So, all I have to I do is mention what I would like as a gift for any mommy-related holiday, and somehow my kids come up with it....sometimes it's tempting to say, 'okay, this year for ...... day, i'd like a trip to Tahiti'. I know, dream on...
This year, with mother’s day approaching, my eldest child asked me what I would like. In passing, I said I was going to attempt to quit smoking by training for a 1/2 marathon. Certainly if I'm running I won't want to smoke! In theory! So, in order for me to ENJOY running, eldest daughter decides an iPod would be the ticket to shoving me out the door. I totally rock out to music! It's quite ridiculous. Of course, it has to be the right music, and what better way to get the 'right' music in my head, than an iPod filled with my favorite tunes!
Now, I'm not totally technology savvy, but I'm not an idiot about it, either. As soon as I rec'd my iPod Shuffle I set out to 'tune it up', so to speak. OMG! Evidently Apple doesn't do things the same way a PC does....in other words, it's not user friendly if you're used to a PC. I finally figured out how to buy some tunes...3…and then I couldn't figure out how I had done it to do it again! Don't know what's up with that. I then decided to try to download some CDs. Okay then! I stuck the CD in the drive and the tunes came up on the screen. I could figure out how to ‘play’ them so I would know which songs to choose. Figured out how to choose the songs, but now how do I get them over to my iPod! No direction for this! So, I decided to (this is not like me at all) read HELP. (I know, what a concept, eh?) HELP told me to ‘drag the songs to my ‘device’ and they would be moved the iPod. EUREKA!! Okay, so sometimes the ‘device’ doesn’t show up in the left-hand column. I have no idea why it doesn’t. It just doesn’t!
On my iPod I now have a few of my favorite tunes that I totally rock out to. Has the ½ marathon training/running began? Nah….I have no idea whether it’s because I’m lazy, like to smoke and am afraid I’d have to quit to run, or maybe the right tune just isn’t on there yet. I am, however, getting some fairly decent exercise just rocking out around my apartment while vacuuming, dusting, or sitting on my balcony soaking up the sun!
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yeah, i'm afraid that trip to tahiti will have to wait until my dear husband hits the lottery, or becomes a millionaire from selling his dollies on eBay. and then? still not guaranteed. "this money will have to be invested..."
ugh.
anyway, so glad that you love your iPod! i, too am the apple-challenged kind. i have a few CDs that i was able to import onto my iPod, but it's been a year and a half and i haven't been able to figure out how to do it again. ;)
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