(71) I have this bad habit of hanging my purse over a kitchen chair when I walk in the door. I've tried to put it straight into the hall closet. This worked for, oh, a month.
(72) I do the same thing with the diaper bag.
(73) OK, fine. Any bag. Except not plastic grocery bags, but only because those handles are too small.
(74) The extent of our child-proofing has been to plug the exposed outlets and to remove the toxic chemicals from beneath in the sink and onto a tall shelf. I figure we will play this by ear. I don't let Alexa roam freely into mischief ... yet.
(75) I found a choir stole in one of my high school memory boxes last night. I have no memory of stealing it.
(76) I've purged many a book to Goodwill to keep my collection lean and mean. Some authors who still remain on my bookshelf: Jack Kerouac, Bret Easton Ellis, Hemingway, Arthur Nersesian. Plus my mega collection of Beatles books.
(77) I also keep the old books. Mostly paperbacks from the 1960s that belonged to my mom, including my favorite: Confessions of a Hitch-hiker.
(78) Some chick lit authors I love: Jennifer Weiner, Jane Green, Emily Giffin, Sophia Kinsella, Stephenie Meyer. I do not keep their books because I doubt I will ever read them again. Sometimes I pass them along to friends, sometimes I donate so another person can enjoy them. I also adore the Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger and The Hunger Games series (all of which I've borrowed from a friend).
(79) I read and loved a huge sum of Agatha Christie books. I do not own many of them because I checked most of them out of the library when I was in college. I also read and loved all the Harry Potter books. I do not own them because I read my mother's copies when they first came out.
(80) I worry that my recent addiction to reading books on Kindle will lead to the stagnation of my physical book collection. But I can't help it! It's too easy to lie in bed and scroll through pages on a smartphone. I no longer get arm cramps from reading in awkward positions. It's revolutionary.
This is part of a series of confessionals. Mad props to Deanna for the inspiration.
I'm with you on the childproofing! We're on our fourth toddler now, and so far, everyone's been ok :) If we're consistent, they learn the word "no" pretty quickly!
ReplyDeleteAnd maybe I'll have to invest in a kindle soon....lol
-Jade
I've been reading on my kindle a lot lately (I'm in the middle of the Hunger Games series right now, actually) and I always feel conflicted when I buy an ebook.
ReplyDeleteWe didn't childproof for Esme at all other than popping up a gate to keep her corralled in the living room. We just started gently enforcing boundaries by saying no and redirecting her attention when she got mobile and by the time she could really understand the concept, it was habitual for us all.
Hahahaha I love 74! Mostly it makes me giggle because it's where B and I really differ in our parenting plan, and it's the total opposite of who we usually are. I am totally on the "play this by ear" train too... But I admit that's mostly because I don't even know where to start. So we've plugged the outlets, anchored the tv, record player and shelves, and... I can't really think of anything beyond that. Oh right, the chemicals under the sink, totally with you there. I found a new, better place for those, too.
ReplyDeleteErik and I have decided that if we find a book we love and will read over and over, we'll buy the hard cover, otherwise it goes on the kindle. No trade paperbacks here! Its sad, but I think when we're older hoarders, we'll be happy for the streamlining!
ReplyDeleteTrue that! I think frequently moving throughout our adult lives has helped us keep our collection minimal. Books are heavy beasts.
ReplyDeleteAnchoring furniture. My goodness, you're one-up on me.
ReplyDeleteI like that approach. The anti-childproofing. I'm not a fan of gating a child in very often (what kind of fresh hell will take place the first time you let them loose?!), so that seems in line with my parenting style.
ReplyDeleteJade, if you have an iPhone or Android you can download the Kindle app for free and buy books for it. That's what I've done. I love it.
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