Oh Crap!

Our perfect house isn't ours. We knew it'd happen and that it was too good to be true, but we had to try. Carpe diem, you know?

It's just annoying that the place was sold before we even knew it was for sale. Here's what happened: Renee and I have decided on a big neighborhood that we want to live in. We've driven around it numerous times to get a feel for the types of houses/people that are there. The last time we drove past this house, Renee said, "Those people need to move out so we can live in their house." And then the next week, the house is for sale. Creepy, right?

Viewings of the house began on April 18, which coincidentally is the day it was sold. We didn't see it on the realtor's web site until April 19.

So, in the good news department, we finally broke down, splurged and got an iPod Shuffle! Apple, in its geniusness, made this thing conflict with the original iMac enclosure by about one millimeter. One stinking millimeter separates the contacts in the shuffle from the contacts in the USB port on the computer and makes you have to spend $30 on the iPod Shuffle Dock. Good job, Apple. Love you, too.

However, it does connect perfectly in my broken-screened PowerBook G4, so all the MP3s I wanted to put on there I just transferred to the PowerBook and did it from there. Renee won't want to ever transfer songs to the shuffle without the dock, but maybe someday we'll splurge again and get it.

I pre-ordered an awesome looking iPod Shuffle FM transmitter made by XtremeMac. It doesn't ship until April 25, though. I can't wait for it to get here.

Oh, and Renee gave the shuffle the best name ever: Juicy Fruit.

So anyway, today's the big day that Renaissance will be turned around in the car. She's becoming a big girl so fast. She can say blue, bear, mama, dada, oh wow, bye bye, hi, hello, bob bob (Spongebob), tiger, and probably some other things I'm forgetting. We hope it'll be more exciting for her to see mommy and daddy when we're in the car.