Today, I’m thankful for this:
It’s a built-in radio and CD player, mounted under the kitchen cabinet.
At first glance, this doesn’t look like much. But, it’s MUCH.
This little gadget (appliance? gadget? what is this? Okay, radio.) is something I would never spend money on. I would never splurge and spend $100 to actually put something like this in my kitchen, despite the fact that I’ve admired these little things for years, and I could very well see myself using it.
And guess what?
The new house already has one!
Now, I can listen to The Diane Rehm Show! She’s on KERA, 90.1, just in case you haven’t heard of her (and you definitely should listen, I think!).
It’s been years since I was able to regularly listen to the Diane Rehm Show, and that makes me sad. About 5 years to be exact. Ever since my twins were born.
I’m the type of mom that just prefers conversation in the car over music. When I’m alone, it’s my time to talk on the phone and catch up with friends. When I’m with my kids, I talk to them. They are such a fun age to talk to, but before they could really even carry on a conversation with me, I talked to them, and they babbled back, cooed back, and talked in broken sentences back. They became good conversationalists. When Lily and Ayla would say things like, “Actually, I don’t want milk, I want orange juice,” and they were just 3 years old, I knew that was because I taught them to talk like that – just by talking with them! So easy, learning is.
“I prefer the purple PJs instead of the pink ones.”
“Actually, it was Sarah who said it.”
“What Daddy said was so interesting!”
“The monarch butterfly is amazing! (Thank you, Wild Kratts.)”
“You know what’s so fascinating, Mom?”
Diane Rehm is a conversationlist, but she talks AT you instead of WITH you, and to my daughters, her topics would be boring (“Addressing the Prescription Drug Shortages,” “Military and Veteran Suicide Rates,” “Declining US Bat Population” – you see my point…). But to me…
Diane Rehm ROCKS! And this morning, I got to listen to an entire HOUR of Diane while I piddled around my new kitchen.
Piddled.
That sounds like I peed. I probably did that, too. But not in the kitchen.
In the kitchen, I listened to Diane Rehm.
Today, I am thankful for the built-in radio and Diane Rehm.
Signed,
Your Thankful Shrink
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