Have I Taken on Too Much?

[@valarya]

The forethought, the planning, the brilliant mind that is Hannah. THIS IS SO META! I love it.

[@morehannah]

Haha thanks! ☺️

[@Savvy_lurker_14]

I love her brain too

[@katielouise210]

more hannah has definitely been one of the highlights of my 2024 entertainment wise, and this vlognukah has just topped it off. your content remains so delightfull 💚 also welcome to the heated airer crew - it's truly life changing

[@saegemehlfee]

i agree, the orange top and the earrings are a vibe

[@raccoonsnacks]

It's been so nice to have a Hannah video to look forward to every day!

[@Ysarahhh]

if you want to get clothes dried even quicker get a dehumidifier (plus extra benefit of avoiding mould)

[@charlotterydz6343]

Couldn’t agree more 🙌 we live in a very prone to damp house and had been using the unibond moisture absorbers hoping that’d be enough, (they fill within a week, last flat we were in and they lasted months!) we saved up and got a dehumidifier a few months ago and it’s been amazing. It has a special washing mode, our washing dries so much quicker now. The amount of water it collects there’s no wonder why we had so many problems before it.

[@micivalantincic8227]

Yes! We boug it some months ago and it is a game changer. Plus-it makes a wonderfull white noise

[@charlotterydz6343]

@@micivalantincic8227 I like the white noise of it too, my hubby thinks it’s too loud.

[@micivalantincic8227]

​@@charlotterydz6343does your have more then one setting? We have a gentle setting, that may be tolerable? We love it especially because our rescue dog is so scared all the time and since having Evie(yes we name our machines:) she is way more relaxed. As I type this Evie is working away whilst me and dog are relaxing:)

[@shreksnyeflip]

Oh the book sniffles 😢😍😁 love it - I cried so much at that point too

[@MikaelaRitchie]

loving these vlognukah videos. I've been working on my knitting while listening to you 💚

[@mousestripedgrass2123]

Oh yay i just read the Night Circus finally this year after joining my local library

[@mousestripedgrass2123]

And the Thursday Murder Club is my recent fave series. So pumped for this video now 😊

[@rebeccacuthbertson1271]

just have to say that the new clothes drying rail looks amazing and efficient and i hope you guys love it

[@colineleroux2873]

Would genuinely be interested to learn about your thumbnails stats !

[@miraclerat]

Yes! I second this idea!

[@danniemorris7423]

YES! i love a good analytical/statistical analysis type vid!

[@TheWildLemons]

Hannah, one thing I'll say is I wish I had your ability to be on multiple books at a time! Like you will be listening to one as an audio book and reading a physical book while still on the audio book. I feel I'd get so distracted and mixed up if I tried to do that! But I am hoping to read more in 2025!

[@kathryne5510]

I know it’s dark in winter in the UK but I’m very overwhelmed by how it’s fully night BEFORE daycare pickup time 😮

[@vanessav8360]

How do we listen to the audio version of the newsletter? 👀👀 that is so cool and sounds so nice to listen to while cooking or cleaning

[@morehannah]

It’s just available at the top of the newsletter either in your inbox if you’re signed up or on the substack page

[@tessspina1120]

Ah! I wondered if the 2nd and 3rd vlog were filmed on the same day 😂. I can't believe I clocked that, lol

[@morehannah]

Days 2 and 4 were filmed same day but day 3 (fave books) was filmed later!! (I wanted to get as much reading time in as possible before filming!) there’s 2 other videos filmed in this vlog that have yet to be published! 😅

[@m-sm8rg]

The water bottle gave it away for me 😅

[@michellemachesney1487]

how long does it take to set up and pack down for each video? i love that these videos are after xmas this yr bc that means i get more content from my favs after vlogmas ends haha also oooh a heated drying rack how fancy! i swear the washer spin cycle is longer than advertised the other day i was like ok 5 mins left of my laundry! & then i checked 5 mins later and it still said 5 mins left….. hahaha looking forward to your book video!!!! sending love! ❤️

[@morehannah]

It really depends! I can be super speedy or leisurely with set up/pack down so maybe 10-20 mins each?! Longer if it’s a fashion video that requires the rail and sorting/putting away clothes!

[@michellemachesney1487]

@@morehannah i admire your dedication! thanks for answering! ❤️

[@sonyamohe]

so excited for this one ❤

[@kso4104]

love this video! and love your live reaction of silver flames 😂

[@morehannah]

😂😭

[@LittleBee53]

Incredibly boring question but where is the heated drying rack from? I didn't know I needed this in my life but I feel like this would solve a lot of my problems (why do toddlers produce so much laundry?) 😅

[@leiye5100]

Could you give us a review/feedback about the heated clothing line/rack? :)

[@TheWildLemons]

Also - I am very impressed that you managed to carry all of the first chapter books into the room without dropping them (unless this wasn't the first attempt and you sneakily deleted the failed attempts 😉 I would also do the exact same and then if I dropped something I'd be like wonder why I dropped that thing lol

[@clyde502]

Could you do a "I volunteered at a bookshop" video where you volunteer for pre specified amount if time or would it need to be an ongoing commitment?

[@darth3pio]

Hamukah. A Court of Silver Flames sounds like a song by King Crimson, it's not, but it could be.

[@TheWildLemons]

I LOVE hummus and I LOVE pickles but I never thought to eat them together, adding to my list of things I should try in 2025? LOL

[@upendasana7857]

Hummus is an Arab dish not Askenazi Jewish dish but the Askenazi Jews in Israel like to appropriate every Arab dish,food and make it Israeli...thats Zionism for you

[@racheldear9728]

Store the clothes rail under the sofa if you can!

[@danniemorris7423]

OMG did i spot an Ali Hazelwood book!? i recently discovered her and am OBSESSED!! Love her stuff so much- very light fluffy fun romance stuff that just feels like a life i almost lead in academia lol

[@morehannah]

Yes you spotted correctly!!

[@alaskayoung7476]

Where did you get that magnificent airer?

[@TheWildLemons]

I'm genuinely curious what happens to all your old video footage? Like I imagine it gets backed up to a certain point but what point do you get rid of old backups to make more space? As I imagine creating content for all this time you can never keep every single video backed up for the entirety of time lol

[@calvinliu6304]

Happy New year

[@pixie706]

Hannah....I always thought that Jewish folk were not supposed to eat ham or pork products. Am I wrong ,?

[@queenofdramatech]

I depends on how deeply into the Jewish faith you are. At one point she said she was culturally Jewish which I take to mean she celebrates the holidays but doesn't follow all the rules of being Jewish.

[@morehannah]

I’m just here for the food, fun, family and celebrations so I’m not kosher

[@Savvy_lurker_14]

Watching you from the iron infusion center

[@tiredandcaffeinated]

I have a question about the UK in terms of laundry: do you guys not really have dryers in your flats/homes? I've never seen a drying clothes rack like that, because in the US, all homes/flats just have a set of washers and dryers (or you have to go to a laundromat).

[@alissa6380]

I'm in mainland Europe, so I don't know about the UK specifically, but in my area a lot of new builds and apartments for rent include a washer but not a dryer. We don't really have laundromats (although I've seen one or two pop up in recent years) so a washer is a must, but I think a lot of people see dryers as either unnecessary or taking up too much space, or wasting too much power. It's like, why pay for something that will happen naturally over a slightly longer period of time? (Some people dry clothes on their balconies, and I've even seen clotheslines in the shared green spaces of older apartment buildings being used as recently as last summer. It's definitely not as common as it was 20-30 years ago, but it still happens.) There's also just the fact that so much of modern clothing isn't dryer-friendly (e.g., you should never heat-dry anything containing even 1% of elastane, I learned this the hard way😭), so a dryer just feels less necessary when you can't even use it on half your wardrobe.

[@tiredandcaffeinated]

@@alissa6380 Fair enough! Thank you for the insight :)

[@alissa6380]

@@tiredandcaffeinated also, I don't mean that *nobody* has/uses dryers, just that it's not universal. in my family home, for example, we've always had a dryer in the house, but about ten, fifteen years ago once the kids were grown and started moving out, it fell out of use and has been used maybe a few times in all the time since, though it still functions well

[@mhelye6300]

Hi ! I’m french and here some families have a dryer. Personaly, we bought ours when we had a baby to speed up the process and avoid having 3 or 4 drying racks at all time between clothes and bedsheets. We use ours mainly for towels and linens. My husband uses it also for his clothes but I don’t put mine and our children’s because I think it tends to damage them over time.

[@hucklebucklin]

Electricity is significantly more expensive in Europe than in America so that's why people dry indoors on a clothes horse. Also as the other commenters said drying clothes can damage the fabric so that's often a reason people don't dry stuff using a dryer. But yes people do use them sometimes. I would use mine pretty rarely. Only in the depths of winter when stuff won't try inside that quickly

[@emmabarnes609]

hi hannah

[@thegreatwherever]

Random question for anyone reading the comments section from the UK (or anywhere else in the world, while we're on the topic) from an American: Do children start school based on the year they were born, or based on their age at the start of the school year? Hannah mentioned Rowan starting preschool nursery in September in the Thursday section of the vlog. Preschool isn't isn't really standardized in the US (it seems to be a little bit more so in the UK)? but in general, preschool (not in a full time daycare situation) is for the three years before the start of kindergarten. my son was born in November of 2022, and I believe Rowan was born in the spring of 2022. the age cutoff for school (and therefore usually preschool, so that kids start "real school" right after they finish preschool) in the US varies throughout the country, but it is generally some time in August or September (around when the new school year begins), so Rowan would be a year ahead of my son in school here. I believe my Australian sister-in-law has said that they started school based on the year they were born (so Rowan and my son would start school the same year, in this example, although other). I'm just curious if, as with the standard vs. metric system, Americans do things differently then pretty much everyone else in the world hahaha.

[@saraheast3363]

Hey! Kids in the UK start school the September before they turn 5. Kids generally start what we call preschool at 3 years old but it's not compulsory and there's lots of other childcare options like nursery or a childminder that other families choose. Hope that clears things up

[@thegreatwherever]

@@saraheast3363 Thank you for taking the time to reply! I'm curious about how things work in other parts of the world in general, and now that I have a child, I have all sorts of other topics I've been interested in because I've had to think about them in my own life!

[@c.morland]

Great

[@robertlawsonjr.2501]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@GirliestMammy]

💖

[@OrsolyaSzlopp]

I know this is not the point of this video, and most probably will not make you feel better, but I fel you regarding not being pregnant. Fair enough I'm pregnant now but the past 2 years of trying to convince and unsuccessful Ivf treatments were super upsetting. It is a cliche but will happen when you do not even expect it. We started this last ivf round with a negative mindset and a miracle happened. Do not give up, it'll happen and soon you'll be planning your mat leave. 🤗

[@zapfanzapfan]

Ham? Hanuka? Do those two go together? 🙂

[@morehannah]

It’s meant to be ironic because I’m not kosher

[@zapfanzapfan]

@@morehannah I'm not complaining, I don't care for imaginary friends either 😉

[@charlotterydz6343]

I just can’t stop thinking about the Wicked film, this hasn’t happened to me since Pirates of the Caribbean was released. I was initially anxious about Wicked as it’s the musical that made me realise I loved musicals 💚 I didn’t want it to be mucked about with, but they have made the film so well! I’ve seen it twice so far, took my oldest nephew to it last time as a pre crimbo treat. He’s in love with it too 😍. I want to go again, I’ve been watching videos of makings of, it just cements the reason I love it so much, it’s been made so authentically. I really don’t think the hype has died down since you filmed that scene 💚

[@morehannah]

Yeah it definitely doesn’t feel like it has!

[@upendasana7857]

If you really want to learn about REAL Jews Hannah and real judaism then I'd follow Jewish voices for peace who for Hannuka right now are celebrating the Jews who stood up against fascism and genocide and are celebrating the true story of Hannuka which is fighting light in the darkness and fighting against oppression in this case even when its being carried out by so called Jews but in Jews name.You would have thought being Jew-ish or Muslim or Christian or anything really would be more about standing up for what is right,teaching your child about history including the holocaust but also when a genocide is done in the name of Jewish people What is the point of these traditions and stories of they are not teaching us to be better himna beings,to stand up for truth and against oppression,to be brave and true

[@marcopolo2874]

Are you proud of being je wish, Hannah?

[@morehannah]

Yes!

[@upendasana7857]

Yes so proud but she doesn't want to speak out agaonst a genocide being carried out by "Jewish people"in Jewish peoples name...but no she can't be bothered to speak out or take action against that,she thinks it has nothing to do with her...btw I'm Jewish too,grew up attending synagogue,a Jewish community and all of that and feel it is beholden on me as a Jew and a humna being and a British citizen whose government supports this genocide to stand up and say "NOt in my name"...Never again means never for anyone...now thats BEING Jewish,standing up against genocide and persecution of others people especially when being done in your name

[@pingnick]

Wow maybe different wording would lure people to click on this and wade into this perhaps helpful half hour!?🎬🤯

[@zofiabochenska1240]

Ahhh, the books sneak peek is so thrilling! I read or wanted to read all of the ones I managed to glimpse, so I'm super curious! Also, the hype for Wicked is never dead 💚🩷

[@morehannah]

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