French Bread- Suggestions for using French Bread before it's no good

It's a frequent occurance in my house: we buy fresh french bread, have a few slices with butter and then it ends up in the garbage after a few days.  So the last time this was about to happen I decided to do something about it.  The first loaf or two (for some reason we had more than one loaf) I cut into cubes and made croutons.  You do this by cubing the bread and tossing the cubes either with melted butter or olive oil. Add some seasonings if you like (italian seasoning or ranch dressing dry mix or garlic powder or just some salt) or keep them plain. Either way homemade croutons are the best on a salad.  Then spread them on a sheet pan and baking until golden in a 400 degree oven. Watch them because it takes 10 minutes give or take.  With the other loaf (that was so hard I could have thrown it at someone and done damage) I cut it as best I could and tossed it in a food processor and voila! bread crumbs. Add some herbs if you like, keep in an air tight container and toss in the fridge for freshness. Enjoy all these different uses for french bread and never throw it away again!