Every now and then, I just get insanely covetous, if that’s a word, and make up lists of things I’d buy if money were no object.

There’s always the big ones for the house: windows, siding, roof –which is something that’s in our five year plan anyway, but it would be double-hung, tilt-in, windows for the whole house, with a bay window replacing our window pair on the front, and a garden window in the kitchen.  Siding, concrete board, a grayish brown with white trim and a brigh red door. Roof, metal, in a neutral color. Well, copper ifmoney were REALLY no object.  A new fridge. A gas stove replacing our woodstove, and a gas oven/range.  A complete overhaul of our pink cowboy brothel bathroom.  Maybe some patio furniture.

Then there’s the geeky stuff: like a wireless photo printer, maybe something from the Canon PIXMA line, or maybe even a wireless all-in-one, just to conserve space in our house.  A D70 & Speedlight flash, as I’ve been mentioning over and over since borrowing one of my dad’s.  An iSight camera, or maybe a new iMac or MacBook Pro with the built in camera, and then someone ELSE with the same thing, preferably say, my sister, so that we could have Aunt Kate read Ingrid a story over the internet, and Ingrid would ‘know’ her aunt, despite being 2000 miles away.

A new car — I love my outback, and would stick with that, but in a newer model that doesn’t have the weird tweaks my 98 does. Still with leather (god, leather is the BEST when you have allergies. Sorry, cows.) and heated seats and mirrors and all of that. But also, I want it to have the little thermometer that tells you what the outside temp is. That is so cool.

A bECOpack — yes, ANOTHER baby carrier.  This is something I sort of have pegged as "when I get my first check, I splurge," unless one comes up on FSOT.

Some sort of cabinetry in the living room that would hold allof our stuff — tv/dvd/stereo/etc, boardgames, DVDs, etc — with less clutter looking at us, and keeping Ingrid safe when she starts exploring. Like this, maybe, only having two side by side or something. Not a giant thing encompassing the whole wall, vertically, but going horizontally.

And, then, you know, to have all of my papers magically write themselves (progress, though, i have 1.5 of my reflections done, which leaves .5 a reflection, and two papers, and my portfolio), and to land a job that starts in january or after, that pays a ton of money, and/or has great flextime built in, that is satisfying to my brain, body, and family life.

I think that’s it. That’s not so bad, right? Sigh.