i did it.
i took the PLUNGE.....
i bought an ipod!!!
i'm still trying to figure it all out, and to be honest, apple never ceases to amaze me!!! you plug the darn thing in and WHAM! it starts to upload -- i'm floored.
and of course i got the cutest one i could find:

hello. it's red :)
i think it holds up to...dunno...a few thousand songs and if any of you really know me that well, you'll grasp that i'm a raging loser when it comes to music! but i uploaded what i DO have on iTunes at the moment (my hubby's acct, he's got one already!)....and i intended to use it on vacation, but -- i didn't take it out once!!!! i couldn't stop reading long enough to care about music. i finished one of the BEST novels i've EVER read called, "Vanishing Acts".....i forgot how much i enjoy reading.
at any rate, i thought you'd all be proud...i've made technological progress!
if any of you would like to make some music suggestions -- i'm all ears!!!