Sorry for the late response. My computer has been on the fritz. I meant not to wait for ALL of the items until January....only a few of them. We have gotten a thermostat for checkers tank but are waiting a little longer to get one for hulk (our beardie) because it's temps are great right now. Plus the timers we will get before we move. I will get the aspen shavings once this bag of bark is gone (I plan to use the last of it next week when I change all the bedding) and we are going to switch the cricket tank (hulks food) out with checkers tank until checkers gets big enough for the 40 gal. (Don't worry, I fully plan on washing and sanitizing the cricket tank with Wipe Out/Wipe Out 2 before the switch!!)