I had extra kids here for supper tonight, so I pulled out 2 electric skillets and made enough pancakes and sausage to feed a gaggle of 7-11 year olds. When we finished supper, my kiddos cleared the table and put all the sticky plates and silverware in the dishwasher. Loading or switching out the laundry is the first and last thing I do almost every day. We have a great little Keurig coffee machine that makes just one cup for the only adult in the house that drinks that stuff…Benny. I’m an “eggs and toast for breakfast” kind of gal.
Washer. Dryer. Dishwasher. Coffee Machine. Toaster. Electric Skillets. These are luxuries, not necessities, but they’re all servants (that do most of the work for me) that I am SO grateful to own. I have lived without every single one of these conveniences before, which reinforces the knowledge of just how spoiled I am. With the press of a button, most of these handy gadgets run themselves, leaving me time to spend with my precious family, enjoy my hobbies, or tackle the DIY jobs like scrubbing toilets. I’m hoping some mom somewhere invents a machine to do that one for me too.
Being an “indoorsy” girl, I am also appreciative of the great jobs my refrigerator and freezer do preserving our food, and the stove/oven that make it easier for me to cook. I love our furnace which allows me to heat or cool our house to our desired temperature (64-68 degrees), and a shower head that I don’t have to hold to clean myself, but can if I want to. Then there’s the large TV that entertains us for almost free, and the DVD player that is a library movie’s best friend. We’ve come to the end, and I’ve saved the hardest working servant for last, my computer that syncs with my phone. It holds my notes, pictures, and the book I’m working on. It makes it possible for me to email and chat with friends that live all over the world. It holds our family calendar. It helped us design our website, and it’s providing a way to share these Gratituesday posts with all of you fine people. I could go on and on, but I’ll leave the rest up to your imagination.
Yes, today I’m thankful for my household servants and all of the modern technology that blesses my life!
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Madame, a coffee maker is quite definitely a necessity.
I agree that it’s awesome to have all these machines and mechanical slaves – especially the washer/dryer. It wasn’t too long ago I had to go down the street to do laundry, and not too long before that I couldn’t do laundry at all.
Now we have a short, squat, square of a washing machine, and I can wash just as much as I want. If I hadn’t gone without one for so long, I wonder if I’d appreciate this one so much?
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ahhahHAHA! When I first started reading I thought this was an article on chores for kids.
Love your grateful attitude!
(now I gotta go get my household servants out of bed so they can fix my breakfast. 😉
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So true. I enjoy my tools in my home too. The sure do help.
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