Jessica’s Friday Five: the mattress pad with two temperatures
Published about 15 hours ago • 2 min read • Friday Five
Hi Reader,
As we do every few months, it's time to vote on which climate-supporting nonprofit we donate the proceeds from any Amazon affiliate income we make as Friday Fivers to (more on that here). We've got $390 to donate from the last few months, and I'd love your vote below! I picked two nonprofits that help support voters in thinking about climate when they are making their choices.
Let's get to your Friday Five!
Family mealtime workshop next week! My buddy Deena and I are leading a workshop on Tuesday about family mealtimes. We were planning to sell tickets but decided this week just to make it free so as many folks can join as possible! Sign up here. Food for the family is a logistics puzzle and a feelings question at the same time, so we're gonna teach it from both sides. Deena starts with how food feels in your home right now and how you want it to feel. She shares her idea that how you do food at home matters before what you cook, then shares a few systems from her Joyful Family Meal Program. Then I'll take the logistics: your space, what you’ll eat, what food you need, getting it into the home, prepping it, and cleaning up. See you Tuesday at 12pm PT/3pm ET/8pm London!
If you're cold at night: I love this heated mattress pad that goes under our sheets (and can heat each side at different levels or not at all). Friday Fiver Peggy reminded me: "Heated mattress pads are also great for people with fibromyalgia (or those who wake up stiff). I use mine year-round."
The Amazing Generation book: This graphic novel is aimed at kids and encourages them to be thoughtful about their screen time use. I picked it up at the library for my kids, and I was a little worried it would come across too young for them, but they both read it and I was surprised at the impact it had. My almost-teen has even been telling her friends about it and they've asked to borrow it (so I've now bought a copy to own). Highly recommend for any young folks in your life. It appears theres's a buy-3-for-the-price-of-2 deal deal going on, so here are other books in that promo if you'd like to get the deal.
The hands-down best spot for gifts: I normally have a ton of my holiday shopping done by the end of November, but I'm not sure I'll make that happen this year given so much going on. But listen - and I hold this perspective rather strongly - if you need ideas, Etsy is the BEST place. Just get on there and search some characteristics of the person you're shopping for - "newly divorced", "grandpa who loves golf", "recent hip surgery", "gift for someone who sits on the porch", "gift for a reader", "blue wave", "chronically online gift". In almost every case, I bet you'll find some amazing things you didn't even know existed that will delight your person.
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