Among our group of friends there is a lot of loaning of books and dvds. We’re a sharing kinda bunch, but after a while it gets hard to keep track of which item belongs to which person.
Once upon a time, when I had the shelf space to spare, I had one shelf for library books and one shelf for other borrowed stuff, and that was where things lived unless they were actively being used.
But I no longer have that space- in fact, I have negative shelf space and am having to stack books again.
So instead I’ve decided to start putting a post-it note on every single borrowed item to ensure that it is bearing the owner’s name. I hope this will work the way I want it to.
Now I just need to convince certain people that we’re never going to get around to watching the dvd sets they loaned us and that they should take them back. We’ve already seen DS9, and Simon has no interest in watching the first season of Grey’s Anatomy. I wanted to see it, and already have. They don’t need to be here any longer than the 2+ years we’ve kept them by our tv.
