borrowed camera

Molly sent her camera home with my husband today. They work together. She told him to have me play around with it and see how I like it. It's not a point and shoot but it's nothing crazy either. It's a Nikon L100. Anyone have one of these or know anything about them? My husband wants to get me a professional grade digital camera for Christmas but not quite sure what I want yet. Do I start off small or go mid-grade? I've been through a couple point and shoots and they just don't quite capture the shots I'd like to get! I am not a photographer or anything, nor do I want to be but I enjoy playing around and creating "art"...

So I took Molly's camera around the farm and gave it a whirl tonight. Not a bad little guy for $250 bucks... any thoughts? Suggestions? Critiques?

It was pretty cloudy tonight.