two quick notes

first, another matson funny:
last week, scott was laying on the floor playing with matsy (he had mats laying on his tummy) while i made dinner.  suddenly, i heard a squealch, a laugh, and scott spluttering.  (sounds promising, right?)  i come into the room to see what's going on, expecting that mats will have wiggled down onto scott's neck and have tried latching on or something - it really tickles.  no no.  apparently, mats did his usual wiggling trick, but this time ended up with his mouth completely covering scott's nose ... at which point, he stuck his tongue up scott's nostril!  if an adult found himself with his tongue in someone's nose, either by dare or accident, his reaction would be to say, "eww!" and remove it as quickly as possible while trying to suppress a gag.  our little dino, on the other hand, was fascinated by the new textures and tastes and tried to wiggle his little tongue up as far as it would go!

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in other news, i have found a new blog with which i am 100% smitten: young house love.  i happened upon it while looking for design ideas for our living room - actually saw a picture from the blog on another site and loved the picture, but then days later found the blog and realized that the picture i loved so much had originated from them!  it's a young married couple with a baby who are total diy-ers and spend their days frugally updating and redesigning their house.  according to the about me, both of their full time jobs are the blog, which i find both crazy and awesome at the same time.  anyway, i've been through quite a few design blogs in the past few weeks and might find an idea that i love, but then realize that the blog's overall style is just totally not me.  this one, on the other hand, i have already wasted innumerable hours perusing and loving and totally connecting with.  they almost have me convinced to paint all of my lovely black picture frames white!