I just read all three days, backwards, and love all nine of your choices. The tost tongs especially charmed me. I've never seen toast tongs before. Sometimes the simplest things are the most appreciated. A friend of mine just told me about asking his grandmother what of the many improvements and inventions she'd seen in her 92 years she thought was the best. He was asking this question back in the 60's so his grandmother was probably born in the 1860's. She said, "Window screens!" When you think about it - no more flying biting things, a lot less malaria and other insect-borne disease. Yeah, I wouldn't want to give up window screens. FanSee