#56036 What do you take for granted?

Post by **bobtheenchantedone** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:11 pm

I take my mother and her mad sewing skills for granted. She made my prom dress for about $100, and another formal dress for under $50, both beautiful, unique, and perfectly fitted. She has made several Sunday dresses and skirts for me over the years. When the tech crew suddenly decided they hated the costume I was wearing for a scene where I was semi-prominent, my mother was able to make a beautiful period dress in about three days.

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:17 pm

My mother does not sew.

I take my car for granted. And having a cell phone. (I love me a cell phone.)

Post by **C is for** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:52 am

My own room. Two bedrooms, in fact, where I spread my stuff.

I tend to take for granted that I'm the oldest. That's a responsibility/privilege that I'd say most people don't have.

And other things that many people do have: two loving parents in a stable home with stable support, literacy,

...actually, that would be a really long list. I do take for granted my large and very happy extended family! Yay cousins.

TheAnswerIs42 · Post by **TheAnswerIs42** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:15 pm

Both my dad and my husband are really techie guys, and my husband especially can fix anything around the house. I can't fathom what my life would be like if I had to pay people to get things fixed around the house! I told Hubby once that if he died, I would just have to sell all of his home theater stuff because I barely know how to turn it on by myself.

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:25 pm

I take for granted that my wife and all of my in-laws (except for my mother-in-law) like to play Halo 3 on the XBox 360 several times a week and that we can do so even though we're spread out from Texas to Utah.

Also take for granted that I actually like my in-laws.

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:37 pm

Damasta wrote:I take for granted that my wife and all of my in-laws (except for my mother-in-law) like to play Halo 3 on the XBox 360 several times a week and that we can do so even though we're spread out from Texas to Utah.

Also take for granted that I actually like my in-laws.

Oh. My. Goodness. That's awesome. I hope my wife likes video games, especially Halo-ish ones. Mario is all well and good, but it's just not that hard. You know?

Wisteria · Post by **Wisteria** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:07 am

Literacy. I [i]so[/i] take it for granted that I can read, and read well, and that I have a litany of books available on any topic I care to peruse.
Also, potable water. Not just potable water, but potable water that is readily available (kind of like books, I guess. Hm). It's always an interesting sensation to come back to the States from a third world country and think, "oh, drinking fountains. Yeah, we have those here."
Also, I once made a formal in high school for about $20- pattern, fabric, thread, zipper. Fabric store sales on New Year's Day are amazing.