Wish List

Today as I was going around my house cleaning - I was thinking about all the things I would like to have. This probably makes me sound like I am ungrateful, and I don't mean it in that way at all. I am so grateful for everything we have - we have A LOT and are so blessed! But we are obviously "poor law students" and don't have money for the things we want - just the things we NEED. So I decided to make a list of things that one day - I would like to have.

- Cricket - There are so many crafts that I want to do (I love crafting) that involve vinyl letters, or shapes, and if I had the cricket I could do them for so cheap!

- Bread maker - I want to make homemade bread. I just feel like the stuff you buy is so unhealthy and I would like to make my own so I know what is in it. I'm sure I can do this without a bread maker - but again, this is a list of things I want that would make my life easier - and a bread maker would do that. :)

- New bed - Dan and I were very blessed and were given our King sized bed when we got married. It was a slightly used mattress but it was free so we didn't care. It is a Nikken mattress with magnets in it to help with back pain (very very expensive) - it is also VERY VERY FIRM! I like super soft mattresses so it took some getting used to - but during my pregnancy with Jaxon - I couldn't even sleep on it - it caused me so much pain. I would love one of those sleep number beds so Dan can have it more firm and I can have a super soft bed.

- New bed sheets and comforter - I always buy the cheapest sheets - but one day, it would be great to have the nice high thread count sheets and a comforter that isn't falling apart. There are rips and holes in ours and I could just buy a duvet cover to go over it - but again - those are expensive and we don't NEED it.

- Bed frame - we are going to sound so white trash right now - but our bed is sitting on the floor. We bought a cheap metal bed frame for $50 when we got married that worked great. During our move to Lubbock, it got bent. We put up with it for awhile - a year to be exact, but finally decided it is was better to just put the box springs and mattress on the floor and sleep flat every night than have a frame LOL.

- Fake Tree - Haha - this sounds funny - but I want to have a fake tree in our house for decoration. I think they look really nice and I would love to have one in our house.

- Mirror - I would love to have a big framed mirror or art or something framed and hanging on the wall over our couch.

-Bigger car - now that our family is getting bigger - it would be great to get another car and one that is bigger. We have only had 1 car since we moved to Lubbock and it has been fine - challenging at times - but fine. When we went to Utah for the summer and had to pack our car - it was stuffed full! That was just for the 3 of us. If we have to go somewhere this next summer and there are 4 of us - I have NO idea how we will do it!

- Toys for Jaxon - I want to buy him so many cool toys. He got SO many baby toys - but those obviously don't entertain him really anymore, so I would love to get some more grown up toys - and a small plastic slide to go in our backyard and a sandbox too! He would love that! This is the one that kills me the most and is the hardest. You always want your kids to have EVERYTHING, but hopefully our sacrifices now will help provide him a better life in the future!

That's a pretty long list - I know - but a girl can dream right?