tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14881033.post2262516912845216105..comments2023-10-15T09:40:24.820-04:00Comments on A Simple Walk: Frugal Friday: Your Library's WebsiteKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112133327097954479noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14881033.post-63206078786094952842008-04-04T15:04:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:04:00.000-04:00I log onto my library's website on the same day ev...I log onto my library's website on the same day every week, and renew everything that is coming due in that week, even if I plan to return it. I also have a big basket by the door for library books and I am TRYING to teach the children to put them back in there. (My more on-top-of-things friend keeps all her library books on top of the piano at all times unless they are actively being read.) I check back to see what didn't renew and has to be returned.<BR/><BR/>It's not fool-proof. But except for the book that got buried deep in the couch, we haven't had a huge lot of fines. Those library DVDs can be dangerous, though . . . the fines are so high on them!Queen of Carrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193758647591339890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14881033.post-24263056488147964482008-04-04T10:17:00.000-04:002008-04-04T10:17:00.000-04:00You poor thing. I know the feeling. I had the sa...You poor thing. I know the feeling. I had the same problem. Now I mark the day on my calender being that I look at it all the time. Dd has been ordering online too but she has pretty good about reminding me of returns.<BR/>We have been getting movies for free at the library for movie nights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14881033.post-20262889136057685702008-04-04T05:47:00.000-04:002008-04-04T05:47:00.000-04:00Set a schedule where every two weeks on the same d...Set a schedule where every two weeks on the same day you visit the library. It will become a routine and plus a bonus of setting yourself up for breaking a bad habit of late fees a thing of the past.andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483542803791179590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14881033.post-58015976312882084902008-04-04T00:02:00.001-04:002008-04-04T00:02:00.001-04:00Thanks so much for stopping by my blog... and I lo...Thanks so much for stopping by my blog... and I love your tip! I'll have to see if my library participates in this! You have a precious little family! It's encouraging to see other mothers with many little stairsteps :)Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356501627666697684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14881033.post-42696129794068597422008-04-04T00:02:00.000-04:002008-04-04T00:02:00.000-04:00LOL...I think my library would have to set up some...LOL...I think my library would have to set up something where they actually came to my house and picked up my books! Does anybody's library offer that? If it does, we'd probably make up any moving expenses in what we'd save on library fines! :-)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03112133327097954479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14881033.post-73266866241101139742008-04-03T23:56:00.000-04:002008-04-03T23:56:00.000-04:00If your library has all those web options availabl...If your library has all those web options available, maybe they also have what mine does: email notification "reminders" you can sign up for that electronically nag you when your books are almost due -- so you can either return them...or renew them online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14881033.post-18940460235414814852008-04-03T23:47:00.000-04:002008-04-03T23:47:00.000-04:00Thanks for the tips.Sadly I am a repeat offender o...Thanks for the tips.<BR/><BR/>Sadly I am a repeat offender of not returning stuff on time too.Niki Jolenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433264163042853577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14881033.post-6351650802256178072008-04-03T23:18:00.000-04:002008-04-03T23:18:00.000-04:00I told my husband about your tip. He says, thanks!...I told my husband about your tip. He says, thanks! He loves to listen to books while he's at the office so this will be good for him.<BR/><BR/>About returning those books, we get one of the free library baskets and keep all the books in those. It makes it easier to see them so i'm reminded of them often. When they were in different rooms, I would forget about them. I then have a post-it-note that I put on my computer monitor to remind me.<BR/><BR/>I have also written it on my calander or put it in my cell phone to beep on the day they are due. Can you tell this used to be a problem for us too? lolTeresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659128838097326959noreply@blogger.com