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SuziC 11-14-2010 05:12 AM

Other than your sewing machines and accessories, what is your favorite thing that you would have a hard time living without? My is my Laptop. Hubby got this one for me for my birthday this year after many nights of waiting to use our home computer. It is so much easier now that we each can go online at the same time without waiting for the other one to finish. What is your favorite thing?

sewcrafty 11-14-2010 05:22 AM

My car, most definitely. I don't care if I have to go anywhere, just make sure I have a vehicle for use. LOL Don't like that stuck feeling! :lol:

dakotamaid 11-14-2010 05:24 AM

Boy, that is a hard one. I don't like being without a car either but I would miss my computer alot!!

erstan947 11-14-2010 05:29 AM

I love where I live. I love my little house that is 60 miles for the nearest mall. 40 miles to the nearest WalMart, and 25 miles to the nearest grocery store. After growing up in San Francisco area this is so quiet and peacful! :)

KimmieH 11-14-2010 05:34 AM

chocolate ;)

pojo 11-14-2010 05:37 AM

I love my little home, My little Buster dog, husband, computer and this quilting board and the people here.

magpie 11-14-2010 05:37 AM

Definitely my car,I don't like to depend on other people and few are available in this working world.

DebbyT 11-14-2010 05:40 AM

Electricity-to power all the gagets we connect to.

sueisallaboutquilts 11-14-2010 05:47 AM

Geezzz do we have to pick one???
I can't be w/o my laptop, car, or electricity!!! lol

happymrs 11-14-2010 06:01 AM

The quiet.....lol!...

When we moved here from a busy street corner in CA, 13+ yrs ago, we bought a house in the wooded countryside, & trust me, it's very quiet out here. Sure, we have a little noise, & neighbors, with some woods between us all, but nothing like living in town was! Took some time getting use to, but now, I love the quiet!....

Pam B 11-14-2010 06:14 AM

My cellphone. I have internet capability on it so I can check on this board and other places during my state required duty-free lunch at school. We are not allowed to use our classroom computers for such frivolity. In fact, most sites are blocked to us, anyway. I have a whole whopping 30 minutes to eat lunch, visit the ladies room and relax. And, after a morning of 22 kdg kids tugging at my clothes and coughing in my face from 7:30-11:50...I think I deserve a few minutes of relaxation! Mind you...I am not complaining about my job...I just wonder about the admin/powers that be that are so worried that we will surf the 'net during class time. I don't have a spare moment!!!!!!

Jan in VA 11-14-2010 06:17 AM

Not in the global sense, but personally, I cherish my freedom -- freedom to sleep when I want to, eat when I want to, go out, stay home, clean, or not!, sew, read, nap, play with the barn cats, wash the dishes when I'm ready, empty the dryer when I feel like it, to never "have" to make the bed, to just sit and watch the sunset even though dinner is waiting, to plan any project I feel like and carry it to completion without disrupting someone else's schedule.

I cherish my single status and the freedom it gives me to be complete in and of myself, and rarely lonely. :)

Jan in VA

grammiepamie 11-14-2010 06:34 AM

My husband,and Chewie my pom. Everything else I own I consider perks.

Riversong 11-14-2010 06:38 AM

GOD!!! Cause He is the one who sees to all my provisions.So much to be thankful for!

quilter on the eastern edge 11-14-2010 07:07 AM

Books - they are a huge part of my life.

CoriAmD 11-14-2010 07:09 AM


Originally Posted by sewcrafty
My car, most definitely. I don't care if I have to go anywhere, just make sure I have a vehicle for use. LOL Don't like that stuck feeling! :lol:

ditto that

cjomomma 11-14-2010 07:10 AM

I'm raising my hand to nearly everything you all listed. God, family, vehicles, love, iPod, home and I have to add quiet time for me.

RkayD 11-14-2010 07:16 AM

Everything listed...and my camera. If I can't get to sewing I grab my camera and go outside. There are so many things that we pass by each day and not even notice. I get some of the most amazing pictures just right outside my door. =)

grammiepamie 11-14-2010 07:58 AM


Originally Posted by RkayD
Everything listed...and my camera. If I can't get to sewing I grab my camera and go outside. There are so many things that we pass by each day and not even notice. I get some of the most amazing pictures just right outside my door. =)

I will just bet you are a fantastic photographer and have some outstanding pictures. Would love to see some of them. People who love to take pictures see many things the average person doesn't. :thumbup:

Stitchnripper 11-14-2010 08:01 AM

As far as devices, has to be iPhone and car.

RkayD 11-14-2010 09:01 AM


Originally Posted by grammiepamie

Originally Posted by RkayD
Everything listed...and my camera. If I can't get to sewing I grab my camera and go outside. There are so many things that we pass by each day and not even notice. I get some of the most amazing pictures just right outside my door. =)

I will just bet you are a fantastic photographer and have some outstanding pictures. Would love to see some of them. People who love to take pictures see many things the average person doesn't. :thumbup:


I've won a few awards and had some published. Nothing fancy just fun for me. I get amazed sometimes at what I find. =) And I love to pick up my camera and it fits in my hand so perfectly....thats love. =)

RkayD 11-14-2010 09:23 AM


Originally Posted by grammiepamie

Originally Posted by RkayD
Everything listed...and my camera. If I can't get to sewing I grab my camera and go outside. There are so many things that we pass by each day and not even notice. I get some of the most amazing pictures just right outside my door. =)

I will just bet you are a fantastic photographer and have some outstanding pictures. Would love to see some of them. People who love to take pictures see many things the average person doesn't. :thumbup:

I posted a few of my favorites over in the Personal Diaries section if you would like to look... =)

maryb119 11-14-2010 09:26 AM

I have three I couldn't be without...my car, my cell phone and my computer.

Ramona Byrd 11-14-2010 10:38 AM


Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Boy, that is a hard one. I don't like being without a car either but I would miss my computer alot!!

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I agree totally. I love the freedom to come and go when and where I wish, but I sure do love my computer. I even still have my first mid 80s one, another Macintosh of course. It still works!!
It has ten thousand lovely colors of black, white and gray.

Car and Computer, that lovely pair.

pookie ookie 11-14-2010 10:55 AM

Phone. Deployment without cell phone would be... can't even consider it. I know my gran had to wait for telegrams that would say, "Call 2pm 15th stop" or records recorded on ship (2 per war) but I am not Gran. I would become a champion cage fighter in order to keep my phone. So, don't take it away.

katiebear1 11-14-2010 01:29 PM


Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Boy, that is a hard one. I don't like being without a car either but I would miss my computer alot!!

Same here!

qltnmom 11-14-2010 01:31 PM

How about indoor plumbing?

annyroony2 11-14-2010 01:52 PM

Ditto to some things already said. I want my car here even if I am not going anywhere. And I agree with Jan in VA regarding freedom.

SuziC 11-14-2010 04:58 PM


Originally Posted by erstan947
I love where I live. I love my little house that is 60 miles for the nearest mall. 40 miles to the nearest WalMart, and 25 miles to the nearest grocery store. After growing up in San Francisco area this is so quiet and peacful! :)

Sounds like a great place to be creative!!

SuziC 11-14-2010 04:59 PM


Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Not in the global sense, but personally, I cherish my freedom -- freedom to sleep when I want to, eat when I want to, go out, stay home, clean, or not!, sew, read, nap, play with the barn cats, wash the dishes when I'm ready, empty the dryer when I feel like it, to never "have" to make the bed, to just sit and watch the sunset even though dinner is waiting, to plan any project I feel like and carry it to completion without disrupting someone else's schedule.

I cherish my single status and the freedom it gives me to be complete in and of myself, and rarely lonely. :)
GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!
Jan in VA


peabee 11-15-2010 04:10 AM


Originally Posted by cjomomma
I'm raising my hand to nearly everything you all listed. God, family, vehicles, love, iPod, home and I have to add quiet time for me.

same here. God first.

finch 11-15-2010 04:27 AM

My car and my computer.

ann clare 11-15-2010 06:24 AM

My laptop as without it I would not be able to keep in touch with my quilting friends.

Connie Merritt 11-15-2010 06:47 AM

My favorite thing is a Christmas Card that my grandson Jesse gave me when he was 7 years old which he purchased by himself in Walmart while I waited in the coffee area. Also one other item is the antique cross my late husband gave me on Christmas many years ago which I never took off. Thanks for asking.

reginalovesfabric 11-15-2010 09:09 AM

God and my family, I hate a cell phone I own one just for traveling purposes never turn it on except when I'm going up the east coast

lynnie 11-15-2010 11:15 AM

my new kitty Zoey, my husband and son, books, and chocolate, and flowers and good friends

mollymct 11-15-2010 11:41 AM

Strictly talking about "things"--my laptop and car are a toss-up. I really need my car, so I guess that should be first, but purely for entertainment-the laptop!

sheila bee 11-15-2010 01:48 PM


Originally Posted by KimmieH
chocolate ;)

yummie !!!!!!

marmalade 11-15-2010 03:26 PM

Definitely books. I am addicted to reading.

LogCabinLady 11-15-2010 04:23 PM

I too love books, but especially my scriptures.


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