My christmas wish list

sounds like a great list

good luck, i wish you all the gifts you wish for!

I sincerely hope you get that last one especially. It sounds like a great list.

Hope you get what you want.

Hope you get your wishes. I haven't even thought of Christmas yet.

Hey Dena, I am volunteering at a build here near Chicago. Will say a prayer that you guys get in the new house for the holidays.

Getting into your house would be great! I wish you the best of luck!

Dena, that would be great if you could. What color is the new bathroom gonna be?????

I don't have matching towels either - I alwasy ask for them - and everone always says - no Iwant to get you something special - then they get me something stupid - and I still have no matching towels!!!! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The new bathroom is going to be all nuetral colors. Off white tub surround and white walls.

I have always wondered how recipients for a Habitat House are chosen? Can you share?

If the weather holds up your house should be done in plenty of time. As long as we stop getting the crap we had last night,

I wish you the best on getting your house done and it decorated.

Sounds like you need to have a house warming party! That's a great way to get the things you need for your house.

Sending some prayers your way that your house gets finished soon and may your wishes be granted.

I hope you get the things you want on your Christmas list and mostly I hope your new home is finished before Christmas so you can all celebrate in it, and I don't think you have wished for too much just really sensible things and I think you should have towels to match too, I remember when I was young and the first time I was able to do that, felt good. Best of Everything, and may all your Christmas wishes, and dreams come true.

Dena, that is a great list. I'm praying your house is done for Christmas, and that you get all the things you need to furnish it. Email me your address, I may be able to play elf.

Great list. I like the down to earth wishes.

Dena - I wish I could help more, but I will be praying your house gets done on time!

Hi Dena,

I give to and receive from Freecycle, which is great for getting most of the things on your list.

Good luck!

I was going to say the same thing Lydia. I just gave away a deep freezer today by Freecycling. Darn, if I had known you needed a toaster just a couple of days ago... I just sold one - a really good one at our garage sale :( Darn! Freecycle would be a good way for you to get furniture though for your kids rooms and other items for your house - its usually in great shape. Best of luck on getting INTO your house in time for Christmas! Send me your address - I'll play elf on a thing or two though! Thanks!

I was going to mention the same as Lydia and Lisa for the furniture needs and household items.
I also have used Craigslist for furniture and got a really, I mean REALLY good deal on a captain's twin bed that was almost like new. It had one drawer that had to be glued back together, but came with a good boxspring and new looking mattress for $25. We just had to haul and glue it, and my 10 year old got a really nice bed for that.

I have all different towels and some beach towels and bath sheets. After we move, I think I will buy 1 matching set of 3 towels, and make it look all nicey nice, but keep the regular towels, since my 4 terrors go through towels like crazy anyway.

If I could, I would buy you a whole set as a housewarming gift!

I know every Habitat build and area is different, depending on what contractors they are working with at the time, and the ammount of skilled laborers they have per build... I have to say that when I had a house, it needed repairs and things right away. I think you saying you need tools is right on the money.
In fact the first thing I had to do was patch a hole in the wall because one of the volunteers was moving spare lumber around and popped right through the drywall AFTER the interior was painted. We also had a geyser like water leak the first week we were living there, along with the $900 water bill because no one knew it was leaking like that until the bill came... ugh. There was also a wall heater that someone forgot to screw the faceplate onto and it fell off, which is how I noticed it. Most of it was silly and simple fixes, though. Well worth it considering I never could have bought a house at that point in time.

I think my wish for you is that your build and house experience goes MUCH smoother then mine did. Mine was the first in a new area for Habitat, though. I ended up with curious people driving past my house 2 to 7 times a week, or people who had worked on the house "stopping by" to see the finished product. I am a private person and it drove me BATTY. I felt like a prisoner with the blinds closed all day and acting like I was not home. It ended up being part of why I let my ex keep the house without fighting him for it at all when I moved out.

Sorry for the mini rant there. I am positive your build will go alot better then mine did. I think the majority of the problem was a new area and they needed to find skilled volunteers for the stuff we could not do. Roofers, drywallers, concrete guys, plumbers, etc.

I am so happy for you that you are getting a new home. No, it's not corny to ask for matching towels. I too struggle to have a real home. For us it is a wery long slow process. Send me your address and I'll find you something to send you for your home.

Merry Christmas, and I hope you will be in your new home before Christmas time!
Any updates on that?

How's the house going? Any news? It's got to be getting cold and snowy back there by now...