Nov 10: blogger's block / to do lists

Well, I made it 10 days before I hit my usual blogger's block. It's some weird combination of stage fright and weariness. Do I talk about my son? Should I complain about my computer? I've told you some of the major thoughts I've had. My mind is a blank.

So um, here are some of my smaller goals:

Knitting projects:
- Socks for Tobo: Nobody makes warm winter socks for toddlers because they grow like weeds. I'm take the chance to make a small set of socks for Tobo from left over yarn.
- No more yarn: I've cut myself off from buying anymore yarn until I use up the odds and ends I've got stashed away for a rainy day. So these socks are perfect kind of thing.
- Next? I'm debating making a hat or socks for myself next.

Diaper projects:
- flips: I've been thinking about picking up some disposable flips from cottonbabies.com for our christmas travel. Happily, it looks like you can buy the covers and the insert separately. I really don't need more regular diapers. We'll see if its actually worth it.
- better inserts: I am investigating hemp inserts for night time in an attempt to get away from disposables at night. I don't want to spend too much money on anything, so I'm going to be looking at used and ebay first, no rush really. If I procrastinate long enough he'll be potty trained. Another option is to look at hemp fitted diapers that would work with our dancing bear cover. The cover works great, I just need to find a combination that is thin and absorbent. We're also looking at cutting back on liquids at night.
- replace the diaper bag: We're also trying to replace our backpack/diaper bag with something that is more travel friendly than what we have. I've got one I like at Landsend, but the jury is still out.

Computer projects:
- Fix the *$%^ mac. Really tired of getting a notice on my phone that I have new mail before I see it on my computer. I have no idea what is going on with mac mail and I'm about ready to chuck it and install thunderbird, mozilla's mail client. If I can get this resolved, I will be completely off the old mac and ready to move onto software upgrades.
- Quicken 2010 is coming out for mac, which is the first update since 2008. I highly doubt it will have anything earth shattering in it, but it will hopefully be less buggy than 2008 has become. I've looked around at iBudget, but not sure if I really understand their premise. (envelope budgeting)
- InDesign CS4: If I upgrade I can work some from home. Probably.

ok, boy is crying, off to save the day.