Cindy Downes

Jun. 11, 2005 - Tagged

I was tagged by Spunky, too, but until I read someone else's answer, I didn't know what that meant! Now, I do so here goes my answers.

Q. The most books I've ever owned:
Believe it or not, I owned over 6,000 books at one time! I'm an avid book collector - mostly children's books. I have traveled over much of the US collecting books. Some were given to me. I volunteered for years at the library used book sales and got 100s of them for 50 cents apiece as a volunteer! I started a homeschool library in my home and ran it for two years before I realized It was more trouble than it was worth. Too many difficulties arising from being in my home. Finally, I had a big yard sale, advertised it to homeschoolers only, and sold off all but 2,000 for $25 to $1.00 apiece. I am now back up to 4,000 - whoops, I didn't realize I had that many. I keep them in a database! So you can see I am addicted to books and they are taking over my house!

Q. The last book I bought: Yesterday, I bought

Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
100 Top Picks by Cathy Duffy
Homeschooling High School by Jeanne Dennis
Greenleaf Guide to Ancient Egypt by Cyndy Shearer
Trail Guide to U.S. Geography by Cindy Wiggers
Exploring the World of Mathematics by John Hudson Tiner
Exploring Creation with Botany by Jeannie Fulbright
Cheapskates Guide to Branson Missouri
Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler.

I try to keep up to date with homeschooling by reading since I am "retired", going on a vacation to Branson later this summer, and enjoy mysteries!

Q. The last book I read:
I usually have three or four books going at a time including listening to tapes in my car - confusing, I know, but it works for me. Here are my current reading projects:

Blog On by Todd Stauffer
Maine Mutiny (Murder She Wrote)
100 Top Picks by Cathy Duffy
Cracking the Millionaire Code by Hansen and Allen (which reminds me, is anyone else reading Cracking the Millionaire's Code?)

Q. The five books that meant the most to me:

The Bible (read it for the 1st time at age 30 and totally changed my life)
Eternity in their Hearts by Don Richardson (incredible!)
Home Grown Kids by Raymond and Dorothy Moore (persuaded me to homeschool when I knew no one else who homeschooled)
Philip Yancey's, Where is God When it Hurts (got me through a couple of bad years)
Half Time by Bob Buford (gave me a vision for what to do with the rest of my life)

Now I tag 5 people to answer these questions. (Forgive me if you've already been tagged. This gets confusing!)

Academy252
SweetHomeAlabama
MyBookOfStateHistory
KimInOn
bondservant4jc

Jun. 11, 2005 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 3FoldChord

you keep them in a database??? wow! I have a kazillion...and no database,LOL

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Jun. 11, 2005 - Tagged?

Posted by MyBookOfStateHistory

This is new to me but sounds fun! I'll answer on my blog. Is there any way to find out who else has been tagged? Ann, aka MyBookOfStateHistory

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Jun. 12, 2005 - Question......

Posted by Singer4christ

Would you happen to know of some good books to help teach about colonial history to 5-8 year old girls? Or maybe do you know of any websites that could help me? Thanks so much!

Singer4Christ

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Jun. 12, 2005 - Answers and Tag stuff :)

Posted by ByHisGraceInColorado

About my template, you asked me how I did the plaid 'n stuff. Jodi made it for me. Her blog is homegrownhearts. She is currently working on some new ones for this site, but I don't know when they will be released yet~

I too, had a homeschool library in my home but it became unmanageble, and so we sold a lot of it. I still loan all a lot of the "treasures" that I couldn't part with, books by the Moore's etc.

I bought several yesterday at the conference in Denver.....and also last week at the local book sale....I am HOPELESSLY addicted to reading good books! When I worked for a public library, I felt like a kid in a candy store.

Thanks for your wonderful lists!!
Nancy

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