my BIG WANTS list

So, about this list idea hubby mentioned a few days ago...at first I thought it was a horrible idea - takes all the fun out of receiving a gift if you have to give someone a list and they don't know you well enough to know what you'd like or want. Well, the practical side of me won out. I'd rather get something I can use or need. So here's my rather expensive list. :)

a Bosch or Kitchen Aid stand mixer
a Vitamix blender (makes soup and ice cream!)
a flour mill (to grind wheat berries, etc. into flour)
political ads to be banned from TV and radio
mulch for my flower garden
a clematis for my flower garden
something for the clematis to climb (but something different than the normal fan-shaped trellis)
a tumbling composter
world peace
shorts (mine are horribly outdated)
a new telephone with an answering machine
a steamer so I won't ever have to iron again
a four-foot fiberglass ladder (it's my new form of exercise - tone those leg muscles by balancing on ladder rungs)
plastic surgery to get rid of stretch marks and flabby skin
cast iron frying pans (since I threw out all my nonstick ones)
socks
a good book - surprise me
yarn
knitting pattern books
a gift certificate to the yarn shop
one of those headlamp thingees so I can knit in the dark
a haircut
flip flops (they never last past one summer anyway)
yarn
a spinning wheel so I can spin my own yarn
a niddy noddy for winding yarn
no more periods
CDs - Switchfoot, Plumb, Skillet, Jars of Clay, Barlowgirl, Downhere, Reliant K, old Newsboys, Chasen, Johnny Cash, Sara Groves, TobyMac, David Crowder Band, and more that I can't think of...
cotton sweaters from garage sales to unravel for the yarn
a new washing machine and clothes dryer
Burt's Bees lip gloss
flowered underwear so I can be cool like Karen
tote bags (especially anything funky or retro)
yoga pants
cookbooks
vintage 60s dresses - size 6 or 8 please
children who behave
no more talk about NASCAR in my house for at least a week
CHOCOLATE!!!!!!

Turns out I have quite a list... You can all start shopping now. :) Oh, and I've already bought the clematis and found an old step ladder that I'm going to cut a bit shorter to use as a trellis. Will post when it's done. And someone just told me that opening a contractor's account at Home Depot will get me a free stepladder. Cross that off the list too. Wow, maybe I should've posted these sooner. I might get more of what I want.