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Adults have wishes, too – Updated 3/23/10

Whether it is through freecycle or garage sales or just great sales, here are some of the things we are on the look out for:

FOR THE HOUSE:

new iMac computer or MacBook Pro laptop
Dryer (ours needs to be replaced)
Coffee grinder
Standing mixer
Pizza stone
Cast Iron pans (baking, lids, etc.)
Aluminum spaghetti pot (medium sized)
Nice baking sheets
Pirex glass storage containers
Flat screen television
Fellowes Saturn SL 125 12.5-Inch Office Laminator

3 more Ikea Trofast systems: (we use these for homeschooling – 1 for each kid)

Pine frame
Storage box (green, white)

THE ONE-CAN-DREAM LIST:
1998 Chevrolet Z71 Silverado pickup truck V8 with towing package, extended cab

Horse trailer with a few horses (don’t forget Rachel’s “Checkers” horse)

Home out in the country with at least 10 acres of land fenced with barn; modest 3+ bedroom house ok – nothing fancy; land & location more important

BRYON:

** – really wants first
Ryobi tools
DeWalt Table Saw
DeWalt Compound Miter Saw
Husky 6-drawer tool tower
** Husky 60 pc Socket set
Drill press
Nail gun
Air compressor
Reloading ammunition equipment
Treadmill
Weight Bench with weight set
Fishing tackle box (no cheap, little one; decent portable sized)
Black Stetson cowboy felt hat 4X+ (size 7 3/8)
Nice shiny belt cowboy buckle
Nice dark brown or black leather belt (size 42) -> the kind you put a cowboy belt on
** Work dress pants (40×30)
** Button-down solid color long sleeve shirts (XL)
** Sketchers Cool Cats – Size 8 extra wide, brown

Hunting Items:
Mike Lardy’s Total Retriever Training series (books & DVDs)
Clay Target Launcher

Anything from the Barnes & Noble Classics paperback books, except for these that we own already:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Beowulf, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Vol. I & II, David Copperfield, Founding America: Documents from the Revolution to the Bill of Rights, Gulliver’s Travels, The Inferno, Jane Eyre, Little Women, Paradise Lost, The Pilgrim’s Progress, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

Other Books:
Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War and Grant Comes East

CHRISTINE:

Rope belt (size ?) – black/blue 1st choice
Nice black leather belt (size ?) –> the kind you put a cowboy buckle on
Stetson silverbelly cowboy felt hat 4x (size 7 1/8)

iPod Touch (32G minimum) –> mine died

Nikon D90, or D300s DSLR
Lenses for the Nikon (choices to be determined )
GorillaPod SLR & GorillaPod SLR-Zoom
Quick Release Plate for Gorillapod SLR
Ott-Lite True Color 13W Task Light

Knot-A-Bag
Rockler Cloth Tool Bag (to store knitting supplies)
Fabric for kid’s clothing, cloth diapers, home dec., quilting batting/fabric, etc.
Sewing patterns for kid’s, women’s and men’s clothing as well as home dec stuff.
Dritz Super Seam Ruler – 1/4″x1/2″x6-3/4″

BOOKS (Links open up to Amazon website):

KNITTING BOOKS:
- How to Knit – The Definitive Knitting Course Complete with Step-by-Step
Techniques, Stitch Library and Projects for Your Home and Family by Debbie Bliss
- Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book by Vogue Knitting Magazine Editors
- The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Knitting by Nici McNally (this is a DVD)
- The Knitting Answer Book by Margaret Radcliffe
- Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot’s Bag of Knitting Tricks by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

SEWING BOOKS:
- The Ultimate Serger Answer Guide by Naomi Baker
- Serger Secrets: High-Fashion Techniques for Creating Great-Looking Clothes by Mary Griffin
- Complete Guide to Sewing : Step-By-Step Techniques for Making Clothes and Home Furnishings by Reader’s Digest Editors
- The Complete Book of Sewing by DK Publishing

PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS:
- Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera by Bryan Peterson
- The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby
- Real World Adobe Photoshop CS3 by David Blatner
- Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers by Martin Evening
- Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching by Katrin Eismann
- Photoshop LAB Color by Dan Margulis

COMPUTER BOOKS:
- Big Book of Apple Hacks by Chris Seibold
- The Mac OS X Leopard Book by Scott Kelby

PARENTING/CHILD DEVELOPMENT BOOKS:
- A Sympathetic Understanding of the Child: Birth to Sixteen by David Elkind
- Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents by Randall Neustaedter
- The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child by Dr. Robert Sears
- Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parent’s Guide: How to Make Safe, Sensible Decisions about the Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives by Aviva Jill Romm
- The Immunization Decision: A Guide for Parents by Randall Neustaedter
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Seventh Revised Edition by La Leche League International
- Medications and Mothers’ Milk by Thomas W. Hale
- A Medication Guide for Breastfeeding Moms by Thomas W. Hale
- Nonprescription Drugs for the Breastfeeding Mother by Thomas W. Hale
- Your Girl: Raising a Godly Daughter in an Ungodly World by Vicki Courtney
- Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World by Vicki Courtney

HOME & GARDEN BOOKS:
- The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! by Carleen Madigan
- The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl
- The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible by Edward C. Smith
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils: The Complete Guide to the Use of Oils in Aromatherapy and Herbalism by Julia Lawless
- New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses by DK Publishing
- The Herbal Medicine Maker’s Handbook: A Home Manual by James Green

- Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living by Annie Berthold-Bond

ANIMAL BOOKS:
- Sometimes a Woman Needs a Horse by Betsy Talcott Kelleher
- Horse Owner’s Veterinary Handbook (Howell reference books) by James M. Giffin MD and Tom Gore
- The Saddlebred: America’s Horse of Distinction by Judy Fisher Oetonger
- Kentucky’s Saddlebred Heritage by James Kemper Millard
- Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd Edition by Gail Damerow
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CHRISTIAN LIVING/BIBLE STUDY BOOKS:
- Great Lives: Fascinating Stories of Forgotten Lives by Charles Swindoll
- Great Lives: Moses (volume 4) by Charles Swindoll
- Great Lives: Elijah (volume 5) by Charles Swindoll

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