I found this really fun site that has educational songs for government. Smart Songs also have videos on YouTube. The kids love it, and we bought 2 of the songs to put on their mp3 players; The Presidents, and Political Parties . Ian is half way through memorizing the list of presidents, and I was looking for a way to motivate and help him out.

Oh dear. I do believe I may have entered some very dangerous territory.

You see, my darling husband purchased for my enjoyment an e-reader: The Nook (Barns&Noble) is one of the latest to come out.

Do you realize what this means? It means that my book purchases will no longer be limited by my ability to find space for them on my mercilessly crammed bookcases. This will either be a wonderful blessing, or it may bankrupt us as the whole wonderful world of ebooks wraps me in a warm compulsive embrace.

Since the Nook has yet to be released ( I anxiously await Nov 30) I cannot truthfully say what this will do to my finances, or my obsessive book purchasing habits. Let's not even talk about how I can download ebooks from the library...