Spending Money on Kindle Books
I love it when we start a new month and like magic money appears in my account! I have had to put myself on a buying-Kindle-books diet because it is much too easy to do the click-to-buy routine. When the new month rolls around I have a bit more money to spend again. Right now, I am reading my way through Perri O’Shaugnessy’s books. {Yes, I DO know that she is actually two sisters! 
} I had read one or two of her mysteries before in the the old-fashioned way in a dead-tree book, 
but there are several I hadn’t got from the library that I now have on the Kindle. Actually, I am going to go over the "allowance " I have earmarked for books this month because I will also be getting Michael Connelly’s new one on the 14th {on the Kindle for $9.95} and a fairly expensive book {almost four times the cost of the ConnelLy book} about using GIMP when it comes out. This second edition is not on the Kindle, but interestingly enough, the first edition has been formatted for the Kindle. This is a how-to-do book and I don’t think the illustrations would show too well on the Kindle. GIMP? That is a free very-much-like-Photoshop program which I have used before. I got myself to the point where I know I need help with all the bells and whistles, and from what I have read about it, this is just the book I need.
This is the time of the year when I am always at a loss to decide what to wear when I go out. This morning I walked to the drug store wearing a long quilted coat, a turtle-fur band over my ears and a scarf aound my neck. I was glad of the scarf since there was a nasty little wind but by the time i got home, I was much too hot. When I go out tomorrow, I will wear a lighter jacket. This means I will be a little chilly when I start walking but that is a good incentive to walk briskly. It also means that I will not be overheated when I get home. And that I will enjoy my walk much more.
Until later…
QUOTATIONS:
"There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way."
Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957)
this is funny because i have been reading Michael Connelly ever since i got my digital reader, and i was going to ask if you had read him! i’m on his third book, and he is now on my top five list. how many of his have you read? hope you are doing well. lately life has kept me from coming to OD as often as i used to!
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I can’t believe all the differences in weather around these states. It’s still in the 70’s here… was even in the 80’s this weekend. It will be getting cold soon… but I haven’t even seen any stitch of evidence that the trees are turning… well, I’ve started see a few extra leaves in the yards… but no colors yet.
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I looked at GIMP. In fact, I think I downloaded it, but I seem to remember it had a lot of separate windows and it was just too confusing, so I deleted it. I wish I had more time to conquer it.
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Yes, it’s the dress in layers season – I wore my furry(fake) vest this evening.
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Ooooh, I wish we would get some of that nice, cool, crisp air down here! I would also LOVE it if we had some good apples!! You just can’t get good ones here because it doesn’t get cold enough. Bummer! Hugs,M
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I didn’t know turtles had fur! :o) !! It’s been light-jacket-weather here, but only in the mornings. Then it gets warm enough to go without a jacket. If I wear long pants to work, I end up too warm by the time I get off work. But that will soon change! hugs, Weesprite
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I also have to be careful at the beginning of the bank but often I’m not and by the end of the month I have nothing.
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those kindle books are so cheaply buy-able! I feel your pain; I’m on a My Little Pony diet. I’ve tried GIMP and didn’t like it, because I didn’t think it compressed graphics as nicely as Photoshop can. But it’s free, which is great!
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I haven’t tried Kindle–I guess I’m glad to hear electronic books are doable. Btw, I did buy the new Paintshop Pro, but I haven’t used it yet, but I’m totally in love with the new SmartDraw. So you can see why I’m in Debt.
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I will look into GIMP–thanks for the suggestion.
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