A Festive Trip To The Farmers Market

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Yesterday marked the 3rd Sunday of the month, meaning it was time for our annual Christmas trip to the farmers market, which is held at Houghton Tower. We actually used to go every other month but as it is usually the same things each time and we only really go to a few stalls, so about 3 years ago we decided to keep the trip special by just going the Sunday before Christmas. I decided Id share bunch of pictures of the variety of stalls and of course the delicious food!

Im going to go off what is there at Christmas time as the stalls throughout the year may have changed from when we used to go more frequently. 

But as soon as you walk in you come to the veg stall and every year without fail we go straight there to get the brussel sprouts. I know not everyone is a fan of them but personally I love them and look forward to enjoying them only on Christmas. There is some special about getting them still on the stalk and fresh, rather than from a bag in the supermarket. It starts at 10am and we planned on getting there for opening time but I woke up late - usually the case when we are going somewhere. This meant that lots of the veg had gone already as it is a very popular stall.

As you can see boots or wellies are needed! 

Oh my goodness, the smell from the bread stalls was amazing! Everything smelt so fresh and delicious! We picked up some soda bread for my grandma and I was drawn to the fruit loafs - which I  now wish I picked up.

We usually always pick up or eat some kind of meat, this time it was some pigs in blankets for Christmas dinner. But if you ever go, have something from the hog roast mmmmmm.

There was your typical stalls such as cakes, pies, chocolate, cheese and jams; but you can never go wrong with them. Obviously, you cant go to something like this without sampling some of the tasters!  

I apologise if your stomach is now rumbling at the sight of all the appetizing food - especially those cakes!

But there was also a variety in stalls. There was your festive one selling wreaths, a wood fired pizza and one that was selling these adorable wooden snowmen and reindeers made from trees - they also had cute mini ones. 

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Goodbye 2014 Hello 2015

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What do you mean it is the end of 2014?!?! Seriously though, where has this year gone? Scary!

My family have never really done a big shabang thing for new years. I think Ive only ever stayed up till midnight twice, once when I was skiing with school and dived to the ground in fear as people where setting off fireworks all around will nilly. The other time I was pretty uneventful so I never bothered again, but my parents said something about at the strike of 12 the darkest haired family member has to run out the back door, with a coin in their pocket then back in the front door with the coin in their hand. I think it was something to do with good luck, good fortune, good health. 

But the other day I saw Ela Gales Weird & Wonderful New Years Traditions and I may try some of those out. I was especially intrigued by the coloured underwear one (Ill let you read about it here). Which colour underwear would you like to wear on new years eve?

Normally, I dont really do the whole new years resolution thing. Well I have sometimes said the generic ones like Im going to give up chocolate. But lets be realistic here. Chocolate! 

However, this year I really want to set myself some resolutions - which are more like goals. I think it will be really nice to look back at the end of 2015 and see if Ive achieved them. But to be honest I really dont want to be thinking that far ahead yet.

• Do more acts of kindness - Before Christmas I dropped off a bag of food at my local food bank and after doing so and writing a blog post on it (here) it has made me want to do more things out of kindness.

• Have a more positive outlook - Im such a hypocrite as Im always telling others to look on the bright side, or that there is always something good coming. But applying them to myself has just never been successful, so 2015 I hope to change that.

• Not spend so long doing nothing - Basically, stop procrastinating so much and just spending days on end watching youtube, TV series and films. Instead I want to try and get out and do things, be a good kind of busy.

• Work harder on my A levels - This kind of links with the one above. Ive always been someone who puts effort in but its usually too late, too close to the exams. So I want to try and get ahead and do extra to help me achieve good grades.

• Start yoga - I said this way back in my summer bucket list - it never happened. But I did one or two yoga videos the other day and really enjoyed it, it was so relaxing. So, hopefully now that Im starting to enjoy working out and living a healthier lifestyle, yoga will tie in nicely.

Now onto some blogging related goals.

• Try and get an understanding of technical things - To say I spend a lot of my time on the internet I really dont understand much; html,SEO etc. Id love to be able to learn things so I can improve Nimble Note in terms of things such as design.

• Improve photography skills - This links with the above. I really want to sit down and learn, not only about my current camera, but also how to enhance my photos in ways such as set up, lighting and editing. Hopefully by the end of 2015 I may have purchased a new camera, better suited for blogging. I wish I could now, but some things have to be worked and waited for.

• Befriend some fellow bloggers- I have made acquaintances through the internet before, but they have remained only acquaintances. The blogging community is so big and to get to know even just a few would be amazing.

• Attend an event - I didnt even know there where such things as blogger events until a month or two ago. The thought of attending one is both quite daunting and exciting. 

I want to wish you all a Happy New Year and I hope 2015 is a brilliant year for us all!

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Earning Money from Home with paid survey Online is a free Option

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Though there are various options to earn money from home, paid survey online is a wise choice. The main plus point of this job is you can do it any time you wish to do. You need not dedicate a lot of time for the same, you can do this from your PC, your laptop or you can do it on the move from your smart phone. While travelling on long distance you will feel bugged up, you can do this on such times, you will be spending your time worth it. This option to make money from home with paid survey online is not only for women, even men can do it in their leisure time. 

Money making is made easy through online survey

Leisure time is been wasted by many by watching TV for long hours, all these times can be utilised by doing something worth it. Online survey is a nice choice to earn some money for the pocket without wasting time. All you need to make money from home with paid survey online is a PC, an internet connection, an email ID and a PayPal account. You need to be very cautious while choosing the survey company, if you search online you will find ample survey companies who offer money to do the survey for their company, you need to register with them. They will provide you with a login where you will be getting survey forms to be completed and sent back to them in a period of time. Most of the companies pay you money, few give you coupons and gift vouchers to redeem and some provide you with points to get discount on goodies. Various types of options are there to get some money in our leisure time. 

There are some scams sites that you need to justify before you register with them. All you need to do is go through the company profile, read the frequently asked questions and then register with them. If a company is asking you to pay some money to send you survey forms then it is of sure that they are a scam company. Online survey companies are agents who get money from big companies to get surveys done, so they are suppose to pay us and we need not pay anything to them.

Your opinions can change the way the world is

These surveys are been done by big companies to understand what the customer feels about their products and how they can improve in their products to increase the customer base for them. Retaining a customer in their market is very important for any company to survive in this competitive world. All these surveys help and assist them to make their products more worthy for the customers. With these surveys they get to learn what mistakes they are doing and what the customer is expecting from them. This is a market tactics to get the customers towards their products. Surveys work a lot while there are elections in a country; these surveys have great opinions that are taken seriously by all. Even negative comments are been accepted by various companies, the companies who want to do betterment in their products will surely accept negative comments. You need not go in search of companies those you do paid surveys. 

You can get to know all about them from paid survey site online. Once you register with them, they will start sending forms to your login and once you return these forms they will pay you for it. Genuine survey sites will not ask money for registration and they will also not ask for your bank account details. They will ask you to open an account with PayPal and they will transfer the amount to you. In the beginning to make money from home with paid survey online may be a bit slow process, because you need to get used to the survey questions, you will be earning very less, but once you understand the process you are sure to get good returns from the job. You need to have patients in reading the questions and then answer the same relevantly. Internet is not just an informative platform it has great things to return to us, use this platform wisely and get profited. Internet has changed the way we live and will do great miracles in coming up days. 

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Global Test Market Review Paid Online Survey to Make Money

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The Global Test Market is an online paid survey platform owned by Lightspeed Research. The company has been in the industry since 1999. In 2004, the company received accreditation from Better Business Bureau. Global test Market already has 5.5 million members from more than 200 countries wide world. It control the survey for market research for many companies over the world. To be more precise, about 1400 companies in more than 60 countries. 

A short Global test market review

Similar to other paid online company, the Global Test Market also allows free registering as well as participating for their members in the website. The members are rewarded with cash payment or other benefits for taking their time to join the surveys. The cash payments are given when a member has completed the surveys and every of the featured events from Global Test Market. For every survey, the members are given different “Market Points” which varies from 35-250 points. For that amount of points is average to $1.5 to $1.75 for each survey. The cash payment is given automatically after the members complete the survey. 

Carrying on with our review, compared to the other paid survey sites, Global Test Market will process the cash payment for about 5 weeks. Even if it is a little bit long, but it is guaranteed payments. There are probably quite lots of controversies when it comes to payment cash out like the other companies do. However, Global Test Market guaranteed the payment cash out. 

Every member is eligible for monthly cash out as well as other sweepstakes. Some surveys may only provide monthly cash out in replace for cash payments. However, the members are given the options to choose the survey categories that they like. For example, a member can focus only in surveys for food, movies, cosmetics, and many more. The survey invitations are frequently sent daily into the email for like 2-3 times a day. 

Since the Global Test market is a huge company with huge membership; it has intense competition to get into the website. The members who have taken part in the survey earlier receive a higher chance for the next survey. Moreover, the qualification to get the surveys can be tough. Some people also complain about their difficulties to get the surveys since it takes like ten minutes before they finally get screened out. Some others also mention for longer waiting time. 

The cash out minimum is too much for $50 which means that it takes around 20-30 surveys to accumulate the points. Of course, it is done with the assumption that a member does not get screened out in the first place for every survey. The cash out process is more difficult for the international members since it can take for like 6-8 weeks and days off and holidays also adds to the delay.

Hope this short Global test Market review has helped you. Despite some problems, this paid survey site is one of the most reliable and can be a good way to make an extra money online.


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