My plan: Attend the library at regularly scheduled intervals. This schedule would permit me to expose my family to a wide variety of highly sophisticated reading material thus expanding their minds without breaking my budget. My reality: Go to the library when it rains and we can't do anything else and/or I need to get the book club book. Allow my children to check out multiple books that they will scatter throughout the house and way too many movies which do not enhance them in any way and I will forget to return within the one week time limit thus accruing $1.00/day fines. Per movie.
I have successfully 'maxed out' my card, Dan's card, and 3 of my 5 children's cards. I have library cards for my entire family at 3 different libraries. I no longer live within the residency boundaries for two of the libraries but sometimes I go anyway. Thanks to the option of sending all communication via email they may never know I've moved. Twice. I try to keep at least one card available for use at each library but sometimes I fail. I know the amount at which a card is placed on restriction and will pay down my fines to $0.05 below said amount just to keep a card open. I continually put the suggestion of having 'fine forgiveness days' in conjunction with a food drive in the suggestion boxes. My hope is that I can clear enormous amounts of fines with a can green beans. So far, no luck.
For most of the libraries in Galveston Co, you don't have to live within their city limits. I like the Texas City library, and it is next to a good sized park. They have a good selection of YA books.
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