Sorry, I've Got Nothing

I know I said I'd be a better poster these days, but I apparently lied.

I am either so involved in something else that I'm not on the computer at all, or I'm just doing some drive-by blogging - skimming every one's new posts to make sure all's well, but logging out before even commenting.

When I saw that Renna and Carol had written posts about 10 things they do everyday, I thought that was a great idea, and I could follow suit. I couldn't come up with 10 things!!! I came up with about 5 things that I am certainly doing every single day..... but anything else was too random or inconsistent... for shame.

This year I have been occupied with reading, organizing, and wanting.

Reading: for Christmas I bought myself a nice stack of books that had been on my wish list for a while, and in addition to that, the kids bought me a membership to booksfree.com. From my purchases, I've mostly been engrossed in Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

I am going through this book slowly because I am stopping to implement Mr. Allen's suggestions and I am steadily organizing, filing, cleaning, etc.

From booksfree.com, I can order four books a month, and when I send books back, I get more from my list - like Netflix and such. So far, Mary has read two books that I requested for her, and I've read two: Living Simply: Choosing Less in a World of More and The End of the Alphabet .

Living Simply was great; I've already added it to my gift-idea list; I'm almost finished with End of the Alphabet - so far, so good. This website is a great in-between option for book addicts; it's not as frugal as going to the library, but better than buying all the books I want to read. And it motivates me to actually begin and finish certain books, because I know they have to be returned in order to get more.

Clearly, I love love love books. I like to hold them, highlight them, refer to them..... but I like them so much that when I have several that I'm wanting to read, I want them all around me all the time. If I am reading at night, I want my entire current stack on the nightstand. If I am going to have down time in the car waiting on the kids, I want them all with me (who knows what mood I'll be in or what level of concentration I'll be allowed? - Fiction, self-help, how-to?)

That's why I'm wanting this:

This would never replace books for me, but it would be so awesomely convenient for my scattered interests and obsessions. You can receive books virtually instantly. Instantly! I want a new book, 60 seconds later, I have it. Whoa. It holds 1500 books, and can even read to me.

I've reminded my BELOVED, WELL-CARED FOR offspring that Mother's Day is just far enough away that if they started saving money NOW....

And while they are filling the piggy bank, I'll be getting my projects in order and free myself up to blog blog blog, really...