Recent Obsessions

I have this cabinet just loaded full of CDs. I love music, many kinds of music, and have this thing about "owning" as many of my favorite songs as I can (just in case I need to hear a certain something, like when a song gets stuck in your head . . .) This Fall we got a new computer, so I decided to check out iTunes. Wow, now instead of having to buy an entire CD when all I really want is one or two particular songs, I can purchase individual songs with just one click! Then I got my iPod. Cool, now not only can I put my iTunes songs on it, but it hit me I could conceivably fit my ENTIRE music collection on this tiny device. Let the ripping begin.

During my days off, while Kaya is napping (or watching TV -- more on that later) I have been taking little stacks of CDs to the computer and trasferring them to iTunes and the iPod. This process is so much more time consuming than I thought it would be! I am only about halfway finished, and starting to feel overwhelmed. I've spent more time sitting in front of the computer in the past month than I have in the past year, probably. So that is my current obsession.

My darling daughter, however, has a few going on. She LOVES "cream;" whenever she spies one of my many jars and tubes of scented lotions, she holds out her little hand and asks for "some?" A little is never enough, so then we have tears. Bad mom alert: I let her watch TV. PBS Sprout, to be specific, and she is addicted. Sesame Street is the ultimate, but sadly, she knows the names and theme songs (!) to most of the others. I think I need to set some limits. She is also dependant on her binky. Up until this past July, she only ever used the binky in her crib. But then she got a bad cold and wanted the binky for comfort, and it's been a constant presence since. And she will only drink milk from a bottle. But I was researching the issue today and have decided on this tactic: I am going to start gradually watering down her milk in the bottle so it doesn't taste as good, and will offer her full-strength milk in cups. Wish me luck. After we get rid of the bottle, I will tackle the binky issue. One trauma at a time. Don't even ask about potty training . . . I am just not quite ready to go full speed ahead with that yet, though she does sit on the potty and has even peed in it twice.

Speaking of traumas, Kaya had her first haircut today, and it terrified her. It was as if she thought I was going to butcher her. I only got 3/4 finished; there is still a little long chunk in the back, and her bangs need trimming, but I think we'll wait until daddy gets home this evening to try again.