Best Stuff of 2023 | Lauren and the Books

[@kristadoiron3213]

Sweepy has been a game changer for me! I have put everything on there including health stuff like when I need to get my teeth cleaned and social activities like when I need to touch base with certain people to ensure I keep a strong friendship going. I found sweepy because of you and it has genuinely helped my life. Thanks Lauren!

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

I didn't even think that you could add other non cleaning related things on there, but of course you can! I'm so pleased you have found it so useful!

[@javaFlower]

We call them "sheet garters" because the old-school ones had the same clasps as old-school garters! We've had them for years! They are great if you have sheets that are bigger than your mattress, for whatever reason! Love them!

[@MeMyDogAndBooks]

We started listening to classic FM when they did great music for our dogs during fireworks so we now have it on a lot via Alexa - doggos 🐶🐶 love it!

[@Evegalewitz]

Thank you for all your helpful suggestions. I picked up Clean and Green, and looking to incorporate many of those ideas into my cleaning routine. I always enjoy your videos because you exude so much positivity which is contagious. The booktube community adds so much to what I generally think of as a solitary pastime. Wishing a Happy & Healthy 2024 to you, David and Daphne. 🎉

[@MeMyDogAndBooks]

I’m gonna try and get into cross stitch this year… I need the chill and also a way not to fall asleep when watching TV from being tired

[@Smurf-fo2xf]

I'd love you to do a video on the cleaning people you follow or tips you have learnt. I really need to up my cleaning knowledge 😂

[@heidirgreen]

I’m up to a 42 day streak with Sweepy! Still don’t absolutely love cleaning, but love the dopamine hit of ticking tasks off. I have ADHD and Sweepy has helped me so much, thank you for sharing - I’d never have found it otherwise!

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

Well done you, 42 days is amazing!

[@kathleenwalsh3556]

Hi Lauren re brown: i simmer mine for 35mins. Best things so interesting. I'm always telling people about yr cruise. Medterranean wd suit me but long way from NZ.

[@HelloDeborahUK]

If you have an iPhone, you can set a timer to ‘stop playing’ and it’ll stop the radio or whatever you’re listening to. I use it if I’m listening to an audiobook before bed so I don’t miss too much if I fall asleep.

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

Thank you!

[@EldenwoodCraft]

I’m such a new viewer of your podcast and was already in love with it and then I find you do an Archers podcast too! Oh happy days 😂 With you on the brown rice and white vinegar (although not together).

[@anitahayne8621]

My mum had high cholesterol and eventually had to be put on medication. She was the tiniest person who ALWAYS ate the right stuff and never ate ANY of the bad stuff. She was a victim of her family’s DNA. Sometimes it is not just your diet. I have always cross stitched at different times in my life, and I was thrilled to find out about Caterpillar Cross Stitch from you. I live in the US but I can download their patterns. I got their nutcracker pattern and I love it.

[@QuickBookReviewsPodcast]

This is wonderful! I must use my “All About The Archers” bag for Cross Stitch too! Love hosting with you x

[@bethmw28]

White vinegar is also great as a car windscreen wash! I sometimes need to park under a tree and it gets sap on my windscreen that's a nightmare to get off and was stopping my wipers working properly - white vinegar gets that straight off!

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

A great tip! Thank you!

[@MeMyDogAndBooks]

I NEED to try Sweepy

[@susprime7018]

Hate vacuuming, buy a robot, plus my robot Jeeves is fun to watch.😊

[@katiehallett9501]

Love your cross stitch 😊

[@winesaboutbooks]

Ugh brown rice does take forever to cook! And I can never get it right. I'm a pro at white rice, perfection every time. Best thing of 2023 was getting pregnant through IVF after 12 years trying and 6 rounds of IVF. I'll be 41 weeks along on Tuesday and he really needs to come now. 😅

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

Congratulations! 🥰

[@winesaboutbooks]

@@LaurenAndTheBooks Thank you!

[@freyabookishgamer]

Have you listened to Scala Radio? It's another UK classical music station on DAB and online. From 5am to 7am they have a playlist called "In the Park" that has calming music and birdsong that plays in-between the music. It's lovely to wake up too. ❤

[@freyabookishgamer]

Also Team Brown Rice 🍚

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

Oh wow, that sounds amazing! I will try it tomorrow morning!

[@Georgesmomsu]

I’ve been trying to get so hard to stop buying single use plastic. I’m going to get some vinegar and ditch the rest. I love your jumper. Where is it from?

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

It's from Joanie clothing, but many many years ago.

[@MeMyDogAndBooks]

Wait what ? No fabric softener on towels dear god let me know I want to change my ways!

[@conniemorrissey1820]

Wait, people hoover UNDER the sofa? 😐

[@winesaboutbooks]

Yes if the sofa is high enough on 4 legs. I have low sofas that recline so the underneath is a lot of metal piping and impossible to vacuum under.