I might make a huge impact and try to pull out all the stops.

The party is going to involve a 3 course meal and then a black tie party after, meaning that if I want to look the part, I have to dress it and there is no way on this Earth that I am going to be left in the background this time, not like last year.

So I have taken out a few of the magazines that I have laying about and I’m on the hunt for a little black dress that is going to knock the socks of those other women that think that they are about to take the limelight for the whole evening… 

I have been speaking with my best friend, Charlotte, and she has been telling me about some weight loss supplements that she has been taking to aid her mission to drop a jeans size and boy does it look to be working, she’s already taken offer two inches from her waist and hips!

So now the hunt is on for where to get my supplements from and to get them to work in time for the party, not long to go but I will be definitely looking to get the best results that I can between now and then. 

Why not join me in the battle to look great this Christmas and buy your supplements online so that you don’t even have to head out into the shops?

I’ll get some pictures posted up on the site once I meet my goal and have that killer dress sorted.

Play Bingo and Help A Charity

The modern game of bingo has frequently been associated with charity and the online game still continues to support a variety of good causes.

When a priest, trying to raise funds for his Pennsylvania church approached Edwin Lowe, the man responsible for the development of Bingo in the US, Lowe realised that the downside of his version of the game was that too many people were winning - the numbers being drawn and matched on the bingo cards was occurring too frequently.  After working with the skilled mathematician, Carl Leffner, Lowe was able to develop the game so that the frequency of winning was reduced and the Pennsylvania church was able to raise the funds it needed.  With fewer winners, profits from the game were going to the church, rather than being paid out to multiple winners.  Many a church roof has been mended thanks to active parishioners and their bingo nights.

Online bingo players have also shown an interest in raising funds for charity through their gaming and many sites now exist simply in order to help players give to charity, at the same time enjoying playing the game.  The charities helped by these sites include, Marie Curie Cancer and Breast Cancer UK.  Some of the online sites go into partnership with national charitable campaigns, including the BBC’s Red Nose day or Comic Relief. Players are able to check how much money their chosen site is giving to the charities and can discuss their fund raising on the social forums offered by the online sites.

The sites that offer these games provide a huge amount of fun and prizes for players, and are an efficient way of marketing the charities, as well as raising funds for cash strapped research and other vital programmes.  Mecca Bingo, among many other sites, has a special relationship with one specific charity, whereas The Sun Bingo site asks players to nominate which cause they would like the site to support.  These charitable activities also help the online sites increase their brand awareness and popularity with the online bingo playing community.