Random recommendations for things that probably don’t warrant their own thread but make you happy. First one: this newsletter by Helen Joyce called The Bluestocking. Helen Lewis is a journalist at The Atlantic and she recently wrote a book called Difficult Women. I always look forward to this arriving in my email, she’s such a good, thoughtful, funny writer. And it’s free! https://helenlewis.substack.com Next one: My new airfryer. I had a small one but I’ve just given that one away and bought the Sunbeam 4 in 1 air fryer. It’s one of the big ones like an oven with shelves in it. I love it. I use it nearly every day. It even has a rotisserie in it to cook a (smallish) roast. I did a chicken in it and it was great! https://www.sunbeam.com.au/kitchen-and-home/cooking/compact-ovens/4-in-1-air-fryer-oven Anyone have a recommendation?

I got a new fridge and a new kitten, they both make me pretty happy 😄 The fridge is this one, in white: https://www.mitsubishielectric.com.au/mr-wx500c-s-multi-drawer-refrigerator.html It was stupidly expensive, but damn it’s a good fridge! The drawer that does the fast-chilling is surprisingly useful, though tbh for the last few weeks it’s been our Easter egg drawer 😂. Having the special low-temp section for meat helps the meat last longer - a couple of times I haven’t got around to using chicken until past its use by date, and it was okay because the meat compartment is so cold. The veggie drawer is really good too, I definitely notice the veg lasting longer. As for the kitten…she is a beautiful mog with a purr like a turbo-prop engine 🥰. I will try to post a pic, but they usually don’t work for me on here for some reason…

A shop called paperboatpress. It was a limited edition type thing. She usually makes beautiful sculptures, but made bowls and mugs, I guess it was a commission? (I don’t really know art terms…) I think they sold pretty quickly!

Coffee makes me very happy too - it’s the thing that gets me out of bed in the morning. We’ve recently built an office out in our shed so working from home means getting out of the actual house, and also has allowed us to give the DDs their own room each which makes me happy too. @LadySybilVimes I keep hearing about how great air fryers are and eyeing them off but I don’t know if I’d use it. Is it true that you can’t use them on the kitchen bench? Do they take up a lot of valuable bench space?

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