SimplyAudiobooks

I decided to do a trial of Simply Audiobooks because the kids love to listen to audio books from the library. Unfortunately I have not been impressed with their selection. They haven't even had a small fraction of what I've searched for. You have to have between 10-15 books in your rental list just so they can find one to send. So my free trial is almost over and it took me a long time just to find some books that they would be able to send. However, I did get my first book today - C.S. Lewis - The Great Divorce and the Abolition of Man. I've already read the Great Divorce, but it is interesting to listen to it again. C.S. Lewis is so fascinating to read. He really makes so much sense and I often have to focus my brain to get the full meaning of his words. I like that feeling. Gotta remember to cancel the account before I get charged!

Library fines and soccer times

So I went to the library and decided today is the day I should pay all my fines, including the freakin' fines on those black hole books. But they insisted that I shouldn't pay it today, that they would just renew them again for me. I told the librarian that I WANTED to pay for the books, but she pooh-poohed that idea and said that they would now be due in November. It's nice, but I really just want to get it over with, you know? It's like when I was a kid and did something wrong - a lot of times, just waiting for the punishment was worse than the actual punishment.
Oh, I thought I was going to be able to blog a bit, but it looks like soccer mom needs to save the day and take a kid to practice. I have a real love/hate relationship with the soccer season. And then the 10 y.o. says he wants to play winter league... we'll see.

Black Holes

I think there is a black hole in my house somewhere. Or maybe outside. I watched a friend's toddler today. She brought a very cute little TinkerBell bag that had her diapers/wipes/extra clothes etc. I KNOW we had it, because I changed her diaper once while she was here. But where is it now? In the black hole. Gone. I've searched everywhere! I even pulled out everything from the linen closet (at least it's clean now). The kids were out playing in the playhouse, and I made them clean that too, but no bag. It's too big to fit under the couch, it's not under the beds, it's not in the shed, it's not in the kitchen cabinets, and it isn't on the side of the house. The sad part is that this is not the first thing to go into the black hole. There are also 2 library books in there. I've been renewing them for the last 5 months because I just know I'm going to find them. The sad part is that they were my library books, not the kids. They probably went to the black hole because they aren't classics. Just a dumb book about Ebay and another one about Clutter. Maybe I sold them - clutter, ebay, they sound like a bargain for someone. I'll bet they're in the Tinker Bell bag waiting for me to find them.