01 December 2009

"If you have a boy,



you'll have to get a toaster, you know, because boys love to eat toast," my dad said a day or two before Clover was born.  He was serious, too.  He was ready to run to Target to pick one out and up.  He's a concerned dad like that.  Good thing we had a girl.  Ryan and I have tried our hand at a variety of toasters through our years of marriage.  We really gave them a fair chance.  None of them performed like we thought the contraption ought to, though, then time passed, and we learned to get along without one.  So now, toast is a treat to us.  I'll get out the skillet (what, am I a pioneer?) drop a slab of butter on to hear that enticing sizzling sound and MAKE TOAST.  An entire package of whole wheat English muffins devoured in 23 minutes flat.  I'm not even a boy.  But, we have a square foot of extra counter space, which is a highly prized piece of real estate around this house of ours. 


What do you get along just fine without? 

13 comments:

  1. WE have a toaster in KOREA even!
    We get along fine without a dishwasher and a dryer (well, not fine, but we get along). But our pepper grinder broke and we are devastated! Plus we can't find one anywhere. We miss freshly ground pepper.

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  2. Where do I start? A dryer. A car.
    A dishwasher. Allred's peaches. Julie and Julia. Counter space. A kraft room. A good view out my window. And corn tortillas. Of course that last one was kindly taken care of by our latest visitors.

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  3. In our first Alexandria apartment we didn't have a microwave so we managed just fine without one for 14 months.

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  4. I roasted 6 Turkeys without a Roasting pan and rack. That all came to an end this year though!!

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  5. A mop. It's all on my hands and knees. I refuse to spend money on a mop that I don't really want.

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  6. A rolling pin. But, I think that is going to change--I want to make some yummy pie crusts this holiday.

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  7. TV.

    We had to cancel our service after my husband lost his job while I am unemployed as well.

    I have plenty of ways to entertain myself.

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  8. We don't have a dishwasher in our apartment. I should wash the dishes more often instead of letting them sit, but we don't have many dishes anyway.
    I had to laugh about the whole toast thing. I LOVED toast when I was little and still do. I had it about 5 times a day. I remember camping in yellowstone one year and crying all day long. When my mom asked me what was wrong, I told her we forgot the toaster. :) We now have a 4 slot toaster and I love it!

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  9. That's the truth, my boys love their toast! I agree with Christy, I will never spend money on a mop, you don't miss anything when your on your hands and knees!

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  10. we havent had a toaster for about 4 years now, it has really put me off toast, for we use the grill built into our oven, and i always always blacken one side and undercook the other, yours looks good!

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  11. Cable T.V. T.V in general, really. We only use ours for movie watching and music listening.

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  12. Toaster - we do have a toaster oven though.
    Microwave
    Dishwasher - we have one, but it works better as a drying rack.
    Mop
    Video games for the kids - books and a little time outside work just fine.

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  13. Well...I have 4 kids and I've never owned a high chair. I nurse my babies until about a year. When they start to eat solid food they usually can sit up just fine so we just put them in a booster seat with a tray on it. It's nice because it folds up so I can store it in the pantry. A high chair would take up to much space.

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