We live in a poor rural county. Studies show that your poor rural areas, or maybe just poor areas in general, are less likely to have books in the home and less likely to encourage reading in children. Schools obviously want to combat this, especially at the preschool & kindergarten level. The kids bring a book home from the school library every day, this month is 2 at a time for a special reading program, and are often given books by the local Literacy Council, the PTO and Scholastic Books(the schools earn points to get books to give away or keep in their library). Mayhem has been given 5 since the beginning of the year. He’s being given another one today (Goldilocks) This is where the guilt comes in. Mayhem doesn’t need those books. In that same space of time the boys have checked out 17 books from the county library, in addition to the 4-5 a week from the school library and I have bought/traded for 8 more. The boys have 6 shelves stuffed with their books in the house, plus...
Good luck! Especially with the billing issue, those can take lots of time and transfers to many different departments and supervisors.
ReplyDeleteHey - I found someone with a list longer than min..although not by much :)
ReplyDeleteugh... the dreaded to do list! Sounds like you've got a lot on your plate. I hope you get everything done.
ReplyDeleteGeesh, that's a pretty long list!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have to tell you that your #3 is VERY VERY IMPORTANT.
I'm still mourning the loss of my hard drive, as I sit here and watch carbonite restore my files ... one at a time. Only 52,000 more to go.
Sigh.