Quote Originally Posted by Spektyr View Post
That makes sense, and I'm building it with forward compatibility in mind, but to stay on budget I have to make some decisions on where to put the money. And it's much easier to buy an expensive thermostat six months from now and not have the wife mentally add that to the complete cost of the cage. She's good about not considering the jigsaw I bought because of this project to be part of the expense of the project, but then again I'm usually pretty quick to find another thing to use each tool for after the first project is complete to "help" her dissociate the tool from the project...."
Then you don't want her to know a rack is cheaper to build and allows you to house more animals??

Buy her something she wants, that will distract her.