@rosered55 We has an icebox at our cabin when I was a kid. I always had to ride the last 20 miles out of town to it with the ice block under my feet.
I love a lot of things in my kitchen because good cooking means plenty of time with good friends at your side.
ThermoPop thermometer. It turns itself off so you do not find a kitchen thermometer with a dead battery the next time you need one.
Thermoworks TimeStickTrio. Three timers. It comes with a lanyard and a magnet. It counts up, down, and past your target. Think of the times you missed the timer’s beep. . 15s? 3m? 30m?
I don’t work for Thermoworks but I also love the IR thermometer. Perfect pancakes. College students love pancakes.
I hate my GE refrigerator, but you can program any hot water temperature for delivery. Perfect for bread making and fussy tea drinkers.
The kitchen scale. It really improves baking.
My Dyson vacuum. I was shocked how dirty my house was before you joined our life.
My secret friend: The backup superpower sump pump. I’m pretty sure I will come home from vacation in the future and give you a big kiss.
I’m not sure I can think of 10, but for stuff (not counting people or pets):
- I love my espresso machine (Made by Miele). Stick a tube in the little milk thermos thing and it grinds the beans, froths the milk, and puts it into my insulated travel mug for me.
- Said mug is stainless steel and dates back to at least 1998. I have not been able to find another that will fit under the espresso machine output thing and holds enough (14 or so ounces), and has a lid that doesn’t leak. This isn’t quite the right size for the new car, but works OK.
- The watch my ex husband gave me after I had our second child. It’s very plain and made by Omega. I’ve worn it almost every day for 22 years.
- My “new” Volvo XC60 (really it’s almost a year old). I’m not a “car person” and this was kind of an “emotional/not well researched purchase.” But even my husband, who is definitely not a car person, likes driving it.
- My engagement ring. I gave my husband enough “specs” so he couldn’t get it wrong, but didn’t tell him exactly what to do. He and the jeweler did a great job designing a ring I love.
- MY IPAD (both of them have been great). Originally I asked for a Kindle, but my husband got me an IPAD. We both use them, probably for hours, every day.
- My “expensive” espresso beans. They are not really that expensive. I use Lavazza, or get them from a place near where we live or from various places when traveling. I have to have non-oily beans for my espresso machine.
- Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio from Oregon and/or Sav Blanc, mostly from New Zealand. We drinkmore of this stuff than I should admit.
- National parks (do they count as a thing?) I’ve decided we need to do more active vacations before we slow down even more, and we’ve had some great trips to National Parks.
Ok… I have a spare to use later
I love all my “stuff”. I’m what we learned about in business school marketing classes- the “heavy half.”
- My Garmin GPS Fenix 5S running watch. Don't try taking that away from me!
- iPad and iPhone- I'm addicted. I admit it.
- My dogs and cats.
- My Rothys flats (another addiction)- wear them almost every day to work.
- My LG washer (front loader) and dryer. 6 years old and we've been completed pleased with them.
- My Oiselle running clothes- you can tell women run this company. Everything is spot on. Latest obsession is the hats.
- My truck. Never thought I would say this and never thought I would drive a big truck, and it came to me sort of by accident, but it's been great.
- All my running shoes- I like choices...
- Puff jackets. Light and warm.
- My FitBit- seems like its my best friend
Great collection of lists. Mine:
- Video cameras. I've had from tape, to mini-DV to solid state. Video cams and POVs (GoPro). I have video of our kids first steps, then snorkeling with whale sharks, then walking a college campus. Priceless.
- Along with #1 a home DLNA server. Want to watch a family vacation from 1998 in any room? Go ahead.
- Dive computer. Don't know how I survived (literally) before these came along.
- Vitamix. Gotta have the boat motor.
- Anova Sous Vide. Use much more than I thought I would.
- Jura J6. Great coffee all the time, just a button away.
- Skype/FaceTime. Made business trips away from home easier. Now good to see son's face while at school.
- iPhone. Yep.
- Home video streaming. Videos or music on demand - great.
- Online shopping/Amazon - Was a skeptic now a fan boy. Need some great dry aged steaks? Debragga is just a click away.
Aside from the obvious temporal things – wife, family, pets – I love:
- The Wisconsin Badgers
- The Green Bay Packers
- A good traditional Bolognese sauce, the kind that takes at least five hours to make. This is a proxy for my favorite foods.
- My church youth group. They're good kids, despite the fact I often feel like we are on a prairie, they are cats, and I am tasked with herding them.
- Performing and listening to music
- Hiking in Colorado and snorkeling in the Caribbean (tie -- outdoor activity)
- Culebra and Italy (proxies for travel)
- Planning and analysis. I love planning trips, doing college analysis and rankings and comparisons, etc.
- That moment when I first gaze upon the lawn, still hot/dirty/sweaty, after I have finished mowing it.
- Giving gifts
And you made this list AFTER today’s game, @prezbucky. Good for you!
Oh yeah, we love our Roomba robotic vacuums! It has made a world of improvement for our allergies.
I have to add my treadmill and our big screen TV.
Oh yeah, I also love my water rower.
My sewing machine
Books
CDs to play in my car (dread the day I’ll have to use some kind of iPod thing to play music)
Ugg slippers (not the boots, only the slippers)
My gas fire (the cats love this too)
@wellspring. I’m Curious as to what a CD player does that an electronic device woukd not be able to?
Okay. I am pretty familiar with everything I own, having downsized a few years ago, moved again back in Dec to a new apartment, and emptying my storage unit about a month ago. So here goes:
- Library table. It serves as our dining room table. It is solid cherry, with a couple drawers on the side. It doesn't have leaves, only seats six, but I love how solid it is and the color of the wood. It is the last piece of furniture I will give up that I own.
- Pottery bowls. I have a nice collection of pottery bowls I've picked up at galleries over the years in all sizes and colors. I am a sucker for nice pottery bowl.
- Nordic ski poles. Yes, specifically the poles. I have some lightweight carbon fiber poles with a pretty blue & yellow wrapping on them. Every time I pick them up, I'm amazed at how lightweight yet strong they are. And when I pick them up, I'm generally heading out the door to do my favorite thing -- cross country ski.
- Owl glass fusion 6x6 piece that I made. It is a snowy owl on a dark green background with a border that looks kind of like wood. It is woodsy and a little bit fierce. I've got it in a keychain holder frame, and it is VERY well attached to the wall of my apartment (since we are at risk of earthquakes -- I decided I'd rather pay something from my security deposit when I left than risk it breaking).
- D2's stuffed owl collection. There are about 25 of them now. All have names, personalities, and we had a ton of fun playing with them when she was growing up. We still "play owls" a bit when she visits, or talk about them when we text.
- Levis and Gap hoodies. My favorite clothes. I have a couple different color of the hoodies, and would wear them daily if I could get away with it. (Maybe I should take a job at Facebook...)
- Subaru Crosstrek. I LOVE my little silver SUV. We go on adventures together.
- Library card. Yet another source of adventures. :) Couldn't live without it.
- Milk Frothing Wand. Use it every day to make a fancy morning coffee drink for 1/5 the price of Starbucks.
- My wallet. It has an elephant on it.
My house, which is ridiculously too large for one person. However, it has a pool, 11 bookcases, a newish kitchen, large TV, a garden, etc. Space for everything.
Books and my local library
My mixer and good pans. great fridge and d/w. Old but reliable washer and dryer. A/c that works. Hurricane glass and doors.
Lovely friends & family. I want my labradoodle, but I still work full time and can’t train a puppy. Poodles never come up on the shelter websites.
It’s all just “stuff” and even the stuff I love I could get rid of tomorrow, for example.
- My 1968 Corvette. Bought it in 1999 (was that a midlife crisis?) and had tons of fun driving it, showing it, and working on it. The body style is truly beautiful. I enjoyed just looking at it. But if you love something, let it go. I sold it last year, mainly because maintenance became to difficult for me (as I got older) and I needed a car for transportation.
- We have a Steinway M (medium size grand) that we bought and had the exterior refinished 35 years ago. It is now 100 years old, and looks almost new. It even sounds good. Too bad I don't really play the piano. I could sell it tomorrow, but meanwhile it is a pleasure to look at and hear.
- I have a Martin D-18, (made around 1988, the low point in value) even tho I don't really play the guitar. It actually makes me want to buy an even more expensive guitar because they are beautiful instruments and sound good.
- I love the feature of my credit cards that send me a text every time a transaction is recorded. At a restaurant I typically get the text before the waiter brings me the bill for signing.
That’s it. Everything else could disappear tomorrow (not talking about sentimental “stuff” like pictures or keepsakes. My wife loves our 2009 Honda CR-V. We have test driven new cars and find them too dependent on technology; Too many things that can break. I like the car, appreciate 126k trouble free miles, still on it’s original brakes, but can’t include it in a list of things I “love”. If it was totaled tomorrow my wife would be bereft. I would just shrug and go car shopping.
I’m going to add one more:
My hair. I still have it!
ONE more after a really late night call from D16 wanting 50 pix off the SD card from the “good camera” – so Drop Box to the rescue!! I LOVE that application. It is so helpful for sharing things online.
I’ll give it a shot.
- My Swiss watch. My then girlfriend bought it and had it engraved as an engagement present when she was in Switzerland. We got engaged four months later. I guess she "knew."
- S1's first homerun baseball, signed by him. I told him when he was about four and showing some athletic promise that all I wanted in exchange for all the pitching I did to him was that ball. He hit it during 10 year-old all-stars.
- My Sage SP 5 weight fly rod. It's been my #1 since I got it in 1994 and has caught a lot of fish, even a 25 lb Chinook salmon and a 21 lb Bull trout.
- My 1989 Cannondale SR2000 racing bicycle with Shimano Dura-Ace components. We were in a lot of races together. It is actually on its third frame after wadding up the others in crashes. I was out on it for about 2 hours yesterday. It must be getting old because it only goes about 2/3 the speed from when I first got it.
- Socks from my D. She gave me a pair of socks with her footprints in paint on the top. It was a Father's Day gift when she was 4. I keep them displayed in my sock drawer to see every time I open it.
- The picture of my wife in her wedding dress I keep on my dresser.
- My picture box. I keep a shoebox with selected pictures of friends and family on the shelf of my night table to look at every once in a while. It's easier than pulling up the computer or digging out the albums.
- My mother's spaghetti sauce recipe. My wife is not Italian at all and sauce for her came from a jar, or she used her mother's recipe that was like eating stewed tomatoes over pasta. I got my mom to write down how she made hers.
- Picture of the family from 2011. S2 is still kind of little but it was a happy time and a great picture. We had a canvas print made of it and had it framed.
- Our backyard. It was one of our "gotta haves" when looking at houses. We have Douglas firs and Western Red cedars, plums, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, champagne grapes, two garden boxes and an herb garden, plus our little chicken house. It was big enough for volleyball, kicking soccer balls, pitching practice, lacrosse, etc.
The dog would be on W’s list, not mine.
Fun lists! Outside of the important things (Husband, three daughters, house and jobs), this is the “stuff” that I love, in no particular order:
1 - Birkenstocks - I have two pair that I wear almost daily, and if not for the cold weather in the winter, I would wear them year round.
2 - Jeep - I love my Jeep, even though getting in and out of it has caused me to have a pesky hip and knee issue, I do not want to give it up for anything.
3 - Sound Machine - Since my oldest was born over 21 years ago, I have grown accustomed to sleeping with one every night and have a hard time sleeping without it.
4 - Cozy Brown Blanket - It sits on my spot on the couch (I am the “Sheldon” in the family) and I have had it for years. I have had it for years and I use it to keep warm, because summer, or winter, I keep our house pretty chilly.
5 - Teddy Bear - My husband bought me this bear on our first date and I sleep with this bear every night.
6 - DVR - I almost never watch anything on TV live, and hate commercials, so love my DVR
7 - Netflix - Honestly do not know what people did before Netflix
8 - College Basketball - Pretty much speaks for itself
I will have to add more when I think of them
My #11 is my multi-pocket nylon vest. I toss it on every time I take the dogs outside. Its pockets hold kibble, treats, leashes, potty bags, my keys and phone. No need to grab everything separately on our way out the door.
- Really good waterproof insulated boots that slip on and off. So warm and comfortable, and again easy out the door.
@Magnetron LOL your aging Cannondale!