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"My daughter and I were up entirely too late the other night, talking and giggling and just being goofy - which is why I didn&amp;#039;t make an effort to shut her down. We so rarely get time with just the two of us to be that way. At some point, she posed the question: What five things would you take if you were stranded on a desert island? For her, it was her iPhone, charger, a solar-powered generator for the charger to plug into, an air conditioner (&amp;quot;Islands are hot, Mom) and an unlimited supply of Strawberry Pop-Tarts. My five things were Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Colin O&amp;#039;Donoghue, Viggo Mortensen and Antonio Banderas. She immediately disqualified me, even though I pointed out that there were five members in One Direction and she was welcome to revise her answer. I guess I shouldn&amp;#039;t objectify these men by calling them &amp;quot;things.&amp;quot; Shame on me. So just for fun on this gloriously sunshiney Friday, let&amp;#039;s talk about what we&amp;#039;d bring to a deserted island, assuming there&amp;#039;s food, shelter and fresh water and you only needed to see to your comfort. Here&amp;#039;s my list:  Books - all my favorites and a bunch I haven&amp;#039;t read yet, including survival manuals. I&amp;#039;d go bonkers without a book to read. I&amp;#039;d be hanging from the palm trees, lobbing coconuts at passing dolphins if I couldn&amp;#039;t busy my mind with a book. My pillow-top mattress - I&amp;#039;ve discovered on our annual camping trip that I&amp;#039;m just too old to be sleeping on the ground without something soft and poofy to lay on. A solar-powered nightlight - So I can read, of course. Writing tablets and pens/pencils - If I&amp;#039;m going to slowly go crazy from living in isolation, they&amp;#039;d better let me blog about it. I&amp;#039;ll send the entries out in bottles or something. A pair of cats - I&amp;#039;m not much for talking to sports equipment. Just give me a male and a female cat and soon enough I&amp;#039;ll have kittens to play with and adore. The cycle will repeat until the island is overrun and they all decided I&amp;#039;m food.  What about you? If you could only bring five things to an island, what would you pick? [Follow Ellie&amp;#039;s adventures at SingleMomtism.com or on Facebook and Twitter] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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