Making a List and Checking it twice...

Hey wait a minute - It is wayyyyyy too close to Christmas here friends!  Do you all realize how close it actually is?  The other day I asked the kids for a list of the special things they were planning on asking Santa for. Now that I am couponing like a crazy woman I really want to be able to find some AWESOME deals on some of these items.

This however leads me to more list - like the one I need to make for my sweet hard working husband.  All the tiny loose ends that are around this house that must be finished before God forbid Christmas rolls around (and they aren't done)  You can check back on our progress! 
- hang the shelf in the Boy's room
- hang the shelf in the downstairs bathroom
- hang a mirror in the downstairs bathroom (since the last one broke at 5 am in a million bits and pieces - thank you Lord no one was hurt)
- paint downstairs hallway
- paint the master bath
- buy a king size bed so we are no longer sleeping like Ricky and Lucy on these twins in the floor (please Lord let this one come to pass like sooner rather than later)
- buy the desks we need for homeschooling at IKEA
- organize the future wood working garage - YAY!!!!! so happy Joshua will have his own space for this!
- make the tub upstairs drain properly
- make the wireless work faster - (some installation required)
- figure out that printer that is SUPPOSED to have wireless capability
- install a work sink in the laundry room with a fold down table to cover it so I can fold laundry
- HUGE on my list is PAINT ALL THE TRIM (this is just a must before Christmas)

All these little loose ends.  There is enough here to occupy us for every ounce of time off he gets for the next year probably.  It can overwhelm me some days, but Im trying to take it one day at a time.  Meanwhile I have added a cleaning tool that I would LOVE to have.  Its on my list of things most wanted:
A STEAM CLEANER!  Man I could kick some hiney and take some names with that cleaner!  I saw one on HSN - should have never turned it on - those women have me convinced it is the answer to all of my cleaning challenges in this house!
This one was a Bissell, but I have no idea really which ones are the best - all I know is that I want to be able to wash the pads that you use to clean with, I would really like that adjustable steam.  That totally makes it versatile, from steaming your clothes to clean