Hi, my name is Veronica and I am a bibliomaniac.

         biliomania - n. a craze for collecting books, esp. rare ones - bibliomaniac n., adj. 

I prefer to think of myself as a bibliophile.

          bibliophile - n. 1. a person who loves or admires books, esp. for their style of binding, priting, etc. 2. a collector of books

See, doesn't that sound better? And it must be true too, because how else could I justify spending, well, I won't say how much, but a good amount, on these books, when I could have just gotten mass market paperback versions? (yuck, it even tastes bad to print it).

There are more, that is just one shelf. Sadly, we had to cancel our order on these books, and now my trips to the mailbook aren't nearly as exciting, but I hope to resume service in the future, when the budget is not so tight. It may take me that long to read War and Peace and Les Miserables  

However, we did recently come into a little money in the form of a tax return (Thanks, Uncle Sam!) and a birthday gift (Thanks, Dad!), and I knew what to do with it:

Do you see Raising Godly Tomatoes and Nourishing Traditions? Those are mine. Ok, to be completely forthwith, the others are children's books that we will use for school, so those are also mine too  It was quite exciting around here for over a week, because they were nice enough to send them in several shipments. There is also a book of poetry, biographies of St. Patrick, St. Francis, and Cleopatra, PLUS  new art and science curriculum.  I can't be the only one who is excited by this.

And, as if that weren't enough, yesterday at Costco I came across one of my all time favorite books, Tuck Everlasting (if you haven't read this book, you totally should). Hubby was kind enough to let me throw  lay it lovingly in our cart, along with The Children of Henry VIII just for fun. It's very interesting so far.

So, reading back over this, I'm thinking my condition might require a more serious intervention...

Posted by skdenfeld

I was just telling my husband that I thought that maybe the real reason I homeschool was because I love school supplies.

Posted by jugglingpaynes

You do need an intervention. Especially if you are paying full price when there are so many places to get them for less. :o) My favorite is the library's book sale shelf. Fifty cents each, and they always have something I could use...
I once went to my dream garage sale. Lots of old books in good condition, great price. But I was trying to restrain myself, so I only bought six. Or was it seven? I know I had an armful and my oldest had the ones I couldn't carry. Hehehe...

I got your email. Cute! Thanks for the suggestion. I'm thinking I should open a suggestion box and then link if I use the idea. Everyone has funny homeschooling moments!

Peace and Laughter,
Cristina

Posted by Mommaofmany

Intervention....probably not. Of course this comes from a lady who has an entire library using one bedroom of our house, and has the kids squished up more than is technically needed. :)

I have some of the nice books like that. I found them in a used book store for $15 each. I generally buy my books at library sales and garage sales (I smell them first to make sure they don't smell like smoke). I prefer my kids be able to handle the books without me reminding them to be careful all the time.

But that's just for the little kids books :) I LOVE the fine, gilded hardcovers for the classics and get them when I can----cheaply.