here's an idea

When I was in school, my mom told a little white lie every year, in order to avoid it coming true. At the beginning of every year, she wrote a note saying I had a shoulder injury and that I needed a duplicate set of textbooks to keep at home so that I didn't have to lug 50 pounds of books to and fro every single day. That was great. I had a set of books at school to take to class, and a set of books at home to do my homework. Now, they have fun inventions like e-readers:

So, maybe for my kids' kids, or even their kids' kids, depending on how quickly the school system catches up, I bet each student will get one of these and all their textbooks will be on it. I think that's great. I bet it won't be commonplace by the time Finn starts needing to lug 50 pounds worth of books, but if I can get his textbooks on one of these, I'd be willing to buy one
just for that reason. Heck I'd buy one for each of my kids if they could use it in that capacity every year. I just think that's a cool idea.

Also, we finally got Cody's guitars up in the basement. I got him these hooks for Christmas. They look pretty.