Items to Make Life Easier

The following are items we are seeking (but do not want people putting out big expense...if you have lying around in your garage, let us know):

A plastic 3 drawer shelving unit (one to go in the narrow hospital closet to help organize better & eliminate the need for 10 trips when it comes time to move rooms)....something cheap would work great.

Shana...where did you get the pink book basket you brought? I would like to get at least 1 (maybe 2) more so they match. Don't buy them for me, just tell me where you got them :)

Bulletin Boards that would not require hardware to go on the walls (rather, 3M sticky stuff??) for pictures, notes, etc....easier to transfer to other rooms....

Cardstock or posterboard in all colors (especially fall colors & pastels) for picture mounting. My aunt devised this adorable method of showing off pics...thick string hanging at points around room...small clothespins attached at various points on line holding photos mounted on cardstock (again, easy transfer).

A push car or bike that Jill can ride up & down the halls...that is big enough for her (she is kind of between a push car & a pedaling tricycle) & is not super fast on linoleum??????

Photos of YOU and your FAMILY!!! I would really love to hang pics of everyone who loves Jilly all around the room....pick a pic you love, glue stick it onto cardstock, trim a small border around the pic & put it in the mail (672 W. 24th St. #4, San Pedro CA 90731), send it with a visiting friend, or drop it off personally!! Seeing all of your smiling faces all around us would really lift our spirits. Even if you're a friend of a friend or a very distant relative, we want your picture!!

Thanks to Kristi for the table & memory foam!!! Can't tell you what a difference each has made....and the pics you printed out for us....how thoughtful! Sad you missed ballet yesterday...only 4 kids!!!

Thanks to Rebecca for the Teryaki Chicken at the Gas Station. Felt so illegal. But it was VERY good....my Mom couldn't stop raving about it!

Thanks to Jannah for lugging 3 loads of stuff up to our room by yourself on Friday, for your Halloween decos & for including Anna, & for chasing her up & down halls & riding on elevators while we went crazy for a few minutes.

Thanks to Renee Warner for your FABULOUS dish last week (and promise of more Monday! We don't even really KNOW you!!!). You are incredible. Anna baked cookies with Grandma yesterday thanks to that sweet idea of sending home-made cookie dough ready to bake. You are so thoughtful.

Thanks to all the friends who called wishing to visit this weekend. We are sorry to postpone seeing you.....next weekend will be better :) And the friends who gave blood....a few who stopped by after (thank you Todd, and Heather, sorry I missed you! Still haven't had a chance to look in your goody bag!), and many who just came & went, quietly & anonymously. We love you all so much. It's 5:30 am....I got 2 broken hours of sleep this night....maybe I'll try again now. I'll adjust, but my goodness is this a challenge. (Jilly says that ALL THE TIME now, "Oh my DOODNESS!"). Bye for now.....