They must be putting lilac oil in the water up there...
Welcome to the forum Debbi, I'm sure you'll enjoy it here...
Money can be a problem and sorry to hear about your situation but perhaps you could look at an Ebookwise 1150 for the time being as apposed to one of the eInk readers? Money has been very tight for me and I saved up to buy my son one of them. It is alot easier to save up and swing $110-130 then it is $250-300.
-MJ