Basic items I am grateful someone invented:
Written by hootenannie on August 26th, 2008Fingernail clippers
Coat hangers
Antihistamines
Scissors
Vaseline
Colanders
Tweezers
Calculators
Floss
Ice cube trays
Band-Aids
Kleenex
Cups
Fingernail clippers
Coat hangers
Antihistamines
Scissors
Vaseline
Colanders
Tweezers
Calculators
Floss
Ice cube trays
Band-Aids
Kleenex
Cups
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Vaseline!! Oo me too. Amen to the p.j.
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I am grateful for all those things too! Well, except the vaseline. It’s a long story that involves Anika, a huge tub of vaseline and her entire room! I’ve wondered if I were ever to be picked for survivor what one item would I bring? Tweezers, there are so many uses! Kleenex, fingernail clippers? So many choices!
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I don’t know if someone INVENTED Vaseline. Isn’t that derived from a natural substance (i.e. petroleum)? I don’t know, I could be wrong.
I’m thankful for sunglasses and sunblock and concealer and Maybeline WonderLash Mascara (is that the one in the GIMONGO submarine-looking orange tube?).
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Praise the Lord for finger nail clippers.
And I’m also with Annie C on the giant orange tube of CoverGirl Lash Blast Mascara. I’m definitely buying you a glass of wine in gratitude for sharing that find with the rest of us. ;)
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post-it notes.
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I think the person who invented the calculator might be offended that you called it a “basic item”. :)
Oh, and you’ve been tagged. :)
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toilet paper
candles
wash clothes (can’t believe you didn’t list this)
coffee
leave-in hair conditioner
food processor
pillow
wine (um hello, basic necessity!)
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Matches and Beer!!
Not that two go together. Just imagine trying to light a cangle with a flint and steel, or rubbing two sticks together.
And beer… that just speaks for itself.
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breathable and wicking fabrics that allow one to hike for hours and never to get hypothermic. . .
cruise control. . .
Pilot Razor Point II black pens. . .
continuous trifocals without lines. . . (I’m ashamed to say)
streaming video feeds so I can watch Annie at the French Quarter while 9 hours away. . . man, I think that’s my favorite thing ever. . .
digital photography. . .
the i-pod, for heavens’ sake. . .
the manual ice cream maker churn. . .
Annie.
Love, Dad
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I literally just came from the dentist… and I don’t know how anyone could be grateful for floss. Haha
My favorite so far from the comments is post-it notes. I once had a friend who used so many post-it notes, that one of his post-it notes said, “get more post-it notes.”
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hey there! i found your blog through my friend, julie. we went to church together back in the day!
my fiance and i will be moving to lakewood, colorado. it’s pretty much denver i think. well thanks for commenting!
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Me too!!! I would throw mojito’s in there as well.
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eye drops.
macbooks.
air conditioning.
greebs.
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i am rebecca.
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Becca:
I AM a woman.
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It makes me very happy that you called it a “colander” and not a “strainer.” I would expect nothing less from the Queen of the Dictionary.
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Blogs.
Online banking.
No Pudge brownie mix.
Drive-throughs.
Spanx.
Lie-flat seats in World Business Class.
World Business Class.
Sleep Number beds.
NetFlix.