Time to Purge???

I'm coming to the realization that some of the books in this house just have to go. It's so hard, because I LOVE books. But, I'm running out of shelves. I think I need to institute the policy I used to have with buying other stuff - for every new thing purchased, two old things need to go. I have no problem getting rid of old clothes, knick-knacky things, unused kitchen appliances... So why not books? It fascinates me that books each hold some sort of knowledge between their covers. If I read a really good one from the library, I will sometimes even go buy a copy just to have for myself. I think I am trying to preserve that knowledge, or at least remind myself that I now have it. I generally try to get novels from the library, and have no problem not keeping a copy myself. But classics, non-fiction, and now of course, homeschool texts and history books are accumulating like mad around here. How do I choose which ones go and which ones stay? What should I do? Help!!!!!

Happy Birthday I-Baby!

Nourishing Traditions

I just read "Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats". This was a really interesting book - another one talking about the benefits of a diet of real food - not packaged, processed, sugared, etc. Given all the books I have read over the years on this topic, it was not super insightful to me, although I never knew about preparing food traditionally in order to enhance enzyme production and digestion. I'm excited to try a few recipes. There is one main reason I am blogging about this book - the best sentence I have ever read in an eat-healthy book... "use as much good quality butter as you like, with the happy assurance that it is a wholesome - indeed, an essential - food for you and your family." Yippeeee!!!!!! I love butter. Especially the grass-fed, pasture butter that I am now buying. And it is healthy! For somone whose philosophy with butter is the more the better, this is revolutionary! And, the fact that the book also touts popcorn as being a healthy snack really has made my day. I can eat my favorite snack, with TONS of butter and not feel guilty! Who says real food has to be bad???