Shuffle

Oh, how I love my iPod.

It was my Christmas present two years ago, and I use it every day. When I was teaching, I used it for all my classes: music to run and skip to, music to play harmonicas to, music to get ready for band to. I listen to my own playlists in the car, and while hanging out. And "Liam's Lullabyes" (yes, I know it's spelled incorrectly, but that's what makes sense to me) are a crucial part of naptime and bedtime routines.

Throw in all the pictures of The Prince, a few movies, music videos, games, and what more could you ask for?

Best present ever, along with the portable dock that came the next year. Thanks, hubs.

And can I say how genius "shuffle" is? My goodness, all my favorites, all mixed up. I didn't think I'd like it, because I'm one to listen to entire albums over and over, but like it I do. Perhaps that's a comment on how society's need for instant gratification and neat packaging of manageable bites, but that's a topic for another post. Actually, I think it's more how I like to hear bits of all my favorite artists and songs, and really enjoy how funny it is to hear Evanescence, then Carol King, then Dixie Chicks, then Mariah Carey, then Amy Grant...that's me!