Shopaholic? Me?

Yesterday I was accused of being a geek. And I must admit that it is true. For example, I love my playbook tablet which I insisted we buy rather than my IT hubby. I use it for the kids to learn on, to keep them occupied, to play on, to watch films on, for cooking, as a book in bed, to go house hunting, as a diary, as a camera (though not often), checking my email, surfing the web and loads more. This is aside from the fact that my phone has all these capabilitie but has a small screen, my camera is a DSLR and I could not live without my laptop.

So yes, I am a official Geek!

I found a really cool gadget. I am sure it would make a great present for my hubby or for my sons very shortly. eotech have come up with a gadget that not only does night vision but holographic night vision. It means you can see everything in 3D whilst in complete darkness. I think that is so cool. I think my hubby’s geekiness is rubbing off on me! Argh!

Still, I think it is so cool.

So my son came home from school one day and complained his arm was sore. I asked why and he said he was punched by a girl friend of his. Knowing the girl, I was perplexed so I asked him why? He then explained they were playing toro zero turn. This is played when they see a particular type of something eg a car and like a “bull” they punch the other child. They then say “zero turn” which means you cannot hit back. With his friend being quicker, he received many a punch! It could have been worse as he could have been hitting her! I was not happy so recommended a change in the game and it is now called “mini hug”. When they see a mini, they give a mini hug. They say “zero turn” if they don’t want the hug back. Perfect. I have found there is now another variation on the game – “mini kiss, zero turn!”. You work it out. Do you reckon I am going to

It’s that time of year and time to play tricks. We were wondering how our 5 year old would react to a trick being played on him. We contemplated a number of items from The Joke Shop but decided to leave it until next year. And a jolly good thing it was too because we were travelling and were all awfully sea sick! Next time, it will have to be plane!

My son went to a party and came back with a balloon (as is often the case). The nice bit was that for once it was done decently and HiFloated – and this means that the balloon lasts at least a week… which means a happy child for a week.

So when buying balloons – get them Hi-Floated. (This is only applicable to latex balloons).

Ok.. I have made a great discovery… Our Wii is best fat burner and fitness thing ever. It is fun. It is competitive. It is challenging. It is encouraging. You can check your calories burnt. You can keep your time exercised. It actually helps you improve. It encourages you to return and to improve. And it even stops you over doing stuff. My only complaint, is that you can waste time changing from one item to another as this substantially adds to the time you spend. In other words to do 30 minutes of exercise… you need at least 45 minutes free though maybe even more. Still… it is worth it.

My son is so cute… he said we needed a ps3 keyboard for our Wii! It is amazing the power of advertising especially on a 4 / 5 year old. When I tried to explain it is only for PS3 and we don’t have one… his logical answer was to buy one! Considering we have a PS2 that is practically untouched… I don’t think so!  At least on the positive side, the Wii is a hit and well loved.

My friend’s little gorgeous daughter is really into making up necklaces and jewellery from beads. I was thinking that perhaps I could get her some beading tools as a birthday present. I am not quite sure how she currently makes hers. I should ask her mum in case she already has some. I remember fondly making necklaces out of pasta. I wonder how that would go down as a present today! LOL!

The gadget shop has gone under again! It ceased trading at 5pm today. So between you and me, I place my vote on The Joke Shop any day for all your toys and gadgets! (Even if someone tried to resuscitate it).

I bought a ball pit for my kids which they love but I keep having to completely pack it away because of the neighbour hood cats who try to mark everything and I mean everything. So I thought about getting a ball pit cover but they are not easy to come by and when you do find them, they are expensive. It is not like I am after some hot tub covers just a ball pit cover. Maybe I will fashion some out of black garbage bags and duct tape. LOL!