Tips and Ideas for crafts and hobbyists

I have to be honest when saying that I hate going shopping these days.  We have no real idea where or how our food is made or processed. Supermarkets and the like mix products like fruit and vegetables on their shelves. When you buy a kilo of oranges for instance you may have some with pips and some without or navels mixed with other varieties. Most of the products on our shelves is so misrepresented that we have no way of knowing what or anything is processed in the country of origin. For instance Australian made could mean: Some of the product is Australian The paper or cardboard packaging is Australian It could have a mixture of imported and Australian produce Why are we being lied to? Why can't the powers to be enforce the manufacturers to label products correctly? Why are we all treated like fools.  Can't someone in the top office have enough gumption to stand up and stop these things from happening.  Start treating people with a bit of decency and they in t

This is what greeted us as we stepped off the train in Perth on a recent visit to our city in Forrest Place. I was astounded when I saw where the City of Perth is spending hard earned dollars.  I could not believe they could waste this amount of money on a monstrosity like this. As we stood there flabbergasted, a person walked up to us and said can you believe that that cost us a Million dollars?   We could not believe that our powers to be could use Western Australia's money in such a way. Don't get me wrong; I have nothing against modern art, but at1 million dollars, surely during these hard economic times the money could have been spent on a much better project. Money would be spent better on: helping the hundreds of homeless people and creating jobs than a masterpiece that looks like part of the human anatomy. Please let me know what you think in the comments

Wearing the wrong shoes could cause you more problems than you realize.  Everyone's feet are not the same so they need to make sure that the shoes they wear fit your feet right. Weak ankles Weak ankles can cause even more problems.  If you have weak ankles then by wearing very high heeled shoes your ankle could give way at any time, this often happens when walking on uneven ground. The worst part of rolling or twisting your ankle it will cause you excruciating pain at the time and this pain in some instances could carry on for many years if not treated right. Good fitting School Shoes Start by making sure your children have correctly fitted school shoes.  Too many children wear shoes that do not support their foot.  Add this to the way they carry those heavy school bags and your child could end up with many years of suffering from a bad back.

Many manufacturers are continually changing the sizes of their products. Are you the shopper fooled by sizes of food products when comparing prices.   Next time you go to your local supermarket have a look at the sizes of each brand of product that you want to buy. For instance you may want to buy a tin of baked beans and there are three different brands available on the shelf. They all look the same size on the shelf; but are they?  If you take a closer look, you will see that one is 400grams one 420grams and the other is 425 grams.  Why are they all different weights? I understand that all vegetables do not weigh the exact same although I still believe that baked beans, kidney beans, or say Lima beans should weigh close to the same.   If you look at the picture you can see I am using three tinned examples as I did not have three tins of the same products in my cupboard at time of writing this article. This also occurs in small goods products like bacon and cold meats. If you wou