I have a little notepad on my refrigerator and anytime I run across a neat book or product I’d really like to purchase, I write it down. If hubby wants to buy me a gift at any point, he can just go pick something off the list and viola! The work is done. He appreciates this because it’s hard for us to buy for each other. We just buy things we need as we go. We buy things we want as we can afford it. It works out great, unless you have to buy a birthday gift or an anniversary present. That’s why I think keeping a list is a great idea. Now, if I could just get hubs to keep a list, we’d be all set! Here are thirteen things on my list:

1. A Well Kept Home by Laura Fronty
2. Semi-Homemade Cooking by Sandra Lee
3. Subscription to Martha Stewart Living
4. Just Jane by Nancy Moser
5. The Monstrous Regiment of Women
6. Quiet Strength: A Memoir by Tony Dungy
7. A piano (for our youngest daughter…I’m tired of the keyboard being in my bedroom)
8. A trip to Scotland (HA! This will happen when we have the money saved up)
9. Gutter screens (I hate seeing all of those leaves hanging out of our gutters)
10. Some help sanding our kitchen floor and restaining it
11. For my washer and dryer to be moved to the garage (this requires a lot of work rerouting water lines, etc.)
12. Hardwood floors to replace our 20 year old carpet (in time we will get to this)
13. More children to be born to our family

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