Do I
spend my money on milk? Or books? Food? Or classes? Experiences? Or
items? Home improvement? Or self improvement? Of all the things that
come and go and agonizing over how to spend the finite some, I
wholeheartedly declare the following seven items as the best life
changing purchases!
1. Blendtech. The smoothies have improved my health! One just can't prepare and eat as many salads as you can drink!
2. Lego sets.
The hours of imagining, creating and cooperative playing have far
outweighed the broken vacuum (which found stray legos). Legos are
awesome toys that last for generations.
3.
Scanner. The huge boxes and files and cabinets of pictures that I
intended to scan someday, now are getting digitized. The picture goes
through the scanner and appears on my computer in about 2 seconds.
Awesome!
4.
Crockpot. If you fix dinner early in the day, then about the time you
get that feeling in the pit of your stomach that you should have started
dinner, you start smelling the most wonderful smells and you realize it's done!
5.
Books! Our favorites include: The Egermeier Bible, Narnia Series
(C.S. Lewis) and Just David (Eleanor Porter) come in at the top three.
Next come the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books, Snow Treasure, My Father's
Dragon, Phantom Tollbooth, Farmer Boy and Unlikely Heroes. Dozens follow. Who can
describe the magical hours we spent in adventure through fantasy, fiction and
history in the world of books.
6. Fan. Yes, I know there
are white noise machines. I haven't bought one yet, or it would be on
this list. I no longer am jarred awake at every sound that echoes
through a house with wood floors. It is the background noise so I can
sleep.
7.
Precious Moments Book. This blank book is where I list all the absolutely
darling, adorable, funny, poignant and hilarious things my children have
said over the years. "I can't find the vitamins in these carrots!"
And "Mom, you are my first hero and my second heroes are scientists and
construction workers!"
There they are. These are life changing because life would not be the same without them. Each improved my life or family life in some wonderful way. I'm grateful for life changing purchases!
