Books dropped off at local library:

My Life as a Furry Red Monster by Kevin Clash
Financial Peace Planner by Dave Ramsey
Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman
Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
The Road to Wealth by Suze Orman
What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles.

Also returned the movie I Am Legend, what a brutal waste of time this was.
Alas, if I had left the room, I would have achieved my stated goal of a book a day.

Luckily, I can cheat by counting all the children’s books I read to Cassidy.

Money doesn’t talk, it swears.
-Bob Dylan
“It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”

Really, I don’t know why I put it off; better to see the bottom of the bank account, I think, and begin planning how best to fill it back up, than to spend two months in agony, dreading the day I have to write out those big checks.

Which is, of course, today.

But now, a tremendous sense of relief. I even, in a fit of goodwill, purchased my husband real Coca-Cola instead of store brand (although if I had bought store brand, he could have had an extra liter for the same price).

I read somewhere recently (wasn’t I going to stop saying that?) that you’re supposed to aim, shoot, and run towards the enemy. It’s not enough to hold them off, you need to make progress.

So, no more putting things off. I swear! I am adding “Run Towards the Enemy” to “What Are You Waiting For? Do It NOW!” on my imaginary wall of motivational signs. Which maybe I will make not-imaginary, now that I’m not using all my free time to obsess over our tax bill.

“Get bent! TAX MAN!!!”
-Maggie Gyllenhaal in Stranger Than Fiction
Another good movie to put on your Netflix list!