We had the dogs' portraits done. Isn't it awesome? The artist's website is Portraits by Nette. I think she did a wonderful job. I won this custom portrait in an auction to benefit American Boston Terrier Rescue, so everybody wins!

Today we bought a new dishwasher; the kind with two drawers. I think everyone in my family except my sister who is too cheap frugal to buy a new dishwasher has this kind. Since it's just the two of us, we have to wait and wait for the dishwasher to be full before running it. In the meantime we run out of plates, or forks or mugs. This way, we can run a small load in one of the drawers and not worry about wasting water and energy.