Book Lady

I used to joke and say that if Jason died first that I would get a bunch of cats to keep me company and become the neighborhood "Cat Lady". Now I realize that I am close to becoming the "Book Lady".

I got a Kindle for my last birthday and I love it. I love to browse the free and cheap books, and download classics, memoirs, cookbooks, and short stories. I read whenever I have a spare moment, which is not as often as I would like. But, as a lover of reading, Kindle still has not stopped my love for real, physical books. I have boxes of paperbacks in our garage and basement that have been moved in and out of my classroom and are still waiting to be put on shelves somewhere. We have books on shelves and mantles in nearly every room in our house.

My favorite, though, is the current state of our bedroom. Bedtime routine has always included reading a book with Andrew. Usually, this occurs in the living room or in Andrew's bed before he goes to sleep. But, recently he wants to read in "Mommy's big bed" and will climb into our bed to snuggle and read a few books before we take him back to his room. Because of this new routine, the bedroom has the most diverse collection of books strewn about. On my night stand there is my kindle, currently showing "Bossypants", "Up the Down Staircase" and "What to Expect the First Year". Also, there is my Women's Study Bible, Baby Wise, and Sleep Lady's Sleep Solutions. 

The living room, the boys' rooms, the bathroom: books piled and thrown everyone. I hope and pray that our house will continue to be filled with books and that we will never stop reading together :)