Adventures and Naps

Patreon Only - Let's eat!

Happy Saturday, everyone! This week I put our new Macknades giftcard to good use and got a LOAD of goodies to taste-test!

We had a bit of a heatwave over here but thankfully it's calmed down a bit now. Hope you guys are keeping cool, safe and healthy!

What a great show!

We recently watched (and finished) the AMC TV show: Halt and Catch Fire - I really enjoyed it!

"It's the early 1980s, and the spirit of innovation in personal computing is about to catch fire. Hot on the trail is a renegade trio -- a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy -- who risk everything to realize...

Patreon Only - We got Covid in the family!

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday!

Yes - we finally have Covid in the family. What a week it has been! Hope everyone is keeping safe and healthy out there!

oh my god what

Sometimes you just want to watch a stupid movie. Nothing hard to follow, nothing that will make you feel things - just a silly movie. We watched Jolt for all of those reasons but oh my god it was bad! Not just silly bad, not fun bad - just really bad!

Amazon Prime were really pushing it over th...

New book alert!

For September's Book Club, I'm reading: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Or The Murder At Road Hill House (you can buy it here if you're interested in reading it, too). This book was sent to the PO Box from Ian, so thank you kindly!

"It is a su...

Book Club REVIEW - My Year of Rest and Relaxation

This month I read My Year of Rest and Relaxation  by Ottessa Moshfegh. I actually finished it in a few days! The font is big and the book itself isn't too big, so it was easy to just keeping reading.

The subject matter is tough - a lot of discussion on...

Happy Monday! ~New perk alert!~

Hi everyone!

I've added a new perk to the Maple Friends and Best Buds tier - these tiers will receive early access to my Tuesday Youtube video! You'll be able to see it at least 24hours before everyone else.

This perk will start this week!

Thanks again for everyone being here - this is trul...

Patreon Only - Weird discount store haul!

This week I visited a weird discount store and the things I found... oh my.

Hope you guys are having a great day! Any plans for the weekend??

Ooh, creepy!

The other night I was in the mood for a creepy spook'em movie. Nothing too hard to follow, just a spooky movie, you know? We settled on The Visit, a M. Night Shyamalan film I never got around to seeing when it was first released in 2015.

I really enjoyed it!!

It's low budget. It's basic. It's noth...

It's GOOD you guys!!

Recently we started (and finished) The White Lotus. This new HBO show follows various families and employees at the White Lotus, a resort in Hawaii. It's so good, you guys. Really good. A bit shocking but I never knew exactly where the story was going to go.

It's only 6 episodes and the characters are i...

Patreon Only - Do I like mead?? Let's find out

Happy Saturday, everyone! Anyone got plans for this weekend? This it'll be a quiet one over here.

Hope you enjoy the video!

Patreon Only - I got contacts!

It's been a busy week over here at House Naps! What have you guys been up to?

Here's where I bought my glasses in case you're in the market for new ones, too.

Actually so much fun

I don't like superhero movies anymore - it feels like the same thing over and over again... so I wasn't overly hyped to see the new Suicide Squad. However, it's actually funny! And had character development! And I enjoyed it!

You don't need to see the first one to understand or enjoy this one - in fact,...

New Patreon Artwork!

Guess what? We have new artwork for our Patreon tiers! I worked with a woman named Iza (another foreigner who was living in the UK) who designed these super cute graphics!! Ahhh so cute!

People will see these when they view my main Patreon page before joining (or not). I thought it was a nice way to brighten up the page...

Patreon Only - Good Morning, Scotland!

Hey Patreon, Happy Saturday! Hope you guys are hungry because today we're making a Scottish breakfast!!

What's your all-time-favourite breakfast?

My book for August!

Hey Patreon!

This month I'm reading My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh (you can buy it here if you'd like to try it, too. Basically this woman hates life and people so she wants to spend the year asleep. It's dark and funny ...

Want to hang out for the year? Get a discount

Hi everyone!

I've updated my Patreon account to allow for Annual Membership (only if you want it)!

Annual Memberships get 10% discount rather than pledging each month. 

For existing patrons the following steps will help you switch over your pledge to annual:

1. Log in, hover ov...
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Patreon Only - Behind the Scenes

Happy Saturday! Here's a behind-the-scenes look at what I've been up to in the last week - shockingly, it includes leaving the house!

Hope you guys have a great weekend and thanks again to everyone who's sent stuff to the PO Box!

More of the same, but still good!

Recently we watched A Quiet Place Part II. I LOVED the first film and thought it was such an interesting concept with some great spookems.

Part II is pretty much more of the same - same idea, same type of spooks, just the same. It's good and I enjoyed it, but it would have been nice to have something ne...

A man wants his pig back.

Yes. We watched Pig - the film where Nicholas Cage is on the hunt to get his truffle pig back. Like John Wick but instead of avenging his dog, Nicholas is looking for his pig. Yes. That's the plot.

We both really enjoyed it! 

Cage is a weird one but he's honestly great in this film - totally ...

Patreon Only - New PO Box Goodies (aka I'm spoiled)

Happy Saturday, y'all!

We received so many surprises and goodies this week to our new PO Box! THANK YOU! After such a hot and humid week, hope everyone is keeping cool and hydrated.

Patreon Only - Life in July

Happy Saturday everyone!

Here's some links to the stuff I mentioned in case you want to check them out:

In The Darkness, That's Where I'll Know You - Book I'm still reading for July! It's pretty dark, so reader beware.

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PO Box is up and running!

Hi everyone, Happy Friday!

Our new PO Box is up and running 🥳 If you'd like to send anything, please use this address:

Edenbridge
PO Box 302
FAVERSHAM
ME13 3DR

UK PO Box address can't accept deliveries from couriers as they will not know our real address. Our PO Box is set u...

We couldn't finish it!

Recently we tried watching Bloodlands (I think this was on BBC iPlayer?). Woof! We couldn't get into it. The acting was strange.. really strange. Otherwise I couldn't put my finger on exactly what sucked about the show. It had all the markings of a good show, but we quit after 2 episodes.

"Northern Iris...

Patreon Only - O'Canada Cupcakes

Happy Saturday, everyone!

This week we're baking maple cupcakes! Thanks to John for finding the recipe.

Want to try it yourself? Check out the recipe here.

It's so good!

Recently we binged the new show Hacks and I loved it. It's such a unique story with incredible acting. It's funny, it's dark, it's totally worth a watch!

"Hacks explores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old."

If yo...

Patreon Only - What's on my bookshelf?

Happy Saturday everyone! This week I'm sharing some of my favourites from my bookshelf.

Here's the links to the books I mentioned!

Slaughterhouse 5 

Invisible Monsters

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Oh honey...

We kept getting Netflix promos for the new movie The Devil Below so we decided to watch it. Oh my. Have a look at those Rotten Tomato scores... sums it up pretty well!

It's a pretty cool plot that could have been super creepy, but you could tell the movie didn't have the budget for it. People running ar...

I never want to go to prison

Recently I watched the new mini-series Time with Sean Bean - wow! It's scary! The show follows Bean during his time in prison and I realised: I really do not want to go to jail. No thank you.

It's only 3 episodes so it was a short-binge but it's very well done. Fantastic acting, great story and very sca...

A good spookem!

The nice thing with most of the Conjuring movies is that they're typically decent, especially if you're in the mood for a spookem. We watched the latest one - The Devil Made Me Do It - and enjoyed it! It's fun and a bit silly but has some good spooks, good acting and an interesting story!

I liked that t...