Deep thoughts<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Smart phones. Instant gratification on everything I am curious about–and I am curious a LOT.<\/p>\n
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Clouds.<\/p>\n
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Rain. Yes, I did express thanks for blue skies earlier.<\/p>\n
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Nacho Cheese Doritos.<\/p>\n
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Popsicles.<\/p>\n
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Asparagus.<\/p>\n
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Coffee. Oh my gosh, how did coffee not get thanks until this far down the list??<\/p>\n
Coffee. Coffee. Coffee.<\/p>\n
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Music, books, music, books. I can’t let them think I love coffee more.<\/p>\n
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Down comforters in the Winter.<\/p>\n
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Pie.<\/p>\n
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Water.<\/p>\n
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French fries.<\/p>\n
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Ceiling fans.<\/p>\n
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Wool. I can spin it into yarn and then knit and weave garments. You will want to be my friend in the event of an apocalypse.<\/p>\n
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Black eyeliner.<\/p>\n
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Indoor plumbing.<\/p>\n
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Cars.<\/p>\n
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Cute shoes.<\/p>\n
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Northern Italy.<\/p>\n
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Cheese.<\/p>\n
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Pasta.<\/p>\n
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OK let’s just say food<\/em> and call it good..but especially cheese and pasta. If you had cheese, pasta, coffee, beer and water you would not need a whole lot else. Especially if you knew someone who could knit you wool socks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Fall days where it is just cool enough that you know that you won’t be able to go without a jacket for much longer but you still can.<\/p>\n
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The brassiere.<\/p>\n
Air conditioned bedrooms<\/p>\n
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Keyboards\/computers. As a leftie, it is wonderful to go through the day without my left hand all smudged. If you write from left to right like we do in English, and hold the pen or pencil in your left hand, it smears through everything you write and leaves the outer edge of your hand all stained. This problem is no longer much of an issue now that we do so much of our writing at a keyboard.<\/p>\n
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Smiling and laughing.<\/p>\n
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Teeth.<\/p>\n
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Clarence and George.<\/p>\n
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Rhett and Scarlett.<\/p>\n
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Hitchcock.<\/p>\n
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The tongue.<\/p>\n
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Amazon.<\/p>\n
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Words.<\/p>\n
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Silence.<\/p>\n
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Hats.<\/p>\n
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Lists.<\/p>\n
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