A New Arrival, Etc......

Hi again, all you rabid fans who have been just drooling over your keyboards just waiting for me to do another post. Well, here it is, so you can stop drooling for a few minutes, at least.

We welcomed a new member to our family on January 7th. (yes, I know I'm a little late, but you all know I can't ruin my reputation for procrastination when it comes to this blog) Derek Joel Martin arrived at about 1:20 PM. He was a good-sized baby, weighing in at 8 lb, 2 oz. (I don't remember how long/tall he was though) For the most part, he is a good baby, and seems to be a little more laid back than Karissa, which is a good thing. He is almost 7 weeks old now, and when we last weighed him a couple of weeks ago, he had already beefed up to a little over 10 1/2 lb.
And, here's a picture......

Karissa is talking much more and learning much more. She says all kinds of new words and, with a little help, can count to 10! She was talking in her bath the other night about Lee, Jussin, Kemin, Susan, and Debi! She didn't get all the names quite exactly right, but the were all there! Also, one evening a week or so ago, Renee was doing something in a hurry, and something didn't go quite right, so she said "oh, shoot!" A few days later Mom was babysitting Karissa at the shop and Karissa was playing with a roll of adding machine tape. She dropped it and said "shoot! shoot!" We got a big kick out of that. The moral of the story: Be VERY careful what you say around children this age!

I have yet to do my "My Favorite Video Games of 2007" post yet, so I think I'll just do an abbreviated version of it now. I think I have already posted about most of them already, so I'll just do a short note about each one. If you want to know more about them , there's always gamespot.com or ign.com! Also, since I only played seven games last year, I'll just do a brief note about each one, instead of just the top five.

First, I started out the year with Psychonauts, a 3D platformer. It takes place in a "Psychic Summer Camp" (kind of like most Summer camps you could send kids to for a couple of weeks) which is for kids who have special psychic powers. I know this sounds like it would be some wierd occultish game, but it really isn't. Your character runs away from home to attend the camp, and his parents are called to come get him. While you are waiting, you are allowed to participate in the camp activities on a limited basis. Then, the kids' brains start disappearing! As in see-in-one-of-their-ears-and-out-the-other brain disappearing. And, of course it's up to you to find out what's going on and save the day. Each level in the game takes place inside of the mind of someone in the game, and you will encounter the objects of their nightmares, things that happened to them in their past, thir hopes and dreams, etc. Very ineresting and very creative and fun.

Then for a change of pace, I spent the most time I've ever spent on a racing game, Quantum Redshift. It's a futuristic racing game for the XBOX and is basically a clone of the Playstation Wipeout series. You pilot high-speed armed hovercraft around futuristic tracks. It's quite a lot of fun, and VERY competitive on the higher speed classes. Ther were a number of races that I won as the only racer to finish! The competition is that stiff at times!

Then, I played Army Men RTS, a real-time strategy game for the PS2. The Amry Men series is described as "real combat, plastic men", and it fits perfectly. In each mission, you collect resources from toys, batteries, and other such items scattered around the environments, build a base, and attempt to accomplish the mission objectives. It reminds me a lot of the Cannon Fodder game that I had when I was a kid, only with plastic soldiers that turn into plastic blobs instead of bleeding when you shoot them. Good times!

Next I played Chicken Little:Ace in Action for the Wii. It is a 3d platformer/3rd-person shooter that would seem very much like a shorter, Chicken Little themed version of Ratchet & Clank, which I love, and since no Ratchet & Clank game came to the PS2 last year, it fit in nicely. At the end of the Chicken Little movie, a hollywood movie was made of the story, featuring Chicken little and his pals as grown-up hero types. This game is based on that movie in the movie. It was a little short, but very much fun while it lasted.

Next, I played the Wii game that I originally bought my Wii for- Metroid Prime 3:Corruption. It is a first-person adventure/shooter like the previous Metroid Primes. Beautiful graphics, great puzzles, epic boss battles, lots of power-ups to collect. Just what you'd expect from another Metroid game. I didn't think it was quite as good as the previous Primes, but I think it was mainly because it was the third one, and wasn't just terribly different from the two previous ones. It was still an excellent game, and I'll play through it again sometime.

Then, I played Super Paper Mario for the Wii. The previous Paper Mario games have been RPGs, which I am not a fan of, but this one is quite unique. It is a 2D/3D platformer with some RPG elements thrown in. Mostly, it is a classic 2D platformer, much like the NES and SNES Mario games, but, at the touch of a button, you can flip into 3D. There are some puzzles and platforms that can only be reached/solved in 2D, 3D, or with a few switches back and forth. Very creative, unique, and lots of fun.

And, finally, 2007 must have been the year of the Wii for me, because 4 of the 7 games I played were Wii games, and the first one I played this year was for the Wii. I finished out the year with Super Monkey Ball:Banana Blitz. It's basically just like the previous Super monkey ball games (roll your monkey in a hamster ball through the maze and collect as many bananas as possible before the time runs out), except that you can make your monkey jump and it uses the Wii's tilt controls instead of the analog control stick. It's definitely the best Super Monkey Ball game and the only one I've finished, but I wish it had some of the party games that the earlier ones had.

What are a few that are likely to make next year's list? Super Mario Galaxy? Ratchet & Clank:Size matters? Panzer Dragoon Orta? Snoopy vs. the Red Baron? Check back next year to see. (knowing me, that'll also be the next time I update?

And, finally My littlest sister Susan is getting married next weekend. I won't give out too many details, since anyone who's reading this probably knows more than I do (I just know I'm an usher and have to be up and about for pictures WAY too early Sturday morning). I could use some help trying to come up with some memorable stunts to pull at the wedding though. :-)

Anyway, untill next time......

Contest Time

Hi again, everyone! I've finally come up with an idea for a new post, so feast your eyes, and sharpen up your sixth senses!

I was thinking back to before Karissa was born, and recalled that Greg and Beth did a great job of predicting what our baby would be. (see "Poll Time", February '06) So, I have decided to have some fun with it this time.

So....

I will offer as a prize the fantastic sum of $10 to anyone who can accurately predict the gender and first initial of this baby, as Greg and Beth did. (betcha you two can't do it again) In order to qualify, your guess must be posted as a comment on this post before the baby is born. You can guess as many times as you want, but only your last guess will count. So, guess away!

In other news, I have finished Metroid Prime 3 and am playing Super Paper Mario, a hybrid 2D/3D platformer/RPG for the Wii. It's very interesting and quite well made. I'm enjoying it quite a bit, but I'm rushing a little to finish it to make sure that I'm done in time for Christmas. (I am quite fortunate that my wonderful wife will be getting me Super Mario Galaxy this year. Isn't that cool!)

In more other news, I have been reading through a set of Star Wars "Essential Gudes". There are six of them total, and I have been watching Ebay and buying one at a time when I can find them dirt cheap. They are all about different things in the Star Warrs Universe. There are guides for Alien Speies, Characters, Droids, Planets and Moons, Vehicles and Vessels, and Weapons and Technology. They are quite interesting if you like Star Wars. Each one has a brief article written about each of about 100 examples of the given subject, generally some of the most well-known examples. For example, the characters include Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Emporor Palpatine, Admiral Ackbar, and Jabba the Hutt, among others. So, if the Star Wars universe interests you, give them a read.

Anyway, until next time....

A Fond Farewell

Well, I guess it's probably time to update again, since it's been over two months. And, no, the farewell is not for my blog, as most of you probably were hoping. :-) That day may come sometime, but for now, I'll continue to bore you to tears for at least one more post.

So.......Read on, brave souls!!

I recently had the bittersweet privelege to see a DVD recorded during Petra's "Farewell" tour in December 2005. It was sweet because it was a really good concert, and bitter because it is very sad (at least in my opinion) to see such a great band end their 33-year career.

For those of you who don't know who Petra is, they were one of the original contemporary christian/christian rock bands back in the early '70's. (And, no, I don't believe that the term "christian rock music" is necessarily a paradox, but that's another subject for another day. Maybe an idea for another post?) I would consider Petra a true "Christian" band because their songs were always solidly Bible based and always had some depth to them (though not necessarily flowery like hymns). They also never made any effort (at least to my knowledge) to achieve any secular recognition, and, in so doing, watered down the messages of their songs to appeal to a wider audience. In fact, during the time when they were the most popular, they had opportunities to sign secular record deals, but turned them down because it would have meant leaving God out of their message. They also received some secular recognition for being "a group of christian guys who happens to play rock" instead of "a rock band who happens to be christian".

They were reasonably popular through the late '70's and early '80's, but they really took off in 1986 when Singer John Schlitt joined the band and the dropped the synthesized sound that the had been doing for a more guitar-oriented sound, which they, at least for the most part, kept until their final album, though the sound varied some as musical styles changed in popularity.

However, the thing that has impressed me the most about Petra's music has been the songs. From the early recordings of the '70's, up untill 2003's Jekyll & Hyde, all of their songs (with the exception of the rather immature "God Gave Rock & Roll To You" of the late '70's) have been very Biblically based and have a level of depth and meaning to them that has escaped a large portion of christian music of all styles.

There are so many songs (mostly written by guitarist Bob Hartman) that have encouraged and blessed me over the years- Beyond Belief, Love, Prayer, Sight Unseen, Hey World, It Is Finished, The Coloring Song, Fool's Gold, Back To The Street, Praying Man, Believer In Deed, Marks Of The Cross, Just Reach Out, He's Been In My Shoes, Seen And Not Heard, What's In A Name, Somebody's Gonna Praise His Name, He Came, He Saw, He Conquered, Hit You Where You Live, No Doubt, All The King's Horses, This Means War, King's Ransom, Whole World, Shakin' The House, Mine Field, In The Likeness Of You, Alter Ego, Jekyll & Hyde, Strong Convictions, Creed, The Test Of Time, Sacred Trust, St. Augustine's Pears, If I Had To Die For Someone, The Longing, Hollow Eyes, Beat The System, You Are I Am, Counsel Of The Holy, Clean, First Love, Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened-Just to name a few right off the top of my head. (I typed out all those names one right after the other without looking at any cd track lists.) Some are simpler than others, some more profound, some catchier, some more thought-provoking, but all of those and many more have encouraged me spiritually over the years.

In fact, the dvd included two songs from the Jekyll & Hyde cd that I had never heard before and really appreciated. I had not acquired the Jekyll & Hyde cd because it's more modern and "heavy" sounding than their previous music and I didn't like the musical style as much, but, after seeing the dvd, I bought the cd for those two songs. However, the last song on that cd (their last studio recording) really caught my attention. It's called "Sacred Trust" It talks about how Jesus never tried to win secular appeal, watered down His message, or skirt around issues. He simply spoke the truth in love faithfully. He expects no less from us, and has given us the "Sacred Trust" to take His Word to the world. Very sobering and thought-provoking. And (I thought) very appropriate to be the final studio recorded song from a band that never compromised the message of their songs to try to appeal to a wider audience and be more successful. I wish more christian artists were as dedicated.

Anyway, Petra, you will be sadly missed, though your songs will still bring encouragement to many as long as they are available.

Also, in other news, we just returned from Young Married's camp, where a good time was had by all. Karissa was EXTREMELY sociable with other grownups, particularly Lyndon & Rhonda. She wanted to be held by them both, though mostly by Lyndon, and even followed him up to the pavillion from the bunkrooms while I was cleaning up. That's a kind of nice change, although it's kind of scary that she's so willing to go to strangers now.

We got home and I put Karissa in her crib for a nap (she went to sleep on the way home), and a couple of hours later, we heard a loud noise over the monitor and figured that she was probably awake. I went in to get her up and discovered that she had managed to get the laundry basket that sits next to her crib into the crib and was sitting in it. Very cute! I did get a picture, but this post is taking way too long already, so I won't take the time to upload it. (I type VERY slowly)

I also played a really active sport for the first time since I broke my leg. (September 30, '06) I did play a not-very-active game of volleyball at a young married's activity a month or so ago, but it wasn't terribly active, so I didn't count it.

And, in video game news, I have finished Army Men RTS, played through Chicken Little:Ace In Action for the Wii (basically a much shorter, Chicken Little-themed version of Ratchet & Clank), and have been enjoying the real reason I wanted a Wii to begin with- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. It's the third and final chapter in the Metroid Prime series and, it's as well-made as the previous two. It's got an incredible amount of detail and depth in it-The developers managed to create entire worlds for you to explore that are beautiful and life-like. Very enjoyable.

I have also sold one of my guitars and purchased another that I am very pleased with. It's a transparent blue Dillion DR590. It's a Korean-made guitar that's kind of across between a Gibson Les Paul and a Paul Reed Smith guitar with P-90 single-coil pickups. Very Nice.

I also got a small practice amp that can be played very quietly or with headphones, which makes Renee very happy. It's a Vox AD30VT Valvetronics modeling amp. It's a tube hybrid with 11 amp models and a handful of effects built in. It is very capable of sounding like a cheap solid-state amp, but it can also produce some very nice, reasonably "tubey" tones as well. Very cool.

Well, I guess it's time to bring this very long post to an end. That's been the news from my life for the last couple of months.

So, for another two months.....

Why I Am So Much Smarter Than The Rest Of The World, Part 2

Hi again, everyone. Pardon my lack of creativity, but I feel I must beat this dead horse once more. This was prompted by this news story I ran across on the internet.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070807/od_nm/britain_maps_odd_dc_1;_ylt=Amy0zNqoZnWuAnZSCwN7VLUE1vAI

According to this story, more than 3/4 of British drivers cannot read a road map, and only 1% would be able to pass the test for a Cub Scout Map Reader Badge. I don't know what is involved to pass the test, but it certainly doesn't sound promising for the intelligence level of British drivers.

I don't know if I could find my way back home in the wilderness with just a map and compass, but I can find my way from place to place with a decent road map, and I'd like to think that I could do a decent job of finding my way around without a map, given enough time to get lost a couple of times. :-)

The reason, according to the story, is that motorists have become too reilant on GPS navigation systems, which are apparently reasonably prone to error. According to the story, British motorists drive 36 BILLION extra miles each year. That's right, BILLION! (You know, if Al Gore is so terribly concerned about global warming, maybe it would be worth one of his private jet rides to England to teach those apparently ignorant Brits how to read their maps.)

And that's not the only problem that GPS navigation systems are causing in Europe. I ran across another story a few months ago about European motorists' irrational insistence on obeying the commands of their navigation systems. It seems that there have been many accidents and at least a few people killed as a result of people turning when their system says to turn, regardless of whether there is a road to turn onto! People have been driving off of roads, sometimes hitting pedestrians and roadside stands in the process. And if my memory serves me correctly, a few people have even driven off of bridges because their navigation systems told them to turn NOW!

Then there was the case of a medical transport that ended up halfway across England from where it was supposed to go because the address was incorrectly entered into the navigation system. Fortunately, though, I don't think that it was a high priority transport.

Hopefully those Europeans will get smart before they kill too many people, or earn too many Darwin Awards! :-)

Anyway, until next time.....

Why I Am So Much Smarter Than The Rest Of The World

Hi again, all you rabid fans. It is now time for my much anticapated post about why I am (apparently) so much smarter than most of the rest of the world's population.

First, off, regardless of what impression you get from my title, I really don't consider myself to be of above average intelligence. Nor do I necessarily consider the rest of you out there to be any less intelligent. This post deals with my (sort of) constant frustration with the terrible lack of common sense in this day and age.

I'm sure that most of you have heard of the famous legal case in which a woman(?) sued McDonald's after she was burned by spilling fresh, piping-hot, McDonald's coffee on herself. Which raises (at least to me) the question-What mental incapacity was she suffering from which prevented her from expecting HOT coffee? I realise that now Frappuccino (though I'm not entirely sure I spelled it right) and other cold coffee products are readily available, but, the last time I checked, McDonald's wasn't selling any. And definately not at that time.

The point being- If you order coffee, it's probably gonna be hot. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. (at least I figured it out, and I'm definately not one)

Second case in point- All the ridiculous warning labels that are included with who knows what all. On microwaveable meals-Product may be hot after cooking. (Wow, really? That's what cooking does?) With a pocketkinfe-Caution-Blades may be very sharp. (well, I did buy a pocketknife, not a letter-opener) With an iron-Do not iron clothes while wearing them. (I can only imagine what prompted that one) With a pack of guitar strings-Warning-strings can be used to strangle. Do not attempt to hang yourself with them. (ok, I made the last one up, but you get the idea) And, unfortunately, simple logic dictates that, since there was a need to put a warning label on the product, someone has probably tried it, thereby necessitating the label.

And, in my area of expertise, cars- Power windows that will stop when they encounter a little resistance. (whatever happened to just not putting your fingers in the window when you're putting it up. Let a few people dumb enough to try it do it a time or two, and I'd be willing to bet they won't do it again) Or safety switches that won't let you take the car out of Park or Neutral with out stepping on the brake. Or more safety switches that won't let you start a manual transmission car without pushing in the clutch. And all sorts of other extreme safety measures.

Now don't get me wrong. I don't wish for ANYONE AT ALL to be injured, maimed, hurt, killed, or whatever. BUT, I do think that if one or two people would find out the hard way, you would have far fewer idiots who would be dumb enough to try it again.

That's how I learned a lot of things-either by someone telling me why I shouldn't do something or sometimes finding out the hard way. Like don't grab an electric fence. (or pee on it, though I haven't tried that one) Be careful about touching spark plug wires on a running engine. (a bad plug wire will light you up pretty good) Or be careful not to put your fingers in a running fan on a car. (scraped knuckles can be very painful for a few days)

Now, I guess that many of the warning labels and safety measures have saved lives and probably saved numerous people from injury, but I also think that they have served to create a generation of poeple who don't have the life experience to give them common sense. Just read the Darwin Awards sometime if you don't believe me. (I believe you can find them at www.darwinawards.com) Not that the lack of common sense in most people doesn't give the rest of us some great entertainment.

And, actually, there may be another explanation as well. Recently, I was talking to a customer who is a principal at a local elementary school. He told me something I thought was very interesting. He said that in years past, people who were considered educated had a rudimentary knowledge of many, many subjects. Lots and lots of general knowledge. Now, educated people have about the same amount of knowledge, but it's very specialized. For example, a historian has lots of specific knowledge about history, but not necessarily much about the arts. Or a businessman has a lot of knowledge about how business works, but not necessarily much about how a computer works. And so on. Therefore, most people don't have a great amount of general knowledge anymore. An intiguing thought.

So, what to do about all this? I have a few suggestions- First, develop your common sense. For example, it's probably not a good idea to stick your finger in your bicycle chain. (or fan, can opener, or whatever) And, if you do, please learn from your mistakes VERY QUICKLY. Second, share your stupid (or blonde, or whatever) moments with others. Maybe you can keep them from making the same mistake. (or at least entertain them) Third, get lots of life experience so you learn a little MORE common sense. (try touching the stovetop first before the burner and see if you learn anything and see if you still want to touch the burner afterwards)

There you go. What do you think? Do you have any great blonde moments to share? If you send them to me, I might post some later so both of my readers can laugh at you. And maybe learn from your mistakes.

Until next time......

My Thoughts On Email Forwards, And A Few Other Random Thoughts

Welcome once again, all three of my faithful readers. This time I have decided to address an issue very near and dear to many computer users' hearts-The new national pastime of email forwarding.

I have come to largely despise email forwards. There! I've said it! Got it all out in the open! Now you can look at this post with expressions of shock and horror at the fact that there is still one person in this great country that does NOT pass on email forwards. If you can curb being repulsed by this fact long enough to read on, by all means, please do so.

As I previously mentioned, the new national pastime in this country, at least among computer users, seems to have become forwarding every kind of "junk" email that you can imagine. Scams, hoaxes, jokes, cute little messages, games, links to who knows what, alleged petitions, video clips, viruses, and many, many other things make the rounds of cyberspace, polluting email inboxes every second. Some are funny, others lame. Some are interesting, others boring. Some are entertaining, others infuriating. And others make you wonder just why the (insert a random, imaginary colorful exclamation here) anyone thought that it was worth passing on to you.

Some forwards are simply pranks designed to perpetuate their own existence. For example, let me dispell a few myths that are proclaimed by some forwards. 1.NOTHING, that's right, NOTHING cool, funny, interesting, cute (or whatever) is going to pop up on your screen if you forward this message to at least 10 people in less that 5 seconds! 2. Bill Gates, or Applebee's, or some other corporate giant will NOT send you $5 for every person you forward this to. 3. The person that forwarded this to you will NOT consider you not to be his/her true friend because you didn't forward it back.

Then, there are the "Christian" email forwards. They range from a simple passage of scripture with some cute or pretty background to some inspirational story, to some kind of petition against immoral behaviour, or even occaisionally something kind of interesting or thought-provoking. Then, they always end with something like this: Are you ashamed of Jesus? The Bible says that if we are ashamed of Jesus here on earth, He will be ashamed of us when we stand before his throne. If this were some other, normal, lame email forward, you would imediately send it to everyone you know. But, since it is a "Christian" forward, you will think very carefully about who you send it to.

I don't know about you, but that drives me NUTS! I rarely pass on email forwards. In fact, I can probably count on one hand the number of forwards I have passed on in the last couple of years. Basically, I figure that, since everyone sends these things to everyone (and their brother and second cousin, twice removed), anyone I would send it to has probably received it several times. And, these things usually make the rounds about every few months, after everyone has forgotten that they sent it the first time. So, they don't need to get it again from me. I also am one of the poor, underpriveleged people to still be on dial-up, and, since most of these forwards are rather large, they take awhile to send or receive. (you try waiting half an hour or more to finish receiving three or four video clips or photo collections that someone has sent you at the same time) Plus, go ahead, admit it, most forwards are pretty lame, especially if you've had them sent to you several times.

So, it really annoys me to have someone try to lay a guilt trip on me for allegedly being ashamed of Jesus, simply because I didn't perpetuate their annoying forward. Plus, I have received many of these "I'm not ashamed of Jesus" forwards from people that I know couldn't care less about God or what His word says about how they should live their lives. But, they seem to think that Jesus will welcome them into Heaven, because they were proud enough of Him to pass on this forward.

And, horror of horrors, I got my first text-message forward on my cell phone the other day. Of course it was a cute, you-are-my-good-friend-and-I-just-wanted-to-let-you-know kind of thing, chich is fine, but it just seems kind of lame to have to send someone a forward to let them know it. (no offense intended to the person who sent it to me, by the way, just in case you're reading this; I'll still be your good friend) However, I will DEFINATELY NOT pass on text-message forwards, because I'm too cheap to get a text-message plan, and it costs me money every time I send one. so, if you send me something like that, I will NOT send it back to you.

Well, did you last this far? If you did, I will tell you that I don't absolutely HATE all email (or text-message) forwards. In fact I've seen some pretty good ones. If you get a good one, send it to me. I don't care. But, please don't send me every single boring, lame forward you get, simply because you can.

Anyway, on to other stuff.....

In video game news (since I know you all skip all of the rest of my posts just to read the video game stuff), I have finished Quantum Redshift. I mostly enjoyed it, though I just about threw my controller across the room in frustration more than a few times. It's very basically a high-speed, futuristic racing game in which the racres carry weapons that can be used to eliminate the other racers from the race. There are 18 tracks, and 16 different characters that you can race as, in 5 different speed classes. (speeds can be over 900 mph) I basically played it for 4 months, and, as I figured up after I finished it (I won all 5 speed classes with all 16 racers), I won 418 races. As you may expect, I was ready to move on to something else.

I have now begun playing Army Men RTS, a real-time strategy game featuring little toy plastic soldiers. (you know, like you can buy in a plastic bucket at Wal-mart) So far it's pretty fun, but I'm only about 1/4 of the way through it, so I guess the jury's still out on it. If you want to know more, look it up on gamespot.com, ign.com, or gamespy.com.

Also, Karissa is still growing like a weed! She is walking a little, is working on three more teeth (for a total of six), and has learned to climb onto low objects, which never ceases to worry her mother to death! :-)

Anyway, my next post will probably be about why I am (apparently) so much smarter than the rest of the world. Unless, of course, I come up with something else to post about before I finish thinking up what to put in that one.

Stay tuned......

Karissa's Birthday!

Hi again, all. Just a quick post about Karissa's Birthday (two weeks ago by now-yes, I'm a little slow).

She was surprisingly happy around all of her company. My parents came, and Lee & Mary, Justin, Kevin, and even Debi made the trek up from NC. She laughed and played (we got some cute video of her), and enjoyed her first Birthday cake and even a few presents! She even let Debi hold her Sunday Morning before she left!

The Birthday girl eating her cake....

And with one of her presents...

She also has three teeth by now, and drives Renee crazy by grinding them together. She chatters constantly, though she doesn't use real words yet.

She loves to get into the clothes hamper- she takes clothes out and then puts them back in. Sometimes along with other things, such as Daddy's comb, and other small things that she can get ahold of.

She has also discovered the toilet. She loves to take a washcloth, dip into the water, and then drip it all over the floor! Needless to say, her dear parents don't appreciate it too much.

Anyway, that's all for now. Stay tuned for my other afformentioned upcoming posts.