Hey, Oprah!! I happen to be having a "Favorite Things Day" here, but unlike

[morningglory]

you I am working for $7/hr and don't have a tv show, so I can only share with you all my thoughts about some of my favorite things.
1. the Lehman Catalog fly shooter. Fun for kids on a summer day. Less than $5, a spring loaded thing shoots at the wall. My grandson killed a fly on his first try. Broke the shooter on his second try. I broke mine the first time I tried to shoot it, but have the hang of it now.
2. Global warming in December: 80 degrees, swimming in the Gulf of Mexico two weeks before Christmas, trying like hell to NOT THINK about the god-awful hot-as-the-hinges-of-hell summer coming soon, where peppers will not grow, but wilt even if you water them every day.
3. Rabbit poop. Free fertilize, comes with a cutie to pet and give some green grass on the way to work every day. Grandchildren adore the bunny.
4. $20 Timex watch bought on sale after Christmas. Lasts several years or until you can't stand the sour smell due to wearing it to work/play outside in the god-awful hot-as-the-hinges-of-hell summers we have in the south. It will be real cool after inundation with the sea level change coming soon,but don't think about it. For years I bought a new band after the old one soured, then the battery would die. After battery replacement, the watch ends up lost due to incompetent watchband installation down at the K-Mart. In other words, when you are on the phone and you smell a sour smell and wonder what in the heck is rotten, just go buy a new $20 watch. They may be up to $39 now. I don't shop much. One alternative solution: When I was I.T. person at a correctional institution, and was outside walking between buildings with a 50-pound tool bag all the time, watchband rotting was a constant fear, because getting involved in a problem in a mechanical room, your car pooler could be mad up in the parking lot after work, if you don't know what time it is. I decided to buy two watches, keep one baking on the dash of my truck (very antiseptic--google solar cooking) and one on the arm.
5. Books from the library. Lotta great ones. There is free interlibrary loan.
Can you guys think of any favorite things?

[Mythsaje]

1. Rabbit poop is the BEST fertilizer... breaks down fast, very potent. n/t

[Bitwit1234]

2. If she promotes Obama from her TV show is that legal.

I mean I thought you were only allowed to contribute so much. And what's an hour of TV time and how many times can it be done...but then illegality hasn't stopped this campaign yet.

[morningglory]

3. If he is one of her favorite things, I guess... n/t

[Blue-Jay]

4. I've never been an Oprah fan, but I gotta ask...

What does any of that have to do with her?

[soothsayer]

6. Oprah has a 'fav things' show every year where she says what cool gifts she

is getting people or something, and EVERYONE in the audience gets 'em. This year one of them was a $3k refridge with a built in flat screen tv. And there were many more things! It's like winning the lottery when you get to be in the audience for that particular show.

[DangerDave921]

7. resentment

Sounds like some serious resentment at Oprah being super-rich and being able to afford all sorts of expensive things, while the OP'er has a tougher life. That's what I got out of it.

I don't bear rich people any ill will. They don't even concern me. I've got my middle-class life and it's fine with me.

[Ilsa]

5. Recycling fabric into Christmas presents.

My son needs pillowcases to send the troops for their class project. It may sound like I'm going really cheap, but these 100% cotton pillowcases are sewn from sheets that finally got holes in them after 500 washings. They are really soft, and I use them myself. Plus, I sew them. With love.