As an early birthday present, the Petite Filet let me order a special case for my iPod. It's a little over the top, but it means my little Shuffle will be protected in the case of severe flooding, or if I decide to wash the car while using it.
Yesterday, as an early Christmas present (for the next two or three years), she and I bought a new computer, which I will use most often for work and side business ventures, with a little personal stuff thrown in. Of course, I had plans to buy the cheaper one (we went with the mid-range model with the 2.0 GHz processor) and leave. But we left after buying a wireless Airport Extreme base so we could keep our other Mac wired and allow the Petite Filet to to use her work-issued craptop at home. And a little bit of software to get me going.
So far, everything works as promised and it is awesome awesome awesome. The real test will be using at work next week, but there have been dozens of times last week I wished I'd had it. Add a cell phone and quiet place to work and it's like having a mobile newsroom ... no desk can tie me down. Just watch your latte; the computer ain't waterproof.
congrats on the new baby. whay did you decide to name your new baby computer???