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Trying the new Wagamama x Buldak menu

Posted on July 23, 2026July 22, 2026 by Jupiter

[Ad- gifted experience] We are a big fan of Wagamama in our household, with one opening up in our town a few years back, which we often go to! Wagamama has Japanese-inspired dishes, which come out as and when they are ready. Their menus are often changing, with new features coming and going. Their latest collab, Wagamama x Buldak, added two new menu items that are full of spice. Robin, our in-house spice queen became very excited to try these! She has been a fan of buldak ramen (along with sriracha) for quite some time.

Buldak Fire Wings

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Sosig board game – Build a long sausage

Posted on July 22, 2026July 19, 2026 by Jupiter

[Ad – Gifted Products] Another Monday, another time to go to our local Geek Retreat and try out a game! This time, we went with Sosig, which is a bite-sized card game which could fit in your pocket, really. This tiny card game is all about building sausages that customers order, so that you can get points! The instructions are extremely straight forward (maybe too straight forward!) which makes the game easy to play.

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How to make a Backyard Mini-Pond

Posted on July 21, 2026July 21, 2026 by Jupiter

[Ad- gifted collab] A few years back Dann and I made a little flower-pot pond, they were going viral on the internet and we wanted to give it a try! It’s been thriving in our backyard since, and we love looking out into the garden and seeing it. I find these little ponds to be so fun to build and watch change. We’ve seen birds taking drinks, smaller bugs on the plants and sometimes even see butterflies fluttering about! Recently Essex Local Nature Recovery Strategy has challenged people in our area to boost their local ecosystem’s biodiversity, so we’ve partnered with them to create a second mini pond, and we’ll tell you how!

Creating a mini pond is actually really easy and you can often recycle a lot of the materials that you need. We used:

A bucket, either an old, upcycled one or one purchased from a store.
Bricks
Rocks
Pond Plants (optional)
Large Sticks

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Breakfast at Scrappy’s Diner

Posted on July 20, 2026July 18, 2026 by Jupiter

One morning while visiting my family, my sister planned on going to Scrappy’s Diner for breakfast, and I tagged along! I remember going out for breakfast here when I was in my last year of high school, so it was neat to return back. Scrappy’s Diner is very much a classic American dinner, with booth seating, a little bar where you can sit on your own, and a lot of classic breakfast and lunch dishes. We went before lunch started to be served (though breakfast is served all day) as our goal was to have something for breakfast.

Lemon-filled French Toast with Home Fries

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Fun in the Sun at Potter Street Fete 2026

Posted on July 17, 2026July 18, 2026 by Jupiter

This was our second year helping out with the Potter Street Fete, which this year was dedicated to Micky T, who was from Potter Street and had passed in the last year. This fete is an extremely local event, to Harlow, where members of the local community come together to hang out, enjoy the sunshine, and just be together. It’s lovely, full of community spirit, and put on by a bunch of locals who like seeing everyone enjoying the sun.

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