Tips and Advice

Crave has written about these cute little light up pillow, with a less than cute price, mind you.

Basically, a Rei pillow is a set of 12 LEDs encased in soft silicone cases that are stashed inside a fuzzy pillow cover. The ellipse-shaped silicone cases give each pillow a sort of amoeba-like look, and they’re available in white, pink, and gold. They can be powered either by four AA batteries or an AC adapter, and they’re warm to the touch so that they can help keep you nice and toasty when it’s cold out.

LED lights are a great low energy, eco friendly lighting source which I hope will be used in more unique and interesting ways in the future.

Bullying is a problem most children face at some point or another and in some instances can be a serious threat to their well being. Bullying does not only occur at school and with young people, however, it is this kind of bullying which concerns parents:

Bullying is the intentional tormenting of others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. There is currently no legal definition of bullying.

In colloquial speech, bullying often describes a form of harassment perpetrated by an abuser who possesses more physical and/or social power and dominance than the victim. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a target. The harassment can be verbal, physical and/or emotional.

Bullying can occur in any setting where human beings interact with each other. This includes school, the workplace, home and neighborhoods. Bullying can exist between social groups, social classes and even between countries.

The difficulty is coming up with the best way to react to bullying and then teaching your children how to deal with it. One suggested solution is Bully Blocking. It may sound strange but the principles are sound:

Bully Blocking puts the victim back into control of the situation. Don’t react to bullies, they thrive on the reaction. Don’t be afraid to tell someone, a parent a teacher or a manager. You don’t deserve this treatment, respect yourself and don’t be pressured into uncomfortable situations.

Bully Blocking loosts at ways to deal with bullying and how parents can help children.

Visit Femail for more information on bullying and other parenting issues.

Golf GTI fans would have to be the most loyal bunch of car fanatics around. They are completely obsessed with their cars and anything to do with GTI’s. I used to have a Golf GTI, many years ago, and while I did love it, I wasn’t too interested in buying a new one when it was time to upgrade. I went for something different and am happy with my choice.

I do like to keep up to date with the latest in the world of GTI and was interested to read about the latest showcar which will be on show at an upcoming event. The GTI W12-650 is quite a car:

W12 cylinders, 650 PS (477 kW at 6,000 rpm)
3.7 seconds, 325 km/h, 750 Newton-meter
1.88 meters wide, 235 tires in front, 295 in back
70 millimeters lower, 160 millimeters wider
Carbon-fiber roof is a diffuser
Interior with racing ambitions

Check out the full details and photos over at The Car Blog.

Looking for great recipes? Me too! I think I have found the best ever recipe/cooking web site. Look no further, just head straight to Rouxbe.

Rouxbe (roo-bee) delivers a revolutionary online instructional cooking experience that walks you step-by-step through each delicious recipe.

They’re not exaggerating, it is revolutionary. This is a fantastic way to discover and learn new recipes. They use very detailed and very high quality videos to take you through each step of creating the recipe of your choice.

We offer online instructional cooking videos that walk you step by step through each delicious recipe. And our video recipes provide what no cookbook can: audio and visual cues that professional chefs use as their guides to preparing great recipes.

This service is especially good for those people who like to learn visually, as I do. I’ve already tried a couple of recipes and they have turned out really, really, well.

You can also keep up on the latest happenings by following the Rouxbe blog. They recently posted about a new recipe for crab cakes. I tried it and they were delicious.

Don’t hesitate to sign up for Rouxbe as it’s free. Sign up and get cooking!

Whether you are having a wedding at home, in a garden, in a church, or are lucky enough to be having a destination wedding, you’ll need wedding invitations. There are loads and loads of invitation styles and designs available on all sorts of paper. So how do you choose? You can look through the thousands of party invitations both online and off or just visit Lil Duck Duck designs.

They have the most amazing cards and invitations and I particularly love the postcard wedding party invitation. They have plenty of other gorgeous cards and invitations so have a look around their site to see what gems you can find.

They do deliver to Australia so don’t hesitate to place an order with them.