Wow, how time flies! I haven’t posted an update, quote, new word, or anything for over a month.
Well, I did share a New Year’s quote from Sholmes, but that’s it! I have been busy, busy, busy!
Christmas is a hard season for me. While I prefer to stay at home with my books and my tea, at Christmas, there’s an activity almost every day and several on the weekends. And on top of that, I had the crazy idea to crochet a pair of fingerless gloves for all my coworkers. So instead of reading when I got home from work, I turned on the TV and picked up my crochet hook. Then of course, on Christmas day, there was time spent with family and great holiday food and just a lot of lazy fun.
I was very ready to get back to my books this week. The first thing I did was built myself a new bookshelf. I like the eight-cube shelves from Better Homes & Gardens, although I can tell the quality has decreased since the last time I built a shelf. Disappointing, but it will still hold my books.
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I removed all the books from the old shelves and did some rearranging. When the shelves were exactly where I wanted them, I started recategorizing the books.
I have several categories: Bible study and Christian Living, School and Homeschool tools, Finance (my husband’s books), History, Children’s History, Practical Living, and – my favorite – Stories. I have a hard time separating Juvenile Fiction and Adult Fiction (because it’s all fiction, and I don’t have kids right now). Also, I don’t have a lot of Biographies, so I decided to lump together all my Fiction, Biographies, and Poetry into a large category I call Stories. They are also Alphabetized, from Adair to Zusak. It took almost two days to complete the categorizing and alphabetizing, but now I am sitting in my completed library surrounded by peace and order.
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I’m still reading The Hunt for Red October. I’ll bring you up to speed with The Hunt in another time. For now, happy January 21 and happy reading!
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It looks great!