between watching the Olympics and doing laundry, I spent some time cleaning off the bookshelves in the hallway…

it is always difficult to give away books… I had to look at each one and make a decision…  most of them had an inscription because I always write in a book when I give it to someone… a few had been given to George and it was a bit hard to give them up… but, I have decided to only keep ones that the little boys will want to read, or ones that I will read again…

hall bookshelves with lots of empty space…

today was a good day and I was able to let go of many… can see the shelves with some books on them and some of my treasures and this is helping with the divesting process…

nearly all my cookbooks went… really, these days you can find just about anything on the internet, if it isn’t already in my green binder (which holds all my family favourites )…  I also gave up some of the books I have had since I was a teenager… including some great poetry books…

was able to fill 3 boxes and started a box of other give-away knick-knacks… managed to get them downstairs even though they were a bit heavy…

still lots to sort through, but I am rather proud of how much I got done… hopefully tomorrow will also be a good day for divesting…