Musings

We are a week into the new year. I have been flat broke since the end of last year and can't wait until payday on the 15th. Some people are good with money--Karen and my younger brother and some people aren't. I fall into squarely into the AREN'T category. I am trying and I am making some improvement but when you start in negative territory then some improvement doesn't seem to even ripple to the pond. I can't even blame it on "Well, I was never really taught." because my younger brother clearly learned. Maybe I was out shopping when that lesson was introduced. I do plan to make 2011 a better year in the fiscal department. I am out of debt so I should be able to move at least some of that money into a savings account.
The cats are back to waking me up at well before 6:00. Last Tuesday night, Misha became inconsolable at 2:30 in the morning. The only when he took his aggressions out on a paper shopping bag did he calm down. Since then they have been alert from about 4:30 wanting attention. Jeez, we were doing so well for a while. Yesterday the sisters asked me when they slept. Here is a picture of them comfortably napping in the chair when I came home early one afternoon. Obviously they save all the good stuff up for when I am home.

Diet seems to be going better. I am making an effort to reduce the fat in my diet. I haven't noticed any weight loss--DRAT--but that isn't the point. The point really is my insides need to come clean. I haven't gotten the exercise down yet. But I feel that I am usually so busy at work that I really get enough there. At least I hope so.
Speaking of work. We are taking the time to do some weeding now that we are in our slow season. Our shelves are beginning to get packed so we are removing some of the items that haven't checked out since before we opened the library. It's slow going. Last Saturday, I spaced the shelves in the Children's Fiction a little wider. We try not to use the bottom shelves of the stacks in many of the areas. I lowered the second shelf to as far down as it would go and then spaced the other shelves so that some of the taller books that were laying on their sides are now upright. I had a volunteer help me with the project that took about 1:45 to finish. I gave the shelves a good dusting as well. They are beginning to get grimy behind the books. At least our janitor does seem to keep the open end of the shelves fairly dust-free.