The Top Ten . . . Products I wouldn’t want to live without

A Few of my Favorite Things

by Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CTP, CMC, ACT, MCC, SCAC

Anybody who’s spent much time with very many ADDers knows how attached some of us can get to our stuff. Regardless of how you might feel about that particular quirk of personality, ya’ gotta’ admit, those of us who are stuff-obsessed know our products!

To quote an ADD stuff-opedia I know,
“Honey, Heloise ain’t got nothin’ on me!”  

While I may not give my friend much of a run for her money, check out some of my stuff suggestions (and leave me yours!)

Ten of my Favs (and an 11th in the comment section!)

1.  Lotion-impregnated tissues (yeah, I call ’em Kleenex™ too, but they’d prefer we’d
be respectful of their trademark in print) – the lotion kind really are MUCH kinder to the nose!

2.  Stickies in several sizes, lined and unlined (you probably know them as Post-Its™
— see above)

3.  My battery-operated Casio watch — my set-in-nanoseconds nudge on a strap for
about 30 years now.  It’s the only watch I’ve ever found with a count-down alarm I can set quickly and easily – even in the dark (believe me, I’ve LOOKED, cause for YEARs the only version they made was a homely little thing).

They don’t last forever, but they’re cheap enough to keep buying every few years (around $20!)

And you can now get them in gold and silver as well as the original version with the black plastic strap (which they still make, by the way, and is the very cheapest).

I get mine on Amazon – two at a pop, because I never want to be without a backup.

4.  Thumb-drives-on-a-cord you can wear like a necklace (USB mini-storage – so many uses, so little time!)

5.  HUGE jingle bells I can attach to things I need to keep track of (most notably, keys!)

6.  Coffee Shrine stuff: Melita system, #6 filters, thermal carafe & Bustello.  I’m currently looking for a new grocery store because my local Krogers stopped stocking the big filters.  (I mean, what’s the point of making a teensy pot of coffee!)

7.  My Eat-Easy favs: microwave, toaster oven, several sizes of crockpots (and those way-cool throw-away Liners so you don’t have to scrub the crock)

8.  Black Leggings – one of the few things in life that are actually fast, cheap and good!

Throw ’em on with a pair of boots and a season-specific top and you’re out the door in a
flash!  I buy ’em in case lots, it seems, and keep them practically forever.  I sleep in ’em,
exercise in ’em, paint in ’em, walk the dog in ’em.
(Too bad they went out of style for men at the end of the Elizabethan Age — sorry guys)

9.  Scrubbing Bubbles™ – Supposedly a bathroom cleaner, I use it EVERYWHERE.
Leave your stove a mess?  Spray it on, wait ’til the foam turns runny, and wipe the stove
clean with a paper towel (or a Sham Wow — another fav that’s kinder to trees). And baby,
you are DONE!

And I’m not kidding about “wipe”  — the Bubbles do the scrubbing — just like they
say in the commercials.

Ditto kitchen floor, btw. The list of what I DON’T use it on would be shorter!  The best!  

UPDATE 11/2012  – they may lose their spot on my Top Ten List with the new all-in-one cap design.  Still a GREAT product, but not nearly as handy since they changed to the new design. 

I have NEVER run into a two-fisted push button before! Did anybody test that thing with WET hands (and when are they not wet when you’re cleaning?) Come-on!  Do you really think we don plastic gloves to wipe up every little spill?

SERIOUSLY – did they have ANY women on the design test team?  Did any of them try to push that button with one finger of one WET hand while they wiped with a sponge held in the other?  (If so, I would be afraid to get anywhere near the hands of those particular women!)

10.  My Garmin nüvi GPS!!!!  Need I say more?  [Thanks to Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo
of You Mean I’m NOT Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy fame – my best Christmas present EVER!]

I no longer live lost.  Who knows how many years of useful hours have been added to my life.

#11-and-beyond?

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