<p>H and kids are asking me for suggestions. Ugh, I don’t know. I am the worst recipient of gifts ever. Haha</p>
<p>I suppose if I could get anthing I want and money was no object…I would ask for ( besides all the obvious such as peace on earth, my kids to be happy, healthy and self sufficient, me be 10 pounds lighter, etc, etc.) a beach house or even a lake house. This would be for H and my peace and relaxation and a place for our kids and their kids, if they ever have them.</p>
<p>Or, I would also ask for HGTV to come to my house and perform their miracles. Maybe then I would not need the ocean house. (Well…I would still want one.)</p>
<p>I’d also like an interesting or exotic vacation that I did not have to plan ( or pay for?).</p>
<p>So I guess I will just ask for a …cordless vacuum, speaker for my laptop because it is hard for me to hear when I am working out to CDs or YouTube workout routines, a gift certificate to a restaurant or a gift to a charity/non-profit I support. All are good.</p>
<p>BTW, I do absolutely love to give presents. But it too has also become more and more difficult. And we do not exchange any more with extended family as all nieces and nephews are grown. Thank goodness because I am fresh out of meaningful ideas. Kids are hard enough.</p>
<p>I’m ready for a new car … but I don’t think Santa is stopping at the Beemer store for me.</p>
<p>I would be overwhelmed … I know the guys could pull it off if they tried because I have to work all day Christmas Eve until 6 and they could drop me off, take the old Beemer in, pick up the new one, and surprise me on Christmas morning. We’ve been financially fortunate this year – it’s not out of the question.</p>
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<li>Sunday subscription to the New York Times. (I think a digital subscription is included)</li>
<li>texting gloves</li>
<li>a thin gold chain necklace.</li>
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<p>Fantasy list ( ain’t no way, but I can dream)</p>
<p>-condo on Central Park West
-new living room and family room furniture</p>
<p>I want new silverware. Well, not really silver…In 28 years I’ve had the leftover camping silverware my mom gave me and a cheap set she gave me about 20? years ago. We have so few forks we have to take turns eating :)</p>
<p>I want the Oneida Louisiana, but I would never spend $250 so probably not. I’m getting my husband a ladder. He will be thrilled. We’re just flamboyant and exotic people like that!</p>
<p>But it is not available. I sent the link to D2 and told her she’d win major brownie points if she could search online and find one just like it for me. We’ll see. She did respond back to me and tell me that she’s having some packages sent to our house with her name on it, but I assume that’s also for D1 and H. </p>
<p>Would also LOVE if someone would just take care of the logistics of taking my car in and getting it detailed. </p>
<p>Am thinking of tickets to something while the Ds are home… they’ve never been to an NHL game (and I’ve never been to a Blackhawks game), so maybe I’ll suggest that to H since I think the Blackhawks are in town while the Ds are here.</p>
<p>I picked one of these up and I love it. Only cordless vacuum I have ever had that actually works. It’s so easy to use and kinda fun. Amazingly, DH has spontaneously used it to pick up pet hairs in the kitchen. I about had a heart attack. </p>
<p>You do have to manually clean the filter and the brushes which is blah but I still would buy it again in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>I personally am asking for pink fuzzy dice to hang in my car. The string on my last set died after many years of deteriorating.</p>
<p>IPad air for me. I would LOVE a trip I didn’t have to plan, but that’s not likely this year. Maybe next year when we have an empty nest. (but most of our money will be “flying away” with the kids in school).</p>
<p>Not terribly personal, but I love book store gift certificates because I love picking out books.</p>
<p>But, in a perfect world, I want my D to have a baby and my S to get back to school and finish. (Both are not out of the realm of possible in the next year, but neither is likely to happen by Christmas, lol.)</p>
<p>I want my S to graduate on 12/20 after a heart attack inducing 4.5 years I want my D to be happy in the present and learn to enjoy the moment. I want youngest to pull his grades up so he can go to the college of his choosing…sigh. So much easier to have a wish list that can be fulfilled at the local mall!</p>
<p>I really want the black denali northface fleece, but it is way out of the budget we set for this year. I’ve wanted one for a while but when we could afford it I couldn’t justify the cost, and now I can’t have it! Maybe next year! Otherwise, I have been asking for a nice pair of gloves for driving for three years and nobody will get them for me, it is kind of a running joke… so I have my fingers crossed for this year. My fiance will never get me the gloves but my mom might. I have no clue what fiance got because I didn’t really give him any ideas, but he has a way of coming up with things I didn’t even know I wanted… so I am sure whatever he gets me will be nice.</p>
<p>We are both having a really hard time thinking of things we want this year, we have been so blessed and worked so hard to pay for other more important things. I booked our honeymoon to St. Lucia a little while ago and we booked a great photographer and videographer for the wedding. I think those will be our gifts to each other for the whole year… we are satisfied with them (and broke! )</p>
<p>shellz–4.5 years??? You are an amateur. If S graduates next year (provided he goes back to school) it will be about eight years, give or take a semester.</p>
<p>Garland…he almost didn’t get the chance. At service academies you have 4 years. If you don’t graduate in that timeframe you are generally out of luck ( aka disenrolled). So we’ve been holding our breath for the last 4.5 years!!</p>
I want my D to be happy in the present and learn to enjoy the moment. I want youngest to pull his grades up so he can go to the college of his choosing…sigh. So much easier to have a wish list that can be fulfilled at the local mall!</p>
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