Next Lens After the Cheap Kit Lens

This is an e-mail from a friend of mine and I could not help but put a couple of my comments to it here online so that more people could benefit from it.
[My wife] got the D40, it was an eBay buy. I wish that we had a better lens, it came with a lower [...]

Which Nice Digital Camera Should I Buy, D40 or D60?

I just answered this question from a friend of mine, and figured it might be helpful to more of you out there. She writes:
I am looking at getting a nice digital camera. I am looking at the Nikon D40 and the Nikon D60. I really like the price of the D40, but I want something [...]