One Point Five Million Reasons to Grin Like an Idiot
All kinds of news to report on from the weekend but I'm not going to. And no, we did not win the lottery.

Instead I'm going to talk about the most fun new toy I've gotten in a long time. First, we finally got to CostCo today to stock on some needed stuff for the house, also to price new TV's and some other things we'll be buying soon.

Everytime I go, there's one thing I always pick up, always lust for and then, eventually, put back on the shelf. But not today. Today I put it in the cart and it stayed there until we were loading it into the car.

Today, I became the incredibly happy owner of the coolest flashlight ever! Yeah, yeah, flashlight, smashlight, whatever. Nope, not this one. This flashlight is ridiculously powerful, 1,500,000 candlepower powerful. It shoots a beam of light out a mile. No, not a light that can be seen a mile away, a beam that can let you see a mile away. Its like holding a mini sun in your hands. Pull the trigger (because any light this powerful has a trigger and not a switch) and any room you are in instantly becomes flooded with shockingly bright light. I shot it down into my backyard from the upstairs and its truly amazing!

It runs on rechargable batteries but can also be plugged into a cigarette lighter or used plugged into the wall. It even has a baby flashlight built into the grip so you can read a map or do mellow lighting needs activities before switching on the light gun. Its so cool that I'm even thinking about shooting some video of using the light, not sure how it will work but I'm always interested in playing around with the camera and whatever other new toy (and yes, I have more puppy pics and two videos that I'll be working on).

P thinks I'm wacky for wanting a light that's too powerful for almost anything. But I'm a guy and dammit, I NEEDED 1.5 million candles in the sweaty palm of my hand. I think I can even give myself a tan with it! Actually, I will test its heat radiation capabilities with my infrared thermometer to see just how hot I can get something!

CostCo was fun but it was far too crowded with angry looking moms and the lines were too long. But so what, I feel like Apollo tonight!

And woe unto that asshole who gets behind me with his high beams on during my next run down the highway. He shall learn the error of his ways with 1.5 million candle power force!

And yes, I have stopped giggling by now.

We did, by the way, go back to the farm to play with our little pup some more and get her more used to us. We played with her but also played with her eleven brothers and sisters too and had a ball. They are very, very happy little pups with great attitudes and fun personalities. One really liked to nip with her razor sharp teeth but the rest were pretty mellow. Such sweet little pups, I remarked to P that we could almost certainly be happy with any of the bunch, they are just all super sweet and wonderful little dogs.

We'll be heading back there on Tuesday most likely and then again later in the week. The more time we can spend with our little girl before we take, the easier it will be to transition her into the house. I'm still somewhat concerned about leaving her alone for as much time as we will have to for a little while but I will be shifting my hours at work to ease that burden on her as much as I can. And I will be accelerating my communications side venture so that I will, eventually, be working out of my home office. That way, I can care for the puppy and the baby down the road and still make a good and decent living.

But there is still a long way to go down that road before it can happen. And lots of work to be undertaken too. But it will be worth it.

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