My Top Ten Inventions

I was preparing Sunday dinner this morning in my modern kitchen and started thinking of all the technology I embrace on a daily basis. It's strange to think my children have no concept of life without a cell phone, much as I couldn't imagine my grandparents living without electricity. Here are my favorite top ten inventions widely released during my lifetime:

1) Infertility Treatments: Tom and I would be childless without medical intervention and the world would be less rich without Carly, Bryce, Grayson and Elijah.







2) Coronary Bypass Surgery: OK, this was officially invented in 1960 but became widely practiced (and safer) only after I was born. Ten years ago my mother had quintuple bypass surgery and I can't imagine life without her.






3) Microwave Oven: I use it every day and remember when my family finally got one around my senior year in high school.



4) Personal Computer/Internet: my favorite uses are shopping (esp Christmas), researching (always looking for the best bargain or highest rated), email, transferring information, blogs (in moderation). Our family was surprisingly one of the first to have a PC, the beloved TRS 80.




5) Cell Phone: Tom had our first, a business car phone. It wasn't mobile. Know the difference?





6) Remote Control: Remember when you used to watch commercials?






7) Bulk Shopping: Costco, Sam's Club, Super Target, Ross, TJMaxx, Marshalls . . .






8) Digital Camera: We have very few pictures of our early years together. Sad, but true. We also still use our first and only digital camera. Again, sad but true.





9) VCR: Again, my family was slow to hop aboard; I think we had one in the home my sophomore year of high school.




10) Food storage: Not the two-year-supply type. I'm talking Ziplock bags and Glade Press n Seal. Press and Seal has changed my life.

Didn't make the cut: the Ipod (I listen to Tom's but still haven't opened the one he gave me for mother's day. If we had a car which utilized the ipod I'd be all over it. As Grayson's mom I have to keep ears open at all times); tooth whitening (I've only used one box of Crest Whitestrips, years ago. Is that too much information?)

Additions, anyone??