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Jan. 15th, 2024 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsJames went back to work today after his week off. We managed to get everything, apart from one thing, done that we'd planned while he was off. So, I'll say that was a success.
Friday we took my MiL out, Saturday was down for sorting out the craft room, including building the work benches, and I have to say, I wasn't looking forward to it as I knew it would be a lot of hard and dusty work. But, it's done. As we wanted to put new shelves into the craft room cupboard, I also moved all my Hardy Boys books out of there, and put them onto the shelves in our bedroom. Which meant I had to get rid of some books from those shelves.
Let's just say between the original books, the Case Files and random crossovers with Nancy Drew I have a lot of Hardy Boys books, and many are still in a box. One of my next jobs is to sort them out and see which ones I need to fill some gaps. I know I could never get my hands on The Roaring River back in the day, but of course, back then, dinosaurs roamed the earth and online shopping wasn't so easy.
Yesterday I took all the books I was getting rid of to a localish book charity bin. Sadly, a lot of charity shops won't take books now, so at least using this bin I knew they'd be going to some place that would use them and not just get pulped.
Saturday night the reboot of Gladiators started and it was glorious. I watched for nostalgia reasons, as I always used to watch the original show with mam and Kayleigh, but kept watching because it was ridiculous fun. The same spirit of the original show, OTT, innuendos everywhere, but the games were much safer and the Gladiators themselves more inclusive, including the first deaf Gladiator. I'm looking forward to watching again, especially for Apollo.
And to end,
Friday we took my MiL out, Saturday was down for sorting out the craft room, including building the work benches, and I have to say, I wasn't looking forward to it as I knew it would be a lot of hard and dusty work. But, it's done. As we wanted to put new shelves into the craft room cupboard, I also moved all my Hardy Boys books out of there, and put them onto the shelves in our bedroom. Which meant I had to get rid of some books from those shelves.
Let's just say between the original books, the Case Files and random crossovers with Nancy Drew I have a lot of Hardy Boys books, and many are still in a box. One of my next jobs is to sort them out and see which ones I need to fill some gaps. I know I could never get my hands on The Roaring River back in the day, but of course, back then, dinosaurs roamed the earth and online shopping wasn't so easy.
Yesterday I took all the books I was getting rid of to a localish book charity bin. Sadly, a lot of charity shops won't take books now, so at least using this bin I knew they'd be going to some place that would use them and not just get pulped.
Saturday night the reboot of Gladiators started and it was glorious. I watched for nostalgia reasons, as I always used to watch the original show with mam and Kayleigh, but kept watching because it was ridiculous fun. The same spirit of the original show, OTT, innuendos everywhere, but the games were much safer and the Gladiators themselves more inclusive, including the first deaf Gladiator. I'm looking forward to watching again, especially for Apollo.
And to end,
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Date: 2024-01-15 05:55 pm (UTC)Yeah, I've tried to donate books locally in the past and had them refused which is a shame, especially as I actually buy books from there, so assume others do too. There's a good Oxfam bookshop in Durham but it's in the oldest part of town meaning no nearby parking, so not the best when you've a big bag of books to donate.