Today

Today is a "town day" as we have an orthodontist appt and then the kids have a Toastmaster's meeting this evening. It's just not worth it (gas) to go back and forth twice in a day so we have made plans to go to both libraries - Fargo and Moorhead. They are both great libraries with different features. Fargo has a great, separate, children's section. The books are current and are well-shelved for easy access for kids. Moorhead has the definite advantage of an incredibly friendly and helpful staff (Fargo has shown improvement in this area - but is not equal to Moorhead) however, at Moorhead the non-fiction books are shelved with the adult books. There are just some sections where I don't want my younger children to go - yet.

We do love libraries - the library card is one of our most precious possessions. We used to have to pay a fee for the card that we use in F/M. A "non-resident" fee. I was shocked when I had to pay for a LIBRARY CARD. Needless to say, we had one for our entire family. The fee was rolled back last year so that everyone in our family could get a card. That makes things challenging as each of us has a 50 (?) book limit. We impose a 10-15 book limit on ourselves because if we get 10-15 each from two libraries (you do the math) - well, gas mileage goes down on the way home from the library! We keep the books in clothesbaskets to separate the books by library.

I need to get the kids up and get things moving! Have a great day.