One thing you recently discovered that has changed your life

[rosemole]

For the better, obviously.

Can be a thing, person, activity, place...anything really.

Mine is trig bagging. It's so much fun and gets you out there, to unexpected and unknown places.

What's yours?

What's it called and is it available for iPhone ?

Really very simple. 1 or more scoops of rice into the cooking bowl (scoop provided), wash rice (rinse with water a few times), fill with water to appropriate line marking in cooking bowl, turn on rice cooker, [life happens], rice cooker beeps announcing it has made perfect rice.

I used to make good rice in a saucepan (both long and short grain), but this knocks me out of the park in terms of quality and ease.

Oh believe me, it's been a perennial argument round here, lots of passive aggressive puffing and blowing going on.

I've just about managed to compromise on Upstairs Henry agreeing to do steps 14 to 8 and Downstairs Henry doing steps 7 to 1.

Heaven knows what would happen if we had an odd number, doesn't bear thinking about 😱

There's an NHS channel that has pilates too. Search for NHS Pilates on YouTube then go to the NHS channel and it will offer pilates videos in the For You section.

Nordic woollen socks. My feet were always cold on winter days, but now they are toasty whatever the weather. And they don't itch!
And Uniqlo ultra warm long sleeve vests. So much warmer than my M and S ones.

I think one of those special potato mashers might change my life but I don't yet know as I haven't got one. Yet. I'm thinking of taking the plunge as I've seen them advertised though.

My heated throw is awesome, I WFH and it keeps me toasty all day then my DD steals it for the sofa in the evening although it’s big enough to share between us and DD2 as well. I also love my electric blanket, I get genuine joy from getting into a warm bed every night!

My new car lets you turn the climate control on via the app so I can defrost the car 10 mins before we leave, saves so much time/effort and it turns the heated seat on! (can you tell I hate being cold?! 😂)

That's a brilliant idea!

My kitchen is 3.5m x 3.5m but how many drawers do I currently have? THREE! And two of those are more style over substance as they're about 8 inches deep on the front, but the inside useable space is only about 3 inches deep. As a result everything slide off the back of them and is a total pain in the arse!

@ElaborateCushion You can put cardboard boxes or fabric ones in the drawer that have the hight you need.

WHAT special potato masher? I need to know more

This! A "potato ricer"! It may have been around for hundreds of years but this is the first time I've ever seen one and I feel this is going to Revolutionise Everything!!

A place called Jaego's House in London. I don't even live in London but tracked there three times this week because you get three hours of crèche per day, reformer pilates classes, a really lovely co- working space, cosy lounge areas, soft play for the kids, there's an after school club, restaurant with affordable healthy options for parents AND children, a gym, other fitness classes, and just such a nice safe feel of being a parent and knowing you can relax. All for one monthly price, which doesn't work out too bad considering what you get included!

I had to take DD out of school because of SEN and bullying and it's been a life safer for keeping her happy and me having some time to myself. Just wish if found it years ago. She adores the crèche, keeps asking to go back in- they give the kids loads of attention and the ratio of 1:3 is amazing for all ages.

Which online course are you doing @Vroomfondleswaistcoat ? Sounds like something I could do with.

Which ones did you get? Would you mind linking please :)

Vitamin D..

This time last year I was barely functional.. constantly exhausted, comfort eating, putting on weight.

I now feel like I'm back in my 20s, full of energy, I'm achieving 4x what I used to in a day and losing weight too.

Absolutely life changing and can't recommend it enough :-)

I need to look into some of these...I already do Duolingo and from the rest of it, it sounds like we have the same needs in life 😂

Can I also ask you which make and model you've got? We tried the efuy before but it was defeated by dog hair.

Renting Lego!!!

www.brickborrow.com

B2E3115 referral code gets you free postage for your first set.

If you put 'packing cubes' into Amazon there are loads of different sets. Most of the sets have about several different sizes in each set, and the two sets we got were all different colours, so makes life so much easier. We've only three shelves to store all our clothes, so the cubes stack up neatly.

Why not just get a cordless Henry? Wish I could, my Henry is bloody useless on a flat surface 😂

Why on earth is it “bizarre” that someone wouldn’t hang a pot?

Nothing “bizarre” about it, they might not have space, they might think it looks shit (I do).

That I am literally not responsible for everyone else's happiness - only my own....

Not recent exactly, because I bought it over a year ago, but I couldn't live without my electric blanket.

Ahh yes. Took me way too long to realise that.

I like the look of that ricer too 😆

Yes I don't hang pots and pans. They have their own cupboard above the cooker.