Anyone get any D&R gifts?

[peach]

I got some gift cards to Canadian Tire so I'm going to use them to try and find either a nice light fixture or an area rug for the baby's room when I go shopping later this week.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I got a sewing machine. This is going to result in some d&r for R ... he's going to have to make me a table for it. But he got the kreg toolboxx from my parents, so he'll welcome the opportunity to use it.

[mrsemilys]

I got a Shark Cordless Sweeper.....anyone have it? I need a vacuum to keep downstairs to use on the hardwood floors and carpet but it gets mixed reviews.

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Dec 26, 2012 19:55:54 GMT -5 mrsemilys said:

I got a Shark Cordless Sweeper.....anyone have it? I need a vacuum to keep downstairs to use on the hardwood floors and carpet but it gets mixed reviews.

I have it..or the earliest version at least. It's decent. I vacuum a lot of ground in dirt, dirt chunks, straw and rocks and it hasn't failed me too badly yet. It works about as well as any other cordless vac. Not a deep clean like with a regular vac but it gets the crumbs off. I do have issues with stuff getting stuck on the "sweeper" or beater bar part..but i just scrape it with a screw driver and carry on. Good suction and acceptable battery life I'd say...like 15ish minutes.

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Candles, some resusable ziploc bags, new pyrex.
That's about all..lol.
We'll be getting a check from the inlaws and either want to paint, add it to the basement cabinet fund or buy a nice headboard. Haven't decided yet.

[pumpkin]

Ikea gift card I'm planning to put towards bookcases. And a Yankee Driver/drill which I am sure will get put to some use or another.

[bleubook]

We got the teapot and creamer and sugar for our china pattern and a king size blanket for under our comforter. It is perfect!

[heygrey]

I bought a miter saw, palm sander, cordless drill and impact driver today! Does that count?

[RoxMonster]

We got a wine fridge and a receiver for our surround sound so we can finally hook it up and use it (it came with the house).

[amblor]

Mom got me a really pretty and soft Christmas blanket that looks similar to a Thomas Kinkade painting! We also got a food processor, two new pots and baking cookie mats for the kitchen!

[wawa]

My mom gave me two awesome canvas prints of photos she took when we saw Tangier Island. the light is hitting the water in this certain way so the prints came out looking like oil paintings.

I can't wait to finish the living room and hang them up.

And we got a $50 lowes gift card, but that'll go poof with a quickness on our next run for god knows what.

[FoxInFiji]

We got HD & Menard's gift cards. I got a work platform, a new fancy garden hose, some garden hose accessories, and a bunch of Atlas gardening gloves.

[wawa]

Dec 27, 2012 11:02:22 GMT -5 FoxInFiji said:

We got HD & Menard's gift cards. I got a work platform, a new fancy garden hose, some garden hose accessories, and a bunch of Atlas gardening gloves.

work platform?

like, one of these?


I have one of those things and I LOVE it. So so much easier to use when you're trying to work on a bigger area and handy for using as a portable workbench and handy for sitting on to eat lunch when we take a break. And it's easier for my pregnant ass to carry around the house than the actual step ladder. The only downside to it is that it needs to be like....2 inches taller for me to use it to cut in along the ceiling. But you are a couple of inches taller than I am, so it'll probably be perfect.

[FoxInFiji]

Dec 27, 2012 11:20:41 GMT -5 wawa said:

Dec 27, 2012 11:02:22 GMT -5 FoxInFiji said:

We got HD & Menard's gift cards. I got a work platform, a new fancy garden hose, some garden hose accessories, and a bunch of Atlas gardening gloves.

work platform?

like, one of these?


I have one of those things and I LOVE it. So so much easier to use when you're trying to work on a bigger area and handy for using as a portable workbench and handy for sitting on to eat lunch when we take a break. And it's easier for my pregnant ass to carry around the house than the actual step ladder. The only downside to it is that it needs to be like....2 inches taller for me to use it to cut in along the ceiling. But you are a couple of inches taller than I am, so it'll probably be perfect.

Yup that's it! I've seen them around on various blogs and in your photos and looked really handy. I have a lot more painting and drywall touchups to do soon so it was perfect timing. I'm 6' so I should hopefully be able to reach the corner of the ceiling.

[house]

We got a steam cleaner from the ILs for all the hardwood floors we are going to have to clean in our new house! I can't recall which brand but we didn't have one at all so I am excited!