I have written before about going to the library, but I
thought it was worth mentioning again. To
read the original post, you can find it here.
We take advantage of our library every single week. You can find me there picking up new release DVD ’s, old DVD ’s
that we may have missed, movies I enjoy and want to watch again, audio books,
and physical books. I don’t believe in
purchasing DVD ’s or books unless I
know I will watch or read them more than once.
This not only saves us money, but keeps stuff from accumulating around the house.
Lately, we have gotten into more resources our library has
available.
Magazines
I will admit that I enjoy reading magazines from time to
time. Instead of purchasing my own
subscription, I get the magazines each and every month from the library. Hubby has found this resource invaluable when
doing research from Consumer Reports.
Newspapers
We had a gentleman come to our door asking if we wanted to
get the local paper several weeks back: We declined. We are able to check out newspapers from our
town, the three larger cities around our town as well as national newspapers
from our library. We are not news or
newspaper type of people – we enjoy a life where the negativity stays out of
our home. Some call it ignorance;
however, we are unapologetic about being uninformed. If a news story interests us online, we will
read it. We don’t like to be inundated
with it.
Free Classes
Not only does our library offer book discussions, there are
also classes to learn how to knit, use/create Google Docs, estate planning,
seed-swapping and many other courses throughout the year. I am amazed at how much our library offers
considering we are a town of 5,000 residents!
Our library also offers a free online program to learn how
to speak different languages. I would
like to learn how to speak Spanish, Italian and French one day. Maybe I will try to re-learn Spanish come
winter when there is no garden work to be done.
What programs does
your library offer?
Do you take advantage
of them?
I just got home from our closest local library. I was doing some tutoring but I always enjoy spying on the current classes or browsing for books.
ReplyDeleteGood post, great site.
Glad we found it.
-Jacob
www.cashcowcouple.com
I love it! :-)
DeleteThe ladies at the library know me by name and know they can expect to see me once a week. Thank you for your comment!