Welcome to the 10 Things I Can’t Do Without edition of Makes-Me-Smile Monday. Since coming back to Florida, I’ve been catching up on some Alias viewing. I wish I could say I can’t do without my disguises and spy gear and the 15 languages I speak, but, unfortunately, most of you know that I am just a mom. Wait, wait, you say, JUST A MOM? I thought she was one of our neo-feminist Mothers-of-Destiny? But that is a topic for another post. In the meantime, here are 10 things (not people or immaterial concepts) I cannot do without:
10. Thanks to the spending moratorium, I was able to weather (the principles, not the
delivery — that was un-weather-able; Powerpoint presentations are basically satanic in origin) the Self-Sufficiency lesson yesterday in church. Dick said he started feeling a little guilty over our car (since it is a debt). I did not. I am confident that this beautiful little minivan would come down to the depths of hell for me, were I to be consigned there for my blatant idolatory.
9. Did I mention that my minivan has a portable DVD player?
8. Oh, and Barbie (yes, Barbie) dvd’s to go with it. (The Princess and the Pauper is the best — so far).
7. Chapstick. Surprisingly still quite necessary in humid Florida.
6. All other grooming/hygiene products, including concealer and some lipstick, but not including any other make-up or torture devices.
5. My Nike zip-up vest that I wear sometimes if I’m around people who might be offended or might get the wrong idea if I were to want to be comfortable and able to breathe freely for some freakish reason (i.e. if I’ve already taken off my bra because I have been home for … oh, 5 seconds).
4. The Kids Korner at the YMCA (even if they have succumbed to that awful forced visual alliteration and don’t know how to spell “corner”).
3. Whipping cream and hot chocolate. Which I would be happy to give up if caffeine-free Mountain Dew were available.
2. The Internet. Too bad computers (or computer-like gadgets) are necessary for the internet — talk about satanic in origin.
1. Guidebooks to Africa. Or France. Or South America. There are six kinds of people in the world. Those who don’t want to travel, those who think they are too cool to want to travel, those who think travel is a waste of time and money, those who want to travel someday, those who want to travel but get almost as much of a thrill planning trips and reading guidebooks, and those who think travel means going to Hawaii. Me, I have to know that there are places I could go. Places I might see, any day now.
Hope you want to tell us what 10 things you can’t do with out. No editorializing necessary, but you know I can’t help it. Sorry. See the MMSM link above if you have any questions. Happy Not-Doing-Without-Things-ing!
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I will participate this week….here is my posting. It doesn’t really go with my blog theme about Liam, so I will just participate in comments. Here is my list in no particular order.
1. My family
2. Sleep
3. Diet Coke
4. Air Conditioning
5. My cell phone
6. Costco
7. Flip Flops
8. Sleep (again…very important)
9. Internet
10. Church
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Hey you have 10 twice(which I got) but no 5, are you trying to confuse me LOL. You know its really easy LOL.
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thanks, Cassie. i guess that’s what comes from trying to do something fancy, like count backwards from ten, under the influence of sleep-deprivation!
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Loraine Gholdston is my sister. I saw her name and I thought “wow! Whoever that is has the same name as my sister!” She just got married and had a name change so it took me a minute, LOL.
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LOL funny. I’m still getting used to my new name, too.
I’m going to attempt to put fancy pictures in my blog, too. I’m not the most computer savvy, with my dial- up connection and a desk so cluttered that I can barely see the monitor (cleaning it is on the list of things to do today), but I’ll give it my best shot.
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That slide show of yours is AMAZING! And of course I’m a big fan of the minivan, so I’m glad that’s on your list of things you CANNOT give up!
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Danielle–sleep, sleep, sleep. couldn’t agree more!!
Loraine–welcome to MMSM. loved your items; have to agree on the moisturizer, etc. so, what’s the Obnoxious Little Brat a reference to? are you the youngest? I assume geekwrench is your brother? a little confused on the family relationships (and now that i know you all through your blogs, i gotta figure it out
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My Minivan is Faster than Yours — you are hilarious! LOVE reading your blog.
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Shannon- no, I’m the youngest, Loraine is the middle child. Her title refers to her way of going on with the way she’s likes to do things and the things she believes whether anyone is pleased with it or not.
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boy, I should have figured that out. I remember vaguely wondering why you were wearing a vest in the middle of a UT winter.
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