Books, priorities and toasted sarmies
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
I love books. Love it, love it, love it! I obviously love reading as well. Anything from the telephone directory to fiction, non-fiction and autobiographies. I actually get withdrawal symptoms if I can’t find time to read and going-to-bed-time is just not the same if I can’t read a lil’ something first. This does go hand in hand with guilt, though. When I start reading a book I simply can not put it down, which means my husband gets toasted sarmies for supper, my kids watch Barney and Noddi instead of having quality time with their mom, and the dishes are piling up. Once the guilt gets to an unbearable level, I promise myself that this will all change once I finish my book. Just this one, pretty please!
Until the next book.
Previous quote:
Reading shouldn’t be a chore that you tick off: it should be your guilty pleasure.
- Michele Magwood
Reading shouldn’t be a chore that you tick off: it should be your guilty pleasure.
- Michele Magwood
If the dishes are piling up, get your husband to do them while you carry on reading… hee hee
You were obviously not thinking – this usually happens in the afternoon when he’s at work. I usually pull myself towards myself and spark 10 minutes before he gets home! I’ve learned to pace myself in the meantime… a girl needs to sleep peacefully at night
I think I have a solution:
Audio books! You can do a lot while listening to them.
Just not the same, I love the smell of books
For addictions like that have a sniff around in your local library and then go on listening to the book whilst preparing hubby a glorious meal,
and clean the kitchen. Unfortunately you won’t solve the quality time with the children one but you must sort your priorities girl – HEHE!
Haha. Good one! I had to go to the extreme of limiting myself to X amount of books per period