Things we want but don’t need:

1. More choices
2. The complete season of anything
3. Bigger HDTVs
4. New neighbors (they don’t say “The devil you know…” for nothing)
5. Sleep (though it might not feel that way today, the fact that our eyes are still open proves it)

Things we need but don’t have:

1. Time
2. Enough space in the hall closet
3. Healthy, all-natural, organic snacks that don’t taste like crap
4. Somebody to validate our decisions
5. Perspective (which, like car keys and DVD cases, is easy to misplace and doesn’t usually turn up until we stop looking for it)

Things we have but don’t use:

1. Offers from childless friends to baby-sit
2. Half of whatever we got at our school’s last silent auction
3. A fondue set
4. Kid coupons for “15 minutes of quiet,” “a free back rub,” “breakfast in bed,” etc.
5. Control over what we do with our life (even though it doesn’t always — or ever? — feel that way)