simple pleasure Saturdays 14 Apr 2007 08:00 am
Simple pleasure Saturdays
I’m going to start a new feature…highlighting one of my favorite simple pleasures every Saturday morning. The only criteria is that it has to cost less $20 and be something that contributues to my quality of life in large ways. Sometimes it will be a treat, sometimes a favorite tool, sometimes a necessary thing that is much appreciated. I’d love this to become a carnival of the simple things we enjoy, so if you blog about your own be sure to post a link in the comments section.
Simple pleasure: Â New windshield wipers.Â
Yes indeedy, right up there with new socks! It seems our wipers get worse and worse and every rain storm we vow to change them but when it’s dry again we forget. Around here, we have one driver who adjusts the wipers with the rain fall and one driver who will insist vision is fine without them and never use them. Unfortunately, the one who never uses them is the one who is generally in charge of car maintenance ;-). And so, at the point where one little rubber thread was flapping in the wind one day and we had about a two inch band of cleared windshield in a heavy spring rain while the rest ran in blurry rivulets, the little red hen took herself to Advanced Auto and saw they were running a special. It was a discounted price AND free installation. Herr Rooster was much pleased to have one thing crossed off his list without even trying (now there’s a simple pleasure if I ever heard one!) and the one who uses the wipers can see again. A good thing as we enter a weekend with a snow/rain mix in the forecast!
on 14 Apr 2007 at 9:17 am 1.Sandie said …
The simple pleasures sounds like a neat idea. I hope I can be more consistent with it than the Thursday Thirteens I enjoy reading so much.
on 14 Apr 2007 at 10:26 am 2.Beth said …
Sort of along this line….I applied Rainex to my windshield, and the water just beads away….this can prolong the wipers you’ve got. Also cheap.
on 14 Apr 2007 at 11:50 am 3.Sarah said …
This sounds like a fun carnival. Here are my two cents: http://methemama.blogspot.com/2007/04/simple-pleasures-saturday.html
on 14 Apr 2007 at 3:50 pm 4.dalimama said …
I swear I’ve replied to this post already…
I can totally relate to the simple pleasure you’ve posted here and have posted my own in my blog…
http://www.sentientmarrow.blogspot.com
on 14 Apr 2007 at 10:09 pm 5.Joel said …
Seconding Beth. Rain-X is cheap, easy to apply and actually enhances windshield wipers. Doesn’t help when part of them is flapping in the wind but I don’t drive without it. The biggest reason is it prevents sheeting even in the heaviest downpours.
on 16 Apr 2007 at 1:00 pm 6.Mimi said …
Really? I have some Rain-X in my cupboard (we bought it for the glass shower doors). Weeeeeeeee! I’m off to try it.
on 17 Apr 2007 at 12:54 am 7.Susanne said …
I also posted on Simple Pleasures.
Love yours, Tia!