Library Day for Mom
Posted by Alli on June 18, 2009
This afternoon I had two sleeping boys and I read for about thirty minutes straight. It was so nice and a very rare treat for me. And I have the library website to thank for it.
Thursday is usually library day for us. We go so Fuller can participate in Story Time. While he listens to the stories, I wander around the kid’s section to pick out books for Fuller and I to enjoy together. Rarely do our visits mean I come home with books for myself.
I’ve recently changed that by doing something I do well- I went digital. If I see a book I think I would like to read, I head over to my library’s website and look up the book. If the book is in our library system, at any of the branches, I am able to place a hold on it and request it be sent to the library branch we visit every Thursday. I get an email when it is ready for me to pick up and I have a week (or two?) to get it. Since we are there most Thursdays, I am pretty timely in my pick ups.
By going digital for my library visits, I am able to avoid browsing the shelves with a four year old in tow (not an easy task). Also, the branch we use is really, really small and using the website actually expands my browsing experience faster. Most books I have wanted to read have not been at our branch, so I would have had to wait anyway.
I’m excited because I’m now creating my own “to be read” pile, starting with Julie and Julia
I know some of you might think, “well duh!” but I’m just so giddy to be figuring this out now. I miss reading and now, I have plenty to keep me going when we are on vacation in a few weeks.
vieja said,
I remember the first book I read when you girls were big enough for me to actually read. It was “And Ladies of the Club” and it is a LONG one.
I would take it into the bedroom and go to the other side of the high brass bed and sit on the floor so you kids couldn’t see me if you opened the door. I sat there and plowed through the book. It had been years, it seemed, since I had been able to read anything more than a magazine article.
Julie said,
My library is online also, and it makes it so much easier than browsing the shelves for sure.
Julies last blog post..Life Changing
Loretta said,
I want to see the Julie & Julia movie, looks totally cute!
I need to see if our library is online or not…. what I really really want is a Kindle….. but that’s another rant for another day!
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