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It never fails: You go into Wal-Mart for Q-tips and end up spending $200. I have a theory that this disease is communicable and Lowes has caught it. I think it's impossible to go in for one major home improvement without considering others. To wit: We recently bought a chest freezer; something we've wanted for a while but for some reason still isn't plugged in. (Our fridge's freezer is jam-packed, but sufficient, so why plug in the new one if we don't need it?) While we were waiting for the sales rep to check that they had the model we wanted in stock, we were checking out the dishwashers to see what kind of price range we would be shooting for when the current dishwasher loses the good fight. But wait, there's more. We get home, and the only thing I can think about is tile. I want to tile our kitchen floor, and put up a nice tile back-splash. Oh, and while we're talking tile, let's tyle the master bathroom too. But before we tile the master bath, we definitely want to think about that bath remodel we've been talking about (you know, so that we don't have to rip-up and re-tile again). There's just got to be a way to fit a jet-tub in there, even if we have to give up about half of our closet space, or maybe get a smaller double vanity. And at some point we'll be painting the living room ceiling, stairwell, upstairs hallway, all 3 extra bedrooms, and possibly the upstairs bathroom. And there are 2 bedrooms without ceiling fans, and I can see us installing some there, and possibly upgrading the one in the office at some point. Then there's the back patio, storm door for the front of the house, and replacing the back screen door that Moxie put his head through when I wasn't quick enough at getting it out of his way. And Megan's been talking about a vegetable garden. Does it ever end?

I think I just threw up a little bit, in my mouth.

I don't think there is any question about it now: this little girl is a punk rocker.

And when she's fast asleep and doesn't mind you moving her hands around, what else can you do but the Dr. Evil pose?

Between the incandescent bulb, reddish brown walls, and sunset coming in the window, I was really digging the light in the bathroom, so I decided to try a quick self portrait.

And the reflection fascination continues. I really wanted to get a picture of my camera reflected in my eye, but I think to accomplish that I'm going to have to get tricky with some reverse lens action or get a macro lens.

And lastly, "Why we can't have nice things." This is a KONG rubber toy; more specifically, one made of even more durable rubber than your average KONG for the "super chewer" … yeah.

We can safely say that he chewed that toy a new … treat… hole.