tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074621112649263483.post5818995409931441640..comments2020-02-25T22:50:30.428+10:00Comments on Ravs RECreations: J to J report #4Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01716330333720804527noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074621112649263483.post-17257863774515810862014-02-04T21:03:32.076+10:002014-02-04T21:03:32.076+10:00Thanks Riley, I took your advice and have ordered ...Thanks Riley, I took your advice and have ordered the books. Plus extra. I always have good books set aside as gifts ready for when the kids are invited to birthday parties, and I give a book to the school library on (or around) each of the boys' birthdays - instead of party bags or similar for the class. I started when they were in childcare. So many of the parents brought in party bags for each child, I felt a book gave much more lasting, and healthier, pleasure, and even cost less. I always choose high quality books, the sort that get listed for the Children's Book Awards each year. The idea sort of came from Nanna - who send pyjamas to all the grandchildren at Easter, instead of chocolate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01716330333720804527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074621112649263483.post-1653051310007751422014-02-03T10:53:15.666+10:002014-02-03T10:53:15.666+10:00Keep book club going. It is a necessary purchase,...Keep book club going. It is a necessary purchase, as it is for the (present and future) benefit of your children.<br /><br />Textbooks are a killer - I have been lucky, I have only had to buy 1 new, and got another 2nd hand, both of which I onsold. The rest, I am fortunate enough to be able to get from libraries.<br /><br />My weakness - I don't really have one, except chocolate. In times of high stress (like right now) I windowshop shoes, bags, wallets. I don't purchase, I dream-shop. It helps distract me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889666961419087381noreply@blogger.com