Day 285 - Books

I dug into the bookshelves in the office just to get started.  I dusted first and started sorting things into groups like homeschool, Biblical commentaries, parenting, kid fiction, adult fiction, classic literature, etc.

I pulled a few things out to get rid of but mostly shuffled and sorted.  I found a few inches of sheet music that could go in my filing cabinet and some old 8.5 x 11 frames that haven't been displayed since I was 17.  I was able to put lots of homeschool books onto the shelves.  I was pleased to get them off the homeschool bookshelf in the kitchen because the 2 year old keeps pulling them off.

The best "find" was a check for $25 from February 2010.  It must have been a birthday gift for DH.  OOPS! 

Interestingly enough, my mom called today to apologize for her part in that rough weekend.  I had already forgiven her, but it was still nice to hear that she recognized things weren't OK. 

Here I am moving kids' reading books.  DD#1 happened to have the camera out.

Here's the newly tidied bookcases.  Note the addition of the white plastic drawers on the right.  DH brought those up from the basement and they were so dusty from the construction I had to clean them inside and out!  I'm planning to use those for extra office supplies and craft items for personal and homeschool use.

And here are my 26 items for today.

1 & 2.  Picture frames
3. Wolves - youth non-fiction
4. Skyfire
5. Roger Rabbit
6. Scribbled all over flap book
7. What to Expect When You're Expecting journal
8. Ramona the Brave (duplicate)
9. Ramona and her Father (duplicate)
10. Pilgrim's Progress (duplicate)
11. The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner
12. Kentucky Weddings - Christan Fiction
13. The Wishing Star - Christian Historical Fiction surrounding the forming of the LDS church
14. Florabama Ladies Auxillary Sewing Cirlce - great read
15. The Lovely Bones - thriller, disurbing
16. Heather - Christian Fiction
17. Lorna - Christian Fiction
18. Good in Bed - laugh out loud funny
19. Western Gardening Book - (duplicate)
20. Christian youth worker book
21 & 22. children's books I'm adding to the gift pile
23. The Bunny Who Found Easter
24. Foam book that a kid managed to destroy
25 & 26. play money that I constantly pick up and much of this was actually sitting on a high bookshelf out of the kids' reach.  I actually sorted out three different sets and decided to keep my favorite.  It all fits nicely into our kids' cash register.

Katie