Mnemosyne Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 What would it be, and why? Just curious. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A robot to do all the housework! The stress of feeling constantly behind affects every aspect of my day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 An auto grader. (although a housework robot would be nice too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A self cleaning house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A daily maid/cook. A servant basically. How very politically correct!!! LMAO!!! Oh...but it's true. If I had a person here to do all my cleaning, laundry, shopping, cooking....oh the fun me and my children would have each and every day. ETA: or just the ability to snap my fingers and do anything just like Bewitched. A bit of Molly Weasley's magic wouldn't hurt. ETA: oh you wanted me to "invent" something. Maybe an instant knowledge hat that would put all basic math and lang arts skills into their brains so we can focus on content all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A patience pill. Take one for mild irritability and two for downright mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Well since hjffkj will be inventing the housecleaning robot, I will just buy one of hers and spend my time building my homeschooling room I want. That is not really an invention, but it sure would make my homeschooling and life easier! Right now we are using a bedroom for the schoolroom, but I really need the bedroom now, and I need somewhere else for school to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumshadow Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A vapor system released throughout the house that helped us all immediately wake up refreshed, energetic and happy to start the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helent97 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A cook. Definately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 My first reaction was another me. Then... I need me a wife. I'd gleefully settle for an Alice from Brady Bunch though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A Time-Turner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A device to download encyclopedic, instantly accessible knowledge about every subject into my brain so I didn't feel so darn incompetent as we move into higher math, science, STEMy stuff in general. Of course, if I invented that... Well, we could just focus on skills! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A laundry-folder alone would do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryJen Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A way to motivate teenagers and get them to take the long view. I can live with a messy house, sandwiches for dinner, if they would just work hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Housecleaning robot and a toy that my toddler would play with for more than 27.6 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I'll stick with the emerging theme and go for the indentured robot servant, which will be all fine n' dandy until they rise up in revolution...which always happens, ya know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A stipend or grant that would cover the basic household costs so we wouldn't have to worry about fitting in school around work schedules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Self-cleaning house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indian summer Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A loyal house elf. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 House elf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Piggybacking on plumshadow's idea, I'd add that we also wake up always on time with an overnight visit from the pixies, who not only cleaned the kitchen, but laid out fresh clothes for the new day. Self cleaning bathrooms and self processing laundry would be hard to choose between. Honestly, I do think the most helpful non universal innovation would be a picker-upper. Someone or some robot to follow behind us and just put our debris from the daily whirlwind of activities back into its proper places. I could handle the rest better if I didn't feel like I were running the same rat maze every day with the daily cleanup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Some way to speed-iron clothing. Ugh! My least favorite chore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tress Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A good translation device. There are so many nice books/materials I would like to use....in Dutch. (What I wouldn't give for AoPS materials in Dutch :drool: , doing AoPS pre-A in a foreign language just isn't fun :banghead: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 To take things in another direction, an up-to-date Socrates or Aristotle wouldn't be too bad either. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tress Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Or some clones. A SWB clone to come and teach English and Writing. A Richard Rusczyk clone to teach Math. I've got to run now, but I'm sure I can think of several more clones I would like :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Some way to speed-iron clothing. Ugh! My least favorite chore! I actually stopped buying clothes that need ironing a long time ago! Well, maybe once in a blue moon... But yeah, what a chore. I think it's interesting nearly no one has mentioned anything to actually expedite the *schooling* part. I would add an automatic activity tracker. I could just vox into it what we did and it would add the data to a report that would satisfy anyone on the planet who might think they need to see our records. Of course it would also compile a stunning transcript complete with honors, service hours and extracurriculars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A freeze button so the little kids wouldn't interrupt during school time :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 ohh I like your freeze button idea! I want that and a sound moderator (aka volume knob). It is always so loud here! 3 young sons make a lot of noise! I am glad they are happy and showing it exuberantly, but I would love it if it could be a little less loudly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpyTheFrog Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I'll stick with the emerging theme and go for the indentured robot servant, which will be all fine n' dandy until they rise up in revolution...which always happens, ya know. Well, don't make them too intelligent then. We need something smarter (and better) than a Roomba, but not as advanced as a Cylon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifesadream83 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Rosie Jetson!...nough said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 House elf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A cook. I could handle the house and cleaning (with a little organization and help from my willing older two), but when we are eating as I feel we should be, the cooking just goes on and on and on . . . even when I'm organized and using freezer space and doing all the things that are supposed to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 A motivation device that would instill the love of learning in anyone it pointed to. ETA: No, a wooden club is not what I'm getting at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 It's very practical, but a way to teach a foreign language cheaply and easily without having to hire an outside tutor and with me being hands off totally. It's the thorn in my side right now and I'm pretending it doesn't exist. Unfortunately, I will only have a year of plugging my ears and going, "nananananan, I can't hear you!" Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srs Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Something to occupy the toddler for a long time that also won't destroy anything. What's an iron? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I always thought an iron was a kind of torture device. Ironing clothes is right up there with washing baseboards in my estimation. An exercise in futility with no job satisfaction to make it worth my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Well, don't make them too intelligent then. We need something smarter (and better) than a Roomba, but not as advanced as a Cylon. True, but there's a fine line. You want a bot to understand a complex set of commands, and be adaptable enough to deal with the unexpected glitch in the course of its duties, yet not become conscious enough to realize how much its existence pretty much sucks. It has to be trusted with a chef's knife when this realization is included with its latest software update. As for Cylons...can you imagine the Windex bill? Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 A non-addictive sleeping pill with no side effects, available for all ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 A million times yes to the house elf!!!!! (Sorry Hermione). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Something to take care of the housework. I actually like doing the school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazzie Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 House cleaning pixies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItoLina Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Some way to speed-iron clothing. Ugh! My least favorite chore! I just don't iron....sorry dh you want your clothes to be wrinkle free you are on your own, lol...lucky for him he rarely has to wear anything dressy to work ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItoLina Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Self-cleaning house. I'll take one of these please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjthedog64 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Enough money so that I wouldn't have to do home daycare. DS8 wants to either play with them and not do school, or wants to spend so much time on school that I can't do anything with the youngers.... And a TV that only works at specific times. He learns so much by watching different things, but there's always something new that he just has to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicai Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 House elves, robots, and indentured servants of all forms sound so delightful, but if I had to choose just one thing, it would have to be the ability to self-tinker. I would like to lay myself open on a workbench and fix what needs fixing. More patience, more creativity, more motivation, more selflessness, more wisdom . . . The house can be lacking and the meals uninspired, so long as I am not :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'll go with the house-elf. Or maybe the self-cleaning house. I'm so tired of school and housework having to be either/or. And when the house gets to a certain point...I just can't do school work anymore. I've been thinking lately that I need a way to step outside time for several hours. Then I can catch up on sleep for as long as I need every day, wake up refreshed and ready to face the world, and step back into time the second I left. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 A non-addictive sleeping pill with no side effects, available for all ages. Oh goodness, yes. Getting my littlest to go to bed at a reasonable hour (and stay there all night) would solve half my problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Coast School Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 A cure for the common cold!!!!! I get so tired of winter illnesses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I think a self-driving car would be very helpful, and within reach (although probably expensive). Imagine getting a van that drives itself. You could do teacher instruction time on the way to places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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