by Sharon Jenson

Created on: September 12, 2008

The Top 10 Things I want most are quite simple. Some may have a list filled with designer shoes, a mansion, and a fancy car. Maybe a credit card with no bill and no limit would be nice. Not me, I'd just be happier if...

If my cat, Frank Sinatra, wouldn't drag his butt on the carpet every time he gets out of the litter box I would be happy. I know he can't wipe himself, but don't cats lick themselves anymore? I'd surely provide him with kitty butt wipe if he would use it!

If God suddenly decided to stop wrinkles forever, I would be happy. I moisturize, stay out of the sun, and try to remember that it's my turn to have them. But I'd be happy if I could just stop them now so I don't ever have to even consider a drastic plastic surgery procedure that I cannot afford and seems so shallow. Not to mention, disfiguring and very risky.

When I am PMSing, can I please have a private grocery isle to myself? This way, the hot single guy behind me won't snicker at the chips, candy bars, maxi pads, and fitness magazine I've decided to purchase.

I want for people in other cars to GO when I wave for them to go, rather than sit and wait. I am being kind! Just go already! Because the minute I get tired of you NOT going is when you WILL go and then we'll both feel like idiots.

I would like it very much if the exact color I've been putting on my hair is the same color the next time I go to buy it. I am confused enough trying to remember passwords, user ids and 5-digit codes for this and that. I've carefully written down that number or name of make-up or hair color so why change it on me?

I would like it very much if never again for the rest of my life a complete stranger, always a man, says to me, "Smile". This I really hate. Just because he cannot see my pearly whites does not mean I am miserable and I don't wear my expressions to please the world or to make his day a better one so stop already! I'll smile when the feeling comes, when I have a reason to.

One thing I really want is for fast food drive through window employees to ensure that the plastic lid is placed all the way firmly on the cup of the soda I just bought. And since I can't remember which coffee house uses what jargon for small, medium, or large, be patient while I order! I'm trying to figure it out!

I want someone else in my house to empty the litter box, or scrub the toilets. This is something only I do and I would like it to be a shared responsibility.

I want modern technology to be easy. I want instructions to come with a wooden bookshelf I just bought, and I want help out to my car when I buy a 30-pound box of litter and a 20-pound bag of cat food. No one ever asks anymore.

More than anything in the world, I want my child to have a beautiful, long, healthy and happy life. Hopefully he never has a cat that drags his butt on the carpet!

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