A few months ago, I got an MP3 player. It's about the size of an old fashioned "zippo" type cigarette lighter. That's pretty much where things stopped, until this afternoon. When I first unpacked it, I loaded a few things onto the player, but hadn't seriously put my mind to listening to anything. I sat down last night with a set of headphones, and figured out how to listen to what was on the player. This afternoon I sat down with ALL my Christmas CD's (I've got a bunch) and burned my favorite tracks on to the MP3 player. Brought up an old set of computer speakers from the basement, hooked up a couple of cables and an AC adapter, hit the shuffle switch, and hey! I've got a nice set of carols to play during the next few weeks. I don't have a multi-CD player, so this will fill that void nicely.

I'm feeling very smug, and also thinking I should work with the rest of my CD's and set up playlists for myself from all the other stuff I've got.

The only thing missing is my favorite Christmas CD. I know I listened to it last year - wonder where it's hiding?