Comments | aurillia: lemony heaven

aurillia

lemony heaven

May 25, 2009 12:18

I have 1400 books! I only wish I could read as fast as I can buy them. I'm hanging on till this weekend, trying not to buy anything, because Chapters is having a kind-of sale, an increased discount for members. Well I can't resist that! I'll have to give myself a limit though, so I don't go overboard. I owe Maria a book too ( Read more... )

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kiwiria May 25 2009, 19:03:43 UTC

1400 books? Wow! I thought I had many books, and I only have around half that! How do you get room for them all?

Edit: and yay! I'd forgotten :)

aurillia May 26 2009, 13:32:41 UTC

I cram them in where I can! They're all doubled up, I don't like it but what can you do? The Book Room's all full and I've had to move some to the bedroom.

I know, I'm so close to being a qualified/certified/licensed teacher! (Just which is the right word for it anyhow?)

ext_84342 May 25 2009, 19:38:42 UTC

YUM!!!! I'll have to print this one out as well (the no-bake lemon slice was a hit!)

Do you have a Joann's in Toronto, or are those stores only in the US? From what I understand they're very similar to Spotlight.

(catching up on blogs whilst breastfeeding at 5.30am!!)

aurillia May 26 2009, 13:31:29 UTC

I looked up Jo-Ann's and they just had US states :(

I should email or something - or even call!! - but how's it all going with the demands of a hungry newborn?

ext_84342 May 26 2009, 22:02:03 UTC

and we should do something about Skype too!

I manage a lot of computer time while Tamsyn is feeding. People have been coming to visit since she was born (which is lovely of course!)and I usually keep feeding her regardless - although I ask if they don't mind if I get a boob out!!

giraffedays May 27 2009, 00:30:05 UTC

*laughs*

I can just imagine! I'm hesitant to call actually because I figure any time's probably a bad time. But it would be nice to chat!

gothayesd51708 May 25 2009, 23:20:58 UTC

Wow and I thought I had a lot of books....LOL!!!!

aurillia May 26 2009, 13:33:17 UTC

Ah I'm compulsive, what can I say? ;) It'd be more impressive if I'd actually read ALL of them, but I'll get there ;)

gothayesd51708 May 26 2009, 14:28:18 UTC

Haha that sounds like me! I want a library in my dream house someday....

giraffedays May 26 2009, 17:12:17 UTC

Me too :) The closest I have is the Book Room, which is really just a passage wide enough for bookcases and a big couch. It's my favourite room though!

kat_nic May 26 2009, 16:14:38 UTC

That lemon stuff looks awesome--I love lemons, well, any citrus actually, I think that must be my favorite, or one of my favotite flavors. Hard to pick a #1! Chocolate is way up near the top as well, and so is mint, strawberry, and fresh basil. I love the smell of basil--I snip off pieces from my plant and keep them around the house.

But what is castor sugar? Is it like sugar in the raw, or something?

Oh tosh, I only have three hundred books or thereabouts. If I actually owned every book I've ever read, that would be something--but most of my reading took place in a library until I became all independent and could buy my own books. I'll get there, I'll get there. Oh yes, I finally broke down and got my own discount card/membership thingy at Books-A-Million.

giraffedays May 26 2009, 17:16:22 UTC

Naturally I was thinking of you when I posted this! And my sis.

Ugh, sorry. Caster sugar is just a type of white sugar common in Aus. Here they call it, ah, granulated sugar I think. It's just refined white sugar. We have "white sugar" and "caster sugar" back home and caster's better than white but I'm not sure why. Raw is, of course, chunkier and less processed so it has that off-white colour.

In high school I kept a list of the books I read for this monthly competition they had (I usually won!) but it's since disappeared. I'm always curious about all those books I read right up to uni when I started buying them for myself.

Good for you on the discount card! They're evil things! ;)

kat_nic May 26 2009, 17:19:29 UTC

Ah, so it's just sugar then. I'd like to try that recipe (I'll sneak a couple of lemons from work! Shh!) since the last one you gave me turned out so fabulously!

giraffedays May 27 2009, 00:31:03 UTC

Great! I know you'll love this one. What was the last one that turned out so fabulous? (Love that word!)

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impeccablesimon May 26 2009, 22:57:47 UTC

The lemon loaf looks very, very good! I'll take 4 to go please. :P

Also congrats on the books. I have no idea how many I have, but I'm probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 1400 or so. People like us are sort of crazy, no?

giraffedays May 27 2009, 00:33:16 UTC

*laughs*

Sadly they wouldn't do so well in the mail :(

Yes very few people really get it do they? I don't mind if they think I'm crazy or obsessive or whatever - just give me my books!! I'm in at the local Chapters so frequently they've really got to know me - not to mention my fave secondhand places!