September 18th 2007 09:48 am
Unpacking books and library trips
I was unpacking books yesterday, which really is not as simple as it seems. I mean, you’d think it was simple, like:
- open box
- remove books
- place on shelf.
But no.
It’s more like, open box, gasp to myself, roll eyes or go “Hmmm.. that’s where that went…” followed by removing some book sthen standing bewildered while I figure out what shelf to put them on, use my other hand to cram previously shelved books off to the side and hopefully wedge the new handfull of books in.
The sad part is I have read almost every book in the house at least once (or skimmed enough to tell you about it) and yet we all still have the compunction to go visit our friendly librarians every couple of weeks.
Today is one of those days.
I find myself surrounded by boxes and stacks of books, yet nothing to read.
At some point there will be pictures. And it will be scary. I was commenting to Melissa earlier about the amount of books we have. Yet I could barely purge before we moved. There’s ten bookcases in the house and not enough shelving to hold them all.
What a horrible problem to have. 
2 Comments »
JoVE on 18 Sep 2007 at 4:09 pm #
But you have all those rooms. Surely someone could just build more shelves. Wouldn’t solve the organizational problem though.
Andrea on 19 Sep 2007 at 10:40 am #
Building bookshelves in the study is on his list. Far, far down on the list, but there.