I wish I could go to the Isle of Wight Festival again this year, I have been a few times before and it’s always been a great event. But this year it falls on the same date as we are going to Wales for a few days to celebrate our anniversary!

We went in 2007 and just stayed the one day — we saw Ash who I just lurve, but as much as I like festivals I am afraid I can’t stand the mud and grime, so I always either just stay one day or stay in some proper nearby Shanklin Accommodation, but that doubles the cost of the trip of course.

This year I don’t know who is playing, I have avoided finding out because I don’t want to get all jealous thinking about who I will be missing out on!

Aww man!

I have only just really become active over there and was loving the site. It went down for around 20 hours and I was having withdrawals, from afar I noticed that I had a new email from them so excitedly came to my computer thinking they must be back up.

The email said I had broken a rule and would be banned for one week.

Doh.

I got the ban for posting ‘I have sent you a private message’ in a thread, which is against the rules — fair enough, I understand they have rules and I have to agree to follow them, but it was just an innocent n00b mistake, am I the only one who thinks a weeks ban for that is complete overkill?

I think 24 hours, or maybe 48 hours is a much more appropriate punishment for the crime.

Oh well, it won’t kill me…I will just have to wait it out and make sure I behave in future.

Someone mentioned Infrared Saunas to me a while ago and insisted they were great for helping with weight loss, and my first thoughts were — What the heck is an Infrared Sauna when it’s at home and how can sitting doing nothing burn so many calories?!

So I hopped online and started doing a little reading, I came across MidWestSaunas.com who sell far infrared saunas and offer a wealth of information on the subject. Apparently you really do burn a lot of calories while using one, because your body is working overtime to try maintain it’s core temperature and producing sweat — it makes perfect sense now I have had it explained, but I’d never given it any thought before…and I would have bet my bottom dollar my friend who originally mentioned it was telling porkies.

Oooops. Good job I don’t make bets with friends, huh?

If only my new house were big enough, I’d be all over getting me one of them!